Happy Holidays

We wish all of our families a very happy holiday, seasons greetings and happy Christmas! Safe travels and we look forward to seeing you all back on the10th of January.

We are sorry to be saying goodbye to Mr Leo who is leaving as as well as Ms Evelyn who has been helping out in kindergarten the last few weeks. We are happy though to have Ms Harumi join us full time from January. We wish Mr Leo and Ms Evelyn all the best and we welcome Ms Harumi to the kindergarten team!



Christmas Market

Many thanks to all of our staff and PTA for their work in making the Christmas market a very succesful day! We hope you enjoyed the event and bought some nice gifts.

Beautiful Tunes in DSKI at Christmas Time
The DSKI children had the wonderful and rare opportunity to enjoy a concert with 4 saxophone players who gave a fantastic performance for the school community.
The concert was kindly sponsored by the CEO of Forestone Japan Inc., 

Mr. Heuseler, (father in Pre-Kindergarten) as a part of the sponsorship program organized for the school by Ms. Mönch, our Pre-Kindergarten teacher.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the concert and we hope that this will lead to more performances with this amazing group of saxophone players at future DSKI events. 

In the meantime, please enjoy the video of the performance, made by our music teacher, Ms. Nakajima.

Merry Christmas, Frohe Weihnachten to all of you and best wishes and lots of blessings for the year 2023!

Primary Years Programme Information

If you would like to read further about our programme during the holiday, please check out our PYP information tab.

The DSKI PTA and SCHOOL BOARD members are always on hand to support the school community. Ms. Mömch and the Pre-Kindergarten children prepared some small gifts to show our appreciation for all the work and commitment. Thank you everyone and Merry Christmas!

Winter Camp - Registration closing December 12th

19th - 23rd December

9.00am - 3.30pm

All ages welcome!

We are happy to announce that registration is now open for our winter camp!

We are happy to have students from 3 - 12 years old. We will have a mixture of art and craft, games and fun.

Fee 50, 000 yen per child, lunch included.

Please just click here to register.

Christmas Market 

16th December

On the school yard - entry/exit via the yard gate

Each class will have a stall selling the items students have been making. Please enjoy having a walk round with your child and enjoy the market!

To keep numbers low on the yard, each grade has a specific time slot. Please only join at that time.

The classes will be brought down by your homeroom teacher, so you can meet your child and go around together. At the end of the time slot your child will return to class with their teacher to pack up for the holidays. 

Timings for each grade - 

10.30am - 11.00am Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten

11.00am - 11.30am Grade 2 and 3

11.30am - 12.00pm Grade 1 and 4

12.00pm - 12.30pm Grade 5/6 and pre-school

12.30pm - 12.40pm Music Performance

(Grade 5/6 bell playing followed by a Grade 5/6 and pre-school dance routine)

12.40pm Tidy up

1.00pm End of day - all children go home for vacation! Via the normal pick up points. School bus will depart at 1.00pm for students who need it.

Snack and lunch time

Please send a snack with your child but there will be no lunchtime, please have lunch after 1.00pm with your child.

School Lunch Order
Deadline – Wednesday, December 14

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

This time the lunch period will be between January 10 and March 31, 2023. 

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 Y500 each and the total cost is Y26,500

Please click here to register

Grades 1 - 6

The G 1 ~ G 2 children’s lunch is Y600 each and the total cost is Y31,200

The G 3 ~ G 6 children’s lunch is Y600 each and the total cost is Y29,400

Please 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 Wednesday, December 14.

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

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Swift Code: SMBCJPJT

Christmas Tree lighting
Our students were able to enjoy our tree lights and start using their advent calendars on Monday. Many thanks to the PTA for their work and making the calendars - all the students were very happy and excited to receive them!

Christmas Market

16th December (1.00pm finish)

The Christmas holidays are almost here. To celebrate the season of giving, you and your family are invited on December 16th for a Christmas market at the DSKI campus. 

From 10.30am onwards - Christmas market

Entrance will be at the yard. Please have your temperature checked upon entry and wear a mask.

Each class prepared activities, crafts, games, and items to raise funds for charity. Please bring some loose change for purchases! 

