Important Notices

Term 2 dates:

• Wednesday, 26 October - Friday, 16 December 2022

Important dates for Term 1 are:

• Primary learning Summaries Published - Wednesday, 14 December 2022

• Inclusion. You - Me & Us Week Monday, 21 - Friday, 25 November 2022

• CCAs Season 1 will run until 18 November 2022

• CCA Season 2 runs from Monday, 28th November 2022 until Friday, 26th February 2023

• ACSIS Sport training for Season 1 will run until Friday, 11 November 2022

• ACSIS Sport training for Season 2 runs Monday, 14 November 2022 until Friday, 17 February 2023

Reminders re: Uniform

• Our current uniform with khaki shorts is our standard uniform

• We recognise there may be occasions where learners cannot wear their regular uniform - black PHE shorts may be worn at these times.

• Secondary learners are always expected to change for PHE

• Primary learners may come to school in their PHE kit on days they have PHE

• Primary N-Y2 learners may come to school in PHE kit if they have an after school sport CCA

• Primary Y3 - Y6 learners are expected to bring their PHE kit into school to change, for after school sport CCAs or ACSIS (this will be facilitated at the start of the session)

We have quite a bit of lost property waiting to be found by its rightful owner!

Water bottles, caps, uniforms, clothes, swim bags, and similar items are displayed on the level 2 walkway, in the drawers opposite learner services.

Valuable items (EZ link cards, air pods, jewelry, watches, glasses, calculators, keyboards, to name just a few!) will be kept safe at Learner Services, so if you think your child/ward has lost one of these items please email us at learnerservices@nexus.edu.sg or ask your child/ward to come and take a look.

We hope we can reunite as many items as possible with their rightful owners!

Please note that we will donate to charity anything that hasn’t been claimed.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Warm regards,

Learner Services

New ID Cards

The new ‘parent’ ID cards will be distributed from Monday 07 November. The cards have been organised by the homeroom / tutor group of your eldest child. One parent can collect for the rest of the household. If you have an old card, please remember to return it to us.

Not able to pick up in person?

Please complete this form, and we will send your card home with your child.

If your eldest child is in:

• Year 5 and above - Your child must collect your card from Learner Services

• Year 4 and below - Your card will be delivered to your child in class

Turnstiles

Phase 1: 07-Nov to 11-Nov

All turnstiles will continue to be open during peak times, but if you are arriving at school between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm, they may be closed. Guards will open the turnstiles for you in case you don't have your new ID card yet.

Phase 2: 14-Nov to 25-Nov

All turnstiles will continue to be open during peak times. During non-peak times, should you come to school without the new parent card, you will be asked to register as a visitor at the guardhouse and you will be issued a guest card.

Phase 3: 28-Nov onwards

The turnstiles on Level 1 by Security will be closed at all times and you and your children will need ID cards to enter at this point, but the turnstiles on Level 2 will continue to be open during peak times. However, should you or your children not have an ID card at any time (even at peak time at the turnstiles on Level 2) you will be redirected back to the guardhouse where you will be asked to register as a visitor and be issued a guest card, and thus your entrance into school will be delayed.

Car Decals

If you drive to school, and use the car park, please collect a car decal once you have registered your car with us. You will need your car IU as well as your licence plate in order to do so. Please add or update your vehicle information through this link. Car decals can be collected from Learner Services, or we can send it home with your child.

Nexus International School (Singapore) aims to be a healthy eating school and we ask that parents help us to achieve this.

During morning snack time and prior to registration we allow fruit and cut vegetables, yoghurts or cereal bars with water or fruit juice for a healthy and nutritious snack. This snack should be brought in from home. Alternatively, children in Years 3 to 6 can purchase healthy snacks from the Level 5 Cafeteria. Please ensure that snacks are kept in a different container to the packed lunch boxes.

Children are required to have a water bottle in school at all times. Water is available all the time and learners can fill up their water bottles from our filtered fountains. Children have easy access to the water fountains in all our learning hubs.

Learners are monitored in the cafeterias and are expected to sit whilst they are eating and remember their table manners. They are also expected to tidy up after themselves. Parents will be advised if their child is not eating well at snack or lunchtime. Please speak directly to your child’s class teacher if you have any concerns around their eating.

A number of children and staff have severe nut allergies. For this reason, our cafeterias do not sell any products containing nuts. We would also like to request families not to provide their children with nuts or products containing nuts in their snack or lunch boxes. This is particularly true for our younger learners who are always interested in what other children are eating.

To encourage children to become more independent in their eating habits we have in place the following developmental approach:

• Nursery, Kindergarten, Years 1 and 2 learners use their own dedicated cafeteria on Level 1. All children are asked to bring their own morning snacks and for lunch children will either have a packed lunch or a pre-paid school meal.

• Children in Years 3 to 6 have the option of bringing their own morning snacks and packed lunch. Alternatively, they can have a pre-paid school meal or purchase snacks and lunches from the cafeteria on Level 5. We will help them make healthy choices.

Friday morning break time is ‘treat time’ and children in Years 3 to 6 may purchase snacks from the full range available in our cafeteria (at morning break only). This includes pastries, crisps, doughnuts and cookies. Children are not allowed to bring chewing gum, sweets, candy, chocolates, bubble gum and fizzy drinks to school.

The cafeteria operator has a dedicated email (nexus.ordering@victuscatering.asia) to order the pre-paid meals and answer any queries you have. The pre-paid meal is available on a monthly basis and must be ordered before the start of each month. The cafeteria menus are all available on our website.

Primary learners are not encouraged to bring mobile phones, smart watches or electronic devices to school.

Some children bring these devices in order to communicate with parents on their journeys to and from school.

All devices must be given to homeroom teachers at the start of the day. They will be kept in a locked cupboard and returned at the end of the day. If a child needs to contact a parent/guardian during the school day they will be asked to go to Learner Services, where a member of staff will make the call on their behalf.