Important Dates
Monday 14th - Friday 18th November - Sport and CCA Season 2 trials, auditions and allocations
Monday 14th - Friday 18th November - Anti-Bullying Week. Wear Odd Socks on Monday 14th
Monday 21st - Friday 25th November - Maths Week
New Date: Vesak Day : Friday 2nd June will be a Public Holiday
The 2022/23 academic year calendar can be found here on our website.
On the Horizon…
Curriculum Workshops
Thursday 24th November: G4/G5 Maths Workshop 1:45pm - 2:45pm Sign up here
Friday 25th November: KG2/G1 Maths Workshop 1:45pm - 2:45pm Sign up here
Sports Days
Wednesday 7th December - Lower School Sports Day - Parents will be invited to watch. More details to follow.
Thursday 8th December - Senior School Sports Day - Parents will be invited to watch. More details to follow.
Other events
Friday 17th November - American Mathematics Contest Grades 8-12
Wednesday 23rd - Friday 25th November - Senior School Production Alice 7pm
Thursday 1st December - Senior School Musical Showcase
Friday 2nd December - Early Years Christmas Show 9am
Thursday 8th December - Parents’ Guild Great NCLS (Singapore) Christmas Bake-Off
Thursday 8th of December - KG2 Christmas Show - An Alien Christmas 2pm
International Day Photos
In addition to the photos shared last week from International Day, a photographer also took some portraits of the school community in their array of wonderful outfits, these portraits can now be viewed here.
Parents’ Guild Christmas Bake Off!
Dear Parents / Guardians,
We are calling on all avid bakers within the School community to come and participate in the annual Great NLCS (Singapore) Christmas Bake Off.
If you enjoy baking and cooking or think of yourself as the next famous pastry chef, then this competition is for you. The event will be held on Thursday, 1 8th December 2022, from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.
The competition is made up of one round. There could be up to two categories (cakes and cookies) depending on the number of participants. There will be special prizes for the top bakers selected by the Senior Team.
For Students who would like to enjoy a sweet treat for a good cause, the bakes are going to be sold at $2/piece and all proceeds will be donated to CampusImpact.
To find out more and to express your interest please register here.
With best wishes,
The Parents’ Guild Committee
Christmas Card Competition
We are running a Christmas Card competition over the coming days across the whole School. If any Student would like to participate, then please encourage them to design a Christmas Card and submit (details below). A winner will be chosen from each School (First School, Lower School, Senior School) and the winning design will be professionally created for use amongst our community.
- Deadline Monday 21st November
- Size: any size can be submitted, we will shrink down to A6 for the final card
- Christmas theme - open to interpretation and ideas!
- Please submit a hard copy (no emails)
- Where to submit:
(First School - Ms Davies or First School Reception)
(Lower School - Mrs Staples)
(Senior School - Senior School Office)
Good luck! Ho, ho ho!
Anti-Bullying Week 2022
A reminder that our first Anti-Bullying Week will run from 14th-18th November with the theme for the week being ‘Reach Out’ To recognise this we ask all students and staff to join in with an Odd Socks Day on Monday (14th November) to celebrate what makes us all unique and to raise awareness of bullying.
Instrumental Music Programme recitals
Instrumental Music Programme recitals are planned for the 16th and 17th November at 4.30pm for the Junior School and 6pm on the 17th November for Senior School. If your child is receiving instrumental lessons in school with our IMP team, their teacher will communicate directly with you if your child is performing. More details regarding tickets will be communicated next week as parents of the performers will have priority booking via event brite.
Sport at NLCS
Recent Results and Upcoming Sporting Fixtures
Please click here for information regarding recent results and upcoming sporting fixtures across the school.
Work at NLCS (Singapore)
We have some employment vacancies at the school. Some may interest our parents or your wider network. Please visit the NLCS CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES page for more information and details of current vacancies.
KG2 Christmas Show - An Alien Christmas
The KG2 students have started rehearsing for their Christmas Show and are excited to perform!
The production will be on the 8th of December at 2pm in the NLCS Auditorium.
Watch this space on how to get tickets and join in the Christmas magic!
Early Years Christmas Show
First School Mystery Reader
We are delighted to be able to welcome First School Parents into school to read a story with their Child’s class. Please look out for a message coming soon from your Child's class Teacher or Parent Rep to sign up for a Mystery Reader session in your child's class this half Term. At NLCS (Singapore) we want to foster a love of reading and cannot wait to enthuse and excite your children as they wonder whose parents will be sharing a story with them each week!
