PV after P1 Registration?

[tony]

Tks, MMM, Nice to know the kid will appreiciate that we try to show up in school.


Can’t wait now!

[MMM]

In speaking with some of the parents who had PV in my kids’ school, the kids actually feel proud due to the following :


* Seeing mummy/ daddy helping out in school
* Their friends know their mummy/ daddy as they also see them around at events. This makes them feel proud.
* It’s a sign to the kids that mummy/ daddy are involved in the school and they have something in common
* My personal experience in helping to PV during P1 initial days was, I get to see some of my son’s classmates. I can remember quite a no. of them. So my son would tell me abt this friend and that. I can put a face to the name.
* As a parent, you get to make more friends with other parents who has kids in the same school. Such network is good.

It can be very satisfying and rewarding. Enjoy!

But I just want to caution you too as some parents do have their own agenda when they PV. So it depends on your level of involvement, just F&E type or running for committee. My cousin was the 1st chairman of the parents support gp in my kids’ school. He saw it as a form of contribution but eventually "resign" as he felt that some parents are driven by their personal agenda,etc… like any group, it is sometimes unavoidable. This can cause some unhappiness.

[jedamum]

MMM:

In speaking with some of the parents who had PV in my kids' school, the kids actually feel proud due to the following :

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my ds1 had told me not to join the PSG in his school.
reason being that how he behaves in school (very stern, very independent) is different from how he behave at home (clowning around, whiny). i think he doesn't want me to have easy access to the teachers in case i rat on his misbehavior at home. :roll:

[schellen]

jedamum:

MMM:

In speaking with some of the parents who had PV in my kids' school, the kids actually feel proud due to the following :

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my ds1 had told me not to join the PSG in his school.
reason being that how he behaves in school (very stern, very independent) is different from how he behave at home (clowning around, whiny). i think he doesn't want me to have easy access to the teachers in case i rat on his misbehavior at home. :roll:

He obviously forgot that in this day and age, there are telephones and the internet (for e-mail). :roll:

[acforfamily]

I have been laughed at many times because I did not volunteer to get my son into the school but only volunteered after my son went into the school....


Volunteering in your kid's school can be rewarding. As a volunteer, I get to go into my son's classroom ( all other parents are not allowed into the school) and know his classmates. Obviously, there are all kinds. Some are so full of themselves that they ignore all authority. Sometimes, when I am mad with my son, I think of some of his classmates and I am thankful for what I have.

I also get to meet more experienced parents who provide me with infomation about the school / curriculum etc. Invaluable.

As for working parents. it depends on what the school asks of the volunteers. Some ask for help during the morning reading ( 7 to 7.30 am) so even working parents can help out before they go to work.

[jedamum]

acforfamily:

Volunteering in your kid's school can be rewarding. .

yes, volunteering in the school can be rewarding. but for popular schools, PSG is taking away the work that PVs-wannabes (for Phase 2B) can do.

[schellen]

jedamum:

acforfamily:

Volunteering in your kid's school can be rewarding. .

yes, volunteering in the school can be rewarding. but for popular schools, PSG is taking away the work that PVs-wannabes (for Phase 2B) can do.

I thought some popular schools prefer to have their PVs come from their PSGs (so as not to dash the hopes of those PVs if they fail to register their children in these schools, even after fulfilling the minimum no. of hours)?

[jedamum]

schellen:

I thought some popular schools prefer to have their PVs come from their PSGs (so as not to dash the hopes of those PVs if they fail to register their children in these schools, even after fulfilling the minimum no. of hours)?

Ya. this is some of the reasons given.
but if we at KSP at 'monitor' the demand, surely the school can anticipate the TUR in Phase 2B (especially those non christian schools) and cap the no. of PVs at a certain rate. Additionally, all pvs-wannabes entered into pv with their eyes wide open ie knowing that the place is not guaranteed.
Call me sour-grapes, but i still take this reason as an excuse that the school is giving

[schellen]

jedamum:

Additionally, all pvs-wannabes entered into pv with their eyes wide open ie knowing that the place is not guaranteed.

Call me sour-grapes, but i still take this reason as an excuse that the school is giving

Some PVs are really blur or pretend to be blur. They will still kick up a fuss even when such a clause is brought to their knowledge when their eyes are wide open. If I am the principal of a popular school, and I always encounter such parents, I will also use my school's PSG as an excuse to turn down PVs.

Otherwise, I feel that the school should prove that they really have a strong and active PSG before they turn down PVs.

[tankee]

i thought there is no obligation for any school to accept PV (for Phase 2B). There is a compiled list in this forum of schools that do no practise this.