Message from the Oktoberfest team!

Dear Everyone,

We want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your participation in Oktoberfest 2024. A special thanks goes out to the volunteers and those who generously donated; your support made it possible for us to create a memorable experience for everyone involved.

We look forward to our school community continuing to strengthen our bonds as we collaborate to enhance the environment for our children. Let’s unite in our efforts to foster their growth!

Lastly, we would love to hear your thoughts on the event as we plan future activities; your feedback would be invaluable to us. 

https://forms.gle/qGDDXasP7f4jdT7c9

Additionally, the committees were busy running around the school on the day of the event, so it would be wonderful if you could share any pictures with us at oktoberfest@dskobe.org

Kind regards,
Oktoberfest 2024 committees

We are happy to announce the new school board as elected at the recent Annual General Meeting.
Mr Heuseler - Chair of school board
Mr Paz - Vice chair
Mr Hartmann - Secretary
Mr Tsujimura - Treasurer
Mr Nakamura - Building and school bus
Ms Fedderson - Human Resources
Mr Rashidova - Sustainability

Parent Cafe
30th October 
9.00am STEM room

Join us for an interactive Parent Cafe with Ms. Pam focused on how you can support the development of your child's critical thinking skills at home.

Learn how to recognize the signs of these higher-order thinking skills in your child's play and daily interactions, and discover simple yet powerful ways to nurture their development through simple provocations.

Come prepared to engage, share ideas, and leave with actionable tips to support your child's journey as a confident, self-directed learner.

Open day at DSKI for our families! 

4th November 8.30am - 10.30am

Come in and see the school working, see your children in class.

If you are in lower primary or early years - tour the school to see what happens in the older grades.

Upper primary cross country will be from 10.30am - 2.00pm, more information to follow directly from the upper primary team, all families welcome to join and cheer the students along!

Winter Camp
19 - 24th December 

(24th is a half day due to Christmas Eve)
3 - 12 years old
50, 000yen per child

We are happy to announce our Winter camp dates - click here to register (places are limited)

For the first time this year we will be offering a bilingual English/German camp!

We will run a range of art, music and games activities for children, in either English or German.

We will also combined run activities bilingually  - by an English and German teacher partnership in the room!

Open days at Canadian Academy and Marist Brothers Exclusively for Upper Primary DSKI Families
Canadian Academy 30th October, 10.30am

Marist Brothers 5th November 9.30am

Are you thinking to join Canadian Academy or Marist Brothers secondary school after DSKI? Please join an open day for a tour and information about the school programme and secondary admissions.

- Click here to register for Canadian Academy open day

- Click here to register for Marist Brothers open day

Message from our friends at Evangelical Church Community of Kobe-Osaka

We are happy to be part of the DSKI community, please see our newsletter attached to the blog email!

Message from our friends at Marist Brothers 
Please come along and enjoy our international food fair next weekend on the 19th October, we especially welcome families of DSKI to visit and see what secondary school life can be like!

 

Just a reminder
School closed Monday 7th October for Oktoberfest clean up
Half day (school closing at 1.00pm) on Monday 14th October for Parent Teacher Conferences

Many thanks 

to all our parents who came in today to help with getting the school ready for tomorrows Oktoberfest, we had so many volunteers, it was very much appreciated!

Farmers Market at the Sheraton Garden

6th of October

Come along on Sunday and enjoy the locally grown fresh produce!

Flu and Covid Vaccination at DSKI

If you would like to have your child vaccinated please click here to register. 

We will have Meiho hospital director Dr Shully Tsou on site on the 1st of November to vaccinate children who sign up.

Many thanks to the parents who joined us this morning for our Maths parent cafe information meeting.

We will be running monthly topics to give you information about how the school programme works.

In the coming months we will be discussing supporting reading, The International Baccalaureate for new families and inviting you to try out our STEM room equipment - see what you can print on our 3D printer!

