Hong Wen

[hquek]

simsl_sg:

i submit the PV form in march but have not got any email since then. Last week i called up the school to enquire. Lucky called up and they informed that there will be excursions. For parents who sent in the form and no reply, do give a call.

AND...make sure they have the right email account - when they first started this, they got my email wrong, so for a time I was wondering why so quiet .

Typically, calls for volunteers are sent via email. interested parties will have to fill in some spreadsheet (my co blocked...I actually have to ask my friends to fill in for me). So give them the email that you ALWAYS access, else :stupid:

[simsl_sg]

hquek:

simsl_sg:

i submit the PV form in march but have not got any email since then. Last week i called up the school to enquire. Lucky called up and they informed that there will be excursions. For parents who sent in the form and no reply, do give a call.

AND...make sure they have the right email account - when they first started this, they got my email wrong, so for a time I was wondering why so quiet .

Typically, calls for volunteers are sent via email. interested parties will have to fill in some spreadsheet (my co blocked...I actually have to ask my friends to fill in for me). So give them the email that you ALWAYS access, else :stupid:

Hi hquek,
thanks for the advice. How can the school be so blur to have the wrong email. Can i check with you if you have tried traffic duties? i noticed that the duties are really short (very hard to clock the hours) and if they need alot of parents for this.

[hquek]

simsl_sg:

Hi hquek,
thanks for the advice. How can the school be so blur to have the wrong email. Can i check with you if you have tried traffic duties? i noticed that the duties are really short (very hard to clock the hours) and if they need alot of parents for this.

dunno, maybe typing error?

Have not tried traffic duties. You should really aim for stuff like mid-autumn festival (usually 4++ hours each time, and if they really hard up, 2 parents can go down together - but can only pray for these). Excursions also good, typically 3-4 hours each time.

Although some of those duties seem very short duration, if these are long running, you have certainty there in that you sure can meet the time. If you have the luxury of time (to wait), then by all means just go for the heavy duty ones. If you are running short of time, better to grab anything you can - even if it's just the little hours type.

[simsl_sg]

hi hquek,

thanks for the info. Hope they will have more excursion or longer events. :lol:

[reiner]

hi hquek,


still rem me? thanks for your advice and contact for the PIC... got a call fm him in late May... as my girl is Y06 one so can only start to do PV in May 2011... then me requested to start earlier in order to able to clock in the 40hrs, to ve some grace yah... but was \"rejected\" :lol:

and he said there's a NEW PV form to fill up yo... as me'd submitted the old ones...

are you in the parents group?

[hquek]

simsl_sg:

hi hquek,

thanks for the info. Hope they will have more excursion or longer events. :lol:

Don't worry (though I did). they will have bring the kids out (usually 4 hours). Best was the mid-autumn...8 hours I think. just make sure your email is always on...then can react fast.

[hquek]

reiner:

hi hquek,


still rem me? thanks for your advice and contact for the PIC... got a call fm him in late May... as my girl is Y06 one so can only start to do PV in May 2011... then me requested to start earlier in order to able to clock in the 40hrs, to ve some grace yah... but was \"rejected\" :lol:

and he said there's a NEW PV form to fill up yo... as me'd submitted the old ones...

are you in the parents group?

I think the supply for pv work is there, so they can afford to be more 'picky' with the timing. In any case, we've got to bend to their will...so no choice. Yah, go right up and re-submit your forms.

what is parents group? My kid is not in this school yet leh.

[SAHM_TAN]

wow some parents must be monitering their email 24hrs, till now I have not managed to sign up for any of the activities, at this rate not sure if I can clock in enough hrs before 30 Jun

[SAHM_TAN]

I find Hong Wen is one of the schools that follow the general guidelines, for timing of applying for PV according to birth yr of child, set by MOE. There are schools that closed the dateline so much earlier, even a yr earlier than the stated guidelines which I think is not fair to parents who read the guidelines stated by MOE and apporach the school at the appropriate time according to their child’s brith yr.

[reiner]

hi SAHM_TAN,


me also wanna follow the guideline, the std route to do PV but me is working full time . whatever leaves are for emergency/ kids use.... n dh gotta travel yah. so me left with ltd time n leave to do PV. All pri schools are 1-2km... dont have within 1km one lor... so me gotta request HW whether allow to have longer period to fulfil the 40hrs. Even the PV nd 1hr me still gotta take 1/2 leave. I dont drive and nd to travel by public transport fm wk pl to HW (i.e sbs to mrt approx 2.5hr hor- 2 ways)...

so really hope able to have \"fast leg fast hand\" to grab those can clock in long hr events one - outings, excursions, kinda of. Then my leave will be worth lor...