All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[sweetbaby]

hquek:

I'm not sure which denomination St Hilda's falls under, but if you are of the same faith, happily you'll be under Phase 2B as well (and won't have to do PV).

hi hquek,

Unfortunately, we are only applicable for PV under phase 2B Its like so near yet so far.. Its so funny that my nearest primary schools St Hilda & Poi Ching all less than 200 m away will be near to impossible to enter through Phase C. If my PV plan doesnt work out, our boy have to take school bus to a further school. Such irony :roll:

Anyways, When do PV starts generally? Say for 2007 babies, is it Jan 2012? And ends at June 2013? This is so stressful. Thx in advance.

[sc88]

From what I know some schools needs to enroll 2 years in advance , however, depends on individual schools as some needs only one year in advance doing PV till your actual year by June for Primary one registrations.


If aiming for \"Clan PV \" , at least four years in advance and must be active too. Which means to says once our children reach 3 years old we parents must starts to plan for which Primary school to enrol them in and doing all sorts of PV. Very Stress, Right? :shock:

Just for laugh ....

I think before our dear babies were born, we parents must starts planning already. :lol:

[markfch]

hquek:

sweetbaby:

Hi


Here's our Problem, pls advise. Our child is a 2007 baby. We live less than 1 km from St Hilda, nearest to our place. We plan to PV at St Hilda. However, we will be away overseas from Aug/Sept 2011 to Sept/Dec 2012. Assuming we clear stage 1 of the PV application (selected base on form only), how do we cross the rest of the hurdles? If base on phase 2C, we really dont have much of a shot, balloting less than 1 km about 330% or so. Thx

I'm not sure which denomination St Hilda's falls under, but if you are of the same faith, happily you'll be under Phase 2B as well (and won't have to do PV).

St Hilda's is anglican, same denomination as St Andrews & St James Kindy.

[sook]

sweetbaby:

Unfortunately, we are only applicable for PV under phase 2B Its like so near yet so far.. Its so funny that my nearest primary schools St Hilda & Poi Ching all less than 200 m away will be near to impossible to enter through Phase C. If my PV plan doesnt work out, our boy have to take school bus to a further school. Such irony :roll:

Hi sweetbaby, if you are staying within 200m from Poiching, why couldn't you get in under phace 2C. Based on the Poi Ching balloting history, no ballot requierd for <1km.
Or did i interpret wrongly?

[sweetbaby]

sook:

Hi sweetbaby, if you are staying within 200m from Poiching, why couldn't you get in under phace 2C. Based on the Poi Ching balloting history, no ballot requierd for <1km.
Or did i interpret wrongly?

Not too sure, will definitely research more on that school etc balloting history, Like is it SAP? Thx for the suggestion.

[hquek]

sc88:

From what I know some schools needs to enroll 2 years in advance , however, depends on individual schools as some needs only one year in advance doing PV till your actual year by June for Primary one registrations.


If aiming for \"Clan PV \" , at least four years in advance and must be active too. Which means to says once our children reach 3 years old we parents must starts to plan for which Primary school to enrol them in and doing all sorts of PV. Very Stress, Right? :shock:

I started looking for schools when DS1 was halfway through N2 - thanks to an alert from friend. A bit late for some, but luckily managed to catch onto the bandwagon for others - still a very stressful experience (the hunting that is).

As for clan pv, depends on the clan you are after. If not from that denomination, totally dunnid to think. And if you are, some schools are not that hot. I heard that some parents (aiming for not so popular schools) managed to get that precious letters even though they were members for only 1-2 (or even less than 1 year).

[janet88]

hquek:

I started looking for schools when DS1 was halfway through N2 - thanks to an alert from friend. A bit late for some, but luckily managed to catch onto the bandwagon for others - still a very stressful experience (the hunting that is)...

We started thinking of primary schools when son was in Nursery...thanks to a friend. Very stressful writing in to school to be PV...before not, not knowing how to go about it. Literally had to ask step by step.

[parentSean]

Wat a sad and angry nite to open the letter box and get a reply that WE ARE NOT ACCEPTED AS PV.


"You may register yoour child in Phase 2C of P1 registration in July 2010"
Whats the hell is this?? This school im applying doesnt even have Phase 2C due to overwhelming response.

Can i say out the school name here? Wat to do now? Hiaz.
Now have big headache to where to go now…Have to come out with Plan B and C now…

[qms]

parentSean:

\"You may register yoour child in Phase 2C of P1 registration in July 2010\"

:!: July 2010? :scratchhead:

parentSean:

This school im applying doesnt even have Phase 2C due to overwhelming response.

Err...which school doesn't have P2C \"due to overwhelming response\"? If there is P2B, there IS P2C.

[janet88]

qms:

parentSean:

\"You may register yoour child in Phase 2C of P1 registration in July 2010\"

:!: July 2010? :scratchhead:

parentSean:

This school im applying doesnt even have Phase 2C due to overwhelming response.

Err...which school doesn't have P2C \"due to overwhelming response\"? If there is P2B, there IS P2C.

Maybe he meant there is overwhelming response...as such Phase 2C is fully taken up or almost taken up.