Watch the blog for topics and dates as we announce them.

Parent Teacher Conferences - Read more here on our parent teacher conferencing

Today you will receive an invitation to join your teacher for a meeting about how your child has settled into school these first two months.

Please look out for it and sign up via the Google calendar link.

Oktoberfest

Save the date - 5th of October!

- After School Club Information -
Click here to register for student clubs
Click here to register for parent clubs

Please see the table below for club status, some clubs have been cancelled due to low numbers.

The Parents Clubs and Classes are also still hoping for members to join, please check out the activities for parents.

Sailing Club

We are happy to announce a collaboration with Windward Ocean Club in Nishinomiya. You can see their offers here and for any families who are interested please contact Kentaro kentaro.windward@gmail.com and let him know you are from DSKI.

Flu and Covid Vaccination at DSKI
If you would like to have your child vaccinated please click here to register. 
We will have Meiho hospital director Dr Shully Tsou on site on the 1st of November to vaccinate children who sign up.

Scholastic Book Order

Deadline - Friday 27th September

Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running, please click here to see the books and order.

By placing an order you are helping to build our library. Every dollar you spend earns our school bonus points to use towards new books for our students.

Parent Cafe (Parent information meeting with coffee and cake)

Maths at DSKI and how to support your child at home

27th September

9.00am STEM Room

Come along and join Mr Mayr to hear about how we continue to develop our DSKI maths curriculum and what it means for us to be a Cambridge School. We are going to focus on how you can help your child at home and have any questions you ask - answered.

Oktoberfest

Save the date - 5th of October!

Parent Parking at Drop off and Pick Up
Please do not park and leave your car on the street outside school. Please use the paid parking spaces on Rokko Island.

Flu and Covid Vaccination at DSKI
If you would like to have your child vaccinated please click here to register. 
We will have Meiho hospital director Dr Shully Tsou on site on the 1st of November to vaccinate children who sign up.

Scholastic Book Order

Deadline - Friday 17th September

Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running, please click here to see the books and order.

By placing an order you are helping to build our library. Every dollar you spend earns our school bonus points to use towards new books for our students.

Annual General Meeting (AGM)
25th September
7.00pm Online

Click here to register and join
We invite all parents of DSKI to join our AGM.

You will hear an annual report from the school board

and the principal.

You will also be able to take part in the election of

the new board.

Parent Cafe (Parent information meeting with coffee and cake)

Maths at DSKI and how to support your child at home

27th September

9.00am STEM Room

Come along and join Mr Mayr to hear about how we continue to develop our DSKI maths curriculum and what it means for us to be a Cambridge School. We are going to focus on how you can help your child at home and have any questions you ask - answered.

- After School Club Information -
Click here to register for student clubs
Click here to register for parent clubs

The Parents Clubs and Classes are also still hoping for members to join, please check out the activities for parents.

Sailing Club

We are happy to announce a collaboration with Windward Ocean Club in Nishinomiya. You can see their offers here and for any families who are interested please contact Kentaro kentaro.windward@gmail.com and let him know you are from DSKI.

Oktoberfest

Save the date - 5th of October!

 

We have updated our IB/ Cambridge information page 

Please click here to see the units your child will study this year and we will update the page regularly to provide information on how the school programme works!

Playgroup

1 - 3 years old

Starting Thursday 19th September 10.00am

Music, movement, storytelling!

Please ask the school office for details

September 16th
School closed for public holiday

Scholastic Book Order

Deadline Friday, September 27th

Click here to order
Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! By placing an order you are helping to build our school library. Every dollar you spend earns our school bonus points to use towards new books for our students!
Many thanks for your support!

Oktoberfest 2024
Set up (help needed please) October 4th
Oktoberfest on the 5th
We are approaching our biggest event of the year so please mark the date! 

This is the biggest event at DSKI. All the families come together to celebrate German culture.

