{"id":579,"date":"2022-05-25T23:18:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T22:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/?page_id=579"},"modified":"2024-10-29T16:45:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:45:23","slug":"pupil-zone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/71-2\/pupil-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"676\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/71-2\/pupil-zone\/role-parent-councils-wheel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2022\/10\/19230854\/role-parent-councils-wheel.png\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" 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=\"role-parent-councils-wheel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2022\/10\/19230854\/role-parent-councils-wheel-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2022\/10\/19230854\/role-parent-councils-wheel.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-676\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2022\/10\/19230854\/role-parent-councils-wheel-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2022\/10\/19230854\/role-parent-councils-wheel-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2022\/10\/19230854\/role-parent-councils-wheel-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/uploads\/sites\/2973\/2022\/10\/19230854\/role-parent-councils-wheel.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong> our council on:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Fordbankprimarypta@gmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Fordbankprimarypta@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairperson:<\/strong> Mrs. Carol Ross<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary:<\/strong> Mrs. Caroline Smith<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer:<\/strong> Mrs. Susan Patterson<\/p>\n<p>By law schools have a duty to promote parents\u2019 involvement in children\u2019s education. Parents are encouraged to be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0involved with their child\u2019s education and learning<\/li>\n<li>welcomed as active participants in the life of the school and<br \/>\nencouraged to express their views on school education generally and work in partnership with their children\u2019s schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every parent who has a child at our school is a member of the Parent Forum. The parent council is a group of parents chosen to represent the parent forum.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the Parent Forum, each parent can expect to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>receive information about the school and its activities<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0hear about what partnership with parents means in our school<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0be invited to be involved in ways and times that suit you<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0identify issues you want the parent council, to work on with the school<\/li>\n<li>be asked your opinion by the parent council on issues relating to the school and the education it provides<\/li>\n<li>work in partnership with staff and<br \/>\nenjoy taking part in the life of the school in whatever way you can.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The type of things the parent council may get involved in include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>supporting the work of the school<\/li>\n<li>gathering and representing parents\u2019 views to the head teacher, education authority and His Majesty\u2019s Inspectorate of Education (HMIe)<\/li>\n<li>promoting contact between the school, parents, pupils, and the local community<\/li>\n<li>fundraising<\/li>\n<li>organising events<\/li>\n<li>reporting to the parent forum and<br \/>\nbeing involved in the appointment of senior promoted staff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on parental involvement or to find out about parents as partners in their children\u2019s learning, please contact the school or visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/parentzone\/getting-involved\/parent-councils\/about-parent-councils\/\">Parentzone website.<\/a> The link is found in our parent websites page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Contact our council on:\u00a0 Fordbankprimarypta@gmail.com Chairperson: Mrs. Carol Ross Secretary: Mrs. Caroline Smith Treasurer: Mrs. Susan Patterson By law schools have a duty to promote parents\u2019 involvement in children\u2019s education. Parents are encouraged to be: \u00a0involved with their child\u2019s education and learning welcomed as active participants in the life of the school and encouraged &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/71-2\/pupil-zone\/\" 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":11631,"featured_media":0,"parent":71,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-579","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1207,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579\/revisions\/1207"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/fordbankprimaryschoolren\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}