Important Notices

Learning conferences happen twice a year and are an opportunity for your child to share how they have settled into the 2022/23 Academic Year and highlight their achievements and areas to focus on in their learning journey.

The conferences will be arranged as follows:

Thursday, 6th October

Face to face appointments on campus in learning areas.

16:00 - 20:00

Friday, 7th October

Face to face appointments on campus in learning areas.

08:00 - 10:00

Online appointments via Google Meets

10:00 - 16:00

You can now log on to the Parent Portal to book appointments with your child’s subject teachers for the time you would like to attend. For Secondary Learners with multiple subject teachers it is not essential to see every subject teacher this time. There will be a second Learning Conference during March 9th and 10th.

Bookings will close at noon on Tuesday 4th October. Please remember school will be closed for lessons on Friday 7th to enable staff to meet families.

To help this event run smoothly and benefit your child, we ask you to please:

Keep strictly to your appointment time

Leave a space between each face to face appointment to allow you to move around the campus

Join the meetings with your child and engage them in the discussion

Join the Google Meets with your personal email and not your child’s (this helps us avoid having families join another learners meeting)

Help your child identify clear goals for each of the subjects discussed

Google Meet links will be sent by email nearer the time.

As a school, we pride ourselves on our strong community relationships. Every year group in Secondary has a parent's WhatsApp Group. We hope that these groups help you build friendships with other families.

Please be aware of the following guidelines:

What these WhatsApp groups are:

• A place for families to come together to arrange social activities (e.g. parties, play dates, coffee mornings and evening drinks)

• A place for occasional reminders (e.g. remembering Dress Up Days!)

What these WhatsApp groups aren't:

• A place for discussing individual learners

• A place to raise issues (we welcome all feedback and encourage you to contact the school directly with any concerns you have so that we can help to resolve them)

• A school communication channel (we will continue to share all school information via the fortnightly Newsletters, school emails and our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/NexusSchoolSG/) - please do make sure you read these to find out all that is going on in school

We are delighted that a large group of parents have agreed to help to administer and manage these WhatsApp Groups. Please remember that these are volunteers who are helping to keep these groups safe and positive - from time to time, they will remind groups of the above guidelines. Please treat them with respect.

Carefully consider what is posted and shared in these groups, ensuring that all communication follows the guidelines above. Please be aware that posts on social media, including WhatsApp messages, can be used as evidence of defamation under both criminal and civil law in Singapore.

Thank you to all of you who have shared your concerns around our uniform. We would like to consult with the community to help us going forward. Please share your views with us here.

Any changes going forward will be implemented slowly to allow both Nexus families and the supplier to make use of existing uniform and prevent waste.

Please note that the IGCSE examination boards do not confirm the timetable until Term 3. It is worth noting these have run from April to the end of June and you may want to delay booking any flights until the schedule is confirmed. Nexus has no control over these dates and they can run on public holidays and into the summer holidays. We will share the schedule as soon as it is available.

Nexus holds trial examinations for Year 11 learners from 9th January to 20th January and for Year 10 learners from 10th April to 20th April. These are deliberately placed to allow maximum teaching to have occurred before the assessments to ensure realistic experiences for learners and authentic feedback on their performance. These dates also ensure that there is sufficient time for learners to work with their teachers to maximise their chances of success.

The IB have published a provisional schedule for the May 2023 examinations which run between April 27th and May 19th. Please note Nexus has no control over these dates and they can run on public holidays.

• Wednesday November 9th -IBDP options evening for Year 11 learners and families

• Thursday November 24th - IGCSE options evening for Year 9 learners and families

• CCAs will run until 18 November 2022

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

Upcoming Events

• UWA Open Day: 24th September 2022. More information here.

• The University of Edinburgh Open Night: 6th October 5-7pm at Tanglin Trust. Register here.

An introduction to the University of Edinburgh/ Scotland's education system and the four year degree/ Student experience and living in the city of Edinburgh/ Admissions advice/ Career and post graduation stay back visa options.

• LASALLE will be organising a Parents' Forum tonight (Friday 23 September 2022) at 7pm. Parents can register here.

• Learners interested in Computer Science have been invited to a talk at NUS next Monday 26th September about an exploration of how ingenuity and agility can engender greater innovation. The Minister of Education will open the event followed by a talk delivered by a Professor of Computer Science at NUS. Interested learners will leave Nexus at 3pm with Ms Aine.

• The WebiFair Event runs throughout the day tomorrow (24th September 2022). Follow this link for more information.

• Discover James Cook University in 30 minutes on 27th September at 7pm. Register here.

FastBreak is now offering basketball programmes held on Nexus for the 2022-23 school year.

FastBreak Basketball Club is the premier youth basketball training and club program in Singapore. With over 400 unique players per week involved in the program, it holds the position of the largest dedicated basketball company in Singapore. Focussed on teaching the fundamentals of basketball and developing players who understand both the skills and game theory involved in playing basketball, FastBreak has established itself as the leader in basketball instruction in Singapore over its 15 year history.

View the programmes available here.