Happy Holidays to all, we wish you safe travels and a very happy festive season!

We look forward to seeing you all back here on the 9th of January for the new term.

Staff

We are sorry to be saying goodbye to Ms Daniela Rost at the end of January, and we are very happy to have Mr Benjamin Huber taking over. Ms Rost has done a great job here and we will miss her. Mr Huber is well known to may families already though, as he is working here part time at the moment as well as being a Saturday School teacher.

We are also sorry to say goodbye to our teaching assistant Ms Anne Barton who will also be leaving us at the end of January. She has done a great job in kindergarten. We are happy to announce that Mr Lubin Nepomuceno will be taking over. He is a fully qualified teacher and you may already know him as our English teacher in the parent programme and also running some of our clubs.

German Programme

We would like to invite our German speaking families to a meeting on the 10th of January at 8.30am to meet with Mr Huber and to hear about the German programme and how we plan to develop and improve it.

Term Dates 2020/21
We have attached to the email term dates for next school year. School events and Saturday School dates will be published in the new year.

Doctor Visit

17th December 2.30pm - 3.30pm

(Rescheduled from last week)

Dr. Adachi from Dr. Masatoki Adachi Clinic at Shin-Kobe will come to DSKI to administer flu vaccinations to interested people. The cost of the vaccination is 4,000 yen. 

To know more about Influenza/Flu check out this link: Key Facts About Season Flu Vaccine.

To sign up: Flu Vaccination at DSKI Google Form

Christmas Market and Last Day Programme

18th December 9.00am - 1.00pm
(School Closes 1.00pm last day)

Please all come along to our Christmas Market and end of year programme!
- We will have a lost property display, please take a look!

Time	Place	Events
9:-00 - 9:30	Ground floor hallway	Market Set-up PTA Set up for Breakfast Buffet
9:30 - 9:50	Classroom	Snack Time / Play
9:50 - 10:00	Playground	Welcome and Choir: Opening Song
10:00 - 11:00	Ground floor hallway	Market open  PTA Breakfast Buffet Opens
11:00 - 11:15	Ground floor hallway	Pack up
11:15-11:30 Transition / Break
11:30 - 12:45	Multi-purpose Room	PROGRAMME Presentation: Grade 4 - Deck the Halls (5 mins) Pre Kindergarten (Anita) - Snowflake (5 mins) Kindergarten (Azusa) - Nikolaus Song / Jingle Bell (7 mins) Preschool - Ho ho ho (5 mins) Grade 1 - 10 Little Elves / S-A-N-T-A  (7 mins) Grade 2 (Lance) - Bell (5 mins) Grade 3/4 - (5 mins)  We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Everyone) Santa gift giving
12:45 - 1:00	Dismissal	Dismissal

School Lunches

Deadline - 16th December

We will continue to have a catered school lunch from Pizzeria del Rokko.

This time the lunch period will be between January 9 – March 31, 2020.

Orders can only be processed after payment has been made and confirmed.

Please be aware that in case of the absences or sickness of the child during the period the fee cannot be refunded.

The lunch will not come with chopsticks or fork. Your children need to bring them from home.

Early Years and Pre-School 

The Early Years and Pre-School children’s lunch is Y400 each, total cost Y20, 800.

Click here to register

Grades 1 - 6

The G 1 ~ 6 children’s lunch is Y550 each and the total cost is Y28,600.
For Grade 3~6 school trip students who have 3 less lunch days, the total is Y26,950.

Click here to register

If you would like to order the lunch for your child, please submit an order form
and make a payment by 16th December

Deutsche Schule Kobe International        学校法人神戸ドイツ学院

Mitsui Sumitomo Bank, Rokko Island branch 三井住友銀行六甲アイランド支店　　

Account No. 3393642 (Saving Account) 　         普通口座　3393642

Swift Code: SMBCJPJT

Lunch period January 9 – March 31, 2020 3 days less in January for G3 – G6 children due to the school trip
Month	Dates	Lunch Days
January	9,10,13,14,15,16,17,20,21, 22,23,24,27,28,29,31,31	17 (14)
February	3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12,13,14,17, 18,19,20,21,24,25,26,27,28	20
March	2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,16, 17,18,30,31	15

Parent Cafe

December 11th at 9.00am, Library

Music at DSKI

Azusa Nakajima will present our new music concept of integration with the units of inquiry.
See how our teachers are connecting the music with the central Ideas, Lines of Inquiry and Approached to Learning.
Come along for a hands on demonstration!

Doctor Visit
12th December

Dr. Adachi from Dr. Masatoki Adachi Clinic at Shin-Kobe will come to DSKI on Thursday (12 December) and/or Tuesday (17 December) from 2:00 - 4: 00 to administer flu vaccinations to interested people. The cost of the vaccination is 4,000 yen. 

To know more about Influenza/Flu check out this link: Key Facts About Season Flu Vaccine.

To sign up: Flu Vaccination at DSKI Google Form

Christmas Market and Last Day Programme

18th December 9.00am - 1.00pm
(School Closes 1.00pm last day)

Please all come along to our Christmas Market and end of year programme!

