February / March 2022
Welcome to our first Parent Council Newsletter of 2022!!
We are already half way through this term and 2022 is almost 2 months in!
Due to the continuing restrictions we are hoping to fundraise using an Easter Raffle 🐰🐣 and aiming to have our first school discos before the end of June. 🤞
The Parent Council are keeping busy and we are here to represent you and your views so please get in touch if you have anything you need our help with using our online form or email.
Survey Feedback - November 2021 Parent Phone Calls
Thank you to everyone who responded to our survey on the November parents evenings phone calls. We have already been in contact with the school with your responses.
Our next PC meetings are on
Monday 21 February at 7pm on Zoom
Monday 21 March at 7pm on Zoom
All Parents are very welcome to attend.
Please email us before the meeting, or use our Contact us form, if you wish to attend.
Please remember that the Parent Council are here to represent you and to bring your views and issues to the school.
If you have anything that you need help with then you can contact us using our online form or email.
Competition for all P5 - P7 primary pupils!
Are you going to shop online?
There is a REALLY, REALLY easy way to help raise funds to support our pupils using easyfundraising.
- Download the donation reminder
- Activate the donation each time you shop online
It's that easy ....
Respect me are launching a Youth Action Group for young people aged 11-18 in the search for anti-bullying ambassadors.
The search is on for a group of young people to join respectme to help inform our next big national anti-bullying campaign, launching in time for Anti-Bullying Week 2022.
The new Youth Action Group will bring together a team of like-minded young people aged 11-18 from across the country who will help shape the development of a new anti-bullying campaign which will run for the next two years.
The group will discuss the main issues facing young people in relation to bullying right now, and co-design a national campaign which aims to improve the lives of young people in Scotland.
We want to hear from young people who have knowledge about bullying and ideas about how to build an effective campaign targeted at children and young people across Scotland.
Parenting Resources
Find some free parenting resources from The Spark Counselling Services. Leaflets are available on suppoting mental health, Teenagers, behaviour strategies and much more!
The Parent Council are sharing these resources but do not take any responsibility for their content.
Need childcare?
The Scottish Government is working to understand when and where childcare is needed for school age children. They are working with Caerus who will launch the software to allow families to find and book childcare, clubs and activities.
You can help by sharing your views and registering on https://parents.caerus.scot/
Scottish Government Free Bus travel for Under 22s
All 5-21 year olds resident in Scotland are eligible from 31 January 2022 for Young Persons' Free Bus Travel, using a National Entitlement Card with the free bus travel product on it. Without this, you will be unable to travel for free on bus services in Scotland.
Info for parents and guardians
If you are a parent or guardian of a 5-15 year old then you must apply on their behalf. This will allow you to continue to exercise responsibility over their wellbeing and safety. Remember that free bus travel is available nationwide. This means your child can travel across Scotland, so please take care when making the decision about applying for them.
Where can Free Bus Travel be used?
Cardholders with the free bus travel product on it will be able to access free bus travel on registered bus services across Scotland including a very limited number of local cross-border services from the south of Scotland into northern England.
Please check out the latest recordings of GCPG events aimed at ALL parents within Glasgow. You can watch videos of their previous events on their Youtube Channel. The latest recordings include:
Opportunities for a better future
Setting up a school bike or walking bus
A parents / guardian's guide to social media
The school's new communication app is up and running!
Search on your App Store for School App for Parents and input the school name - Bankhead Primary School Knightswood.
Then you should be up and running - it's that easy!
Glasgow Eco Trust Events:
Food and Climate Change Cafe on Tuesday 01 March 2022. Find out more.
Learn to cycle is back - the return of our learn to cycle programme has proved very popular. These offer a free 30 minute indoor 1-2-1 session and all equipment is provided. Open to ages 12+. Booking in advance is required.
Health walks - our health walks programme is proving really popular with walks leaving from Heart of Scotstoun on a Wed and Fri morning. Open to all.
Adult led cycle rides - our rides run every Tue and Sat and last for a couple of hours. Find out about dates and how to book.
We are hoping to engage more of our parents who do not have English as their first language in the life of the school and the Parent Council. To do this we will be asking for parents to help to translate short documents into as many languages as possible.
If you are able to help then please contact us on bankheadparentcouncilgcc@gmail.com.
GCPG host many events throughout the year aimed at ALL parents within Glasgow. You can watch videos of their previous events on their Youtube Channel.
Remember the specialised forums for parents/carers from GCPG.
ASL Forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gcpgaslforum
Equalities forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gcpgequalitiesforum
Early Years forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gcpgearlyyearsforum
You can subscribe to their distribution list for up to date emails about their events (Email: GCParentsGroup@gmail.com) or follow them on Twitter or Facebook.