{"id":155,"date":"2015-06-19T09:45:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/anntest3\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:33:40","slug":"parent-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/newmains\/parent-area\/parent-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18084156\/IMG_7813.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1859\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/newmains\/parent-area\/parent-council\/img_7813\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18084156\/IMG_7813.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_7813\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18084156\/IMG_7813-300x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18084156\/IMG_7813.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1859\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18084156\/IMG_7813-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18084156\/IMG_7813-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18084156\/IMG_7813-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18084156\/IMG_7813-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18084156\/IMG_7813.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Parent Council\u2019s rights and duties include:<br \/>\n*supporting the work of the school<br \/>\n* representing the views of parents<br \/>\n*consulting with parents and reporting back to the Parent Forum on matters of interest<br \/>\n*promoting contact between the school, parents, pupils, providers of nursery education and the wider community<br \/>\n* fundraising<br \/>\n* taking part in the selection of senior promoted staff<br \/>\n* receiving reports from the Head Teacher and education authority<br \/>\n* receiving an annual budget for administration, training and other expenses<br \/>\n*improving home school partnership and facilitating parental involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Newmains Primary School Parent Council:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chairperson &#8211; Glenn Weir<\/li>\n<li>Vice Chair &#8211; Ashley Armit<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer &#8211; Ashley Devine<\/li>\n<li>Laura Nelson<\/li>\n<li>Bronagh Megahy<\/li>\n<li>Sarah-Jane Finnie<\/li>\n<li>Kenneth Moffat<\/li>\n<li>Paula Moffat<\/li>\n<li>Danielle Kennedy<\/li>\n<li>Chelsey Jay Calderwood<\/li>\n<li>Julie Attwood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Head Teacher, Hazel Buchanan, is the professional adviser to the Parent Council and has a right and duty to attend all meetings of the Parent Council. Meetings of the Parent Council are open to members of the public.<br \/>\nIn addition to supporting the school in the ways mentioned above our Parent Council organise and run a number of events over the course of the year such as discos and raffles and the money raised is used to support the school\u2019s activities for the young people of the school.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18085355\/Parent-council-what-we-delivered.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1860\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/newmains\/parent-area\/parent-council\/parent-council-what-we-delivered\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18085355\/Parent-council-what-we-delivered.png\" data-orig-size=\"840,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Parent council- what we delivered\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18085355\/Parent-council-what-we-delivered-200x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18085355\/Parent-council-what-we-delivered-683x1024.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1860\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18085355\/Parent-council-what-we-delivered-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18085355\/Parent-council-what-we-delivered-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18085355\/Parent-council-what-we-delivered-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18085355\/Parent-council-what-we-delivered-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/newmains\/uploads\/sites\/26583\/2026\/08\/18085355\/Parent-council-what-we-delivered.png 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Parent Council meets at 6.30pm in the school on the <\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>first Wednesday of every month and new faces are always made welcome.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Parent Council\u2019s 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, providers of nursery education and the wider community * fundraising * taking part in the &hellip; 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