2020-06-01-annual-report

prA.UK model constitution advancing education | supporting PTAS Notes (2014VERSION) (I PTA-UK Please read these notes before usin8 this Model Constitution Model Constitution for ParentTeacher Assoclatlons In Northern Ireland (Nl) tsxuinèhf pokns A ol tvmils conLlin•d undli d•JS• 1> iwmsreforwd kn IhotsJ5w•h4NJ￿ inb•l Thls MlldÈl CMsbtutiDn Is a ber¢p.fit of PTA-UK Merr￿￿5P and 15 for use by Pwent Teather Asx)ciatloThs IPIAS) othei home-sthotrl groups that are mbu¥ ol PTA.UK. based kn Northtm Irdwd. tast￿mplete I I t• 7 3ts7 P4• 1 LOCK (APITAS tase insert your PTA-UK mÈner5hip Nmber %thich ￿￿11 heveriflEd as pBri al the chariiy r¢gistrntion Fwg¢ess'. Thtie¢siv lry ch4¢ft1•5 NDrthim ii•ian4 •nvdin Oocwrthr IU134ndth• Chry PTA-UK mtftthrthip nurnbEr'. Inft5ally In¥itlnichaTrtS¥s to iew51er.QtQ imt The PTA4IK Model C¢)nnk￿1on Is the ¢opydtht ol Parent Teich•r AS5oda￿on5 UK IPTA-UKI and Is onty for use by PTA-UK membor oci•tltyiL If yjur •1soclatlon 15 noi i membw gf PTA-UK. yots ove not tltied io thls UWL%tltuilon lor ch￿ty registratbo 8.likl md sutrrfnli dlyialythi necMSy IW5111uritsn wct adopt¢4. PTA.UK to 5ypwI you ih¢vLWthi1ry￿ Your y55ts(lat1ofWUr•qu• ￿ LrfntK¢M47t A Model Constltutlon l¢y PTA-UK mernber5 in Engiaiid and Wbles is avallabl VAW4Pta.rsg.uk or Irom ihe PTA-UK Member Adwice Llne103CQ 123 54601. ￿p￿ltIt￿n can be This Model C¢xtstitiJtlon mjst be zdopted ty the Assod•rlon at • G•M•r•l me¢tln¢ ty a M-thlrds malodty befofe it can be ustd See the PTA.UK Inlomiation sheei - Model Cw5titutioTr- Ntrthom Ireland wallabLt #t oa.or8wk lor fvrther gU￿art￿. The dedaTrth￿ on the last p•ge of th15 document musi be $18ned by the Chalr ol ihp G¢nernl rn••tkng ai whith it is adopted and witnessed ty a Member nl tht Associatlon V4ho Is present at the GeneThi meetln& lo mfrthi5 7he PTA.IIK Model Con5tIVJl￿W can wlsh tn use W (hbi)lomiolAtyYmlr¢knTh 4chieVe ￿lsItat￿. CCNI s(P5 ihit th4FKyrtti•iw{￿ t eisperthid wickerto Kh1￿. Charity Reglrtrntlon Thi5 ¢5 a¢kninistered by charity Commwlon ltsf Northern Ireland ICCNII.. ¢thnmKt••. ￿t￿tell ol tho womtharityc<mmi5sionni.o￿uk 028 3832 02ZO •JtYIn•th￿ty¢ljl)nw55lOnDiffjrg. th¥lty It miRht be utw4.114 PTA 15 lknlted by ￿￿1￿1e ￿ NdEriO obtain ih• rrfuliclion ol Ilrniied bibiw fryity CamffAEty•. Pleè5¢ tht nwdd and*ude%ol AWtI￿10￿ foriharily wryirde5 IGDI1￿dth& Q PTA-UK 2014 Page I

VAPIA?iES LIST VARIABLES UST The type DIA%sOil•U￿ depEnds on lis Membershlp Plt4se so¢ ihow1d￿t+ unrf¥ d3use The followingvarfablES specific to theAsscciation shèll be incorporated Into the mudel constitution. 17 Type vfAss0cla￿0rr. (please tlck the approprlate box) Friends of the School.. We SUE8e51 X Sthod PTA NThpPYA of X %chrA 11 the 5uEEeMed namè o.'wJrAs50CI￿kn IS tPD51miiar ioonotherthartiy alitady115tpd on CCNI Regis1￿ ol UIAiiiie5 Jnd CW5Q Iusion. CCNI mayd5k Ir io Check thi Re81slei ol Chwilie5 bptoie [ho￿l￿g4 n￿¢. i¥￿1￿ble Al w4w¢chèrJl)rwrni551wnior£uk It rw aisobe Mecessary lu reftrto the list Dlilianiies r￿(￿&￿15¢dhY ReveME wid rtllloin5 IHRMLI. Home-school As%ociation- Parent Staff Ass(￿lation.. Parent Support fJmiJp'. Parent Te.acher Agsociaiion.. Par2nts' A550ciation'. Other. tea5t tonwiero the lullndme and addres% tsl thÈ sthod. 13 Th¢CommiTE¢e li i%nwfflal I￿the sliooTiheCornmltt8o to vary Associatlon name In fulL.. 5weiJry dThd thRn a ol oiherui ordlnaiy school namo In fulL..Sfr...AAfv.w.I.s CM.iu&rIA.