{"id":11,"date":"2019-11-25T08:42:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T08:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelstonpc\/?p=11"},"modified":"2019-11-25T08:42:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T08:42:09","slug":"gelston-primary-school-parent-council-2019-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelstonpc\/2019\/11\/25\/gelston-primary-school-parent-council-2019-20\/","title":{"rendered":"GELSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL – Parent Council 2019\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear All<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There has been a changing of the guard this year as our longstanding committee members, Jim (Chair), Dawn (Secretary) and Julie (Treasurer), all with children in their final years at Gelston, have taken a step back to encourage other parents to become more involved with the Parent Council while they are still around to offer and provide support and guidance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is not possible to properly thank them all for their time and commitment over many years of service to the school and all of the pupils but we do thank them most sincerely, and hope we can continue to fortify and nurture the role of the Parent Council within the school, as they have done.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The New Committee<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

Some of you may know who we are already but we are aware that many will not have met us or perhaps even seen us before and so we thought it might be helpful to introduce the new committee and let you know how you can get in touch with us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Abby \u2013 Chair<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Abby can be contacted by leaving a message with the school or directly by email on\u00a0abby.mcateer@ggblaw.co.uk<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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Justine – Vice Chair (new role)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Justine can be contacted by leaving a message at the school or by email on\u00a0justinehunter@hotmail.co.uk<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pam \u2013 Secretary<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pam can be contacted by leaving a message at the school or by email on:\u00a0pamshuttleworth74@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kay – Treasurer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kay can be contacted by leaving a message at the school or by email on:\u00a0kayd1985@hotmail.co.uk<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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What we are and what we do<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

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Did you know? :<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0All parents and legal guardians of children at Gelston Primary School are members of the Parent Counci<\/strong>l.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only are you members but your input and your support is vital to the future of the school and therefore to the futures all of our children too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Council states that the main job of the Parent Council is\u00a0\u00a0\u201c to represent the views of the parents at the school so that all parents know that their views matter, and where they feel confident and comfortable putting them forward\u201d<\/strong>. \u00a0\u00a0Details of the duties of Parents Councils are not set in stone and so it is up to us to decide what we want our role to be within the school and the wider community. \u00a0Unfortunately, a job that we no longer have a choice about is FUNDRAISING. With increasing and ever more significant cuts to school budgets both nationally and within our region unless we raise money there will be more and more fundamental things that our children will miss out on as well as some of the more pleasurable ones like school trips and parties.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some of the things that we do:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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