Y7,8,9 Overseas Trips next week!

A reminder of the meeting times for all the trips along with the link to the relevant Instagram accounts is below. As per the information in the trip letter you will receive both an SMS text message and email if the trip is cancelled due to haze. We will do our best to make this decision early in the morning, but we may need to make this decision after learners have arrived at school. Should the haze reach hazardous levels whilst the trip is in progress we may decide to return to Singapore, subsequent days will then run as normal at school.

Year 9 - departure on Sunday 29 September

Meeting Point (Nexus): We will meet in the Nexus cafeteria at 12.00noon and will leave the campus at 12.15 for the 15.15 (Silk Air Flight MI706). Your contact teachers are Ms Libby and Mr Andy.

Meeting Point (Changi): Those who wish to meet and collect at Changi Airport (Terminal 2) have informed the school by now of these intentions. You will be met by Ms Wendy and Mr Tipton at the Singapore Airlines check in desk from 1pm.

Our trip account is year9nexus (https://www.instagram.com/year9nexus/)

Year 8 - departure on Monday 30 September

Learners will meet at Nexus in the gymnasium at 06:30am with all your bags. We will leave the campus at 06:45am at the latest. Our trip account is y8nexus (https://www.instagram.com/y8nexus/)

Year 7 - departure on Monday 30 September

Learners will meet at Nexus bus bay at 05:30am and will leave the campus by 05.45am at the latest. Please be aware that public transport schedules are different at this time, so you may need to make alternative travel arrangements to that of your usual school journey, to ensure that you reach the school campus on time. Our trip account is y7nexus (https://www.instagram.com/y7nexus/).

Stephanie Hughes, Deputy Head of School

Car Park Closed

On Thursday, 3 October the Years 3 to 6 Inter-house Cross Country run will take place at school. As the race will be running through the school car park, access to the school by car will be closed from 8.30am to 10.40am.

All cars should be parked in the school car park by 8.30am. Cars will not be able to leave the school site before 10.40am. Please feel free to come along to support your child/ward and join in the house spirit.

Uniform

The new uniform is looking great! Sagana has now delivered most of the uniforms, including the sizes that were sold out a few weeks ago. This includes items such as beige school shorts/skorts, as some learners are still wearing PE shorts each day. Last year’s uniform is still acceptable of course, but it must be complete, not a white Nexus shirt and PE shorts, etc. Please continue to order new pieces of uniform as your children grow out of the old items.

2020-21 Calendar

The calendar has now been finalised for 2020-2021. As ever, thanks for your feedback when the draft was sent out at the end of last year. The finalised calendar will be added to the school website next term for easy reference.

Annual Satisfaction Survey 2018-19

Many thanks to everyone who completed the annual satisfaction survey at the end of the last academic year. This feedback is so useful as we develop strategic plans. Over the course of this year we will be developing a 5 year plan 2020-25 and will be incorporating your feedback.

For the Parent Survey the following came out very strongly:

• How we foster respect for diversity, the financial security of the school and how friendly and helpful support staff are.

The lowest scores were also some of the most improved which included:

• Receiving regular updates on your child's progress and meeting your child's needs. Career guidance saw the most significant improvement in Secondary.

For the Learner Survey the following came out very strongly:

• The school's expectations for behaviour, friendly and helpful support staff and the advice, guidance and counselling available.

The lowest scores included:

• The restrooms, the cafeteria (also most improved) and how we use local language and culture to enrich learning.

It will be interesting to see the results next year when we have amazing new facilities!

We will be in touch in Term 3 with information about the feedback workshops that will also inform the five year plan.

Haze

Our Haze Policy can be found here. We have dedicated areas for learners who wish to be inside during break times during the haze.