+￿..-----. khool addrtsk.......... Building name èndlor numbÈr.............-l...A.7.4........... olc¢thmiflt•mTknert.14rN4e￿r.b￿ tÈrÈlul th thi5 dots bc(ome IODlarAe.lffl OUF expeNÈnce tht averaEE PTACommltt•Q ha5 btivrten 5 and 10tommhtttinèmbers.AnAGM isonly 4ULYdie Iiihe olMembErS present lsaileèst two I1￿5Th￿Jfftbel of CQHnrnltte ffjernbeTh in Towrvcity................ Postcode................&..r...i&....... County.........--.,,.. cce thecornrnlttii hè5 been de¢tpd you can thencakda:Q Ilie m￿AlMuM numberol¢•-gPt C&Nmrn+tt•o mEth￿￿..￿P19 50% Ihe. Tot nunQrole￿Cttd comr￿11+eM•Mts￿ l¢lthJSe 63 zi fDreYainple.I C￿mILlet￿1h 118hl eivthd ccqrfflitttt mernbtrswouldbe aW¢io .upt lour luither<Lmmltt•¢ rn•rnbtrs16 3.21 fcStliCt1ons Iliere arEonlytv mmlttEp mEmber$15ep6I1. 7.2 and931. Thè CommTrtlee The mlnlmum number of committee membets.. 2 PURPOSES The purpose of the A550Ciation (the pU￿05e¥l is to a¢fvance the educat10￿ uf pupils in the school in particular by.. PURPOSES The ol thehssocilti4n musibe tMdu51vdy <h￿1t￿LIe a% E5t.tsshed tht Ch¥iiiE5Act INotihEin Ir￿And) nr It ￿11 n¢tbe a tharily Developingeffective relatlonshlps between the staff, parpnt5 and others assoc13ted wth the xhod. 4ncluded In thisM¢Jdtl LQn5tltutith bab been d5ex(luyvety chèdtaole klowv￿r. ynurA%sotiatl(￿ shwld m?ke 5urE thaT they￿Al£r thE IIIiEPwpoJei nl theA%SthJ4tinn. Engagingin 3ctivitip.s or providing f3ulitle8 or equ5pment wliith support the school and adwance the education ol the pupils. POWERS The ¢ommlttee members have the following powers. which woy be exerclsed only In promotlngthe Pu￿Se$... POWER5 Ihp PuWtT5 ort th? It￿1 mEans bythith ihe Fpos¢s (Clau5p 11 ¢an be KhiEvod.￿l pwrg d piocpdiJie5 mull be In cornpliincr chartty d otherapplicthe ThE(KMW must only be fot chaTiiaWePws. Yniii a55J(ialm Inun be 14eful thai any n., 111 Iiind5 or otherles￿l£t3 15roa5onèNe, (tsst elhcithT andtht￿￿i u5v plthe Ta provide advice To PU￿lsh or distribute informatlon To co-operatÈ with other bodles JA 'lht CorrrfnrttEe %hwldiIrth￿￿datyIevI wan15to undeirik¢ 5th5t￿tiaLPtrnW￿ThttrIdknA Iwthe PU￿¢5￿ of¢oiJinp lund5 TrIHPC un advpsew ihe knmrt51tysmal Irthin& To raise lurids Ibui not by tneans of permonent tradlngl To acqutre or hire property of any kind I￿se l￿d511 iSfeE(KM)endedihai OSLpaie,non- To mako grènrs or loans ol rnoney and to give guaranieÈ5 50vght 3 7 ThisClauseen&At5 thecornmitiee lo ￿lo(lie Tts set 35ide funds lor Special purposes or a5 reserves ègain5t future expendltule suggesrid anAsSf￿1￿lK￿l Mèlota￿1rV￿wp5 trt PTA-UK 2014 Page Z

pWliU[o￿Il[h In6ybeierwtdai 5htstnotlce. HN¢vpr, 5h(xddnotlrt ￿111 up wthaul a8teod c¢irmttt• decj5iun.yl ￿ exc￿51¥? In relat1￿ to Eho 3rnwnt ioaionitrly esumattd to be ie9uiied M￿leS ra15ad by the Assoditjon 11IUst be %pent on athiwn8ih PLtrpoJi. To deposit or Invest funds in any lawful manner Ibur to invest only alter obtaining advice fforn a financial expert and having rEg6rd to the suitability uf investments ènd the need for diversilicatjonl lo take out pijblic liability and personal acr.ident insurbnce to cover Assoclrtlon rneetlngs, activitie5. commlttee members. to Insure the Association'5 pfDperty against any foreseeable risk and take out othei ir15Jrance policies 10 prureLt the Assoclatlon where ri'quired 3.10 To ernplgy paid or unpald agents. stifl or athlsers mbEts. PleJ5 5¢t the PTA-UX ￿k(Y 5ymmaiy dvcumeTri loi ILTlher IDlormdLion 3.)0 This dause CLwrs oinplDyLS sil￿p￿￿O￿l coDtriiitsiS vo5iinrtV5 CalE all n•Lessaiy 4thArE ON￿loym￿nI lèw ihould Iwty% hp iakgn ty Ktliarfly WISh￿E ith èwlny I£pL' ¢14uSÈ 9 P and g J If TlitAss0c￿1l0fi Is ¢vnsldwin8 tmpltyln¥ i rornrnlttt• mqmber. 