Parent Reading Workshops - slides
It was a pleasure to see and talk to so many of you at the Parent Reading Workshops last week - we really appreciate your time and support in helping our Students on their reading journeys! For your convenience, we have provided pdf copies of the slides at this Firefly page link in case you wish to refer to them in the future. As always, any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at: kparratt@nlcssingapore.sg
Many thanks for your support!
FOBISIA Writing Competition
We are pleased to invite the Lower School to take part in the FOBISIA Short Story Competition, the largest and most prestigious writing competition in international schools in Asia! The task will be set as homework and more details may be found in this flyer. All entries must be no more than 800 words, typed electronically and sent directly to class teachers on or before Thursday 24th November 2022. Any queries please email Kathryn Parratt at kparratt@nlcssingapore.sg
Many thanks and best wishes!
First School Parent Drop Off / Pick Up
We are delighted to invite PKG and KG1 parents to drop off and pick up their children at the First School starting Monday 14th November. A letter and Google Form will be shared with Parents today. Please read this information carefully to ensure a smooth and successful start to this new arrangement. We aim to extend this opportunity to KG2 and G1 Parents in the coming weeks ahead. Thank you.
Lower School CCA Season 2 Sign Up
Season 2 Sign Up is now live on SchoolsBuddy. Please ensure that this is completed in full by closing at 23:59 on Sunday 13th November. Incomplete submissions may result in non-allocation. The accompanying letter can be found here and contains useful information about the programme and full details of how to sign up.
Mr Molloy and the PEH Department will communicate separately about Squads. Trials for all Students were completed during PEH lessons over this Half Term.
Next week, Monday 14th - Friday 18th, there are no CCAs or Sports Squads. There will be no changes to pick up or end of day arrangements/timings. All JS Students will participate in a programme of House activities and Assemblies between 2.20 - 3.00pm and will be with their Class Teachers each day.
Maths Week
We are excitedly preparing for NLCS (Singapore) Maths Week! This begins on Monday 21st November and involves all Students from Pre-KG and up participating in a range of activities in and out of the classroom to celebrate all things Maths. This year we have a particular focus on ‘Probability’ with our overarching question being ‘ How likely are you..?’.
Key dates and events:
Tuesday 22nd November: Expert Maths talks
Thank you to volunteers from our community, working in a mathematics field, who will be speaking to our Students about how mathematical thinking is used in everyday life and the working world.
Wednesday 23rd November: Bake-off
Getting practical with some fun and delicious baking at home is a great way to practise mathematical thinking and skills in a real-life context. Students wishing to participate can bake up to 15 individual, delicious, (nut free) Maths-themed treats to bring to School. For more information on how to enter click here.
Friday 25th November: Space Day
Students are invited to dress up in a space/galactical theme! On this day we will be completing a range of space and mathematics themed activities, as well as holding a competition for the best homemade costume. it can be anything space-related e.g. aliens, rockets, stars, a galaxy. The more creative the better!
Class Contact Information
The Class Contact lists are now live on your class pages here. These lists also contain the details of your class rep, where a class currently has one. Please note that only those parents who have given permission for their details to be shared will appear. If you would like to share your details, please contact junioroffice@nlcssingapore.sg
Junior School Class Newsletters
Please click here for this week’s class newsletters.
Senior School Production - Alice
Senior school students have been hard at work rehearsing for this term's school production Alice.
The White Rabbit is late for the duchess. The Cheshire Cat won't stop grinning. And the Hatter is, well, mad.
In the middle of all this is Alice, a young girl with a vivid imagination and a family life that's less than perfect following the death of her brother. Follow Alice as she escapes her home to find adventure and perhaps some healing in a topsy-turvy world.
Based on Lewis Carroll's classic tale, Alice breathes fresh life into a much loved story about rabbit holes, pocket watches and talking caterpillars.
With a company of over 50 students involved, Alice performs at 7pm each evening on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of November in the Auditorium at NLCS (Singapore.)
To book your tickets please click on these links for each day:
Senior School Season 2 CCAs
Season 2 Sign Up opens at 6:00pm on Friday 11th and closes on the 17th of November at 8:00pm. Please go to Firefly and select the SchoolsBuddy (CCA) icon to open the sign up process at the bottom of the screen. Allocated activities will be confirmed on Friday 18th November. A reminder that there are no CCAs running from the 14th to the 18th November.
Season 2 runs from Monday 21st November to Friday 17th February. Follow this link to the CCA Firefly page for details.
Grade 11 DP Exam Schedule
The Grade 11 DP Assessment Calendar is now available here. Grade 11 students have also created their own personalised assessment calendars, in order to highlight just their six Option subjects and the Core components.
Senior School House Competition
All updates, information, results and photographs can be found on the firefly page, with videos of live performances here.