All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[corneyAmber]

Chief, firstly, I believe by providing food for them specially may already cause the stronger pride kids to feel the stigma...so no matter which way, stigma is unavoidable, then might as well achieve another positive outcome out of it?


There are a few ideas...and here is one of them. I do not think the number of such students are many, that is the assumption of this idea so a few carts can be set up.

1. Provide easy food like cakes, muffins, hotdogs, etc that is easy to serve.
2. Allow these children to help sell to other children as well but limit sale to 10 kids. so that the children \"working\" have time to eat and other children will not see that these grp are provided with free food but helping at the store.
3. The \"wages\" for the sale is food from that cart.
4. They help count money(gd skill to learn) and help pack up/tidy up.

So this can also help other children who want more choices of food and learn how to go q early for limited supply....(start from young) :lol:

also, it is not abt not wanting to donate...but based on original approach, the donation for daily supply is expensed off. But based on this new model, if there is some mini profit margin daily, then the expense amt is from the profit and the capital amt that is donated can remain consistent. then there is no headache of always looking for fund raising if suddenly someone decides not to fund this cause anymore and the poor kids suddenly lose their recess again....... maybe I think complicated but I prefer to think longer term solutions..

[ChiefKiasu]

ks2me:

...There are a few ideas...and here is one of them. I do not think the number of such students are many, that is the assumption of this idea so a few carts can be set up.


1. Provide easy food like cakes, muffins, hotdogs, etc that is easy to serve.
2. Allow these children to help sell to other children as well but limit sale to 10 kids. so that the children \"working\" have time to eat and other children will not see that these grp are provided with free food but helping at the store.
3. The \"wages\" for the sale is food from that cart.
4. They help count money(gd skill to learn) and help pack up/tidy up.
...

I like the idea! I'm sold. Time to market to higher management

[janice_0950]

Hey all

Anyone here applied St Hilda's PV?
Don't mind share wif me........and what ur advise..... :shock:

What mgmt said will call us during Aug'2008 time......did anyone rec'd calls from them yet?
:oops: [/b]
Sorry........i need to highlight. My boy is born in 2003.

[corneyAmber]

ChiefKiasu:

ks2me:

...There are a few ideas...and here is one of them. I do not think the number of such students are many, that is the assumption of this idea so a few carts can be set up.


1. Provide easy food like cakes, muffins, hotdogs, etc that is easy to serve.
2. Allow these children to help sell to other children as well but limit sale to 10 kids. so that the children \"working\" have time to eat and other children will not see that these grp are provided with free food but helping at the store.
3. The \"wages\" for the sale is food from that cart.
4. They help count money(gd skill to learn) and help pack up/tidy up.
...

I like the idea! I'm sold. Time to market to higher management

Thanks for the buy-in. You are going to do the marketing? I may attempt to suggest to our school if I see there is a need.

[ChiefKiasu]

ks2me:

Thanks for the buy-in. You are going to do the marketing? I may attempt to suggest to our school if I see there is a need.

Of course your idea is yours. Go ahead and see if your school takes it up. Who knows, it might be the start of some entrepreneurship programme for Primary schools :).

[corneyAmber]

ChiefKiasu:

Of course your idea is yours. Go ahead and see if your school takes it up. Who knows, it might be the start of some entrepreneurship programme for Primary schools :).

LOL, it's ok, no patent rights...anyway this is no rocket science, anyone can think of it...

[VooVoo]

For PVs out there, do you think the school prefers "non-working" parents when it comes to choosing PVs?


Do you think that a particular type of contribution would be looked at more favourably to the school, when it comes to choosing PVs?

[BlueBells]

VooVoo:

For PVs out there, do you think the school prefers \"non-working\" parents when it comes to choosing PVs?


Do you think that a particular type of contribution would be looked at more favourably to the school, when it comes to choosing PVs?

Yes, I do think so. For example, I think if the parents can help to contribute to the school in more academic terms, such as assisted reading / phonics or maths coaching with their weaker students, then these PV might be more sought after than others.

[VooVoo]

BlueBells:

VooVoo:

For PVs out there, do you think the school prefers \"non-working\" parents when it comes to choosing PVs?


Do you think that a particular type of contribution would be looked at more favourably to the school, when it comes to choosing PVs?

Yes, I do think so. For example, I think if the parents can help to contribute to the school in more academic terms, such as assisted reading / phonics or maths coaching with their weaker students, then these PV might be more sought after than others.

Thanks for your response! But, would the school expect to see some sort of \"academic\" achievements of the parents before asking the PV to help out in the academic related activities?

[titank]

Hi All,


If there is a choice on River Valley & Radin Mas under Phase 2B, which one should you recommned?