3.11 To enter inro coniraiis to provide 5eNices lo or on behalf ol other bodies 3.12 To pay the ct>sts ol lormlng the AssoclatloD 3.13 To obtain ond pay for goods and 5ervlies as are necessary for urry(n8 cut the Wofk of the charlty Ihe cthniy ￿loLl4 rot pay moi• ihan 3.14 To opèn ènd operate In the narne ol the Assoclatlon a bank and other ccount5 a5 the ¢ommltt•• Mernbe￿ conslder ne£essory J 14 Th￿'bI￿￿oi p￿￿%10￿. 1% Intehdrd tOCLkn￿r •ry DtlipP sperl1iLn1￿ wnti￿al.The 5oclIU4n i%siillreitiictd IDundwiakini ICIMlle5 to J¢hiVvÈtheP4rpth￿. 3.15 To do anyihing else within thè lèw that promotes the Purposes. gUT the Cornmlttee shall not undertakE any actlllty in the school premlses without lh¢ consent of the Prtnclpal. 4. 14EMeERSHIP 4 1 Th￿ Memb•Nhlp wll vory i¢<nid4iA LQ tlio t)p ol Aod•iion a5 set tsui In ifvL4 CltrJ5e. MEMBERSHIP Members DI rli¢Assoclatlon are'.- iomovtd Irym M•mb•iihlp. iwi 11 th15 Iiapwns It IDUSt orly bp lol gnrtd r4ason 4A bKIu5t tht piesinc• r¢pi¢x•nt5 ¥ d•nwioth• In a Parents, AssocliLtion, the. p8rentS, 8vaftllans or carer5 rf any pupil currently attÈndlnB the school or un4vr kh¥ rul￿% ol NJiur4 fvllire thp In a Parent Teachcr A5SLKIArloTh, PJYni 5upwrt Group, Parent Sthfl or Home-school AsSOClatlan a5 deiailed above plu5 teachlng and non- teachlng st8ff ciiriently employed by the xhool Iiid ￿nY dptisinn Ln re￿10¥￿ J Mlthbw Inusr I In any other A5soclat5on, for v.Xdnipie a Frionds AfoLlP, those dpEfrihed ab)ve and any persDn over the age of ln wishing to ofler appiopriaie Support or help to tho sthool and Is xcepted by the Commlth• as a Member. Ilynu n Tr4wrtb•r i ilst) aunvnlll•• 4.2 Memb•r5hlp 15 ttrrninated If..- IIK. tsmmlttw uiider (Ir￿1¢ 6 54 11(rw¢vvr. l•mo¥•l as occffimltitt mtmblv dots ThOL 4.2,1 the Member dles iiniwvd 175 a M•mbH Thè ASSLKlJriorn 11 4,Z.2 the Mernb•r resign5 by wrlttefi notict to the A5soclaricn a rornmitt••mwthr fvkmbenWp uf tlie 4.2.3 the committee members may lor good rvason, regardle55 ul whether or not ihis is at the rÈquest of tli? board ol Governors or the. PrlnclpoL extlude any perwn Irorn Membershlp or from attending an evenr whose presence at or support of the school Is deemed a danger to the sdiool or its pupils or 5t6ff or rniKhr bring the A530datlon iiilo disrepiile Removal is ellrttive untll thp Membtr concernpd has been notified in wrltlng of the propDSal and hislher right to respond whhin 14 clur day5, and the matter ha5 been conldered In Ilght of any reprEsentatlOn5 Inade. GENERAL MEETING5 Genoril rnEEtIThx 15 • Drmil ythErin8of w vatirE nl a mtlni should b whi¢h noii(è Is wven docsllot co￿1 GENERAL MEETINGS IANNUALAND EXTRAORDINARY) Ali Memb•rs are entitl¢d io atie.nd any Gener•1 meetlng ol the Association. Q PTA.UK 2014 Page 3