The shops will be located on the yard to allow for distancing and avoiding crowding inside.

12:20pm - Christmas carols

Closing the event with Christmas carols.

12:40pm - Clean up

The community is requested to help the classes clean up the area used for the festivities

1:00pm - Dismissal and start of the winter vacation!

Please note we have fully risk assessed the day and ensured it is in compliance with our health policy but if covid cases are high we may need to adjust the events.

Message from Ms Azusa
This summer, Kobe city organized a sumer music workshop for children.
Anna, our Grade 4 student, joined the workshop and performed at the concert, too.
Here is a video which I would like to share with everybody.

If there is another summer music workshop next year, students, please try to join, too. 
If you play an instrument like violin or cello, you can learn lots of new things and also you will

have a chance to play and perform with professional musicians.

Message from Mrs. Koura, G1 parent
Rainbow Classic for Kids
Christmas Concert 2022 - come and join!
Artist  Namyuka (Mezzo-soprano),Keiko Nishimoto (cello),Mayu Yukawa (piano)
Date    2022/12/24(Sat)
Doors open 13:30, ​ ​​start at 14:00
Venue   Orbis Hall​Hyogo​
Hyogo Kobe City Higashi Nada ku 2 - chome, Yokohama cho, 9-1
Organizer - Nikka Sangyo Co. Day Ltd. Music Division
[Kansai Culture and Energy Zone Participation Project]
Classical & Christmas concerts for children

 

Morning Parking at Drop Off
Please can we ask parents not to park on the street at morning and afternoon drop off or pick up. Please just drop and go.

Please do not park near the crossing, it blocks the view of drivers and pedestrians.

For parents who do need to park at drop off, between 8.20am and 8.40am DSKI families can park in the TOHO supermarket car park free of charge. A big thankyou to them.

Please understand though that TOHO has agreed only on condition it doesn't cause any inconvenience to their operations with delivery trucks - so please only use the parking bays. If it is full, please use the Times car park opposite the school.

Christmas at DSKI
A big thankyou to our PTA volunteers who came in this week to set up all the tree and all our decorations! The school is looking very festive and ready for the tree lighting which all students will enjoy on Monday.

We would also like to thank the Morita family who have very kindly donated a new tree to the school - many thanks!

Please save the date - our Christmas market will be on the 16th December, we will publish the itinary next week.

Parent Cafe
30th November 
9.00am STEM Room

Information for new parents about our Primary Years Programme with Ms Pam - 

What are units of inquiry and how do they work? What is the learner profile? And more. 

Winter Camp

19th - 23rd December

9.00am - 3.30pm

All ages welcome!

We are happy to announce that registration is now open for our winter camp!

We are happy to have students from 3 - 12 years old. We will have a mixture of art and craft, games and fun.

Fee 50, 000 yen per child, lunch included.

Please just click here to register.

School Uniform
Just to let you know we will be discontinuing our range of hoodies and also the pink and yellow t-shirts due to low sales numbers over the past couple of years. We will continue to sell these items until the current stock runs out.

 

Parents Announcement for 

November 11th 

St Martins After School Activity

St.Martins' Day Lantern March *This is not a school event*

to those who would like to participate in a traditional St Martin lantern march, please see attached.

- Nov. 11th 17:30 in front of DSKI

- Approximately 30~40 Minutes walk and sing in Rokko Island 

-Purpose; Kids to know the story of St.Martin and to be familiar with a german traditional event

-Kids must come with their guardian(s) for safety reason

-Please bring Lantern/ Flashlight  *recommend bringing hot drinks and wearing warm clothes

-Ms.Azusa supports singing St.Martin's songs privately

-After marching, we have no party.  

-Contact Info. Ms Shimada via the school office 078 857 9777

Who is St.martin? (in German)

We will sing such songs 

Laterne, Laterne

Sankt Martin

DIY Lantern Idea 

Parent Cafe
30th November 
9.00am STEM Room

Information for new parents about our Primary Years Programme with Ms Pam - 

What are units of inquiry and how do they work? What is the learner profile? And more.

Winter Camp

19th - 23rd December

9.00am - 3.30pm

All ages welcome!

