Covid-19

Nexus International School (Singapore) is taking every precautionary step to ensure that our learners, families and staff are safe. We are working closely with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Education (MOE) and our school’s regulator, the Committee for Private Education (CPE).

FAQs

What daily precautions is Nexus taking to monitor the Coronavirus (Covid-19) infection

• Daily temperature checks and Safe Entry/TraceTogether for everyone upon arrival at school
• Restricting entrance into the main buildings to staff and learners only

What precautions can you take at home?

• We ask that all families follow the advice from MOH and MOE. If your child/ren shows any respiratory symptoms, please seek medical advice and keep them at home until they have fully recovered
• Practise good hygiene routines such as washing your hands regularly and avoiding touching your face. Use hand sanitiser if out and about and there is no access to hand washing facilities
• Avoid areas with large crowds

Mandatory absence from school if someone is:

• on SHN or shares the household with someone placed on SHN, for the whole duration of the SHN
• sent for a swab test or someone in the household is sent for a swab test. Attendance may only be resumed once proof of a negative test result has been received by the school.
• issued with an MC. Attendance may only be resumed after completion of the duration of the MC.

What precautions are you taking with visitors to the school?

Only planned and necessary visitors are allowed in the school at this time.

Before entering the school, visitors are required to take a temperature check with our Security, register themselves on Trace together and use a hand sanitiser. They will also need to be accompanied by our staff and are not permitted to be in contact with the learners.

How will extra-curricular activities be affected?

Our ECAs and CCAs will not be conducted in large groups.

No overseas residential trips or activities will take place for the 2020/21 Academic Year. Day trips or residential trips within Singapore may take place following comprehensive risk assessments and following the guidelines in place at the time.

For more information from the Ministry of Education, please click below.

MOE FAQS

How are we working with our caterer to prevent any contamination of the food served in school?

Our catering team continues to follow best practice in food preparation, cooking and hygiene standards as required by the Singapore Food Agency.

All products are fully traceable to individual suppliers with separate designated areas for vegetable, fish and meat preparation. Dishes are all temperature checked to ensure minimum heat levels have been obtained prior to serving.