Important Notices

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.

We are delighted that a large group of parents has 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.

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. To get these contact details please email us at Learner Services.

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.

Birthday Celebrations

We enjoy celebrating children's birthdays at school. Many families like to bring in a gift or sweet treat for the learners in the class. Unfortunately, due to the current restrictions placed on us, we cannot allow families to bring in gifts or treats 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.

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. This provides 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.

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