parent council meeting 13th february
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Bishop John Robinson
Church of England Primary School
Parent Council Meeting
Friday 13th February 2015
Agenda
Opening prayer
Matters arising from previous
meeting
What parents were invited to and what
was intended
Newsletter 09/01/15
Parent council
Now that we have a new parent governor, I am thrilled to announce the first parent council meeting of the new-year. All parents who have an interest in joining the parent council are welcome regardless of prior involvement. This will take place after drop off on Friday 6th February and will last for approximately 1 hour.
What we would like to achieve
from this meetingFor parents to; Understand the vision for Parent Council Review the terms of reference for Parent
Council Meet the parent governors Sign up to join as parent representatives Sign up for other activities (Friends of
BJR, reading, volunteering) Consider how these groups might run Suggest topics for discussion Agree to a next meeting
What Parent Council IS (Terms
of reference) A Parent Council is a body of parents which
represents parents and provides a forum for them to put forward their views to the head teacher and the governing body of their children’s school via the Parent Governors.Parent Councils are a more accessible way to involve more parents in decisions about the school. A Parent Council can be less formal and require a lesser commitment than being a member of the governing body. It also enables more parents to make a real contribution to their child’s school
The Bishop John Robinson Primary School Parent Council
will focus initially on three key roles
Providing a route through which parents as a group advise the governing body and school leadership of their views and for the governing body and school leadership to consult and discuss issues with parents
Reaching out to parents and bringing parents together
Enabling parents to get involved in the life of the school, including supporting learning activities inside and outside of school hours
Signing up for Parent Council
Only if you agree to these terms
Can make the commitment to the
school
Raising concerns procedure
1. Make an appointment with the class
teacher or member of staff
concerned
2. Make an appointment with the phase
leader – Mrs Richardson (KS2), Mrs
Barratt (EYFS, KS1)
3. Make an appointment with the Head
Teacher
4. Contact the chair of Governors
Agreed behaviour for Parent
Council We focus on finding solutions for
continued improvement for our school
We behave in a respectful way toward each other
We listen to each other
We wait our turn to speak
We only use language appropriate to a primary school setting
We understand that not all matters can be dealt with in one session
A Parent Council Meeting will be
stopped if…
Members behave in a way contrary to
the agreed behaviours (previous slide)
Members begin to shout over each
other
Inappropriate language is used
The agenda is not followed
Raising agenda items for PC
Initial response:
◦ Email/text/Newsletter
informing parents of
PC meeting
◦ Suggestion Box
◦ Email (TBA)
◦ Online form on Parent
Council page of the
School Website (TBA)
Raising agenda items for PC
Parent Governors then collate
responses and set discussion topics /
agenda items
Agenda is then communicated via
text/email and website
Parent Council meet and discuss
issue
Main topic
Behaviour in School
What is going well? What are our
concerns?
What might school
do to make
improvements?
What contribution
might families and
the community
make?
School Perspective - OFSTED
What we are noticing – minority
of children Behaviour of some BOYS both in class
and in the playground◦ Anger
◦ Aggression
◦ Dealing with conflict
Children’s response to change◦ New teachers
◦ Different adults teaching them
Parents reporting that behaviour at home is fine and at school it is not –how might we achieve a consistent approach to behaviour both at home and school?
Main topic
Behaviour in School
What is going well? What are our
concerns?
What might school
do to make
improvements?
What contribution
might families and
the community
make?
Agreed actions
Date of next meeting
Closing Prayer