All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[missymorr]

Sotong_mum:

Hi missymorr


I jus called them and they said will check. Could have miss out!

oh great then! hopefully hear good news from you!

[edrickelleon]

thank you all for sharing the same thots. I'm glad we're all here for each other during these stressful times. Jia You!


And I hope to hear the great news from you sotong mum :lol:

Just to share:
Actually, my mindset was pretty narrow initially. Very academic driven.
But thanks to my child's child care teacher whom really has done a tremendous job in nurturing my son. Earlier in the year, I was still pondering shld I send him to a more academic base kindergarten environment. But I dropped my thots as I saw my son transformed into a better person. So even if their Kindy curriculum is so so and I need to work harder at home to coach him, I think he's in good hands and they love him for who he is and not what they want him to be.

I asked her how did she do it? She said \"Enjoy your child as who they are and you will find your way around it\" \"Each individual is different so do it at their pace\". At first I thot those are just some flowery quotes but later I found out her younger child had some learning disability in his younger days and most of his schools he attended then pass remarks that they had tried their best and that it's best for him to drop out of school. But her love turned him to be a fine young man now serving his national service and had won an academic scholarship.

She's now my role model :salute:

[alng]

janet_lee88:

If I can register my daughter in SCGS, that would be great bcos it's much nearer home.

Hi janet, if you are under phase 2B, it is almost guarantee as there is no balloting for phase 2B so far but phase 2C is tough, may ballot within 1 km with all the new pte properties around the school.

[alng]

missymorr:

edrickelleon - agree with you totally! its not the end of the world and yes we did our best already.. i was pre-empting myself if i did not get chosen, i will just try other schools during the 2C and hoping my luck in balloting will be better :roll:

There is balloting for RL's phase 2B. The risk is still there.

[alng]

Daddy

Hmmm... thus the higher/demanding standards/targets for new PVs every year...
High Supply/Low Demand thingy... I think it's a fine line between value-added and exploitation.

If you are the parent volunteer, would you like to think that you are adding value to your choice of school or being exploited? :lol:

[janet88]

Hi alng,

So Phase 2B for RGPS and SCGS is the same - guaranteed a seat. That’s nice.

[alng]

janet_lee88:

Hi alng,

So Phase 2B for RGPS and SCGS is the same - guaranteed a seat. That's nice.

I am not too sure about RGPS. SCGS has just started to accept phase 2B PV so not much competition yet. I am not sure for subsequent years.

[jedamum]

janet_lee88:

edrickelleon,

Yup 100% agree. If we can and are chosen to do PV, tha'ts great. But if PV application is rejected, then nothing we can do. Next thing is proximity to school. We should still do our best and coach kids in their studies regardless of school...there is this thing called transfer. So if results are good, school of choice will still take him/her in.

janet_lee88,
my boy's P1 results were good, and yet, the school of choice still puts us on the super long waiting list for transfer; and for that, it also reflects that the sch is much into character building and not so academic-driven. hence, i think niche in students' area of specialty that suits the sch will give the kid a better chance of transfer than results, cos i guess to most schools, they see good scores in lower pri as very common and also, with the scrapping of examinations, what do parents have to show the school in the transfer appeal?

[Daddy D]

alng:

Daddy

Hmmm... thus the higher/demanding standards/targets for new PVs every year...
High Supply/Low Demand thingy... I think it's a fine line between value-added and exploitation.

If you are the parent volunteer, would you like to think that you are adding value to your choice of school or being exploited? :lol:

If pri1 reg success... then it's value add.
If pri1 reg fail... then it's exploit.

[Daddy D]

alng:

janet_lee88:

Hi alng,

So Phase 2B for RGPS and SCGS is the same - guaranteed a seat. That's nice.

I am not too sure about RGPS. SCGS has just started to accept phase 2B PV so not much competition yet. I am not sure for subsequent years.

So SCGS only started taking PV this year for Yr2006 kids? Then wasted for those parents in earlier year. Don't remember seeing SCGS balloting history in the forum... is there one?