Ail Gwr•l m¢¢tlng5 are cal￿d by wing 21 de•r vThltten notice ot the mEetinR to the Members. Thc notrir¢ should spe.cify the dale. time and location of the Genewai meetlng a5 well a5 givE èn overview of the agenda. 3$￿111￿7 thdi allpnd therneelw￿frrf1I 5.3 Tlve is a ¢worum at a Gvwal meetlng t•hen thÈ nuinber ot Members (Kesent 15 at least 1￿ce the number of committee rn¢rnbws In office at the of the meeiing. exceptK)n W￿ld bt ai a General n￿11￿ E￿A¥S￿l0￿ is beingdissolved.. ￿ease see aause 12. Thpra51￿Esrtt Iventotht p¢rsun fvD PTOLtedwIlli,ts￿lnts￿ 11 ￿U$L￿ th¢(awr4 5,718 kn AGM IS Q5Sent￿t￿tht￿￿mhw ol the Th• Chalr w lif the Chaw is unable or UTw4illing to do 501 s()m¢ other committe meTrthr eiecred iv those wesenr L% in tharRe ol d Gen•ra rrvtlng. Mwtkners If5 ￿￿￿rI¢S 584 PTA UKfWhiS &IAsw¢W•u tok￿ ihY S5 Except where othErwse provkled In thls COnS￿lutIon. evvy Issue at a C￿£￿1 meettng Is deoded by a simple m3j¢Jdty of Ihe voles cast by the Member5 weseni at the meeling Ihis ISI St puL411w glfv P14 tyPIA.UK lorcL4Y a8th7St I￿￿d ￿ diowesiy hTrea5uror rtwiiid tyCCNI, rthr Tocwse 10 S&S Aphtrth. Vro>d￿t¢￿Ifj(•.p￿5￿e￿th1% Éxc¢pt for the Ch•lr ol the meetin& who h a ser.ond or castln2 Vote ¥¥hEre a vo(e is e4udlty div1th￿ Iiiedl, every M•mb•r ptesent 15 entrtied to one vole rjn issue. bt Invrted io tht &7 The AwlBtlon rnust hc4d a G￿•￿1 m•etln8 ￿￿th￿ twÈl¥e monilis ol the ddle ol the adoptl(Kl DI this constitutlon, Thtrtalter. dn AGM st be held Im •afh subsequent >Y•r and not more than 15 months m¥y elapse bet%%en 5uccessfve ￿n￿al G￿ttl1 m¢etlrys 5.9 I1￿1 ￿￿?11¢ ¢r iliwidril riwirw S.8 At an AGM ihe me￿ & THE COMMirrEE SA.1 rtc¢fve the accounts of the kn￿dItIOn lor the prevSous Ilnancial y••r TPilS cl￿15￿ 5Vtsoul chwtys 5.&2 rKei% ihe repm of the commlttee Mem￿￿￿ pn tho Assoclatlon's rKtwil¥s slnce the F￿￿10￿$ AGM bETulmtd tythekwle Wtlitted In cl￿ 4 1 It l5oy•u•di￿l ￿AGm ￿￿fLM will L ￿￿45 po511￿ &ttTSt¥i 11 JnAGM to odDW ithce<rttrtutkn•thlJ 5.&3 ac¢epi IhÈ rEilremeiii of oxistln8 cofflmlttee merhthf5 and eleci the ew coffffiittee mtnets hcluding the Chlr and &4 apwlnt an Indwd¢rt PU50n to undenake èn examlnatlon ol the Assod•llon'5 atLuuiIL5 for Ihe forthcoryilng yur ￿￿1dat￿lAGPl￿e i ¢•qyiltdiobr PThwkTrMMr.ltheek(rfd SAS fw conler on iThdMdual Iwr¢h lils or her o]nsentl tlie honorary title of Paimn. Presl¢kTrt ¢rVice-Pre51dent of the Asso(lrtJon 5.8AS dixuss r4KI deternme any issue5 of pdicy tx de￿ with any othtr siness wt beltyt them An EGM may calld at arry tirriE ity Llie Commltte and niust bE called wlthin 21 doys to happeTh wthin thr• mtsntlis of ll wntten est bein8 rpceived by the comr7Nttet from at least tEii Membe￿. tu kn hiiiinwh Ilie ¥Vllfiliri￿ THE COMMITTEE elwiedw Fhii rt(tyg'r4 AU ¢ommltte• are tNstees of the charlty Ich•rtytrust•sl and ha¥e cortrtsl ol the Assod•tlon. Its wopttry and lunds, 6.2 low the eltcted vJth)x.1r theAG Commlttee mtmbers shall ￿ c4ected at the AGM and shall hold office l the next AG 1111 a vaca￿Y rhal apisesdlthgthe Ail cornrnlttee members exLept those th art cwpted. must be Membets of the A550Ci•tIM. nurropr ol riwsl noi Ihdn SO% DII*Le IOTalnufftr DI all Comm5ttee mtmbvs Shall have the powEr to co-opt CDmmlttee v2rrthr5 at any lirne. and ¢wted commlttee membEr% shall Serve until the dète ol tht next AGP PTA-UK 2014 Page 4