Time	Place	Events
9:-00 - 9:30	Ground floor hallway	Market Set-up PTA Set up for Breakfast Buffet
9:30 - 9:50	Classroom	Snack Time / Play
9:50 - 10:00	Playground	Welcome and Choir: Opening Song
10:00 - 11:00	Ground floor hallway	Market open  PTA Breakfast Buffet Opens
11:00 - 11:15	Ground floor hallway	Pack up
11:15-11:30 Transition / Break
11:30 - 12:45	Multi-purpose Room	PROGRAMME Presentation: Grade 4 - Deck the Halls (5 mins) Pre Kindergarten (Anita) - Snowflake (5 mins) Kindergarten (Azusa) - Nikolaus Song / Jingle Bell (7 mins) Preschool - Ho ho ho (5 mins) Grade 1 - 10 Little Elves / S-A-N-T-A  (7 mins) Grade 2 (Lance) - Bell (5 mins) Grade 3/4 - (5 mins)  We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Everyone) Santa gift giving
12:45 - 1:00	Dismissal	Dismissal

School Lunches

Deadline - 16th December

We will continue to have a catered school lunch from Pizzeria del Rokko.

This time the lunch period will be between January 9 – March 31, 2020.

Orders can only be processed after payment has been made and confirmed.

Please be aware that in case of the absences or sickness of the child during the period the fee cannot be refunded.

The lunch will not come with chopsticks or fork. Your children need to bring them from home.

Early Years and Pre-School 

The Early Years and Pre-School children’s lunch is Y400 each, total cost Y20, 800.

Click here to register

Grades 1 - 6

The G 1 ~ 6 children’s lunch is Y550 each and the total cost is Y28,600.
For Grade 3~6 school trip students who have 3 less lunch days, the total is Y26,950.

Click here to register

If you would like to order the lunch for your child, please submit an order form
and make a payment by 16th December

Deutsche Schule Kobe International        学校法人神戸ドイツ学院

Mitsui Sumitomo Bank, Rokko Island branch 三井住友銀行六甲アイランド支店　　

Account No. 3393642 (Saving Account) 　         普通口座　3393642

Swift Code: SMBCJPJT

Lunch period January 9 – March 31, 2020 3 days less in January for G3 – G6 children due to the school trip
Month	Dates	Lunch Days
January	9,10,13,14,15,16,17,20,21, 22,23,24,27,28,29,31,31	17 (14)
February	3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12,13,14,17, 18,19,20,21,24,25,26,27,28	20
March	2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,16, 17,18,30,31	15

International Schools Art Exhibition
December 2nd - 25th
We are happy to announce that our students art work will feature in an art exhibition  at the Hyogo Chuo Roudou Center
Please do go along and take a look!

Are you a Japanese family who has a child that would like to be on German TV?
The children's TV channel KiKA, which is on TV in Germany is looking for Japanese children to send them a video of your child talking about Christmas in Japan, for a programme theme - Christmas in Different Countries.

If you are interested, please sign up here.

USJ Winter Performance
We are very happy to announce that Fabiano in Grade 4 has the lead role in the USJ winter performances. If you are their to watch the show, give him a wave!

Scholastic Book Club
Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! 

Click here to browse the latest books and order online.

For every $1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 20¢ in Scholastic Rewards.

Please place your order online by December 3rd, 2019.

DSKI Parent Programme

Interested? Click here to register

German lessons for parents

German for beginners by a native German speaker!

Wine Tasting Evening - 
One time event, 10 people needed

Would you like to try different wines led by a local expert? Find out about different wine regions, and food combination possibilities?

Time/Date - To be arranged with people who are interested
Cost - 2,500 yen per person for 10 wines plus finger food.
Led by our local Kobe wine experts Estate Wines Japan

Bhangrabics 

Join our aerobics class mixed with Indian dance, like you see in Indian Bollywood movies!

Watch a video here

Boxercise

Come for exercise based on boxing movement using music, lots of movement and fun!
Watch a video here

Scholastic Book Club

Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! 

Click here to browse the latest books and order online.

For every $1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 20¢ in Scholastic Rewards.

Please place your order online by December 3rd, 2019.

DSKI Parent Programme

Interested? Click here to register

German lessons for parents

German for beginners by a native German speaker!

Wine Tasting Evening

Would you like to try different wines led by a local expert? Find out about different wine regions, and food combination possibilities?

Time/Date - To be arranged with people who are interested
Cost - 2,500 yen per person for 10 wines plus finger food.
Led by our local Kobe wine experts Estate Wines Japan

Bhangrabics 

Join our aerobics class mixed with Indian dance, like you see in Indian Bollywood movies!

Watch a video here

Boxercise

Come for exercise based on boxing movement using music, lots of movement and fun!
Watch a video here

PYP Assembly

November 27th 3.00pm

All welcome to come along and join our grade 3 class and watch their assembly presentation!

Winter Camp

Tentative 19 - 25th December

9.00am - 3.30pm

12, 000 yen per child / per day

50, 000 yen for all 5 days

Please click here if you are interested.

Programme - Students can choose from a mix of art, music and sport activities!

We are looking at the winter camp dates and due to the holidays we do not have a full week before Christmas. We would like to see what the interest is for dates 19th - 25th with the 25th being a half day, based around preparing and eating a Christmas lunch.