Well done to our Year 12 learners who spent the morning on East Coast, supporting the community by removing litter from the beaches. Numerous rubbish bags had been filled after only a couple of hours! The learners were quite shocked to see what had washed up on the beaches including abandoned picnic mats, shoes, yoga mats and plastic toys. The experience has prompted some learners to take further action by initiating their own beach clean ups as part of their CAS programme. All of Y12 were really engaged in the challenge but a special shout out to Karry, Ryan, Hugo, Ava L, Raquel, Nazneen and Iona who worked super hard! Well done to all!!

Term 1 is a busy time with plenty of open days, fairs and talks on offer for our learners. Please take a look below for information on some of the main ones happening this month and into October. 

1) Careerdays are offering new dates for career and work experience dates for learners taking place online over the next couple of months.

The days are designed to give learners an insight into possible future careers with advice on how to apply to university and an afternoon session of work experience to help them see what the career may be like. Students will receive a certificate confirming their work experience.

Learners can register to join the online days through the website.

The schedule is as follows:

• Performing Arts Career Day - Saturday 30th September 2023

• Medicine Career Day - Saturday 7th October 2023

• Midwifery Career Day - Saturday 21st October 2023

• Dentistry Career Day - Saturday 28th October 2023

• Business Career Day - Sunday 5th November 2023

• Psychology Career Day - Saturday 11th November 2023

• Architect Career Day - Saturday 18th November 2023

• Vet Career Day - Saturday 25th November 2023

• Law Career Day - Saturday 2nd December 2023

• Computer Science Career Day - Saturday 9th December 2023

2) An invitation to an Edinburgh University information session at Tanglin Trust School. 

Date: Thursday 28th September 2023

Time: 17.30 - 19.00

Please arrive by 17.30 as the session will begin then.

Location: Tanglin Trust School (Sixth Form, level 4, enter via Gate C)

Please click here to register for the event

3) Study in Canada Event. We would like to invite learner, and their parents to learn all about studying at universities in Canada.  The event is on the evening of Wednesday, September 27th at the Canadian International School Singapore (Lakeside campus). Please join 19 Canadian universities as well as the High Commission of Canada to Singapore to learn all about studying in Canada. There is no charge for this event.

The evening will start at 6:00pm with a brief presentation on Canada and then move to a fair-style setup where everyone can visit the tables of schools they wish to speak to. The event will end at 8:00pm.

4) UWA (University of Western Australia) Open Day. Date: Saturday 23 September 2023. Time: 1pm - 5pm

Other key dates for Y13

• Lion City Fair Wednesday 27th September 9-11.30am (Y12 & Y13) 

• US Early Decision applications must be submitted in the last week of Term 1. 

• All UCAS, Canada and remaining US applications must be submitted by learners on or before 11th December 2023.

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.

We wanted to inform you about some adjustments to our after school activities schedule on October 5th and 6th due to the upcoming Parent-Teacher Conferences.

During these dates, there will be a temporary suspension of after-school activities, including CCAs, ACSIS Trainings, and Music Ensembles, to accommodate the conferences and ensure that teachers are available to meet with you.

However, please note that all Swimming Squads  will continue after school as scheduled on Thursday, 5th October. Additionally, the Junior Performance Squad will meet on Friday, 6th October in the morning.

Please be aware that on 5th, October after-school activity buses will not be available. If your child typically takes the activity bus, they will need to use the regular school bus service to get home.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in making these adjustments to our schedule during the Parent-Teacher Conferences. If you have any questions or need further information, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at eotc@nexus.edu.sg.

Thank you 

Education Outside The Classroom Team