All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[Oppsgal]

LKVM:

Oppsgal:

St Hilda,Temasek Primary and Tao Nan? All more than 2km...do you think do pv is any good to get in a place? no money to move house...

For Tao Nan and St Hilda they have balloting for <1KM so >2KM no chance oredi...
For Temasek you can try! but still difficult

Temasek's ranking:
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/singapore-primary-schools-ranked-academic-excellence

still so hard get in?

Then how to go school? Only can choose 1-2km ones?

Then not much choices...

[Oppsgal]

Can we choose the tasks to do in PV? can ask maids to help?


Can 2.4km round down to 2km?

[Nebbermind]

LKVM:

Oppsgal:

Can 2.4km round down to 2km?

No... even 2.01 is outside 2KM oredi

When I registered some 3 yrs ago, the school has a map printout with the circle drawn. So very clear what is within and what is outside.

[Oppsgal]

LKVM:

Oppsgal:

Can 2.4km round down to 2km?

No... even 2.01 is outside 2KM oredi

[Oppsgal]

LKVM:

Oppsgal:

Can we choose the tasks to do in PV? can ask maids to help?

:yikes: :faint:

I guess u need to give choices wat all u can do but still school will choose for what job u r the best...
if u r choosen as traffic warden how will maid do :scratchhead:

Ask maid to maintain one side traffic...when you rest?

traffic warden :? what if no experience and cause the cars to hit lamp posts?

[mummyo]

Oppsgal:

Can we choose the tasks to do in PV? can ask maids to help?

You can list your skills but YOU have to do the PV, not your maid as the child is yours and not your maid's right :evil: :evil:

However, you can ask your maid to look after your kid when you go perform your PV duties. So I guess your maid is \"helping\" in that sense.

Basically all these will only happen IF you get chosen as a PV. The selection process itself to become a PV is pretty stringent. For the more popular schools, only 10-15% OR LESS of applicants will eventually GET to be PVs.

[LOLMum]

Oppsgal:

Can we choose the tasks to do in PV? can ask maids to help?

mom will be knocking on your door before you could even blink your eyes, my dear :evil:

[dingdongrc]

I was a PV this year and I live >2km from the school. There was balloting at Phase 2B, so all those PV who live <1km and those <2km git in safely. I had to go thru the toto process. Thankfully, we got balloted in.


Moral of the story: Its really much much safer to PV even if you live <2km from the school of choice.

[LOLMum]

dingdongrc:

I was a PV this year and I live >2km from the school. There was balloting at Phase 2B, so all those PV who live <1km and those <2km git in safely. I had to go thru the toto process. Thankfully, we got balloted in.


Moral of the story: Its really much much safer to PV even if you live <2km from the school of choice.

:congrats: tried and failed is always better than never try never know. it is always a 50/50.

[dorisp]

dingdongrc:

I was a PV this year and I live >2km from the school. There was balloting at Phase 2B, so all those PV who live <1km and those <2km git in safely. I had to go thru the toto process. Thankfully, we got balloted in.


Moral of the story: Its really much much safer to PV even if you live <2km from the school of choice.

Congrats!

I feel that for those not having a choice for earlier phases, at least the PV system gives us a tiny opportunity to augment our chances to get into the desired school.