recent events

Careers Talks, 7 and 21 February

Our inaugural careers presentations by parents this year is something that we will repeat again in the future. We were lucky enough to be able to ask for volunteers from our own Nexus parent community to participate in this workshop. We were also fortunate that they all came from a variety of different areas of expertise and experience. We wanted them to share their knowledge of how they embarked on their career pathways, the good and the difficult decisions that they had to make, and what or who led them to where they are now.

The parents that presented this year were Henrik Althen, Simon Hyatt, Jeremy Lewis, Stephanie Hughes, Roger Jenkins, Mike Truter and William Anderson. Together these parents represented their areas of passion and expertise in Shipping, Music Business, Graphics Design, Teaching and Management, Storytelling, Artificial Intelligence and Marketing.

The learners really appreciated the input from our guests and many of them stayed behind to speak with the presenters. One or two learners who were thinking of careers in other fields were certainly taking an interest in the ones that were presented as another option that they had not considered before. This was a valuable event that we devised this year, and we aim to do something again next year.

We would welcome any parents who would like to be a part of this next year to contact either Asha Peppiatt or Peter Hart.

Y8 Humanities Trip to Kranji, 23 FEbruary

As part of their studies on Singapore during the Second World War, Year 8 learners visited several key historical sites in preparation for their Learning Exhibitions. We started the day by visiting Kranji Memorial where our learners were moved by the number of soldiers killed in the Battle for Singapore and also the young age of many of them. A group of our learners stood by the grave of a 17 year old soldier for quite some time and were shocked that someone so young would be involved in the conflict. One of the tasks given to the learners was to collect evidence showing the multi-cultural nature of the conflict and learners took photos of the graves of soldiers from all over the world who took part in this battle. We then went to the National Museum where learners visited two exhibitions and collected evidence on the impact of the Japanese occupation on Singapore citizens. Following a quick lunch in Fort Canning Park, we finished our day at the Former Ford Factory. As well as adding to their research on the experience of the occupation, learners also found out how Singapore recovered from the war and began to rebuild itself. It was a very purposeful day and the learners collected a great deal of research on the day which will be used for their Learning Exhibitions which will be presented on Thursday 14th March.

Vicky Holdcroft, Learning Area Leader: Humanities

Maker Morning, 24 February

Nexus families came together to get creative in the Makerspace on Saturday morning this week. Laser-cut cardboard Rockets, recycled plastic hologram viewers, 3Doodled Dragons and Lego Robots were just some of the fun hands-on learning activities that were snipped, clipped and snapped together by learners of all ages!

Ed Bailey, Digital Coach