{"id":590,"date":"2019-11-04T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparkpimary\/?page_id=590"},"modified":"2020-10-26T17:16:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T17:16:46","slug":"parent-council-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparkpimary\/parent-council-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 1.71429;margin-bottom: 1.71429rem\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">The Parent Council is a group of parents selected by all parents in the school to represent their views. Parent Councils have an important role to play in school improvement by ensuring that the parental perspective is represented and taken into account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Parent Council helps to create an environment where all parents know that their views matter, and where they feel confident and comfortable putting them forward. They work on behalf of all parents to discuss educational matters that are of importance to all. They do not get involved in individual matters relating to children or staff in the school.<\/p>\n<p>Parent Councils:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work in partnership with the school to decide on the key priorities to take forward;<\/li>\n<li>Provide a voice for parents in schools and in their local authority on issues that are important to them;<\/li>\n<li>Improve the school\u2019s understanding of how to engage parents in their children\u2019s learning and in the life of the school;<\/li>\n<li>Support the school to develop strong home\/school partnerships;<\/li>\n<li>Communicate regularly with the Parent Forum to both hear their views and keep them informed;<\/li>\n<li>Support improvement by discussing the school\u2019s strengths and areas for development from a parental perspective;<\/li>\n<li>Help make links with the wider community;<\/li>\n<li>Capture the unique and varied skills, interests, knowledge and experience that parents can offer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have a small but wonderful team of parents who volunteer their time for our Parent Council,\u00a0 working in partnership with school staff to help improve the outcomes for all of our learners.<\/p>\n<p>Any parents are welcome to attend meetings, they would delighted to see more people get involved.\u00a0 At the moment meetings are being held online.\u00a0 You can contact them by email kp.parentcouncil@yahoo.co.uk, by dropping a letter off to the school through your child or through their Twitter page @KpParentCouncil<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparkpimary\/parent-council-2\/agenda-monday-4-november-2019\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-594\">Agenda<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/kingsparkpimary\/uploads\/sites\/9690\/2020\/10\/26141036\/AGM-Minutes-7th-september-2020.doc\">AGM Minutes 7th september 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/kingsparkpimary\/uploads\/sites\/9690\/2020\/10\/26141037\/Minutes-3-February-2020.doc\">Minutes 3 February 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/kingsparkpimary\/uploads\/sites\/9690\/2020\/10\/26141152\/Minutes-2-December-2019.doc\">Minutes 2 December 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparkpimary\/parent-council-2\/agenda-monday-4-november-2019\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-594\">Monday 4 November 2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Parent Council is a group of parents selected by all parents in the school to represent their views. Parent Councils have an important role to play in school improvement by ensuring that the parental perspective is represented and taken into account. 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