All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[Bishan_Mom]

tamarind:

Bishan_mum, towei,

Thanks for your advise

Actually I wanted to do ad hoc to reach 40 hours faster. But the person in charge at the school said that since we committed to 1 hour a week, we must finish the 40 weeks. Even if we do ad hoc and completed 40 hours, we still have to do those 40 hours of recess duty we committed.

But I just found out there is one public holiday that falls on Wednesday on which we need to do our duty. So I better call them to see if we can do more.

Yes...for those who are committed to regular PV work like yourself, you'll need to be committed for the 40 weeks (i.e. 1 year, 10 weeks per term for 4 terms). For your case,you'll have a shortfall of an hour due to the public holiday, so you'd better start to ask for ad hoc work to cover it. I know of someone who has to complete 80 hours of PV work (of traffic warden duties), twice a week in the early morning, so she can't afford to miss a single session, and also has to do ad hoc work too to cover those \"shortfalls\" due to public holidays.

[tamarind]

Bishan_Mom,

Thanks for your advise. I feel so stress !

tohwei,
I am working full time, so volunteering for one school is already very stressed even when I took turns with my hubby XingNan is my second choice, but I really cannot find the time to PV for 2 schools

[VooVoo]

tamarind:

Bishan_Mom,

Thanks for your advise. I feel so stress !

tohwei,
I am working full time, so volunteering for one school is already very stressed even when I took turns with my hubby XingNan is my second choice, but I really cannot find the time to PV for 2 schools

You mean, can 2 parents do 1 PV requirement? AS in, take turns?

[tohwei]

VooVoo:

tamarind:

Bishan_Mom,

Thanks for your advise. I feel so stress !

tohwei,
I am working full time, so volunteering for one school is already very stressed even when I took turns with my hubby XingNan is my second choice, but I really cannot find the time to PV for 2 schools

You mean, can 2 parents do 1 PV requirement? AS in, take turns?

xingnan is diiferent you can do many thing at one go they are not particular they have a lot of activities going on. by the way no pne bother how many school you pv but you can only chose one. both spouse pv also 40 hours is combine that mean if you and your spouse do recess together , is consider only one person hr.

for twins is 80hrs but if ballot one vacancies is equivalant to two kids

[tamarind]

Yes I take turns with my hubby, in the sense that he does 20 hours, and I do 20 hours.


Too bad grandfather/grandmother cannot help out :lol:

[tohwei]

tamarind:

Yes I take turns with my hubby, in the sense that he does 20 hours, and I do 20 hours.


Too bad grandfather/grandmother cannot help out :lol:

U MEAN YOU PV IN WESTGROVE WITH YOUR HUBBY

[lurline]

In some schools, husband and wife can do PV together to accumulate the 40hrs.

[deardear07]

ks2me:

I am doing PV without a reason..ie. just helping out. Do u think i am hoarding a place for parents who want to PV for their kids to get into the school? It suddenly dawned on me that I might think I am helping but ppl might hate me!!!! LOL... :?

mayb if ur worried, then u just let the support group know that ur not intending to put ur kids in that school lo...bt oso weird if they hear that frm u...most ppl wun do volunteering job for no good reason...

[ChiefKiasu]

deardear07:

mayb if ur worried, then u just let the support group know that ur not intending to put ur kids in that school lo...bt oso weird if they hear that frm u...most ppl wun do volunteering job for no good reason...

I believe there are many parents in Singapore that really want to help out with no ulterior motive. These are the ones that the schools would trust more than the once-in-a-lifetime PVs. I know of a few myself - heard from one of how she got the parents support group to implement some kind of a food-cart in school after observing some children who do not have money for buying food during recess. I was very touched by that.

[tohwei]

ChiefKiasu:

deardear07:

mayb if ur worried, then u just let the support group know that ur not intending to put ur kids in that school lo...bt oso weird if they hear that frm u...most ppl wun do volunteering job for no good reason...

I believe there are many parents in Singapore that really want to help out with no ulterior motive. These are the ones that the schools would trust more than the once-in-a-lifetime PVs. I know of a few myself - heard from one of how she got the parents support group to implement some kind of a food-cart in school after observing some children who do not have money for buying food during recess. I was very touched by that.

HOLA

at the end of 40hrs school will issue pv a letter to prove that pv had commit for 40 hrs duties. also i know some parents from west grove pri had been a pv for all most 3 years at least very commited go to school at least thrice times a week. fully in charge all pv duties allocation, registration etc also when cone to any thing for pv applications these senior pv will be fully in charge no teacher involved . good in the sense that they really take the effort to do their job