The Nexus International School Putrajaya (NISP), located near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is the first international school in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Founded in 2008, it provides fully enclosed dormitory buildings in the school district, from kindergarten to primary and secondary schools, and is managed and operated by Garden International School with 60 years of educational management experience.
Lai Shi International School Singapore Campus is located in Dutch Village, an upscale community in Singapore. In recent years, it has attracted attention as an ideal place to train international students. The campus covers a total area of 44,000 square meters (66 mu in total), with kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools. There are students from 40 countries, mainly British students. NEXUS students mainly come from Britain, the United States and South Korea, but there are also students from Australia, European countries, Japanese, Indian and China.
School facilities include fully air-conditioned classrooms, music rooms and art rooms; Computer room; Science laboratory (physics, biology, chemistry); Theater auditorium; Sports facilities (swimming pool, indoor gymnasium, football field, basketball court, badminton court); Children's playground; Library; Restaurants and so on.
NEXUS teaches in English, and most students have studied their mother tongue. China students can also choose Chinese as their first language and English as their second language.
Lai Shi International School has its own unique teaching characteristics in many aspects.
First of all, the school adopts advanced Apple computer technology for online teaching.
The campus of NEXUS realizes network teaching, adopting the teaching system of 1: 1 specially designed by Apple. From kindergarten KG to grade 6, the school provides Apple computer and ipad platform, and sets different courses for different students' learning levels to carry out hierarchical teaching. The school changed the traditional teaching mode and set up real scenes and games with computers, so that primary school students can master knowledge, learn to find problems by themselves and solve problems in groups. Teachers can spend more time to help those students who are slow in learning and progress, so that the teaching effect can be greatly improved and most students can benefit.
For students in Grade 7 13, the school requires students to use Apple laptops in class. Students can browse all the course materials online at any time. Teachers can submit and correct homework through the internet. The computer automatically counts the completion of students' homework. According to different levels of students, students are divided into different groups and set up different projects, so that students can learn in cooperation and share their learning results in inquiry, so as to achieve the effect of learning from each other. In addition, parents can also learn about students' daily homework, being late for class, being absent from class, etc. through the network, so as to realize the combination of home and school and all-round management. This move is very popular with parents, and even foreign parents can know the students' learning situation like the back of their hands.
Secondly, NEXUS provides all-round counseling for students from non-native English-speaking countries to help them improve their English in the shortest time and integrate into group learning.
There are nearly 120 teachers from different countries teaching more than 500 students in the school. The ratio of teachers and students is 1:4.5, and the ratio of senior students (10-13 years) is 1: 15.
NEXUS has also set up a special department in the school to help students who have language learning difficulties or cannot reach the level of their peers. These teachers will go deep into the classrooms of various subjects and give on-site counseling to students with learning difficulties, so that students can catch up with other students in the shortest time.
Third, in addition to attaching importance to students' learning, NEXUS also attaches great importance to cultivating students' other abilities.
NEXUS focuses on promoting students' personality development and making them grow into thoughtful and creative people.
NEXUS organizes students to participate in various large-scale competitions of Singapore International Schools, and all of them can stand out and be among the best.
NEXUS is also a member of the Singapore International School Sports Conference, and actively participates in and undertakes competitions among student sports leagues organized by the Singapore International School Sports Conference.
Fourth, contact between home and school to achieve zero-distance communication.
NEXUS pays attention to maintaining good communication with parents. Parents can use the username and password provided by the school to log in from the home page of official website, and learn all the learning information of their children. The school will report daily events on the website, including regular parent-teacher notices, current affairs reports, weekly situation, teaching situation and so on. Every class will tell parents their weekly/monthly plans. The school also regularly invites parents to visit the school, attend lectures, and report and show students' learning achievements.
The school also attaches great importance to communication with every parent.
