{"id":74,"date":"2017-04-26T15:51:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T15:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/bellsbraeprimary\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:20:47","slug":"parent-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/bellsbraeprimary\/parent-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BellsBraeParentCouncil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parent Council Facebook Page<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\">The Parental Involvement Act made changes to the arrangements for parental representation in all schools.\u00a0 From August 2007 Parent Councils were established as the representative body for parents taking over from School Boards.<\/h5>\n<p>The role of the Parent Council is to:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support the school in its work with pupils<\/li>\n<li>Represent the views of all parents<\/li>\n<li>Encourage links between the school, parents, pupils, pre-school groups and the wider community<\/li>\n<li>Report back to the Parent Forum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All parents and carers of children attending Bell\u2019s Brae School are members of the Parent Forum.\u00a0 The Parent Council was formed in accordance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/bellsbraeprimary\/uploads\/sites\/2267\/2021\/11\/12104838\/Constitution-reviewed-2019.pdf\">Constitution &#8211; reviewed 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Parent Council consists of the following parent members:-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:bellsbraeparentcouncil@gmail.com\">E-mail: bellsbraeparentcouncil@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"397\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"180\"><strong>Position<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">David Thomson<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Chair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Laurie Pottinger<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Vice Chair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Richard &amp; Nicole Douglas<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Heather McIntosh<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Sita Goudie<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Jenna &amp; Sam Laurenson<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Sarah Dempster<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Mike Hicks<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Rebecca Morrison<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Ruth Alexander<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Panda Anderson<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">John Leask<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Jessica &amp; John Morrison<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"217\">Rabya Zia<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Parent Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Dawn Ratter\u00a0 Clerk\/Treasurer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meeting Dates for 2025\/26<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Term 2 \u2013 Monday 17<sup>th<\/sup> November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Term 3 \u2013 Monday 9<sup>th<\/sup> March 2026<\/li>\n<li>Term 4 \u2013 Monday 18<sup>th<\/sup> May 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All meetings will be held at 6.30pm in the Bell\u2019s Brae Primary School staffroom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meeting Dates for 2026\/27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AGM &amp; Term 1 \u2013 Monday 14<sup>th<\/sup> September 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: center\">Lerwick Councillors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Lerwick Councillors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Leask<\/p>\n<p>Gary Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Arwed Wenger<\/p>\n<p>John Fraser<\/p>\n<p>Cecil Smith<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Leask<\/p>\n<p>Neil Pearson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parent Council Facebook Page The Parental Involvement Act made changes to the arrangements for parental representation in all schools.\u00a0 From August 2007 Parent Councils were established as the representative body for parents taking over from School Boards. 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