With a commitment to fostering a global perspective and a holistic approach which caters for each individual's emotional, physical, creative and intellecttual needs, our aim is to provide a broad, balanced, and connected curriculum that places the learner at the heart of the educational experience.
Embracing research-based approaches to teaching and learning, we aspire to cultivate inquiring minds, critical thinkers, and socially responsible individuals. At Nexus, education extends beyond the classroom, every learner is empowered, and curiosity drives a journey of lifelong learning.
3Rs: Helping learners build Resilience, take on Responsibility and develop skills Relevant for the world today and in the future.
In the IPC, subjects are taught through thematic units of learning which have been carefully chosen to help learners make connections between Subject, Personal and International Learning and to develop their Knowledge, Skills and Understanding. Connecting their learning with different subject areas across the unit increases their development of understanding and strengthens their knowledge and long-term memory.
The personal goals indicate the competencies and skills that we would like our children to acquire during their time in Primary school. The goals are represented through our Nexus Neuron and are planned for by teachers so that they are taught explicitly. By doing so, we aim to produce confident learners and responsible global citizens who are ready for further learning and for life.
Our learners have a variety of opportunities throughout their time in Primary to develop and demonstrate Personal Goals. For example, our Year 6 learners are able to showcase their skills as confident communicators by hosting our weekly assemblies.
International Mindedness is defined at Nexus as:
An understanding of ourselves as part of a global community and a respect for and celebration of diversity within that community.
The IPC is unique in defining learning goals that help young children to develop an increasingly sophisticated national and international perspective. We see this development as a gradual movement from a self-view to a world-view.
We aim to foster a knowledge and understanding of a learner’s home, host, adopted and heritage countries and to support this our curriculum includes sessions on Malaysian History and Language, World Cultures and (for our Muslim learners), Agama lessons. Our learners are also offered a choice of language: Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin or Spanish.
Nexus International School is committed to integrating the use of all emerging technology into the school curriculum from Early Years through to Year 13.We are committed to providing an environment where new technologies are used to develop the learning skills needed for learners of today and tomorrow.
By finding new ways to ensure that the use of emerging technologies will be an integral part of every child’s education, learners and teachers as Nexus will benefit from an enhanced learning environment.
At Nexus International School, we integrate Project-Based Learning (PBL) with the IPC to deliver an engaging and innovative Digital Literacy curriculum. Through hands-on, real-world projects linked to IPC themes, students develop critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration skills while mastering digital tools and concepts.
At NISM assessment for learning (AfL) and assessment of learning are seen as important tools for teachers and learners to be able to personalise and improve learning. Knowledge, skills and understanding are each assessed in different ways. Learners are also given opportunities to develop and reflect on their understanding through reflections using journals and apps such as SeeSaw.
Other assessments include externally compared standardised assessments such as those from GL assessments in the UK: On entry all learners above Year 3 take a Cognitive Ability Test (CAT 4), which gives us a good idea of the child’s ability and how they may learn best. This is also repeated in Year 5 for all learners and in Year 6 ahead of the transition to Secondary School. To enable us to assess the learners against an age standardised average and to compare year on year results, all learners also take the annual Progress Tests in English (PTE) and the Progress Tests in Maths (PTM) from GL assessments. You can find out more at http://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/
Embracing research-based approaches to teaching and learning, we aspire to cultivate inquiring minds, critical thinkers, and socially responsible individuals. At Nexus, education extends beyond the classroom, every learner is empowered, and curiosity drives a journey of lifelong learning.
Nexus Learning Approach
3Rs: Helping learners build Resilience, take on Responsibility and develop skills Relevant for the world today and in the future.
THE PRIMARY CURRICULUM
Maths
Our Maths curriculum follows the National Curriculum of England and uses a Maths mastery approach. At the centre of the mastery approach to the teaching of Mathematics is the belief that all children have the potential to succeed. The curriculum builds upon prior knowledge and enables learners to develop their Mathematical fluency alongside reasoning and problem-solving skills.English
Our English curriculum follows the National Curriculum of England and includes coverage of the IPC Goals for Language Arts. Reading, Writing, Phonics and Spelling are taught using a variety of strategies and resources. Speaking and listening skills are taught throughout the whole curriculum. It is a bespoke curriculum which is regularly reviewed and adapted to meet the needs of our learners.Science
Our Science curriculum follows the National Curriculum of England. It incorporates scientific knowledge, critical thinking and inquiry based learning. Science is taught both as a discrete subject and also through our IPC thematic units.Subject Goals in the IPC
In the IPC, subjects are taught through thematic units of learning which have been carefully chosen to help learners make connections between Subject, Personal and International Learning and to develop their Knowledge, Skills and Understanding. Connecting their learning with different subject areas across the unit increases their development of understanding and strengthens their knowledge and long-term memory.
Personal Goals
The personal goals indicate the competencies and skills that we would like our children to acquire during their time in Primary school. The goals are represented through our Nexus Neuron and are planned for by teachers so that they are taught explicitly. By doing so, we aim to produce confident learners and responsible global citizens who are ready for further learning and for life.
Our learners have a variety of opportunities throughout their time in Primary to develop and demonstrate Personal Goals. For example, our Year 6 learners are able to showcase their skills as confident communicators by hosting our weekly assemblies.
International Mindedness
International Mindedness is defined at Nexus as:
An understanding of ourselves as part of a global community and a respect for and celebration of diversity within that community.
The IPC is unique in defining learning goals that help young children to develop an increasingly sophisticated national and international perspective. We see this development as a gradual movement from a self-view to a world-view.
We aim to foster a knowledge and understanding of a learner’s home, host, adopted and heritage countries and to support this our curriculum includes sessions on Malaysian History and Language, World Cultures and (for our Muslim learners), Agama lessons. Our learners are also offered a choice of language: Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin or Spanish.
Digital Literacy
Nexus International School is committed to integrating the use of all emerging technology into the school curriculum from Early Years through to Year 13.We are committed to providing an environment where new technologies are used to develop the learning skills needed for learners of today and tomorrow.
By finding new ways to ensure that the use of emerging technologies will be an integral part of every child’s education, learners and teachers as Nexus will benefit from an enhanced learning environment.
At Nexus International School, we integrate Project-Based Learning (PBL) with the IPC to deliver an engaging and innovative Digital Literacy curriculum. Through hands-on, real-world projects linked to IPC themes, students develop critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration skills while mastering digital tools and concepts.
Rigorous assessment methods
At NISM assessment for learning (AfL) and assessment of learning are seen as important tools for teachers and learners to be able to personalise and improve learning. Knowledge, skills and understanding are each assessed in different ways. Learners are also given opportunities to develop and reflect on their understanding through reflections using journals and apps such as SeeSaw.
Other assessments include externally compared standardised assessments such as those from GL assessments in the UK: On entry all learners above Year 3 take a Cognitive Ability Test (CAT 4), which gives us a good idea of the child’s ability and how they may learn best. This is also repeated in Year 5 for all learners and in Year 6 ahead of the transition to Secondary School. To enable us to assess the learners against an age standardised average and to compare year on year results, all learners also take the annual Progress Tests in English (PTE) and the Progress Tests in Maths (PTM) from GL assessments. You can find out more at http://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/