Ihi5 •¢tyd Cimrnkn•v 15 noT dpwowate lu IIAV• 5Llely hasilpwiTrctrup rnembr. The wmber ol cowed WINn￿tI# members rnu5t not be than 50% of tolal nuneT of elerted ¢ammlttee Tnembors. Co-opted comlttetnwmbers may only be electe¢J Whe￿ there are twoorniore ected co1￿111ee membu5 currently In post. 67 ¥vaiiauSrtaSon5￿ya(£lnMfftrt &6 Ntrrination5 for electioii io the cOnw￿ltteQ may be made by any MeM￿of1heAss(th￿￿ andseconded byanDther.Such Ikiminations rnusi have the ion5eni of the norninee. Nominoiions 51¥)uld be made in vnitiiig to the Chalr at time until the elettim Pro￿S5 has L>een camplEttd. If Do notninatims or an insufficient number are rece￿ before. the AGM. any MerTkn prEstnt may nOrn￿ate a person. wlth thew cmsent, dnd Ihal pew may be aFyolnted by è majorfty vote of ih05e prESent. Ihe CrA7￿￿te- 6 1 l The Char111￿ Icl (Npithwn 7(th be d15quall1￿ l1iduding￿ry{arwIClLtsry deceptjon or di5hunESty. tsnlw5 lryaty5ynL disclig¢dbankruptty. frombE IN misconthKt. th¥ud￿￿rat￿nlrt7rnbI (Qrnpdny dirttiYO' xInKu￿lEcEtts&vdv1 &7.z Embart455mRpio￿crn5(an aTrfckn carnm11￿¢￿￿r IOO ill ty inlwmtsb e(ted To tth IilUJEswubl￿ty fty thet45k maY￿lsh To'Dake i wle under 3to rpouir¢orronrntQ4 mernbm 4yewS wètle Lu uhdEtgo i medical erntirffi. It niiclplted ihaL Suth a requtsi in tr￿51 C ad to ¥ voluntary re5iV4ty &7.3 c4mthlt¢e¢ 5h¢Eld Thor tow ITOM therrospoDsibllilie% ¥fflthoul Jt least two y Auociatkn wiLh(wt at leay rnbEf51n pA4ce thtFluebety(Èd to di￿￿[Ste 121 6 7ffj Th1% IS d Y￿a￿tim KopinrThvd ihoL Lhat Ils¢Nrhcono Is removèd 05 L￿(¥ 4?.They?re aut￿￿1(11ty rem(prtd 45• Jrnmmm mthTb•rtsThder 6 5 4 1 sL￿￿￿e 15 niuliableto >tKI Irt h4ptyloi them tD as rem￿ iheTn uidel clatsso.3nd Lhvv li Co￿tInue10 be a Mernber o TheAssocta &7 A commSitrt mefter I%•thet￿r dected OT Ctropttdl automaticèlty ceases to be a commlne¢ member if he ￿ S￿.. &7.1 ￿ disqualilied under Section 86 01 the Chthities Act (Northem Irelèndl 2rth frwn a5 a thartty trustoe &72 is tr￿pable,￿￿ether mentally ￿ rty5bcally.oF managing h￿orhero￿n affairs &73 i4 absenr fr￿n th￿ consecLrtve meeting5 of the cOrr￿li1r¢ without ¥i(w not¥h"Gition to the Secretary 6.7.4 Ce3￿ to be a Member ol the Assoclati &7.5 resigrs ty ¥bTltt¢n Thjtsce to the COTh￿1ttee tmjt only if at least two aKr¥nittee member5 remain In office &7th 15 by a re5Dlullon passed by a majority of othEr commlttee Membe￿ Removal is not effective until the commlttee member corKemed has been nottfied in wmting of the prop05ai and ot h￿$/ her righi to te5[￿d within 14 dear days, and the matter has beeii COA5Èdered in ￿£hI of any repre￿￿tationS rnade. Membern Éan (￿lY ￿ refflmd w.der ih5d 68 ￿1<(￿￿￿tte￿Irkn1r1 arv cntttip.d UJfKL Irom lheAssoc￿%1On vthai•rtw Tund5 ihvy niayhavehAd iopaywt Is acoThwuWKe of runnittAtho h￿0£￿•￿L￿.QRfft&1[A servi(e5 ordÈrtd ty theffl supplied io the chaniy ¥Pt￿th￿Sde(I>￿S￿￿3l be ty l <onw)¥tree membets shall be entttled to Telmbvrsement of reJ50nabie out-ol-pocke¢ expen5e5 lindudin8 hoiel and Lravel costs) actually irKurred a(knini5traiion of the A550datton. 4dv￿ce. 6.9 A rttiring Comrn￿tQe member 15 entitled to an indemnliy from the cmiinulnR￿MmIttee mEmbw5 at ihe expen￿ of the A$S￿l￿tIOn in rpspect of any liabilities pr¢pp.Ay Incu[￿d while he or she hpld office. é 10 LKCa5knaliya ￿tsI￿ake OC(W5 in a[w[tt￿l wor.&tst5 If o mista#ol th15 kind ￿ dtst¢r4erd ItDe5 ieifts5PtctMty Th4bde pr￿u5 deos￿￿5￿Ji shtyJldtpA whl Iwthyr 6.10 A technlcal defett in the apFx)intment of a commlttee mpner of vthith ihe C¢Jrnyttee 15 unawart at thE tlrne doe5 llgt Invalithtp detisions taken at a rreting. COHMITfEE MEETINGS TFN5 ClavS deil% with the metrmg5 wd oceethn85 I￿1(r￿￿t¢￿. 