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Health and well-being of students Temperature Taking
College Counsellors
In order to remain compliant with government requirements, parents must submit their child(ren)’s temperature every morning, before they leave home. You can submit temperature readings via the ‘Temperature-Taking’ icon in the UWCSEA App or via the ‘Temperature Declaration’ icon in the Community Portal (login required for both).
Our counsellors are available to support Infant School students who are experiencing social and emotional difficulties. Referral is always after consultation between the class teacher and parents. More information on the counselling services is available on the website and on the portal.
If your child is unwell, they are to remain at home until they fully recover. More information on health and safety can be found on our Health Advisory Website.
Emergency contacts
Medical care The Primary School clinic is staffed by trained nurses and is fully equipped to handle minor injuries that occur in school. If a child has been taken to the clinic and needs to go home then one of the nurses will contact you.
Parents are asked to nominate two emergency contacts other than yourselves in Singapore. It is important that these are kept up-to-date. These should be people that you trust to make medical decisions for your child should the unfortunate need arise. We therefore request that you do not nominate your domestic helper.
If your child has a medical condition that may require medical treatment, emergency care or there is anything else related to health and well-being that our staff should be aware of, please notify us via the online medical questionnaire.
Please also note that these contacts are not necessarily the same as the nominated guardian that we require if both parents are out of Singapore at the same time. This situation requires separate notification to the school.
Any medication should be given at home or, if it is essential that it is administered during the day, then it should be given by the nurses at the clinic.
Food and other allergies
If your child shows any signs of illness, please do not send them to school, and if they become unwell at school, we will contact you to arrange for them to be picked up. Please refer to the section below on nominating alternative or emergency contacts.
Online medical forms There is a comprehensive online medical questionnaire that we require all parents to complete for each child no later than orientation day. The form covers vaccinations, pre-existing conditions and illnesses, as well as related information for activities such as PE, for example, swimming ability and other conditions that may affect their participation. Please note that we cannot take a child off campus until this has been filled in, so if it is not completed then a child may miss important field trips. As it can take some time for this information to be processed, it is also important that you inform the class teacher of any serious allergies or health problems your child may have. If there are any changes in medical information, please amend the online form as well as informing the class teacher.
Some children have food allergies, and we monitor this very carefully. If a student with a severe allergy, such as a nut allergy, is identified in a class, we will request that items containing the allergen are not brought into the school by any student in that class. For safety, the parents of students who suffer from such allergies are encouraged, nevertheless, to assume that the classroom is not nut free and to behave in accordance with that assumption. Once we have a better idea of the requirements of each student, via the online medical questionnaires, we are able to assess the level of caution we need to adopt in each class. If your child has a severe allergy, please make sure that this is indicated on the online medical questionnaire and bring it to the class teacher’s attention as soon as possible. We also require details of the management plan to be set out for staff. We can provide contact details for a support group of parents of allergy sufferers
