St. Martin Celebration
11th November
St. Martin is around the corner and we would like to celebrate it again with the students this year but in a different way. With Covid-19 restrictions in place, St. Martin’s celebration this year will take place in school and throughout the school day instead of after school.
 
Similar to the Oktoberfest this year, there will be different stations about the life of St. Martin and about the meaning of the lanterns that the students will prepare in the week beforehand as well as songs and sharing sweets.
 
St. Martin is a Christian holiday in Germany and especially popular with children. Please click here to find out more about the history, who St. Martin was and why we celebrate it.

PYP Information and Parent Cafe
We have updated our Primary Years Programme Information page please check in as we go through the year to see new posts.

Many thanks to our parents who attended the Parent Cafe this week on Support for Inclusive Education at DSKI.

We have posted the slide show here.

Halloween

Many thanks to our staff and PTA for the amazing halloween today. It was a great event and we all had a scary fun time! Well done our competition winners and special well done to Kindergarten 2 for the overall best door winner. Pictures will be on the class blogs!

 

Picture of the Week

Kindergarten had a cow visit yesterday, so they could find out how we get milk and make butter!

Parent Cafe

20th October
11.00 am- 12.00pm Via Zoom
Support for Inclusive Education at DSKI (Special Education Needs / English as a Second Language)

Please join Ms. Faye for a Parent Tea session to talk about how DSKI is supporting different learners with different specific needs. We will also look at our revised English as a Second Language programme.

https://zoom.us/j/94173903131?pwd=bmFHNTNOUXRWNnBIcGs3cFJNYTUvUT09

You can see the slide show for our first parent cafe - The PYP Framework here

Halloween Party 

October 22, 2021 

The school will celebrate Halloween 2021! There will be Door Decoration Contest for all grade levels and the class winner will get a trophy! For the best in costume, each class will have two winners and prizes will also be given to students with the SPOOKIEST or MOST CREATIVE costume! Make sure that your child comes to school wearing a costume. PTA will also give treats for all the students. 

Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition

At the Kobe Club

If you are free this weekend why not go along to see The Tolman Collection exhibition?

 

18th October  
School ends at 1.00pm
Just a reminder that we will finish early on the 18th to allow time for parent teacher conferences. As our classes are bigger this year it is getting difficult for our teachers to fit all meetings in the week after classes end.

Lunchtime will be from 12.30pm - 1.00pm for all students, and then will be brought to the gate for pick up by homeroom teachers at 1.00pm.

You will get invitations shortly from your teachers for booking meetings - which of course will be online.

Parent Cafe

20th October
11.00 am- 12.00pm Via Zoom
Support for Inclusive Education at DSKI (Special Education Needs / English as a Second Language)

Please join Ms. Faye for a Parent Tea session to talk about how DSKI is supporting different learners with different specific needs. We will also look at our revised English as a Second Language programme.

https://zoom.us/j/94173903131?pwd=bmFHNTNOUXRWNnBIcGs3cFJNYTUvUT09

You can see the slide show for our first parent cafe - The PYP Framework here

Oktoberfest
A very big thankyou to our Oktoberfest team of teachers and our fantastic PTA for organizing the Oktoberfest day today. It was a lot of fun, with costumes, pretzels and games! Its been a super alternative to the Saturday event. Please enjoy the videos and pictures below.

Message from lower primary school

Message from upper primary school

Message from our Friends at the German Consulate

October 2nd - October 20th

Here is some information about three major events which will be organized by the Consulate or with their support, all in the month of October. Please feel free to go along or if you would like any more information, please just contact the Consulate.

1) The German Film Festival in Osaka on October 2^nd and 3^rd (mostly in German with Japanese subtitles).

2) After many years of absence, a German speaking Catholic community in Kobe has been reconstituted. The first Mass will be celebrated on teh 10th of October at Sumiyoshi church (at 2 p.m.)

3) A Seminar on the philosophy of Edith Stein and her importance for our time (all in German and Japanese, with full simultaneous translation) will be held in an online form (“webinar”) on the 20^th October.

Oktoberfest

8th October
We are looking forward to celebrating our Oktoberfest soon! Once again due to the pandemic we will be running an in school event for students to enjoy.

Fun stations are planned for the yard, small Multi Purpose Room and 1st floor hallway. They are still a secret though!

Every class will have around 30 minutes to experience them. And dont worry - no contact between classes. 

Some games and activities will also be held in the classroom.

Parents, could you please 

- Prepare a Bavarian themed lunch (sausages, mashed potatoes etc.) 

- If you have an Oktoberfest costume by chance then sure the students may wear it

Bread Orders for Students to Bring Home

In addition the PTA is preparing an assortment of delicious pretzels and allergy-free treats for students with food allergies for everyone to enjoy!

Scholastic book orders - last chance to order today

Thank you all for the book orders we have received so far! The book club for your orders will be closed today and you can expect your books to arrive in the next few weeks.

For any last minute orders please make sure to follow this link and order before midnight today as the book club will automatically close by that time.

Thank you again and please enjoy your new books as soon as they arrive.