Carnival
February 28th, 9.00am
On Thursday, February 28th, we are going to celebrate German Carnival with the whole school!
We are looking forward to having this event with students and parents from 9:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. starting in the Multi Purpose Room.
In Germany the highlight of Carnival is Rosenmontag (Rose Monday), with parades through the streets and celebrations in public squares. Carnival music is played and lots of candy thrown into the crowds. While we cannot mimic the festivities perfectly, we will have some child-friendly indoor activities with lots of fun, balloons, and candy!
Students are encouraged to come to school dressed up on that day or they can change when they arrive at school. As there is no theme for the German Carnival, any costume is fine, but keep in mind that the students have to be able to follow their regular class schedules after 10:40 a.m. (Students need to change for P.E.!)
Parents are highly encouraged to dress up, too!
The school day will begin as usual at 8:45 a.m. From 9:00 a.m., all students and parents will meet
in the Multi-Purpose Room. There will be an introduction to the German Carnival followed by a dance.
To round off the celebration there will be some games offered upstairs for Grades 1-6 and in Early Years for Pre-KG to Preschool. Parents are welcome to join their kids for these activities!
At the end, the PTA will provide a traditional Carnival snack in the form of Berliner (donuts) before the students return to their classrooms to continue with the school day.
We are looking forward to seeing you at Carnival this year!
Helau, Narri Narro und Alaaf!
The Carnival Team
Flute Recital
20th February, 2.00pm - 3.30pm
We are very please to announce we will be hosting Ms. Helene Boulègue at our school who will be perfoming a flute recital. She is a leading flutist from Germany and currently the leading flute player at Stuttgarts Radio Orchestra. She is in Japan for some performances and we are lucky to have her visit us. It will unfortunately be during our ski trip week, but all parents are very welcome to come along and enjoy the show.
Foreign Schools in Hyogo Music Performance
February 23rd, 10.00am
Kobe Chinese School
Our school is invited to the annual music event for the foreign schools in Hyogo Prefecture and Grade 3 & 4 students will represent our school this year.
Please do come along and support them if you are free!
Please do come along and support them if you are free!
Assembly
February 27th 3.00pm, Multi Function Room
Grade 2 will be hosting a Drama Assembly, all welcome.
Book and Culture Week 2019
11th - 15th of March
The Book and Culture Week Planning Team would like to enlist the help and support of the school community for the organisation of a few special events.
Event 1 - Cultural Wake-Up / Shake-Up
We would like parent/s to teach the students a cultural dance during our daily wake-up/shake-up (just one morning).
Event 2 - Cultural Museum
We would like to invite parents to set-up stations to introduce their culture to the students.
Event 3 - Lullabies
We would like to invite parents to present lullabies in their native language (at our mass pyjama party)
Please watch the organising team's presentation for more information.
Feel free to form groups or teams for these events. We only need one representative/ leader's name on the sign-up form.
Visiting Author - Rebecca Ottowa
We have exciting news to share with you about an upcoming visit from a local author - Rebecca Ottowa. She will be visiting our school on 13 March at 3.00 PM as part of our Book and Culture Week. We will send you further details of her visit. She will be selling copies of her book - My Awesome Japan Adventure and we will be holding a book signing event as well.
We will be pre-ordering copies of her book to sell during the event. If you would like to buy a copy and have her autograph it, please order here.
This book is also the perfect present for friends back home as it showcases a very unique Japanese culture. So do consider buying a few copies to give away as presents!
School Yard
We would like to ask if anyone in our community has experience or knows anyone who may be able to help us with a good resurfacing option? We would prefer to have a recommendation. Please email alex.inman@dskobe.org
School Bus Routes
If any parents would like to have an amendment to our school bus routes we are happy to receive feedback, please contact sekretariat@dskobe.org
School Yard
We would like to ask if anyone in our community has experience or knows anyone who may be able to help us with a good resurfacing option? We would prefer to have a recommendation. Please email alex.inman@dskobe.org
School Bus Routes
If any parents would like to have an amendment to our school bus routes we are happy to receive feedback, please contact sekretariat@dskobe.org