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Informal WhatsApp Groups
Informal WhatsApp Groups
We have set up WhatsApp Groups for 2020/21. Every class in our Primary School has a WhatsApp Group and in Secondary School there is a WhatsApp Group for Years 7 to10. We are a school that prides itself on our strong community relationships and these WhatsApp Groups will allow you to build friendships between families in each class.
What these WhatsApp Groups are:
A place for families to come together to arrange social activities (eg: parties, play dates, coffee mornings and evening drinks)
A place for occasional reminders (eg: remembering Dress Up Days!)
What these WhatsApp Groups aren't:
A school communication channel (we will continue to share all school infromation via the fortnightly Newsletters, school emails and our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/pg/nexusinternationalschoolsingapore) - please do make sure you read these to find out all that is going on in school
A place for discusssing individual learners
A place to raise issues (we welcome all feedback and encourage you to contact us directly with any concerns you have so that we can help to resolve them)
We are delighted that a large group of parents have agreed to help our Learner Services team to administer these WhatsApp Groups. The Singapore Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) does not allow us to share your personal information with them so we are not able to automatically add you to the appropriate WhatsApp Group. Instead, you can either message these parents so that they can add you to the group or click on the WhatsApp link. The contact details are shared on the email from Judy.
If you would like to join this informal class group, simply send a text to one of your child's class WhatsApp administrators with the following information:
Your name (first name and family name)
Your child's name (first name and family name)
Your mobile phone number
If you have children in different classes please text the administrator of each class.
Once again, thank to all the parents for supporting our school community. We are sure that you will find this informal social network very valuable throughout the year ahead at Nexus.
Contacting Homeroom Teachers
Contacting Homeroom Teachers
From time to time we know that you would like to make contact with your child's homeroom teacher and at the moment you are not able to do this face to face. If you would like to make contact, the easiest way is to email them. For ease of reference, the email addresses of our homeroom teachers are shown below.
Please note that if your child is absent from school we request that you email BOTH the homeroom teacher AND Learner Services (absence@nexus.edu.sg). If your child takes the school bus, please also inform the bus company.
Phase 1 - Nursery & Kindergarten
Phase 1 - Nursery & Kindergarten
Phase 2 - Year 1 & 2
Phase 2 - Year 1 & 2
Phase 3 - Year 3 & 4
Phase 3 - Year 3 & 4
Phase 4 - Year 5 & 6
Phase 4 - Year 5 & 6
ACER International School Assessments (ISA) - Mathematics and Reading
ACER International School Assessments (ISA) - Mathematics and Reading
In late September, a randomly selected sample of Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 learners will participate in the ACER ISA assessments. The International Schools’ Assessment (ISA) is a high-quality assessment used by international schools and schools with an international focus to monitor learner performance over time and to confirm that the school's internal assessments are aligned with international expectations of performance.
The ISA supports Nexus to compare attainment in our Primary School against other schools worldwide as part of our quality assurance processes. ACER has gained invaluable experience in developing assessments that are culturally and educationally appropriate for learners from many language and educational backgrounds. The ISA is based on the internationally endorsed frameworks for the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
The ISA provides:
an external evaluation of core skills in mathematical literacy and reading that allows us to evaluate the reliability of our internal assessments.
a reliable external tool that helps us reflect and refine the quality of our Nexus curriculum.
a detailed set of reports summarising our school’s results and comparative data that allow us to easily identify areas of strength or weakness and trends over time .
comparisons of learner cohorts with other participating learner cohorts in the same year group providing a means for us to monitor cohort performance against international expectations.
If you would like to find out more about the ISA assessments, please contact Paul Beach. If you do not want your child to be included in the random selection, please let us know by Monday, 14 September. The ACER ISA Privacy Statement is available here.
We will share the main findings in January 2021 when the data is fully analysed against all the other schools taking part.
Year Group Wristbands
Year Group Wristbands
All our learners have been taking on the responsibility of keeping themselves safe around school by moving around at a safe distance to each other and by playing in designated places. We have been really pleased at how well the children have adapted.
The learners are now familiar with these new routines and we will start giving them some more independence as they move around the school and more choice about where they play. To help them with this, each child will be given a bright wristband to wear. This will help them and the staff identify their friends in the same year group so that they can make sure they are in the right place at the right time.
Most of the time these wristbands will be left at school, however occasionally children may wear them home. If they do bring them home, please make sure that your child wears wristband the following day.
Thank you in advance for helping us keep our community safe.
Colours as follows:
Yr 1 and 5 - Orange
Yr 2 and 6 - Blue
Yr 3 - Yellow
Yr 4 - Green
Birthday Celebrations
Birthday Celebrations
We enjoy celebrating children's birthdays at school. Many families like to bring in a sweet treat for the learners in the class. Unfortunately, due to the current restrictions placed on us, we cannot allow families to bring in treast to share.
As an alternative, families can purchase cupcakes from Victus, our in-school catering team. These are made on site following the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) standards and delivered directly to class. If you would like to consider this option please contact the Victus team. Their details are on the Parent Zone of our website.
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