7 1 dpcith ￿11￿•5 ILneèdsio io<wy(4rt th+ r5 I(thIc￿¥ 7.2 Tris a fwrd4 tt1￿15 tht nuth comndTt+t Members￿41￿￿￿5t￿ I Ihv Corn￿[1•• mÈ¢{In&Iobe￿￿ forwffl COMMrrrEE MEEllNGS The Comftth rrw5t hold at least three meetin¥ every school yeai. A quorum at 3 Commlttee meeting 1$ 50 peF cent, rounded up to Ibe neare51 whpte nur(kn, of the total current mernber5hip of the Cryrffilttee. This applies ¥vhere there are Ihree or Mts￿ committee Mem￿ ifi yost. where ther¢ are only two. a IQO% atrendance 15 required to be quorate. ernbe￿ mUSL￿￿eS￿l 4tsrnrTrltt*t mteLin% qU￿ate 73 The Chak w, if Chir 15 unable or unwilling to do 50. 5Wtio other Comm￿tee ffler￿ chosen by thc mÈmbers wesent Is in charge at eKh C¢mmlrtee meetin& PTA-UK ?014 Pa8e S

74 It may bt neiE55ary fur rhtrAssKbUon tom&È de¢i5jOn ￿151& nf the CconfflitTet metc￿£S th5 (In be do￿￿tsy wdttert rttcluiion bth ha￿T￿be èrt ty all ¢ornMhteemErnbErtTh￿sn￿dsta 7.4 E¥wy thcision made ￿ a 51rnple majority of the votes cast at 3 Cf]rnrn>ttee meeting. A resolution which is in wwttlng and signed by all mernber5 is equally vali¢J.The rE501ution may be confaliied in more thon one dDcument aryl trtaied a5 passed on the date ol tht laU ygnature. wrttt•n 4•5dutlM do noi ￿0￿4 ￿ qJport.JThlytfp dbaie 15sueas harw èi a meetinK 7.5 Thc LO51in#yOtt Il to thppv5w kn charge of iherneetl￿È￿d is Int￿ed to¢DaUe i Except for the Chak of the meetin& who ha5 a S￿OTrd or castlng vote. every Comm￿tee rnember has one Vote ￿ eath1ssU¢. POVIERS OF COMMirrEE The following power5 art available to the Commlttee to help Nn the & POWERS OF COMMITfEE 8 1 Commlttlr 15 ￿gAUY ulwlyy￿-L1j11i1r4blle￿. It IS &i To dde8ate ary ILWKtlons of the Cornmittee to sub-comrnlttees recorded in the mlnutes ol the Committee metttng aL whlch rhe dKigonV￿S[aken.ThesQ mustcons15toftwoorm(xe per50nsapp()inted the CommltteÈ but at least one member of every sub-committee Twst ￿ a comrnitttt mtmir. Ail 5ub-commlrtee proceedlngs must e rryorted to the Commlttee ihè1pspons￿lIll1iE5oI each M1b-¢¢Trmrt￿tth ioiopori ba(kfotM b• tthen byih maincornrth. 8.2 To make R￿e$ coDsist•nt wth ihi5 Consttiution aboui the Commltt•• and wb-committeES. to govtm PToceedlngs at General m•rtlngs ènd 8trRIty aiwt thp Nnnliig of the Asso¢iailon includlng operalion ol bank accounts cOrrKnitn￿￿ of funds dlllwoiil i¥rClStiiih¢ nTh)Iniot thAu•dk4b PROPERfY& FUNDS 9.1 AnywopeiTyo• 14E ishdd¢thtnrtt to 0thlewtihefvrp￿ PROPERfrf & FUNDS ThE prtweity and lunds ol the Assod•tlM musi ODty be usèd to lullll theW (see thuse 21. 92 T1￿chIllI1¥￿t (NwihLYnkfdrf 9.2 can enter into contracts with the Associatlon the provisi¢)n o18oods and sermces to the Assoclailon (bill not contrètts ol ern￿oYMent ￿th the A550d•tlon except with the prlor TStten consent ol the CCNII wovlded thai.- ttlie Trymed 93 lth• yi In￿￿8￿Y dt¢151(4IITc¥nthich Ihty mi8ht •fii wher￿ 9.Z.1 rhe Ma￿￿￿jM 15 5•1 out in %wltin8 and is reasonable lor the 5er¥ice5 WfpAed Iiwiei Iiithp<h on•ol w%oTh¥ 2.2 the <tyNnltte¢ rrnmb•rn satlsfled th•t the agreefftnt 15 In tho Mrterosts ol tlw tharrty belwe enterino Into It 10. RECORDS &ACCOUNTS li iobepropwtym l￿ft￿d lty• 92.3 tht t￿•( Mr￿eT of commrtre¢ enriiled to remunwatlon Is in the mknorfty ai any one tirnE olchiiitylw¢ind 15 llele.