Student Well Being
Find out how Meridian Primary supports students' social and emotional well-being through Year Heads, counselling, and specialist help for students with additional needs.
Student Social and Emotional Well-Being
Year Head Team
In Meridian Primary, our three experienced Year Heads (YHs) work closely with class form teachers to pay closer attention to students' socio-emotional needs, including cultivating values, and providing counselling. Supported by the Assistant YHs, each YH oversees to two levels and they follow the children to the next level throughout the six years that the children are in Meridian Primary. The close partnership between the YHs and the form teachers ensures that our students’ needs are better addressed and supported, as they are able to facilitate student-related programmes and activities that continues to strengthen the teacher-student relationship.
Our YHs coordinate teaching and level-based programmes by partnering with Heads of Department and other stakeholders. They also coordinate inter-level interactions that allow our students to care and support each other between levels. The Buddy Programme is an example of our Primary 4 students befriend and take care of the younger Primary 1 students. With such close collaboration, we are able to better care for and develop every student in Meridian Primary.
Counselling Support
Our Senior School Counsellor works with students, parents and school staff to support students’ mental health and social-emotional development through level programmes as well as group or individual counselling sessions. She also conducts specialised guidance programmes with students who need additional help in their social and emotional development. Through counselling, students will be able to talk about and work through their challenges. Our students will be equipped with strategies or skills to help them cope with their situation their behavior, if necessary.
Learning and Behavioural Support
Like all primary schools, we have two experienced Special Educational Needs (SEN) Officers who work closely to provide learning and behavioural support to students with mild special educational needs like dyslexia, attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or mild ASD and sensory/physical impairments. While working closely and getting the right support from teachers and parents, our SEN Officers are able to help create a safe environment for our students with mild special education needs to learn and grow.