{"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":"2026-02-06T19:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:38:38","slug":"parent-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/parent-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Parent Council is composed of parents, staff and co-opted members with the Head Teacher as professional advisor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parent Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Parent Council\u2019s rights and duties include:<\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 supporting the work of the school;<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 representing the views of parents\/carers;<\/p>\n<p>(c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 consulting with parents and reporting back to the Parent Forum on matters of interest;<\/p>\n<p>(d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 promoting contact between the school, parents\/carers, pupils and the wider community;<\/p>\n<p>(e)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0fundraising;<\/p>\n<p>(f)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 taking part in the selection of senior promoted staff;<\/p>\n<p>(g)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 receiving reports from the head teacher and education authority;<\/p>\n<p>(h)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0receiving an annual budget for administration, training and other expenses and<\/p>\n<p>(i)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 improving home school partnership and facilitating parental involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Members of Parent Councils, on a voluntary basis, may also have an advisory role in decisions on placing requests by parents in respect of those situations where the number of placing requests for a particular school or for a particular stage in a particular school exceeds the number of places available.<\/p>\n<p>We have a very active Parent Council in St Michael&#8217;s, which serves both our School and Nursery. \u00a0We are currently looking for new members to join our Parent Council.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Parent Council Newsletters<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2024\/03\/18195059\/Paren-Council-Newsletter-March-24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parent Council Newsletter &#8211; March 24<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/nlburnsm3\/st-michael-s-primary-parent-council-newsletter-term-1-txmrmtntiuot89a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parent Council Newsletter Sept 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/link.groupcallalert.com\/ls\/click?upn=u001.eY3SEgnMmILYuqvk3X-2Fq-2BK05z9ZrD6CSe9uxl5IQuhsW-2BizNHQnM-2B3FfuxIRuuXWnZXlRqAO6jYXi8eSdUmtoQA0ng4e3YH8JFX9Eu8CtTr4XIxrFLMcka9vonFkxmwJsu6pBIZR9lFEtLzcb3tI-2FQ-3D-3DB-U5_5c5cTWXCIFFHvv5kpzvSodRfA666t1T7l-2Fi40tkKv9KaM9kjVUQma5dYOmVtd9HBeLQTcdH3OGsUKqXkHZhMr-2BCMXLd3ZYFxgBdzWfZ3FLXEYTrn8HniMeVItab6JmZvOauIc-2Fbfjazh9Um36a-2B8nLTp1-2FNa5y13a9UnYpnrfUjq688gooVZ87yqakw66ZrODdw1c5Ke47sY7WbZh47GLsYNj7QX3Z0DbCo5R0lPd0McWEuKw2Px6ZkOUPnsd8IBjJVLuxKzTPHbG1IpC6kHUTXM-2BjLf6knW81g6tfQe468XQmsFuou2j3CBdL7USXzplicPVBQbqPqdgf1JpglU-2FsRSFsuSw6piVm-2B55sFVs6wp1Ld9ZEtix8p531UDY1z0D-2FUr4-2BrpSpux4lLpwkUbSA-3D-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St Michael\u2019s Primary Parent Council Newsletter \u2013 Term 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Parent Council AGM Minutes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/stmichaelsweb\/uploads\/sites\/24966\/2025\/11\/12165715\/PC-Minutes-10.11.25-AGM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PC Minutes 10.11.25 AGM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The following parents and members of staff, serve on the Parent Council in the following roles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Parent Council<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parent Council Members are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Lisa Tierney<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vice-Chair:<\/strong> Sarah Montgomery<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secretary:<\/strong> Stephanie Burns<\/li>\n<li><strong>Treasurer:<\/strong> Kirsty Brolly<\/li>\n<li><strong>Admin Officer:<\/strong> Mandy Glass<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social Media Manager:<\/strong> Pamela McClune<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Teacher Representative:\u00a0 Staff Members will support each meeting<\/p>\n<p>Professional Adviser:\u00a0 Mrs Karen Greechan<\/p>\n<p>The Head Teacher is the Professional Adviser to the Parent Council.<\/p>\n<p>The Head Teacher and Local Councillor may attend all meetings of the Parent Council and have the right to speak.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Members<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Parent Council are any parent who wishes to attend meetings and\/or support events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have anything you wish to contact the Parent Council about, please contact us in one of the following ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>please speak to a member,<\/li>\n<li>email <a href=\"mailto:stmichaelspc@outlook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stmichaelspc@outlook.com\u00a0<\/a> Please only use this email address for Parent Council enquiries.\u00a0 Should you wish discuss a school matter, please contact Mrs Greechan.<\/li>\n<li>find us on Facebook, St Michael\u2019s Parent Council, Moodiesburn<\/li>\n<li>Send a letter via\u00a0the school office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We look forward to working in partnership with the parents and carers of the children in our school.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information correct as of Feb 26<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Parent Council is composed of parents, staff and co-opted members with the Head Teacher as professional advisor. Parent Council The Parent Council\u2019s rights and duties include: (a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 supporting the work of the school; (b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 representing the views of parents\/carers; (c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 consulting with parents and reporting back to the Parent Forum on matters of interest; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/parent-council\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parent Council<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28168,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12416,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions\/12416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stmichaelsweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}