{"id":768,"date":"2018-04-30T12:36:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T12:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/fintryprimaryandnursery\/?page_id=768"},"modified":"2018-04-30T12:36:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T12:36:56","slug":"parent-council-constitution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/fintryprimaryandnursery\/parent-council-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fintry Primary School Parent Council Constitution<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fintry Primary School (FPS) has established a Parent Council (PC).\u00a0\u00a0 The purpose of this Constitution is to clearly state:<\/p>\n

Aims and objectives<\/p>\n

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  1. To promote co-operation, communication and partnership between parents (\u2018parent\u2019 refers to parent and carer) and the school (\u2018school\u2019 includes school and nursery).<\/li>\n
  2. To represent and discuss parents\u2019 views and wishes on the education and welfare of pupils.<\/li>\n
  3. To build links and involve parents with the wider learning community.<\/li>\n
  4. To support the school in its work with pupils and parents.<\/li>\n
  5. To communicate PC activities with wider parent forum.<\/li>\n
  6. To support the school in building links and involvement with the local community.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Membership and school staff representation<\/p>\n

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    1. Membership will be agreed at the AGM.<\/li>\n
    2. Any parent of a pupil currently at FPS can volunteer to become a member of the PC.<\/li>\n
    3. The membership will be a minimum of 5 parents and a maximum of 12, with a minimum of 1 parent with a child at the nursery. In the event that number of volunteers exceeds 12, selection will be based on equal representation of school year groups.<\/li>\n
    4. The Head teacher will attend council meetings, informing parents of school activities, the curriculum and encouraging links with other staff and Stirling Council.<\/li>\n
    5. The PC can co-opt members from the community to provide specialist skills or knowledge<\/li>\n
    6. The office bearers (Chairperson and Secretary \u2013 and others as required) will be elected at the AGM.<\/li>\n
    7. Chairperson\u2019s tenure is restricted to 2 years.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Meetings<\/p>\n

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      1. The PC will hold a meeting once per term, although parents or PC members can request an additional meeting or EGM to deal with matters that arise<\/li>\n
      2. The AGM, which is open and advertised to all parents will be held in the first term of each school year.<\/li>\n
      3. The meetings will be deemed to be quorate if half of the number of total parent members is present.<\/li>\n
      4. All meetings will be minuted and published on the school website and school notice-board.<\/li>\n
      5. Non members are welcome to attend with prior notification of the Chair.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Changes to the Constitution and Dissolution<\/p>\n

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        1. Changes \/ additions must be made at an AGM or EGM called for the purpose<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Finance<\/p>\n

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          1. The PC is responsible for the distribution of funds raised by the FPS Parents Fundraising Committee (FRC).<\/li>\n
          2. The Head teacher can request funds from the PC for activities to enhance the pupils\u2019 learning experience.<\/li>\n
          3. The Office Bearers of the FRC are responsible for releasing the funds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            This constitution was devised using the following resources:<\/p>\n

            http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/Resource\/Doc\/194627\/0052294.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

            http:\/\/www.sptc.info\/leaflets\/model-constitution-for-parent-councils\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Fintry Primary School Parent Council Constitution Fintry Primary School (FPS) has established a Parent Council (PC).\u00a0\u00a0 The purpose of this Constitution is to clearly state: Aims and objectives To promote co-operation, communication and partnership between parents (\u2018parent\u2019 refers to parent and carer) and the school (\u2018school\u2019 includes school and nursery). To represent and discuss parents\u2019 … Continue reading Parent Council Constitution<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":771,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-768","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/fintryprimaryandnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/fintryprimaryandnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/fintryprimaryandnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/fintryprimaryandnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/771"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/fintryprimaryandnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/fintryprimaryandnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":769,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/fintryprimaryandnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/768\/revisions\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/fintryprimaryandnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}