{"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":"2026-09-03T09:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:35:08","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>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><\/p>\n<p>Angela Riley, Ashley Boal, Cara Gentle, Cheryl Gillespie, Christine Nicolson, Debbie Smart, Gail McGlinchey, Jennifer Lang, Laura McAllister, Michelle O&#8217;Leary and Naureen Iqbal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact email address:\u00a0 <\/strong>ralstonparentcouncil@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parent Council Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Constitution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinks.uk.defend.egress.com%2FWarning%3FcrId%3D6a954382191d58b90e5c3ce4%26Domain%3Drenfrewshire.gov.uk%26Threat%3DeNpzrShJLcpLzAEADmkDRA%253D%253D%26Lang%3Den%26%40OriginalLink%3Ddocs.google.com%26Base64Url%3DeNodx7EOwiAQANC_YbNw2mIxaVzUOKjdGnUxpoeUxPYQDv19o9PLG5hDWkmJ1KfCEbmnLXoaf8-jnViiBDodNvO3vrYww075o2rj9rY_s_l0WO0uL2nR8zqn0KThHv3kBGWPDUCpVGUWWtegoTYAS12KyIEeDcdsRcK_X3ySK3A%253D&amp;data=05%7C02%7Caileen.shaw%40renfrewshire.gov.uk%7C3e7b70d7ab174c96399208df073ecdd2%7Cca2953361aa64486b2b2cf7669625305%7C0%7C0%7C639237639031187021%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C60000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pkzeCVUVFJ7F4akS6CsITkD2fnMHICuW1o2guGIhnq8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1oNLD2v6ZO1-dV0iM0OrE_HXt9wVd5FYq\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=114005936681618911764&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinks.uk.defend.egress.com%2FWarning%3FcrId%3D6a954382191d58b90e5c3ce4%26Domain%3Drenfrewshire.gov.uk%26Threat%3DeNpzrShJLcpLzAEADmkDRA%253D%253D%26Lang%3Den%26%40OriginalLink%3Dcanva.link%26Base64Url%3DeNrLKCkpKLbS109OzCtL1MvJzMvWr0ytyC-0LMvKMzBIMy_JAwDcwwx8&amp;data=05%7C02%7Caileen.shaw%40renfrewshire.gov.uk%7C3e7b70d7ab174c96399208df073ecdd2%7Cca2953361aa64486b2b2cf7669625305%7C0%7C0%7C639237639031202105%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C60000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yXIUpL0QivNEwo2noNwf6rMZ1Cwic8k4d1BJ9AbFhYI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/canva.link\/yexoq9vjn00f7tn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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 Treasurer: Lindsay Kerr\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Secretary: Katie Hall Members: Angela Riley, Ashley Boal, Cara Gentle, Cheryl Gillespie, Christine Nicolson, Debbie Smart, Gail McGlinchey, Jennifer Lang, Laura McAllister, Michelle O&#8217;Leary and Naureen Iqbal. Contact email address:\u00a0 ralstonparentcouncil@gmail.com Parent Council Information Constitution https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1oNLD2v6ZO1-dV0iM0OrE_HXt9wVd5FYq\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=114005936681618911764&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true Newsletter &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":24,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4250,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/ralston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/520\/revisions\/4250"}],"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}]}}