Parent Council
Welcome to the Alford Academy Parent Council.
The Parent Council AGM and first meeting will be held at the school on Tuesday 20th September at 7pm with an option to join via Teams
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for anyone who wishes to attend but cannot do so in person. Everyone in the Parent Forum is invited. A special invite goes out to those new members of the Parent Forum with a young person in S1 – come along and see what the Parent Council does and think about getting involved.
We will be electing Office Bearers and Parent Council Members at the AGM. We are looking for more parents to get involved whether it be as a member, an attendee at meetings, help with our sub-groups or as an office bearer (our treasurer and secretary both wish to step down this year). Please get in touch if you wish to get more involved by contacting the Parent Council via: alfordaca.pc@outlook.com.
Parent Council AGM Agenda 20.9.22
Alford Academy Parent Council Constitution
WHAT DO WE DO?
As a parent council, our aim is to provide a forum for communication between the parent body and the school. We meet on a regular basis throughout the year, at least once every school term. We welcome all parents/carers to all meetings; we would love to hear from you.
As a Parent Council, we have a statutory role to support the school. We do this in a number of ways;
- To work in partnership with the school to create a welcoming school which, is inclusive for all parents/carers.
- To promote partnership between the school, its pupils and all its parents/carers.
- To develop and engage in activities which support the education and welfare of the pupils.
- To identify and represent the views of parents/carers on the education provided by the school and other matters affecting the education and welfare of the pupils.
- To report to parents on school development projects and support improvement plans by discussing the school’s strengths and areas for development from a parental perspective.
- To work in partnership with the school to decide on the key priorities to take forward and provide a voice for parents in schools and in their local authority on issues that are important to them
- To improve the school’s understanding of how to engage parents in their children’s learning and in the life of the school.
- To support the school to develop strong home/school partnerships and communicate regularly with the Parent Forum to both hear their views and keep them informed.
- To help make links with the wider community
- To take part/organise social (and fundraising) activities that help support school initiatives and the overall health and wellbeing of pupils
WHO ARE WE?
- Chairperson: Ingrid Huldal (Brown)
- Vice-chairperson: Joe Purkis
- Secretary : Monica Illoya
- Treasurer: Denise Smith
HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE?
We meet at least once every school term; meetings are currently held on Teams but we hope to return to in person meetings soon.
To contact Alford Academy Parent Council, please contact: alfordaca.pc@outlook.com
- Meeting minutes and agenda are sent out via email and also are updated on this site here
For all posts to the blog from the Parent Council click here
HOW CAN YOU JOIN?
- We welcome all new parents to attend our sessions, you don’t need to be a member to attend please just join and you will be made welcome.
- New council members are elected at the AGM session, this is the first session we hold after the summer break – we will send an email out beforehand to see if anyone is interested in joining the parent council or standing for a parent council office bearer position.
- We welcome any feedback, concerns or suggestions from all parents – email ahead of any items of interest to add to next meeting agenda
- Contact us if you have any questions or for support at: alfordaca.pc@outlook.com
PARENT COUNCIL MEETING DATES FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2022-2023
- Tuesday 20th September 2022, AGM
- Wednesday 16th November 2022
- Monday 16th January 2023
- Tuesday 14th March 2023
- Wednesday 10th May 2023
- Wednesday 14th June 2023 – (P7 Welcome Session)
Below is a list of all the latest agendas and minutes.
Session 2021-22
Wednesday 15th June 2022 Minutes
Tuesday 15th March 2022 Agenda
Monday 17th January 2022 Agenda Minutes
Tuesday 16th November 2021 Agenda Minutes
September 14th 2021 Agenda Minutes
Archive Meetings
Session 2020-21 Agendas and Minutes
January 18th 2021 Agenda Minutes
November 18th 2020 Agenda Minutes
September 15th 2020 AGM Minutes
Session 2019 – 2020 Agendas and Minutes
January 21st 2020 Agenda Minutes
November 13th 2019 Agenda Minutes
September 16th 2019 AGM Agenda Minutes
August 26th 2019 Agenda Minutes
Session 2018 – 2019 Agendas and Minutes
June 19th 2019 Agenda Minutes
March 18th 2019 Agenda Minutes
January 23rd 2019 Agenda Minutes revised
November 6th 2018 Agenda Minutes
September 17th 2018 AGM Agenda Minutes
August 27th 2018 Notes from meeting
Session 2017 – 2018 Agendas and Minutes
March 19th 2018 Agenda Minutes
January 22nd 2018 Agenda Minutes
November 8th 2017 Agenda Minutes
September 18th 2017 AGM Agenda Minutes
Session 2016 – 2017 Agendas and Minutes
December 5th 2016 Agenda Minutes
September 19th 2016 AGM Agenda Minutes
March 20th 2016 Agenda Minutes
January 25th 2016 Agenda Minutes