Pastoral Care

About Us

There are five houses at Meldrum Academy with each house having a Principal Teacher of Pastoral Care. We are the main contact for parents and carers and our role includes pastoral and emotional support for young people, liaison with other agencies such as health, social work, the police, and careers services to support welfare and wellbeing. 

We teach Personal and Social Education which allows weekly contact with our young people. We have an overview of attendance, behaviour and attainment for young people in our house. We support pupils at key transition points such as P7, subject choice, job, college and university applications to ensure smooth transitions and positive destinations.

Contact Us: 

The Pastoral Care staff  endeavour to respond to emails and calls as quickly as possible and will certainly do so within 72 hours.  We are class committed at times and are also frequently involved in meetings with parents and with outside agencies such as health and social work.

Slessor House: alison.fitzgerald@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Telford House: vivienne.blevins@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Bruce House: jane.allan@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Glennie House: karen.macleod@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Wallace House: robyn.walker2@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Our main role in school is to support your young person to maintain good health & wellbeing as well as good behaviour, attendance and timekeeping across the school and these things are reviewed regularly.  We have a role in helping young people at transition times in particular, be that as they start their Meldrum Academy journey or as they leave school to move on to positive destinations. We aim to develop strong relationships with our young people and with their families/carers and this is an important aspect of our work.

The Broad General Education (S1,2 & 3) in Pastoral Care

We see our pupils weekly for a Personal & Social Education lesson with the following topics in each year group:

S1 

• Settling in to Meldrum Academy

• Accepting Others

• Building Resilience

• Personal Safety

• Families, including Being a Young Carer

• Changes - puberty and personal hygiene

S2

• Alcohol and drugs

• Being a bystander

• Developing positive relationships and keeping safe

• Body image and identity

• Careers/options and transitions

S3

• Gambling

• Knife Crime

• Developing positive mental health

• Internet safety and safety on social media

• Relationships, consent and sexual health

• Careers and options

Senior Phase (S4,5 & 6) in Pastoral Care

S4

• Keeping safe in relationships and parenting

• Hate crime, including homophobia

• Mental health & dealing with stress

• Revision and preparations for  mock assessments

• Options and pathways post school

S5

• Drugs education as an older teenager

• Looking after my body as an adult

• Independent living and money sense

• Mental health and wellbeing

• Revisiting options and pathways post school.

S6

• Supporting college applications 

• Supporting university applications 

• Supporting job hunting