The school set up a parent committee, and each class elected a parent representative, and often organized parents' gatherings to exchange feedback. The school has a parents' office, and every Friday is the time for parents to get together. The president of the parent-teacher conference collects parents' opinions, communicates with the principal in time to solve problems and realize barrier-free communication. Of course, the Parents' Committee also actively participates in and assists the school to organize various activities and integrate into the big family of NEXUS.
In NEXUS, a warm and friendly environment can promote students' personality development. Teachers spend a lot of time communicating with students, encouraging them to break stereotypes, have the spirit of exploration and learn independently, so that they can grow into thoughtful and creative people.
At NEXUS, the International Diploma Certificate (IBDP) obtained by students at the end of grade 13 enables students to apply for further study in any local or international university, which is also recognized as the highest level in the world. In order to compete for outstanding students among IB winners, universities have also formulated many preferential policies, such as lowering admission scores, exempting courses, discounting tuition fees, leapfrog admission and collecting credits. Famous universities, such as Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Princeton and Harvard, give graduates many preferential admissions.
The total number of students is about 530.
The total number of students in China accounts for about 15% of international students.
The total number of teachers is about 120.
The teacher-student ratio is 1:4.5.
Course setting and content introduction
nursery
NEXUS's nursery is an early education center, and the courses offered are child-centered, which can meet the individual needs of children and cultivate their abilities and interests.
Pre-school/primary school (kindergarten, primary school 1 to grade 6)
At this stage, the International Diploma Primary School Curriculum (IBPYP) is adopted. This is an interdisciplinary international course aimed at promoting children's all-round development. In addition to academic advantages, it also includes social, physical, emotional and cultural needs. All international diploma courses aim at cultivating people with international awareness.
Middle school (grade 7 to 1 1)
The middle school curriculum is divided into two stages: junior high school and senior high school.
primary school
Grades 7-9 adopt the national curriculum prescribed by the British Ministry of Education, which is based on the best local and international teaching practices, emphasizing communication skills, building confidence and understanding the global environment and its challenges. There are four core courses in the national curriculum: English, Mathematics, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), Modern Foreign Languages, Physical Education, History, Geography, Music, Art Design and Information Technology.
senior high school
The curriculum of grades 10 to 1 1 is guided by the Cambridge International Certificate of General Secondary Education (IGCSE), which is the most popular international qualification certification for students aged 14- 16 in the world. It has been recognized by universities and employers all over the world. It enables students to continue their international diploma studies and also enables them to have secondary employment skills.
IGCSE is an international teaching course, which enables the teaching to be carried out in the local environment, which makes the courses in different regions relevant. Very suitable for students whose mother tongue is not English. Some subjects are essential (English, mathematics, nature, humanities and a second foreign language). Other courses are selected from many elective subjects. Students will study seven IGCSE courses, plus physical education, computer application and other elective courses.
Colleges and universities (grades 12 to 13)
Student Registration International Diploma Program (IBDP). For students of the age of 16- 19, it is oriented by the qualification certification widely recognized by the top universities in the world. Students will learn how to ask challenging questions, cultivate strong self-identity and cultural awareness, and cultivate the ability to communicate and understand with people from other countries and cultural backgrounds.
This course includes six groups of subjects and a core course consisting of three independent parts. The core curriculum includes an interdisciplinary knowledge curriculum theory and an extended paper on individual independent research projects and innovation, which is helpful to understand life practice and service actions outside the academic field.
extracurricular activities
The 470,000-square-foot campus facilities can support all academic courses and extracurricular activities of up to 65,438+0,200 students. These facilities include swimming pools, gymnasiums, playgrounds and science laboratories, computer laboratories and multimedia laboratories to support outstanding core science, art and sports.
Students can play table tennis, badminton, yoga/dancing and swimming. NEXUS is a member of the Singapore International School Sports Conference, and actively participates in the competitions among student sports leagues organized by the Singapore International School Sports Conference.
Other activities include drama, media and news agency, China Calligraphy and Environment Club.
The school is also completely open to set up new activity groups to meet the requirements of students and encourage them to make suggestions on their own initiative.