Peer Support Relationship (PSR) Programme

At BTPS, every student is a peer supporter. Find out how our PSR Programme builds a caring school culture where every child feels valued and connected.

Last updated 1 September 2026

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Peer Support Relationship (PSR) Programme

At Bukit Timah Primary School, the Peer Support Relationship (PSR) programme is a key part of our commitment to nurturing students’ holistic development and well-being — ensuring that every child feels safe, valued, and connected within our school community. Guided by the belief that “Everyone is a Peer Supporter,” the programme fosters a culture of care and belonging, where students support one another socially and emotionally.

Aligned with the MOE PSR Framework and the “CHEER” model, our PSR initiatives equip students with both practical and emotional strategies to care for their peers and promote positive relationships. Through these efforts, students learn to stay calm, listen empathetically, encourage help-seeking, and refer peers to trusted adults when needed — strengthening the foundation of a caring and connected school culture.

Diagram illustrating the school’s Peer Support and Relationships framework, where peer helping, peer bonding and peer influencing work together to foster a caring, enabling school environment that promotes student well-being, belonging and positive character development.

Peer Support Relationship (PSR) Framework

Poster presenting the C.H.E.E.R. peer support framework, encouraging students to calm others down, hear them out, empathise, encourage help-seeking and refer them to a trusted adult when someone needs support.

Through key platforms such as school-wide assembly, class-based PSR activities, the Back-to-School Programme,Exploration Weekand enhanced FTGP lessons, students progressively acquire and practise peer support skills in a spiral approach from Primary 1 to Primary 6. This approach ensures that as students mature, their understanding of peer bonding, empathy, and peer helping deepens — empowering them to take ownership of their relationships and contribute actively to a caring school culture.

Students participate in well-being activities, creating appreciation bookmarks and heart-shaped crafts while promoting kindness, respect and positive peer relationships through a school well-being programme.

“Together, we build a school where every voice is heard, every friend is valued, and every child belongs.”
— Mdm Noor Idayu, SH Student Well-being