Staff Email Pupil Email Homepage Our School Parents Pupils Partners Contact Us Homepage Parents Parent Council Parents Policies and Guides The School Day Calendar / Key Dates Clans Hostel Cashless Catering Fundraising Vision and Values A&B School Holidays Enhancement Activities Pipe Band Sports Arts and Music School Trips Other groups Specialist Schools Head Teacher Letters COVID-19 Parent Council Parent Council Dear Parent Community The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the Parent Council will be held online (Google Meet) on Wednesday November 17th at 6pm. The AGM is the time for new members to join the Parent Council and we really want to encourage people to come forward. We are very keen to boost the parent membership, especially since some of us are parents of S5 and S6 pupils and won’t be able to continue when our kids leave. The Parent Council meets around 4 times a year – 1 meeting each term plus the AGM in November – but our role is more than just holding meetings. We need people who are willing to do things. In particular if anyone has any experience/ideas for fundraising this would be marvellous. Our current project is fundraising towards a new minibus as the present one has a high mileage and is getting tired. We really need new people so if you are enthusiastic and able to give some time to actively supporting the school and pupils, PLEASE consider joining the Parent Council. Parent Forums (consisting theoretically of all parents) and their Councils were established under the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 in recognition of the important role that parents can play not only in their children’s learning but also in the life of a school. They are a team of parents who volunteer their time to represent parental perspectives and help a school to constantly improve. The representatives are selected at an open annual meeting and then act as a committee for the rest of the year, meeting 3-4 times as the full committee with (if existing) sub-groups such as fundraising and events teams meeting potentially more frequently. The PC aims to… Work in partnership with the school to decide on key priorities Provide a voice for parents in the school and local authority on issues that are important to them Improve the school’s understanding how to engage parents in their children’s learning and in the life of the school Support the school in developing a strong home/school partnership Communicate with the parent forum that is to represent all parents to hear their views and keep them informed Support improvement by discussing the school’s strengths and areas for development from the parental perspective Help make links with the wider community Capture the unique and varied skills, interests, knowledge and experience that parents can offer The Parent Council has a responsibility to keep track of its accounts and present their accounts at the annual meeting. Oban High School pupils originate from a wide geographic area and to allow more parents to be on the PC, we decided to hold our meetings on a digital platform going forward. At the annual meeting new members commit to the committee for at least a year. We urgently need parents joining the committee who are prepared to DO jobs and not just attend the few meetings we have over the year when the committee just discusses issues. Considering the size of the High School, the committee is small and thereby limited by what it can achieve. Members of the Parent Council are privileged to be given information which may be sensitive and in draft format, for consultation and comment. Members of the PC are thus bound to keep this information confidential. Members of the PC are asked to think of the good for the entire school and wider community rather than represent their own children and circumstances only, although their perspectives are of course very valuable. Check out the Parentzone Scotland website for information for parents: https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/ Current office bearers are: Treasurer: Angus McFadyen Chair: Dr Anuschka Millere Vice Chair / Secretary: Lucy Files Next public meeting: September 2021 (exact date tbc) Click on the dates below for minutes of past Parent Council meetings and AGMs. ----- Year 2019-20 ----- June [DOC] AGM [DOC] - November Chair's Report for AGM [DOC] - November November [DOC] September [DOC] ----- Year 2018-19 ----- May [DOC] February [DOC] AGM [DOC] - November Chair's Report for AGM [PDF] - November September [PDF] ----- Year 2017-18 ----- May [PDF] January [PDF] Copyright 2015 Oban High School 2015-02-23 – 2021 General Information | School news | Contact us | | Website design, Development and Hosting by mtc.