￿¥ned ty1ht1￿v1 arwlln(rffl+ knportln8rpgulrern•Ms*ry tuifwty 3 wThene￿r a cornrnTrttse mornber has è personal interest In a m¥tter tp be thwssod at a meetlfig, the committee member must'_ Ill￿￿ IDCCNI 9.3.1 dedut an intefesi bellyt dlsatsy'on beÈlns on the matter eDstiee 584 lty IlrEmtnt IoT•CfWllty Eu bEtt￿l￿ed 932 frun that p7rt of the mepting vnle$5 expressly Invlied to rEmain in order to Infe￿at￿)n i¥￿ typTA￿K 9.33 not be counted in the quorum lor ihar part ol the mtetlnp.. Th15 WAII &¥ebtnt suth dls(u5SlOffj taklnE place when there are only IWO 9.3.4 withdr•w dwingthe vote hwe no vott cn ihe matter. 11X RECORDS &AccouKrs 10.1 The cty￿Mlttee must ctynpiy wth the ￿quIreMEntS of the Charlties Art INortherri Irzlat)dl ZCM)8 a5 to ¢ho keeplng of fin￿(la1 reiord5, the audit or independent exdminailL￿ of ￿(O￿n¢5 and tlie prepardtion and tMsmission to tho corrnniss1￿ indudin8 art annual re￿rn In p￿scribed for Q PTA-UK 2014 dge6

1. NO￿(£5 10.2 The Commlttee must keep woper records ol.._ Releion(e 15 rnadetD'ODlice'ln wriaussAaLLskn tho cw5tstuiirnlseo￿5e5 4. 5 2 and 65 51 Thi5cl&tst makEsthhow FleN¢rJ sh￿Id ￿￿tIfIed Vth I5ffleanrby,￿(t*￿. is del1￿ ill Cthu4e 13 10.2.1 all prcceelings at G¢neTrl meetlngs 10.2.2 all proceediny at Commlttee meeliii8S
2. fM5SOLLmoN li isllot uniiwAlaruThlncrwi¢ed A5walkn￿$tOItrJch tlie ￿￿d01 Tl*irU5efullife an4 1U.?.3 all reports ol sub-iornmittee5 detision mtybem6di EGM of 4n AGM VA la3 ￿)nUal report5 and siatements ol account felating to the Assoclatlon must be madÈa¥ailèbleforinspEctionby ènyMemberofthÈAssfKlatlon. bevsid ItsF lurthonnAthEFWJVJ fjr for(horitab pwpmthlth ¥EWihin ￿SiMildr totliEPuw•& 122 Th15 clauseaU￿1￿ wy pa5￿4 io 5(htsdty. 11 xhorl 13 10.4 The Comrnlttee must U￿￿tE the Assodatlon'5 fecofd held online by CCNI dnd notify directly any changes rhat cannot be updated onllne.
3. NOTICE5 124 rlipcothythe￿l1llDlb￿ Iliw r?SPW5Ebthlisuntll thryhwtcwWet*d this ￿￿k￿d hi¥p 5tnt nlinil worl ITthtIMeni ol 11.1 Notlce of any GEneral meetln8 of the Assoclatlcffl may be wit by hand, by post, by Suitable electronic corDrnunicatlon lemaill or In any riew51¢tter distrlbuted ty thc Assodatlon 10 Its Member5. Noiiflcaiion by hand mdy include distdbution ro parent5, guardians and carer5 Via rhelr chlldren with or wlihout other cornmunicotion5 Irorn the schooL TItsMi rhe tw4lsf•fv[Chwrtles ADQPTEDAT A ￿ET￿c HELD 11.2 Tlieaddre55 ai ￿lIch a Member 15 entltled to 14celve notlces lilsent postl is Ihe last knowii addrtss of the Member. 4TIPlJ¢el 11.3 A lechnlcol deloct In the glvlng of notlce wtrilch Ihe Member5 or commltteè member4 are unaware ol ai ihe lirTiv does not Invalidato dv.ci%ion5 taken at a G•neTJl meeilni. ONIDotTrl ILfr_4-Iq
4. DISSOLUTION IZ.1 The Assoclatlon may be dls501ved ty a ￿SalutiOn presented at a Gener•1 meetlry wliere ihl¥ Is iricluded in the nullce ol the meetlng. The rosolution musi havo the aEreem•nt ol two rhlrd5 of those voting and must glve Instructions lorthe disposal of any asseis reinalnlnR after payln8 the outstandin8 debis and liabilities of the Asso¢iaticn. NINE 12,2 The n?.1 ass?t5 shall not be dlstrftxit•.d among tht Members ol the ioclatlon but will be Eiven to the school lor the ol Ihe pupi15 ol the 5¢hooL In the ever}¢ of the school closin8 any rernoining fijnds should be dlstrtbuted to a nelBhbourlng s¢hotrl or 5choDis J5 5¢1ecrcd ty Ihe CorTnlnee. li niust be agreed with the bonEfitlllE schnoll51 thai th funds will be used to (Dritinue. to lullil tlie pu￿0$$ ol the Alsoda￿Ofi. YLNATUHI ond olme 12.3 If it Is nut posslble tv dlspose ol a55ets as d¢scribed In clous¢ 12,2 only then con the asseis be Rlven tv anetlier charitable cause provlded ¢h•i the cau5e15 Within the Purp05•5 01 the Assocl•tlon. WIINIS% NAM( 12.4 rhe Comrnlttte must notity CCNI promptly ihat the Asso¢l4tlon has been dlssolved. Ilie Comfflltt•e mu51 comply wilh any rEqUL'&I Irum the Comml$slon including providin8 tlie As50clatlon's final acrounrs. ADDRE55 r+. yo￿1 C 6&£
