Category: Meetings

If we stick to the planned schedule, we’ll have two meetings in February. This has happened because the meeting originally scheduled for 26 January had to be postponed until 4 February, due to heavy snow. Should we meet as planned on the 26 of February or should wait until the next date, March 31?

Two meetings in a single month is more of a demand than we would normally presume to make on people’s busy schedules. But it would give everyone a chance to meet again before the interviews for the new headteacher. So if you have strong feelings on how the replacement should be chosen, a meeting on February 26 would be the time to tell us.

Let us know what you think.

Don’t forget, the next Breadalbane Academy Parent Council meeting is in Pitlochry on Tuesday 26th March, 7pm in staff room at Pitlochry High School. All welcome!

We’re still working on the agenda. At the moment it looks like this:

1. Welcome and apologies
2. No 23 bus update
3. Fund raising update 
4. Update on the recruitment of a Gaelic Medium teacher
5. Avon and the BPC 
6. Parent Council questionnaire. 
7. Evidence2Success update
8. Pitlochry parents: a chance to raise any Pitlochry specific issues. 
9. Head teacher’s report
10. Any other business

If there’s something else you’d like to discuss, let us know on contact@breadalbaneparents.com. Or just turn up on the day and raise it under “any other business”.

The February minutes are now available. Highlights of the meeting include:

• Breadalbane kids quiz astronauts over a radio link to the International Space Station.
• Parent Council offers financial help with the cost of transport to school activities.
• Breadalbane chemistry pupils win regional trophy for prestigious Top of the Bench quiz. Next stop: the national finals in Luftborough!
• Parent Council discusses the council’s controversial Evidence2Success survey.
• HMIe are coming to inspect the school on 18 March 2013. They will be asking the views of Parent Council.

The last item is particularly important. As a parent, you have a right to be heard. If you have anything you want the Parent Council to raise with the HMIe inspects, tell us now!

For a complete run-down of what was discussed, see the full minutes online.

The next meeting of the Parent Council is on Tuesday 26th March, 7pm in staff room at Pitlochry High School. We’ll be discussing all the usual stuff and everyone is welcome.

It would also be great to hear from Pitlochry parents, including parents of kids in S4 who are about to make the move to Breadalbane, about any Pitlochry-specific issues.

If you have something to say, or questions you want answered, then we want to hear from you.

The next parent council meeting is on Tuesday 29 January, 6:30-8:30 pm at the Breadalbane Community Campus. Got something you want on the agenda? Then let us know about it.

The next Parent Council meeting takes place on Tuesday November 27, 6:30-8:30pm at Mid Atholl Hall, Ballinluig. Is there something you want on raised? If there is, let us know and we’ll make sure it goes on the agenda.

One of the things we discussed at the last meeting, was what the Parent Council is for and what it should be doing for you and your kids.

We’ve drawn up a draft explanation of what we think the council should do. We plan to use this as the text of a new page on this website. Before we make the page live, we’d like to know what you think.

Are you happy with it? Is anything unclear? Do you disagree with anything? Can you suggest any improvements?

Download the draft text, have a read and let us know what you think.

Thanks to all the parents who turned up to the Dunkeld session of the Breadalbane Academy Parent Council tonight. It was great to have so many of your there, and to have such a lively discussion.

Over the next week or two we’ll be posting the minutes of the meeting and updates on many of the issues we discussed, so watch this space!

Here’s the proposed agenda for Wednesday’s meeting of the Parent Council. If you have a question or there’s something you’d like to add, drop us a line or leave a comment at the end of this article.

Remember, the meeting is at 7pm, on Wednesday 26th of September Royal School of Dunkeld. 

Agenda

1. Welcome, introductions and apologies

2. What is the Parent Council for?

3. Updates on issues from last meeting:

• No 23 bus
• Communication initiative so far

4. Head Teacher’s report

5. Standards and Quality report – any questions?

6. Duke of Edinburgh: what we’re doing and does anyone know any sporty types who could help?

7. Fundraising Ideas – especially low maintenance ones!

8. Dunkeld/Birnam Parents – do you have anything you want to raise?

9. Communication with the Comann nam Pàrant: establishing the Gaelic council’s wishes.

10. Any other business.

Get involved! The next meeting of the Parent Council takes place at 7pm, on Wednesday 26th of September at Dunkeld primary school. Arrive any time after 6.30pm if you want to chat before the meeting.

The address is:

The Royal School of Dunkeld
Perth Road
Dunkeld
PH8 0AB

If you’re not sure where that is, check out the location on Google Maps.

If you don’t live in Dunkeld but you want to attend, drop us a line. We’ll try to fix as many people as we can up with car shares.