{"id":520,"date":"2015-10-20T16:23:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T16:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/williamsburgh\/?page_id=520"},"modified":"2023-05-15T13:56:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:56:06","slug":"parent-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/parent-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Parent Council Members<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairperson: <\/strong>Gabriela Francescoli<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vice Chair Person: <\/strong>Vacant at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer: <\/strong>Lindsay Kerr\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Secretary:<\/strong> Katie Hall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Members: <\/strong>Ashley Boal, Cara Fisher-Gentle, Caroline Smith,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cheryl Gillespie, Eileen Connolly, Jennifer Lang, Laura McAllister, Lauren Rozenek, Marion O&#8217;Toole, Michelle McGarry O&#8217;Leary,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Nicola Murray,\u00a0 and Sandra Hepburn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact email address:\u00a0 <\/strong>ralstonparentcouncil@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parent Council Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please find attached Chair Report letter. &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/ralston\/uploads\/sites\/2879\/2022\/09\/27091920\/Chair-Report-21-22_27092022101554.pdf\">Chair Report 21-22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By law schools have a duty to promote parents\u2019 involvement in children\u2019s education. Parents are welcomed to be;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>involved with their child\u2019s education and learning.<\/li>\n<li>be active participants in the life of the school, and<\/li>\n<li>express their views on school education generally and work in partnership with their children&#8217;s 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. 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>hear about what partnership with parent\u2019s means in our school.<\/li>\n<li>be invited to be involved in ways and times that suit you.<\/li>\n<li>identify 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<\/li>\n<li>enjoy taking part in the life of the school in whatever way possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The types 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 Education Scotland.<\/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<\/li>\n<li>being 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 Parentzone website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk\/\">www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk<\/a><u>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parent Council Members Chairperson: Gabriela Francescoli Vice Chair Person: Vacant at the moment. Treasurer: Lindsay Kerr\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Secretary: Katie Hall Members: Ashley Boal, Cara Fisher-Gentle, Caroline Smith,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cheryl Gillespie, Eileen Connolly, Jennifer Lang, Laura McAllister, Lauren Rozenek, Marion O&#8217;Toole, Michelle McGarry O&#8217;Leary,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/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":3254,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-520","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3361,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/520\/revisions\/3361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}