Success Stories
This is the Success Stories section where you can tell other parent groups about your activities. If you have a project or Parent Council/PTA activity you’d like to share, then just fill in the template and decide which theme your story comes under – Parenting, Communicating, Volunteering, Learning at Home, Decision Making or Collaborating with the Community – and we’ll do the rest.
We’ve chosen these six themes because they are the Six Types of Involvement we use in the Partnership Schools Scotland framework. We’ll also be posting Success Stories from schools involved in the Partnership Schools Scotland project.
Eco Shop Success - Kinnaird Primary School, Falkirk
Kinnaird Primary School's Eco Shop is a uniform exchange which is run professionally and uses social media to display stock
Grant application successes - Kinnaird Primary School Parent Council, Falkirk
Kinnaird Primary School Parent Council has been successfully applying for grants
Roundtable Discussion Event for Parents of Teenagers: US Middle School
This school organised a discussion event, supported by a counsellor, for parents of teenagers
Café Maths Night: An American Middle School
This Partnership School's Action Team gets creative in engaging families in maths
A useful PowerPoint sets out the activities and responsibilities of the Parent Council - St Andrew's Fox Covert RC Primary School, Edinburgh
A Parent Council chair creates a PowerPoint to explain Parent Councils to the new committee
The Pride of Kinnaird Tartan & School Badge are Registered: Kinnaird Primary School Parent Council, Falkirk
Parents and school staff work together to register the school tartan and its badge, to create a legacy for pupils
Warddykes Christmas Fayre - Warddykes Primary School, Angus
The whole school community works together to create a wonderful event which is improved each year by involving everyone in evaluating the fayre
Parent Council Chair Support Group - Angus
Connect works with local Parent Councils and Angus Council to establish a group for Parent Council chairs
Charity Shop - Webster's High School Parent Council, Angus
Webster's High School Parent Council ran a charity shop to raise funds
Kinnaird PTA goes Digital (App) - Kinnaird Primary School PTA, Falkirk
Sponsored Sport - Southmuir Primary School, Angus
A whole school approach to fundraising via sponsored sporting activities
Kindness Challenge: Promoting Wellbeing
A whole school community came together to promote kindness and to tackle bullying behaviour
Grandparents and the Bingo Connection
A primary school welcomes family members into their school community and helps build connections
Dads and Drills: Involving Dads
A Primary School project brought the men in children's lives into school for some fun physical activities
A Winter Reading Night to Encourage a Love of Reading
An American primary school hosts a family event with the support of community businesses and social enterprises
Monster Mash Family Literacy Evening
A primary school in the United States uses a fun theme for a family literacy evening
Cultivating a Culture of Reading: Dinner and a Book
An American high school project helps young people to enjoy reading at home
Digital Yearbook - Tynewater Primary School Parent Council, Midlothian
Tynewater Parent Council celebrates a busy year digitally
A Parent Council creates a cookbook - Edzell Primary School Parent Council, Angus
Creating a fundraising cookbook was easy using a specialist publisher
Parent 101 Workshop: The Essentials - Meldrum Parents in Partnership, Aberdeenshire
Meldrum Parents in Partnership runs an online workshop on YouTube
Aberdeenshire Parent Council Chairs set up a Facebook group
Aberdeenshire Parent Council Chairs communicate with one another through a closed group on Facebook
Pop Up Shop - Craigour Park Primary School Parent Council, Edinburgh
Craigour Primary Parent Council runs an affordable pop up shop
10 Reasons to Support the Parent Council leaflet - Birkhill Primary School Parent Council, Angus
The Parent Council produces an attractive leaflet to promote its work
Parents support the school library - Tynewater Primary School, Midlothian
Parents take on running and managing the school library
A Social Media Policy - Tynewater Primary School Parent Council, Midlothian
A Parent Council writes and adopts a social media policy
Fundraising - St Columbkille’s Primary School Parent Council, Rutherglen
St Columbkille Primary School parents fundraise with the community and bring everyone together