The event will be run by the school community, and the profits will be used to benefit our children. This year, we will invite local businesses to serve their delicious food and drinks, fostering connections with the local community.

We need volunteers to make this event a success.

Please join us as volunteers to enjoy preparing and bonding with other families!

Click here to help out!

School Clubs Term 1

Sign Up Information - click links below

We are happy to announce our club offers for both students and parents. Once again we have a very wide range of clubs for students of all ages!

Including a selection of activities for parents to join as well.

- Weekend sailing club, information coming soon!

Student Clubs

Click here for our club offers and registration

Parent Clubs

Click here for our club offers and registration

 

DSKI becomes the first and only fully accredited IB/Cambridge school in Kansai

Join us on the 27th September at 9.00am for a parent cafe to learn more!
Deutsche Schule Kobe International has reached yet another major milestone in its school’s history. We are already using the Cambridge maths and language programme but recently we became a fully registered Cambridge International school.

From Cambridge university in the UK, the programme has become very popular for international primary schools around the world due to high standards.

The Cambridge Primary allows students to establish a strong foundation for their early learning as they advance. It focuses on global themes, critical thinking, and allows students to foster a love for learning, equipping them with the essential skills they need for their current and future education.

This makes the programme a very good fit for our IB framework. So we now formally use Cambridge as our core curriculum integrated into our IB units of inquiry.

DSKI is the first ever school in the Kansai area to offer an education using the IB PYP framework and Cambridge Primary curriculum. We are proud to be part of the world’s largest global community of schools!

Emergency Contacts
Last call for emergency contact updates, please could you update any changes here before Monday.

September 16th
School closed for public holiday

Oktoberfest 2024
Set up (help needed please) October 4th
Oktoberfest on the 5th
We are approaching our biggest event of the year so please mark the date! 

This is the biggest event at DSKI. All the families come together to celebrate German culture.

The event will be run by the school community, and the profits will be used to benefit our children. This year, we will invite local businesses to serve their delicious food and drinks, fostering connections with the local community.

We need volunteers to make this event a success.

Please join us as volunteers to enjoy preparing and bonding with other families!

Click here to help out!

 
Welcome back to all parents.

We will update this blog every Friday afternoon to let you know the latest information about upcoming events. You can see our full events list here.

DSKI students art work will be exhibited at Kobe city Higashinada ward office!

We are happy to announce that our 3 students' artworks will be exhibited along with other school students of Higashinada ward. 

Congratulations, Maria (G4), Eric (G3) and Hana(G1)! 

The exhibition will be held at the 1st floor lobby of Kobe city Higashinada Ward Office from August 26th (Monday) to August 30th (Friday) 15:00.

Please come and visit the art exhibit.

Kobe City Higashinada ward office

5-2-1 Sumiyoshi-higashimachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi

Enrolment party for new pre-school students
August 28th
10.30am - 1.00pm
We are pleased to welcome our new preschool students on their special day, starting primary school life! Preschool families please meet us in the MPR.

Parent Information and Class Meetings

August 30th at School

Please join us next Friday - 
6.00pm presentations about the role of the Parent Teacher Association and the school board for any interested members. 
7.00pm individual class meetings for the parents of each class to meet together with the homeroom teacher to hear about the plans for the upcoming year and to also elect the parents class representative.

DSKI Clubs Semester 1 2024/25 (For students and parents)
September 6th
Semester 1 club offerings will be sent out to parents. You can see what the offers are for each age group and make your selections via the booking form which will be included in the information.
September 20th
Enrolment confirmation emails will be sent out to parents
September 23rd
Clubs begin from 3.30pm - 4.30pm daily for all age groups

Parent clubs
Our clubs are for students but we also offer clubs for parents, run by other parents. In the past we have offered Dance, running, cooking and language lessons!

So would you like to offer a parent or a student club?

If you are interested in offering either a student or parent club, please complete this form by Friday, August 30 and Mr Brabant will get in touch with you.