Year 12 Careers and University Notices

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Many of the Year 12 learners have now completed their three coaching sessions with a trained Nexus coach. We hope that it was a rewarding experience that gave those who took part an opportunity to self-reflect and build strong decision-making skills with a focus on careers and university. Additionally, Term 4 has been spent kick-starting 1:1 counselling sessions where we have discussed all matters relating to university applications.

Over the summer months your child is asked to continue working on their Year 13 University Preparation Planner. As the Careers and University Counsellor, I will arrange 1:1 meetings with all Year 13 learners when they return to school in August. In order to come prepared to the first Year 13 meeting, learners are required to complete the following tasks over the summer holidays:

1. Complete all three of the psychometric assessments on Cialfo.

2. Discuss their options and aspirations with parents / guardians.

3. Finalise their decision about university destinations (maximum two countries).

4. Confirm they currently meet the admissions requirements and familiarise themselves with information about fees and student visas. If you log onto your child’s Cialfo account, further information can be found in the ‘Careers and University Sessions’ folders.

5. If your child has college application essays and/ or personal statements to submit as part of their application, first drafts should be completed over the summer.

I will also hold weekly sessions with the whole year group on Friday mornings during registration time throughout Year 13. These sessions prove to be an excellent opportunity for collaboration and discussions about application processes, key deadlines and any other information regarding ‘Life After Nexus’ for our learners.

While we are doing everything we can to provide the information, advice and guidance that our learners need, a degree of initiative is still required by applicants for what is, after all, their future.

Many thanks for your anticipated support in this process and, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at: gibbons.a@nexus.edu.sg

Have a wonderful summer and a much deserved break.

Kind regards,

Aine Gibbons

Careers and University Counsellor

Year 13 Parents and Learners,

Congratulations to our Year 13 learners, now graduates of Nexus. We are so proud of you. The ending to the year was not what we expected, however we are so pleased we could finish the examinations. You all worked hard right through to the end. Well done.

This year has been an exceptional one for you, the school and the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO). In recognition that different countries in the world are in different situations, the IBO allowed schools to take either the non-exam route or the exam route for assessment. The route taken was dependent on the government rules for the country. We were very pleased to be able to take the exam route, as it was an opportunity for our learners to bring their learning together and demonstrate their ability in these examinations. If you would like more information to understand IB assessment during this Covid-19 period, please click this link.

The next step for our graduates is to get their results. Results will be issued on the 6th of July, 2021 at 12:00 GMT at https://candidates.ibo.org. All candidates have been given their unique PIN number and will be able to login to view their results. For more information on results, please click this link.

Should any learners have questions about re-marks or Enquiry Upon Results (EUR), they have been asked to contact me at brown.m@nexus.edu.sg. This service involves the re-marking and/or return of examination material. Once component grades have been released, we can assess together the benefit of requesting an EUR. Learners will need to be aware that their grade may be lowered as well as raised as a consequence of an EUR.

A re-mark is officially called a Category 1 re-mark: A fee of SGD$160 per subject must be paid to the school’s Finance Office before we can process the request. The fee is refunded if the grade is raised. The re-mark is completed in 18 days. If the EUR results in a grade change, candidates will see the updated grade on https://candidates.ibo.org. The final deadline for application for an EUR is September 15th.

Your IB Diploma certificates will be sent to us in September. We will send these on to you via courier for overseas addresses or ask you to pick them up if you reside in Singapore.

Lastly, you will have seen that our Graduation had to be postponed till June 4th due to the return to off-Campus learning. Year 13 graduates will all receive a Zoom link closer to the time and will be able to log in to take part in our online event from wherever they are in the world. We wish we could be together for this event, however changes to government rules have prevented us from holding an event at school. We are looking forward to celebrating online.

Thank you for your hard work and support over the years as a Nexus parent or learner. We hope you have a restful summer break before you start life after Nexus. Please keep in touch and share your adventures with us. We will miss you.

Melanie Brown

IBDP Coordinator

Council of International Schools (CIS) Survey

The CIS (Council of International Schools) Survey is here!

The survey was developed in alignment with the new CIS International Accreditation protocol. Admin teams, academic teams, board directors, parents and learners will all be invited to take the survey. This is an essential part of our self-study on the CIS journey. The data will be used by the various domain self-study groups as evidence. Please take some time to complete this - your feedback matters!

The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. The survey will be available until Monday 31 May.

Here is the link to the CIS Survey

A few things to note:

1. All questions need to be answered.

2. The language can be chosen from the top right corner.

3. Please pay attention when answering, as answers go from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree, being "Not applicable" the last option.

4. The survey can be saved at any given time. You just need to press the "save and continue later" on the top right of the screen. For this, you will need to enter your email addresses, and the survey will send you an email with a link to be able to continue the survey at a later time.

5. To retrieve a saved response, go to your inbox and look for the following email:

6. For the Residential/ Boarding Services, according to CIS, this also includes Learners with Guardians. Please complete if your child or ward is staying with a guardian or use NA if not.

Thank you very much for completing the survey.