Nexus News 17/07/2026

An update on everything this term!

What a busy few weeks here at Nexus! It’s nearly been non-stop with all the activities and events. Sports week, leavers assemblies, boat expeditions and Hillfest, all have kept us busy, smiling and enjoying the sun. 

On the 3rd of June, we competed in Hillfest. This is a competition hosted by Hillview School that brings together many schools from the local community. It once again, gave us the opportunity to pull together our pupils who are passionate about art, singing, signing and dancing. Our choir sang their hearts out performing Hakuna Matata, Sweet Caroline and other songs  while our dancers performed to a selection of tracks from Aladin.  

Overall, in Hillfest we came out with achievements and awards for our pupils hard work. Our choir and our contemporary dancers came second, but congratulations to our pupils who were in the Spirit of Dance Category as we came first. Alongside this, a few of our students got awards individually for their artwork. We would love to extend a massive thank you to Vicky for organising this event, all the staff who helped make it possible and lastly all the children who gave it their all.  

We decided to try something new this year. Instead of having a sports day we had a sports week. Leaving the normal sports day activities behind we tried lots of new activities. We had gymnastics, Bollywood dancing, ultimate frisbee, roller discos, skateboarding, scooting, Singing Hands, sound bath and lastly to end off the week, a 100ft inflatable obstacle course. All of this presented new challenges to our students and all of them stood up to it, they developed their perseverance and resilience and gave everything a try. A huge thank you to our PE lead Jess who made this possible and we look forward to next years endeavors.. 

This term we also held our leaver’s celebrations, when classes are coming together to celebrate their time here at Nexus with friends and staff. Some students are leaving Nexus to attend college, into work, a new secondary school while others  are moving up to our upper school  The celebrations are always a lovely time for staff, students and family to come together and reminisce about their favourite memories. No matter where our students go, we will be proud of them and hope that they stay in touch so we can hear about what they are up to. 

On Thursday, we held our Prize Giving Ceremoney. This was where we took an opportunity to celebrate the achievements that our students have undergone. We want students to be recognised for what they have accomplished both academically and personally. Prizes have been given out for topics such as communication, work in subjects and a variety of other topics. 

There is a more detailed account of the Duke of Edingburgh boat expedition. For those who are interested, please follow this link.

Thank you to all who have got involved throughout this term with all the events, trips and activities that have gone on. Without your support and time we would not have been able to provide these experiences for our children.