All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[floatinggate]

janet_lee88:

Er...my son will be in P5 in 2011.

We registered under Phase 2B in 2006...things were very much simpler and easier then...not so many condos around.

oic..5 years back :oops:

[janet88]

floatinggate:

janet_lee88:

Er...my son will be in P5 in 2011.

We registered under Phase 2B in 2006...things were very much simpler and easier then...not so many condos around.

oic..5 years back :oops:

Which is why I feel that it was so much easier then...even if can't get into school using Phase 2B, I still have 2C...a 'sure-in' thing.

[daddy2007]

These few years and likely the subsequent years, competition for a gd school will be very tough. Even Phase 2B will be getting harder & harder to get in. Believe the situation is not like that many years back

[dorisp]

daddy2007:

These few years and likely the subsequent years, competition for a gd school will be very tough. Even Phase 2B will be getting harder & harder to get in. Believe the situation is not like that many years back

Interesting......compared to a few years back, are there more housings built around popular schools? more parents willing to do PV? more awareness on the importance of a good school?

Interesting. :roll:

[janet88]

daddy2007:

These few years and likely the subsequent years, competition for a gd school will be very tough. Even Phase 2B will be getting harder & harder to get in. Believe the situation is not like that many years back

Yes, I agree with you. It will be tougher competition getting into a choice school. There are 5 million people in Singapore now. Schools have more choices of PVs and requirements to be one is more stringent too.

[Daddy D]

janet_lee88:

daddy2007:

These few years and likely the subsequent years, competition for a gd school will be very tough. Even Phase 2B will be getting harder & harder to get in. Believe the situation is not like that many years back

Yes, I agree with you. It will be tougher competition getting into a choice school. There are 5 million people in Singapore now. Schools have more choices of PVs and requirements to be one is more stringent too.

And our population was 4.48 million in Year 2005... getting crowded nowadays...

[yipboysmum]

Hi,any PVs from Maris Stell High? wonder how active are they?

[janet88]

Daddy

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"daddy2007\"]These few years and likely the subsequent years, competition for a gd school will be very tough. Even Phase 2B will be getting harder & harder to get in. Believe the situation is not like that many years back

Yes, I agree with you. It will be tougher competition getting into a choice school. There are 5 million people in Singapore now. Schools have more choices of PVs and requirements to be one is more stringent too.

And our population was 4.48 million in Year 2005... getting crowded nowadays...[/quote]It's crowded everywhere on weekends and public holidays...roads are congested and places are packed ! In the past few years, we would expect shopping centres to be packed during school holidays. Now, it's simply scary

[mum2b]

sorry double posting here & at Parent support group thread.. coz desperately need advice


just got a call from RGPS to attend PV interview for my 2006 born child. My heart stopped beating for a moment.. hehe..
I know it’s not guaranteed (far from it), but so excited and also so worried! Need to ask for experienced mommies/daddies’ advise.. :?:
what should I prepare? What should I bring? How will the interview proceed? Who will interview, how many people will interview us? Is it like a panel interview? What will be the questions? To be honest, we are not sure what the school needs, and our skills are not that specialized and can only offer general services like admin work/warden/escorting children. Does RGPS usually require very specialized services from their PV parents? What kind?
Regarding the time, how usually FTWM cope with the PV jobs? How will the jobs be given to PV parents, through sms/email?
So nervous.. will appreciate any advise. Thanks a lot!

[janet88]

mum2b:

just got a call from RGPS to attend PV interview for my 2006 born child. My heart stopped beating for a moment.. hehe..


I know it’s not guaranteed (far from it), but so excited and also so worried! Need to ask for experienced mommies/daddies’ advise.. :?:
what should I prepare? What should I bring? How will the interview proceed? Who will interview, how many people will interview us? Is it like a panel interview? What will be the questions? To be honest, we are not sure what the school needs, and our skills are not that specialized and can only offer general services like admin work/warden/escorting children. Does RGPS usually require very specialized services from their PV parents? What kind?
Regarding the time, how usually FTWM cope with the PV jobs? How will the jobs be given to PV parents, through sms/email?
So nervous.. will appreciate any advise. Thanks a lot!

Congrats on being asked to attend PV interview
I read from another thread that parents who are accepted for PV at RGPS have high chance of getting into the school.

Schools have different requirements every year. Some are asked to read to the students, while others water plants or else escorting the children for outdoor on Saturdays. It really depends.
As for how jobs are allocated to parents doing PV, you would have to check with the person in charge.

Any doubts or queries you have, you can ask the person interviewing you. Hubby & I had no interview then...shortlisted and selected from the email we sent in. There was a couple (both working FT) who was selected with us...so I guess school has thought of the way they can chalk up hours.