All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[lene]

check with u parents,


I’m a full time working mum, PV can be on Saturday only?

[Andaiz]

lene:

check with u parents,


I'm a full time working mum, PV can be on Saturday only?

lene, CCA's are generally not on Saturdays anymore. I'm FTWM too. During P2B PV time, I usually volunteer for ad hoc projects or full-day fairs etc (which you'd know beforehand) and if required, take leave.

Gotta plan ahead for us working mums...fact of life.

[kidznme]

anyone knows if PV application has been closed for the school? i’m looking to register my child for P1 in 2012. ur advice is greatly appreciated.

[Andaiz]

kidznme:

anyone knows if PV application has been closed for the school? i'm looking to register my child for P1 in 2012. ur advice is greatly appreciated.

Call the school office up. Or check the website - you should be in good time if your child's entering in 2013. Maybe next year - but check with the school coz each one has its own criteria/lock-in period. :lol:

[lene]

Andaiz:

lene:

check with u parents,


I'm a full time working mum, PV can be on Saturday only?

lene, CCA's are generally not on Saturdays anymore. I'm FTWM too. During P2B PV time, I usually volunteer for ad hoc projects or full-day fairs etc (which you'd know beforehand) and if required, take leave.

Gotta plan ahead for us working mums...fact of life.

Tks Andaiz,

total how many hrs of PV do we have to wrk?
cos i scare wait not enough leave to do all this thing

[Andaiz]

lene:

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total how many hrs of PV do we have to wrk?
cos i scare wait not enough leave to do all this thing

For my DD1, it was 40 hours and both parents can clock in. As DH and I are working, we basically took turns with the many-hours-one-time-kill 5-6 hours kind like excursion, decoration of school for festive occasions, even some hall after-exam activities. It added up quite well for us.

Don't know your profile but for me, I saw it as also investing time for my younger gals (1 stone kill 3 birds here) and to know more about the school culture. No regrets, just a bit of sacrifice loh.

I'm still volunteering at hall-hour to get to know the kids as well. My gal's classmates know me as well so that's quite

[Jav]

Hi Andaiz,


May we know which school you volunteered at?

[kidznme]

thank you, andaiz.


i already called the sch. but the admin office gave me a very general comment that the PV program is open till next year if i’m considering registering my kid for P1 in 2012.

right now i’m worrying if we could even get into their PV program. if no, should we take the chance and wait for balloting? we are living just less than 1km.

alternatively, we are considering to do PV for other schools that are on our priority list. should we attempt to do this?

any advice, anyone?

[Andaiz]

kidznme:

right now i'm worrying if we could even get into their PV program. if no, should we take the chance and wait for balloting? we are living just less than 1km.

alternatively, we are considering to do PV for other schools that are on our priority list. should we attempt to do this?

any advice, anyone?

What is the ballotting history for the school, kidznme.

For DH and myself, the school doesn't need balloting for P2C. However, our involvement in PV programme is to understand the school better, get to know the teachers and/or students and possibly the culture of the place.

So there are other factors to consider. Would you know the contact for the PV Group? If it's on the school website, may be a good idea to call up and find out.

[kidznme]

andaiz, thanks for your quick reply.


according to the school's balloting history and its popularity, there's always ballot for phase2C

so we are in the dilemma now...whether to try for other schools.