Parent Council
Parent Council Overview
The role of the Parent Council is to:
- support the school in its work with pupils
- represent the views of all parents
- encourage links between the school, parents, pupils, pre-school groups and the wider community
- report back to all the parents in the school (called the Parent Forum)
- play a role in the appointment of headteachers and depute headteachers
- support the school and pupils during school inspections.
Click here to visit the Education Scotland Parent Zone
You can email the Parent Council mailbox on pckelsohighschool@scottishborders.npfs.org.uk
There is a Facebook group that parents can join to keep up-to-date with the Parent Council: https://www.facebook.com/groups/240142480962294
Parent Council Next Meeting
Please do come along (they are on different days of the week, a mixture of in person and online and all meetings are at 7.00pm) or raise any questions in advance by email to pckelsohighschool@scottishborders.npfs.org.uk.
Wednesday 11 December – MEETING CANCELLED
Social Media and how to support teenagers using it.
Section 3 (Jan to March) – Teaching and learning at KHS
Wednesday 22nd January 2025 – Online / In Person TBC
Curriculum at KHS – what they learn and when and why? Subject choices at all levels.
Thursday 27nd February – In person at KHS
Learning Support (with Mrs Dyer, PT Support for Learning).
Tuesday 25th March – Online
Revision/Study skills.
Section 4 (April to June) – Wellbeing at KHS
(late in the year to help with this stressful time, not because we don’t think it’s hugely important!)
Wednesday 30th April – In person at KHS
Managing stress and pressure. Respectful relationships again.
Monday 19th May – In person at KHS
Whole person wellbeing
Thursday 19th June – In person at KHS
Supporting young people through transition – from P7 to High School, within years/stages at high school and beyond!
Parent Council Minutes
Three Number Lottery
The Parent Council, since its inception, has worked hard to support the School in a number of ways. One of these has been to raise funds to support the wide variety of activities which the pupils enjoy. With the credit crunch and funding crisis in local government we see this role as one of extreme importance. Following considerable research and discussion we decided to launch a 3 Number Lottery.
This is currently the major fundraiser among our parents each year. It is not a requirement that you have a child attending Kelso High School, merely an interest in helping the School, to participate.
Half of the donations are awarded as prizes. We guarantee that any profits generated are spent in support of the pupils and activities for them. The School is fully accountable to the Parent Council for the ways the money is spent.
The 3 number lottery draw takes place on the last Tuesday of each month. If the numbers drawn are not matched, the prize fund rolls over to the next month. If the prize fund exceeds £1,000 the draw is repeated until it is won and a further draw carried out for the excess.
If you would like to take part, all you have to do is complete the online form here or scan the QR code below. A monthly donation of, for example, £5 will give you 5 entries in each month’s draw. You can pay the £5 monthly, £15 quarterly or £60 annually – whichever suits you best.
On receipt of the online form, an acknowledgement confirming your entry details along with a copy of the rules will be forwarded to you by email
Three Number Lottery - Recent Draw
Lottery Draw – October 2024
The numbers drawn were 8, 12 and 19.
Unfortunately there were no winners so the prize fund will roll over to next month.
The next draw will take place at the end of November with a prize fund of approximately £460!!
To be in with a chance to win please fill out the online form here – Good Luck!!
KHS Easy Fundraising
www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kelsohspc
If you do any shopping online, please take a look at the Kelso High School Parent Council Easy Funding page. Once you have registered with this site, if when you are going to make an online purchase, you log in to Easyfundraising before you commence your transaction, your purchase will generate a donation from the retailer to the Parent Council.
It genuinely does not cost you anything. The 57 parents who are currently registered have collectively earned £820.80 for the School. The majority of their donations are for less than 10p each so while the amount an individual purchase will earn may seem insignificant it is the quantity of these transactions that counts.
There is real potential here to earn a substantial sum to support Kelso High School . Please help us to take full advantage of this scheme as, let’s face it, it is not often that we are offered money for nothing!