Parent council meeting 13th february

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