Bubbles and Buble Evening - Meldrum Parents in Partnership, Aberdeenshire
A social event raises funds and creates community spirit
Code of Conduct -Lhan bryde Primary School Parent Council, Moray
A Code of Conduct helps everyone to work together effectively
easyfundraising - Aberlady Primary School PTA
Joining easyfundraising does what it says on the tin
Parent Council Flyers - Trinity Academy, Edinburgh
An A4 flyer about the Parent Council is shared with parents at the school
Giving your Parent Council a Health Check
A Parent Council uses Connect's Health Check templates for improvement
Equal Access to Digital Learning - Anderston Primary School, Glasgow
Parents are involved in understanding how tablets are used by their children in class
Pupil Equity Fund - Levenmouth Academy, Fife
Levenmouth Academy staff consult pupils and parents about their priorities for the Pupil Equity Fund
School Grounds and Gardening Club - Dunbar Primary School Parent Council, East Lothian
Partnership-working has produced great results for Dunbar Primary School
School Calendars - Dunbar Primary School Parent Council, East Lothian
A school calendar is produced with support from parents
Parent Council Facebook Page - Giffnock Primary School Parent Council, East Renfrewshire
A Facebook Page helps a Parent Council to share information with parents
Parent Council Facebook Page - Middleton Park Primary Parent Council, Aberdeen
Setting up a Facebook page helps with communications
Getting Parents Involved in Parent Councils - Glamis Primary School, Angus
Glamis Primary School sets up a new Parent Council and encourages involvement
International Day - Flora Stevenson's Primary School, Edinburgh
The school community takes part in a day-long celebration of different cultures and countries
Parental Involvement - Earlston Primary School Parent Council, Scottish Borders
Earlston PS Parent Council holds a marketplace-type event to share information
Sports Day - Cortachy Primary School, Angus
A school community comes together to enjoy a school event
A new website - Waid Academy Parent Council, Fife
Waid Academy Parent Council's first website is used to help parents and pupils find out about school trips
For the love of reading - St Peter's Primary, Edinburgh
Volunteers support reading and a refurbished library
Sharing Parents' skills and talents - Uphall Primary School, West Lothian
A parent and bank employee came in school to talk to children about money sense
Sharing values and beliefs - Moray Primary School, Grangemouth
Parents come into school and talk about values and beliefs
An attractive newsletter - Trinity Academy Parent Council, Edinburgh
Trinity Academy Parent Council produces an attractive newsletter
Keeping parents involved in children's progress - St John's Primary School, Edinburgh
A new approach to reporting children's progress to parents is devised
S1 Parent Information Evening - Trinity Academy, Edinburgh
The Parent Council gathers information that parents wished they had known in S1 to share with incoming S1 parents
Improving food choices - St Francis Primary School, Glasgow
Healthy eating is promoted through cookery classes for parents and children
Pupil Equity Fund - Levenmouth Academy, Buckhaven
Levenmouth Academy consult parents about spending their Pupil Equity Fund
Outdoors and numeracy - Friockheim Primary School, Angus
Friockheim PS uses outdoor activities to support numeracy
Parents talk to children about their learning - St Nicholas Primary School, Broxburn
Parents are kept up-to-date with their children's learning by schools
Bereavement Support Initiative - Meldrum Primary, Aberdeenshire
A parent group looks to the wider community for advice on bereavement
Getting Dads Involved - St Patrick’s RC Primary School, Denny
Getting dads involved in schools at this primary school helps boys to engage with their learning
Parent Council Information Videos - Tynewater Primary School, Midlothian
The Tynewater Primary School Parent Council's chairperson produces short animated videos using an online app
STEM Family Activity Day - St Francis Primary School, Glasgow
A family Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths day brings together the whole community
Tesco’s #BagsofHelp Initiative - Meldrum Parents in Partnership, Aberdeenshire
Meldrum Parents in Partnership (MPiP) receives funding from the Tesco’s #Bagsofhelp initiative
Do you have your own Success Story you want to share? Send it in by using our online form to tell us about your project.