Year 7

We took immense pride in acknowledging the great achievements of our Year 7 learners during their recent residential to Tioman in our assembly this week. As our tutors wrapped up the trip, they took a moment to reflect on the journey, recognizing the significant progress and personal challenges overcome by our learners. We were delighted to announce that the following learners had been selected to receive certificates for exemplifying the attributes of the IB Learner Profile with exceptional excellence:

Inquirers - Hana & Kuria
Reflective - Riley & Zoe
Balanced - Aiden & Bertie
Communicator -  Yashveer & Carter
Caring - Zara & Karsten
Principled -  Libby & Jake
Risk taker - Eliza & Sabrina
Knowledgeable -  Kajtek & Evella
Open-minded -  Finn & Alva
Thinker -  Beatrix & Rupert
Care for Self - Sarah & Mozy
Care for Others -  Sylvie & Eugene
Care for World -  Danny & Arthur

Year 8

Reflecting on our Year 8 trip to Telunas, we celebrated our 'wins' during an assembly and awarded certificates to those learners who embodied our Learner Profile attributes exceptionally.  We recognised that every single learner had a reason to be proud of themselves and watched a video recollecting those successes. 

Below is a list of the attributes and the learners who were awarded certificated for embodying these characteristics:

Inquirers - Arthur and Gianna
Reflective - Sofia and Samara
Balanced - Kinley and Junnan
Communicator - Mary and Gavyn
Caring - Matilde and Reyna
Principled - Joshua and Mia
Risk taker - Jonathan and Avalee
Knowledgeable - Kiran and Mathias
Open-minded - Kaia and Aanya
Thinker - Tanvi and Olivia

Well done to all of these learners and to every single Year 8 learner who showed us that they really care for others and for the world.

Year 9

The Year 9 trip to Gopeng, Malaysia was always going to be an exercise in courage, resilience and mental fortitude with challenging activities such as white water rafting, caving and the high ropes course. Our learners embarked on these activities in great spirits, and even though they had more challenges than expected, they showed great maturity and responsibility. Well done to all Year 9 learners for the strengths and values they demonstrated on the trip!

The following learners were nominated by the Year 9 tutor team for their demonstration of the IB learner profile values:  

Inquirer - Julian
Reflective - Inga
Balanced - Laras
Communicator -  Shiyuan & Ximena
Principled -  Zephyr
Risk taker - Maria & Ellen
Knowledgeable -  Isabel & James B
Open-minded -  Amelia
Thinker -  Timmy
Care for Self - Laís
Care for Others -  Griff & Soma
Care for World -  Lauren B

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the options evenings at school this month.  We encourage learners to use Unifrog and explore future pathways as they plan which subjects to take. Please encourage your child to talk with teachers and older learners about the subjects on offer during this research period. 

More information on IBDP choices can be found here and more information on IGCSE choices can be found here.

Learners should use the Google forms on these sites to submit their options by 3pm on Friday 8th December please. 

Greetings Parents & Guardians of learners in Year 9-11,

Introducing Unifrog!​​ In keeping with our commitment to provide our learners with outstanding careers guidance and tailored support when choosing their next step after school, we will now be using Unifrog; an award-winning, online careers platform. Last week, our learners in Years 9 - 11 will have received an email from the platform. We encourage them to open it up and create an account to begin their journey…!

What is Unifrog? 

Unifrog is a platform designed to help our learners explore their post-secondary education and career options. It provides tools and resources to assist them in making informed decisions about their NEXt steps. The platform offers features such as career assessments, college and university information, and guidance on the application process.

Unifrog brings into one place thousands of undergraduate university courses, apprenticeships, and college courses in the UK, the US and around the world. This makes it easy for learners to compare and choose the best university courses, apprenticeships or further education courses for them. Additionally, the platform helps learners successfully apply for these opportunities by supporting the writing of personal statements, application forms and CVs, allowing counsellors to give live feedback throughout the process. 

We use it more extensively as a school when our learners reach Year 12 and 13 and any applications to US universities are conducted through Unifrog. It is a user-friendly, easy-to-navigate platform that allows for the enormity of making career-focused decisions more manageable and clear.

So why Year 9 - 11? 

As of this academic year, we actually already use Unifrog in our PSHE programmes across the secondary school. To make these programmes more transparent, providing the learners with Unifrog accounts will enable them to make more informed decisions about their future paths as they progress up the school. As both Year 9 and Year 11 are year groups that make decisions impacting their later studies, having access to all the tools of Unifrog will enable them to map out any desired career goals and explore the different ways of reaching them.

Can parents & guardians access these accounts? 

We are currently exploring the most effective way parents and guardians can best support the learners with this platform. Any update will be communicated via this Newsletter so watch this space!

What can I do now? 

We encourage our learners to set up an account and start exploring! Parents and guardians can help facilitate this as we want our learners to begin researching different career options, destinations or institutions to give them a better idea on their NEXt steps. If you have a firm idea on what it is you want to do when you leave school, great! If you are undecided then that is also fine. Kickstart the search for your future now and give yourself the best chance to achieve it.

More information can be found in this clip on their website here.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any other questions.

All the best,

Will Towler
Careers & University Counsellor
English Teacher
towler.w@nexus.edu.sg 

Please make sure you check the examination schedules before booking travel. The IBDP examination schedule is already published for May 2024. The IGCSE schedule should be confirmed in January. 

Please note external examinations may fall on public holidays or run in the evening and the school has no control over these dates. External examination dates cannot be rearranged by the school.

Internal trial examinations for Year 13 and Year 11 run between January 8th to January 19th.

Internal trial examinations for Year 12 run between 4th and 11th March.

Internal trial examinations for Year 10 run between 2nd and 12th April.