5. 1. INTERpR￿ATIoN CKLUVATIUN 13.1 In ihi5 Con5titutlen.'. addre5s.' means a postal address or. lor the purposes of Electronlc cornmunlc3tlon. a 13x number, an emall address or a text message nurnber in each case reglstered wlth ihE ¢114rity AGM.. means an annval General tneetinx ol the mEMbe￿ ol the Association YCNATURE Ic4 theAssoclatlon.' ￿l￿an$ the charity comprlsed in this Constitution Bo•rd of Govemw5', means the Boord ol Gtsvern0￿ of the school Q PTA-UK 2014 Page 7

the Chalr. means the Chalr ol theA550datltsn elected èt the ACM charlty trustees.. has the meanlnR pre5cribÈd by sectlon 180 01 the Charities Act (Northem Irelandl Z008. Ivery comrnittoo membÈr is legally a charity trustee dear dy'. means 24 hours from midnight followin8thetriggerlng event the C•mmlsslon'. fflean5 the Charfty Commission lor N¢rthem Ireland ICCNII." ww.chadtycthmFni5s1onni.orE.uk the Commlttee." Is the Governlng 80(ty ol theAssociatlon and iodudes zll ele¢tEd and co-opted committee rnembers committÈe momber(Jl: means a member of the comrnittee elther elected by the Members ol the Assoclation or ctropted a5 set out In clause 6. Some committee meinber5 ￿11 be office holdeT5 IthE Chair. Secretary, Treasurer etcl but all ¥e comrnittee membprs and Chbrity trU5tèes whether or not they hold dn office co.0o¢d comrnlttet Member.. means ) member ol tht Committee appolnted by the comrnittee mernbers In accordance wlih clause 6 EGM.. ali Extr?ordlnDry General rneeiing el ilie Membeis ol Llie Assoclatlon vthich Is not an AGM el•rt•d commltte¢ memb•rlsl,' mean5 a member ol the Commlttee tlecttd at rhe AGM by the Member5hlp fund•m•ntal chanK•.' means a change thèt ¥￿Id not havè beenwlthln the reasonable contemplation cif a person moklng 4 doHation io the Assoc18tion GeTrer81 meetlnglsl.. rneans arty general meetind Df the assoclitlon elther annual IAGMI or emtraordlnary IEGNI Indep•nd•nt p•rson'. hè5 the me•nln8 P￿sC￿be￿ by sectlon 65 uf ihe Charllle5 INortlierii1rviaridl 2008 Mémber ifid M•mber5hlp'. relr to Nernbers pl iht A55oclatlon 4s S￿ out In clause 4. MernbErs cèn be cornrnltte member5 las set out in clause 61 but btlng a Member ol thE Associatlon and a commlttee member15 not the 5anie rhlng monthi.. rneans calendar months p•mi4nent tradlni.. Mean5 carylng on a trade oi buSIne￿ on a continuSng basls for the P￿n{[Pa1 purpose of ralsln8 funds and not for the purpose ol actually ¢arrylng out ihe Purpose5 Prfnclp•l.' ￿l￿an5 the Prlnc5pal of tho school the Purpo$es'. rnean5 the chèrlt8ble Purp05e5 of the hss0clatl￿7 Set out In clause 2 wrltten or In wrltln8.' refers to a leglblt document tsn paper inclvdlng a lax mes5agp. ar An electronlc cotrmunl£atlon Itmall or text) where the Mernber or crynrnlttee member has o8reed ID receipt ol notlces by tlectmnlc mean5 yui. means calendar year 13.2 Referencs to anAct ol Parllament are referenc¢5 to theAct as amended or re-enactcd from time to timo and to any wbnrdinate leglslèiion made under it. .o,Id l oiiljriknlije KF.nL I I￿10 ..11)i t l 0 401) I?. 4 )4AI'l e I Iiilo(o)i)Id <)I'g www.pia.or8.uk t) PTA.UK 2014 Page B