GMLT

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Parent Voice

Welcome to the Parent Forum

The Parent Forum is a group of current parents who work with school leaders and other staff to develop partnerships with school share their views on areas of the school’s work and help to improve what we offer for children at Parrs Wood.

The Parent Forum meets each term and welcomes new members at any point. If you would like to come along to any meeting please email Eileen Garry, Headteacher’s PA:

e.garry@parrswood.manchester.sch.uk

Notes from each meeting will be posted on this page and will include the date of the next meeting, which we agree upon when we meet.

To give you a flavour some of the areas we might discuss could be:

Topic	Notes
Reporting Systems	Progress 8 / new measures and targets – what do they mean? Parental reporting – what works well / ‘even better ifs’…
The Curriculum	What drives our curriculum offer/ What do we include at Parrs Wood? How can we improve our curriculum?
Communication	Parental communication systems – what we share and what we don’t How we currently communicate - what works, what doesn’t Parental engagement/surveys/parent voice/social media
Teaching and Learning	What we focus on What we do differently and why Homework What else might we focus on?
Behaviour and Rewards	Focus and principles Structures in school What works well
Finance and Fundraising
Vision and Values	Embedding them in our daily practice

Presentations / notes from meetings

Parental Forum Meeting October 2022, click on the link to view the presentation and find out what was discussed. Parental Forum - Oct 2022
Parental Forum Meeting June 2022, click on the link to view the presentation and find out what was discussed.Parental Forum - June 2022

Parental Forum Meeting July 2021, click on the link to view the presentation and find out what was discussed.Parental Forum - July 2021

Parental Forum Meeting October 2020, click on the link to view the presentation and find out what was discussed. Parental Forum - Oct 2020

Details of the next meeting TBC.

How Parrs Wood High School deals with Bullying - presentation lead by Ms Dean on how Parrs Wood High School and Sixth Form College deal with bullying when it occurs and the importance of working together as a community.
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Relationship and Sexual Education - Headteacher, Mr McElwee shared the changes to the Relationships and Sex Education. The main changes centre around the ‘right to withdraw’ from the lessons. He also shared what is taught in each year group.

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PWHS GMLT Parent Forum Terms of Reference

Parental Forum Communication: Parental Voice