We are happy to announce that registration is now open for our winter camp!

We are happy to have students from 3 - 12 years old. We will have a mixture of art and craft, games and fun.

Fee 50, 000 yen per child, lunch included.

Please just click here to register.

Japanese Food and Culture Club
Come and join! 

Message from our club leader Ayumi - 
We talked how we can choose the good and safe food to establish the eating habit in Japan. And after the discussion, we moved to Daiei for a shopping tour! Participants said that they learned a lot by actually seeing the products at the supermarket together

I will have another lesson on 10th December and I will talk about Japanese traditional event food and cook one recipe.

This link is still available to sign up and I still have some spaces.

A Ballet Night Out - Featuring Rino from our preschool class - 

Good luck Rino!

Please come along and watch the show - tickets still available.

Autumn Leaves
If you are thinking of visiting some senic autumn leaf sites, here are the best dates for viewing!

 

PTA Tree

Big thanks to our PTA for the tree donation! And thanks to Daria and Didier for planting!

Upper Primary Cross Country
Grade 3 - 6
Friday, November 11th
Time: 10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Location Green Belt on Rokko Island
We are happy to invite all parents of Grade 3 - 6 to our Cross Country event. 
Please make sure that your child wears the school t-shirt, has a hat, an extra water bottle, a coat to keep warm when not running and a nice, healthy snack. 
 
The students will meet at school at 8.30 am as usual and move to Rokko Park at 9.30 am. Parents should join us at 10.00 am at the meeting point.
 
At 13.15 pm we will continue with the normal school schedule. Clubs will be running as usual after school until 16.35 pm.

Time	Action
8.30	Students meet at school as normal
8.50	Students get changed in classrooms
9.00 - 9.30	Students walk to Green Belt (with jacket, extra water bottle, snack)
10:00	Opening ceremony
10.20	Individual 1000m X-Run G3
10.30	Individual 1000m X-Run G4
10.40	Individual 2000m X-Run G5 & 6
10.55	Snack break
11.10	3 x  200m Relay G3
11.35	3 x 200m Relay G4
11.50	3 x 400m Relay G5 & 6
12.00	Award ceremony and goodbye to parents
12.30	Walk back to school and students eat lunch in the classrooms.
13:15	Normal lessons resume

Kobe Farm - Experience Rural Life 

----Registration Closing Monday 7th----
11th November
4.15pm - 5.30pm 
We are very happy to announce a new collaberation between DSKI and Kobe city. The city has a farm on the other side of Rokko Mountain, you can see the location here.

They will be holding farm festivals at different times of the year and we have been invited to take part. Our students can harvest and prepare food, together with the local students and residents - so a great way to experience life in a rural area of Japan. You can see more photos on Instagram here.

Please click here to register and join.

If we have enough people, Kobe city will provide transport there and back, departing school at 3.30pm.

ESL Parent Cafe

Thank you to all parents for the interest in our recent parent cafe about our ESL Programme.

Please find the slideshow here.

Parents Announcement for 

November 11th 

St Martins After School Activity

St.Martins' Day Lantern March *This is not a school event*

to those who would like to participate in a traditional St Martin lantern march, please see attached.

- Nov. 11th 17:30 in front of DSKI

- Approximately 30~40 Minutes walk and sing in Rokko Island 

-Purpose; Kids to know the story of St.Martin and to be familiar with a german traditional event

-Kids must come with their guardian(s) for safety reason

-Please bring Lantern/ Flashlight  *recommend bringing hot drinks and wearing warm clothes

-Ms.Azusa supports singing St.Martin's songs privately

-After marching, we have no party.  

-Contact Info. Ms Shimada via the school office 078 857 9777

Who is St.martin? (in German)

We will sing such songs 

Laterne, Laterne

Sankt Martin

DIY Lantern Idea 

Winter Camp

19th - 23rd December

9.00am - 3.30pm

All ages welcome!

We are happy to announce that registration is now open for our winter camp!

We are happy to have students from 3 - 12 years old. We will have a mixture of art and craft, games and fun.

Fee 50, 000 yen per child, lunch included.

Please just click here to register.