Red Tulip:

Hi,


My girl is born in 2007 and I am thinking of doing PV for Roysth. How did you all accumulate the 70 hours for the PV? Will the school tell you before hand the number of hours allocated for each job?

Thanks in advance.

If the parent is called for interview, sch deem suitable, they will offer certain time slots (eg 9-11am, 11-1pm, etc) for patents to select for regular service.
Some parents r not working, some r in own biz or sales job so can come out during office hours; some may take regular leave/ time off to serve.

For me, I selected my preferred day n time (eg wed 9-11) n roster into the library to serve fortnightly. Some parents r serving in canteen to gv out fruits; some in games room. These r regular service for normal parents.

With regular time to serve, some r still unable to clock enough hours, there r ad hoc duties- eg open house, if they need people to take temp or b ushers; or orientation, to test kids for their 100words; or special HPB program, to b helpers, the sch may call theses parents w insufficient hours to come back.

Every Time we serve, we need to go gate 1 n sign in for our badge n write time in/ out. Then we go to our personal file to write time in/ out.so we generally hv an idea how many hours we serve.
I started serving in aug when my son was Nursery in 2008. Served through entire K1 (2009) n till may in K2 (2010) in the library. Usually the sch will see the files when parents kids r starting k2. Those that dont hv enough hours, there will b special duties allocated. Heard that if don't hv minimal no of hours that the sch expects, they can DON'T provide the letter to revognize that parent as parent volunteer.

I enjoyed the times served as I got to talk to the kids, see their teachers n books. The sch operations is v efficient n they r v clear that they require commitment from the parents. The duration of service (aug 2008- may 2011) is more or less fixed.
I heard from other friends serving in Grassroot, one may start serving for a few months b4 they r 'registered' in the system. Heard also need to serve for >1year b4 there's any recognition as a Grassroot volunteer. Must b in the GRC that Rosyth is in. If your house in not in that GRC, that Grassroot /RC won't accept u so got to move house to serve in amk RC. And must make yourself known to Grassroot leader that u r serving 4 sch registration so they can make your service official (not sure if they hv file to track your hours). Grassroot service r usually after office hours (eg meeting residents, community events on sat/ sun) even after you hv register ur kid for pei 1, the RC expects one to continue to serve, unlike Rosyth can retire already:)
But of course there r other perks to serve in RC

Wish u all the best in your application as Rosyth parent volunteer

Hi jenao

I recall during orientation, someone running one of the booth telling me that cca from PTA are for those Pri 1 n 2. Official cca starts in Pri 3. there r parents who want their kids to b able to get into certain cca like wushu are advised to register their kids with them early. The times for these cca are on sat or sun. I prefer to keep my weekends free so didn’t join any.

Hi twinkle
Seems that magazine subscription is "compulsory". My boy doesn’t bring any Chinese homework home except hao Peng you. I noted that some of the hanyi pinyin for spelling is also practiced in the mag.

Sch holidays soon. My son will miss sch, friends, teachers, sch bus n canteen food

I’m not sure how pv is selected but given abt 1/3 rejected, there will b a few levels (I m guessing- 1. Admin staff look thru n throw out those whose parents r not "who’s who" n hv no degree, 2. Pass list to vp or p to select who to interview. 3. Interview round n throw put those who can’t commit time 4. Put their names in n call them to serve 5. When pv kids r in K2, around may, to see their hours n if they clock sufficient, gv them pv letter to register in phase 2b (those who don’t hv minimal hr, hv to do mad rush to clock somehow or no letter for them)


Other than print n send in form, can include a letter abt yourself n wife on some special skills u hv n can serve the sch w)

Actually if I hv a gal, I’d prefer to send to all girls sch. Girls thrive more in classes without boys n learn faster. Esp in lower levels where boys r noisy, disruptive n talk louder, teachers attention tend to b divert to boys. If all girls, teacher hv time to teach more n call the girls to answer questions.

Hi chesfel

Sent u a pm when I saw u v pm me earlier. Remember to check inbox

To get into phase 2b in Rosyth, can either b a Rosyth sch pv or b recognize as an active Grassroot.


I know of pv who stay in punggol, tampines n sengkang, out of 2km. I guess the key is to get accepted. Where the pv stay may not b so strongly taken into consideration (ie if compare a dad is director of a stat board but stay in novena against another dad who is a technician staying just the block beside the sch).

But if one gets rejected as a pv (bec rejection rate is v high), the other route is via Grassroot.

I m not sure abt Grassroot track but Rosyth is in amk grc so to b safe, volunteer w PM
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/listing-by-grc/

I don't know of anyone who is Grassroot of other grc so can't comment there.

For pv n Grassroot distant from sch will only b impt if there r more pp than seats for that space. Eg- if there's 50seats for phase 2b but 30 Grassroot n 30pv, those staying within 1km will get accepted 1st (assuming that fills 40seats). Left 10seats so remaining 20 pv/ grassroot to ballot.

Personally if I m staying in punggol, there r other good sch such as Nan Qiao and Mei Toh. Even holy innocent and plmgs r good n easier to apply for pv.

Do know that to b a pv, got to fill up form, wait, get called for interview (n pass that interview) n willing to \"work\" at least 80hours, over 2years.

My 3 friends serve 40hr in plmgs, Mei Toh and holy innocent n all their kids got in.
another friend who applied to Rosyth for pv (stay in punggol), got called for interview but bec she is a big 4 accountant, can't commit time, she was rejected. Then she just paid $500 to join hui guan for nan qiao n got her twins in without need to give any time.

But I hv grown to live Rosyth myself after doing pv for so long. They gv us parents 3days orientation unlike other sch that hv 1 or 2 days only.

Hi, reporting as mum of a p1-sincere boy from Rosyth. Anyone w kids in same class? My son loves his form teacher a lot!


Mangai, i got in thru being a pv in Rosyth n stay 1-2pm from sch. u may wish to see http://www.rosyth.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=78756

The sch will open pv registration for 2007 kids soon. Those kids born before, registration is closed already. According to last yr's stats, seem that 30/140 so less than 25% chance to b selected as pv.

I heard that parents who got in as pv r generally high caliber- doctors, lawyers, directors, accountants, managers, etc. I was a manager myself whilst my hubby is also a manager. A friend who applied 2x (for both her 1st n 2nd kids) was rejected twice as she is a full time mum while hubby is not a mgr.
But before u start accusing the sch any being elitist, sometimes, it's part of nature selection of being in Singapore. Try to beef up your application form as phonecalls n visits to sch won't help at all.

Another way to get into Rosyth is thru grass root volunteer. It's an easier route. [/b]