Parent Voice Group Meeting Minutes – 09 09 2024

Update Winter 2023

The Parent Voice chairperson role will be rotated as follows:

18/12/2023 L. Healy

05/2/2024 E. Hoey

25/03/2024 S. Boyle

18/06/2024 E. Gallacher

Click the links below to read our Parent Voice Group Meeting Minutes

PVG Minutes 18th December 2023

PVG Minutes 11th September 2023

PVG Minutes 5th Feb 2024

PVG Minutes 29th April 2024

THE PARENT FORUM

As a parent of a child at CNHS you are automatically a member of the Parent Forum. The Parent Forum is composed of all the parents and carers of children at the school.

As a member of the Parent Forum you can expect to:

get information about what your child is learning
get information about events and activities at the school
get advice/help on how you can support your child’s learning
be told about opportunities to be involved in the school
have a say in selecting a Parent Council to work on behalf of all parents at the school
be invited to identify issues for the Parent Council to work on with the school.

PARENT VOICE Group

The Parent Council’s rights and duties include:

supporting the work of the school;
representing the views of parents;
consulting with parents and reporting back to the Parent Forum on matters of interest;
promoting contact between the school, parents, pupils, and the wider community;
fundraising;
taking part in the selection of senior promoted staff;
receiving reports from the head teacher and education authority; and
receiving an annual budget for administration, training and other expenses.
improving home school partnership and facilitating parental involvement

The Head Teacher is the professional adviser to the Parent Voice and has a right and duty to attend all meetings of the Parent Voice. Any parent wishing to find out more about the Parent Voice, should contact Mr J Brown DHT at the school.
New members are always welcome.

Meetings of the Parent Voice are open to members of the public. The election of parent representatives takes place at the AGM at the beginning of the school term.

The Parent Voice blog can be found here