Queen Margaret's - Parents and Friends

Parents and Friends

The PFA is an independent body whose principal role is to provide a channel of communication between the parents and the school. Its members are the parents or guardians of girls currently at Queen Margaret's together with representatives from the Old Margaretians and others well disposed towards the school.

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The PFA Committee is made up of Year Representatives. Through these representatives, parents may raise any issue be it academic, pastoral, sports related or extra-curricular for consideration by the school.  The Association also plays an important role by calling on the wide and varied resources of the parents in support of the school's objectives. Initiatives have included the provision of guest lectures, work based opportunities for girls and support for a range of educational, cultural and social events. A copy of the PFA constitution can be downloaded in the ipoint on the left of the screen.

Mr Alastair MacMillan (Chairman)

Daughters in Years III and V

Mrs Susan Gosling (Treasurer)

Daughters in Years III and V

Mrs Rachel Barstow (Secretary)

Daughter in Upper VI

Mrs Adrienne Owen (OMA Representative)

Daughter in Lower VI

Mrs Dawn-Elizabeth Rudd

Daughter in Year I

Mr Philip Leech

Daughter in Year II

Mr Jonathan Hick

Daughter in Year III

Mrs Susie Grant

Daughter in Year IV

Mr David Higgins

Daughter in Lower VI

Mr Nick Brown

Daughter in Upper VI

Committee members can be contacted at any time to communicate your issues and ideas to the school - please email qmpfa@whp.co.uk

The PFA AGM will be held in Thompson on Sunday 6th June 2010 at 7:30pm and will be followed by a Committee Meeting.

Parent and Daughter Tennis Tournament will take place on Sunday 27th June 2010. Further details to follow shortly.

Good Contacts 

The school is constantly striving to broaden the girls' outlook and perspective on life and to this end welcomes visiting speakers. Many parents will doubtless have contacts to enable them to bring inspirational speakers or interesting people to talk to the girls and parents. If you have such a contact, or would like to suggest a topic, please get in touch with Alastair MacMillan, Chairman - qmpfa@whp.co.uk

Communications 

If you feel that communications within the parent body can be improved in some way, please pass on you thoughts to a member  of the committee.

Events 

Similarly, the committee would be please to hear any suggestions you may have concerning events relevant to the girls and their parents, either school based or elsewhere in the country.

Cath Kidston visits QM

QM's budding designers and business leaders enjoyed an exclusive insight into how to build a successful business yesterday evening.

Cath Kidston, one of Britain's leading entrepreneurs, was the guest speaker at the annual lecture sponsored by the school's Parents' and Friends' Association. She also judged a textile design competition and presented prizes to winners Lucy Davidson (1st), Mamie Kirk (2nd) and Hattie Foster (3rd) in the junior section and Julia Trzpis (1st), Daisy Miller (2nd) and Molly Kinnaird (3rd) in the senior section.

Cath explained how she started her business and how it has grown at an extraordinary pace over the last 15 years. Additionally, she gave the girls some tips on success in the world of work and, judging by the scope of the questions they asked, she has given many girls inspiration and ideas for the future.

Picture courtesy Yorkshire Post

OMA & PFA Celebrate with Dr & Mrs Chapman

More than 600 people gathered at QM on Sunday 5th July to mark Dr & Mrs Chapman's retirement. The Chaplain led a special service of celebration which was followed by presentations and speeches from the Old Margaretian Association and the Parents' and Friends' Association, a theatrical review and a Hog Roast.

Entertainment was provided by sixties tribute band, "Eight Miles High" who introduced current pupils to the music most enjoyed by their Headmaster. The PFA presented Dr Chapman with a telescope to enable him to achieve his long-held ambition of taking up astronomy in his retirement. Mr & Mrs Chapman also received a commemorative silver salver engraved with the school crest and a substantial cheque.

In his speech, Nick Brown, Chairman of the PFA, commented on the tremendous advances in academic achievement and the amazing developments to the school's facilities during the last sixteen years. He said that "having arrived at a good school, Dr Chapman was leaving behind a great school, thanks to his inspirational leadership."

The Old Margaretian Association was equally appreciative of the support and commitment of both Dr and Mrs Chapman over the last 16 years. The OMA presented them with a specially commissioned china coffee-set which is a copy of some early china belonging to the school which Mrs Chapman has long admired. Adrienne Owen, Chairman of the OMA, thanked the Chapmans on behalf of the Association for looking after "their" school and "ensuring that it remained the happy, welcoming place it has always been." Dr Chapman was made a Vice President of the Association and Mrs Chapman an honorary Old Girl.

Dr & Mrs Chapman are pictured with Nick Brown and Adrienne Owen.