Book and Culture Week

7th - 9th March

A Message from the Book and Culture Week Committee

Book and Culture Week celebration on the 7th - 11th of March. It will be a week long event with different activities prepared for the students to celebrate diversity and international-mindedness. 

Here are the activities for the week:

1. D.E.A.R Drop Everything and Read (Monday-Friday)

2. Spirit Week your child may come to school wearing the following for each day: 

Monday: national costume

Tuesday: silly hat or any hats

Wednesday: pyjama 

Thursday: silly socks

Friday: dress as a character (books, movies, super heroes etc)

3. Instagram Booth (Monday-Friday)

Please have your child bring to school either a favorite book or anything that would represent their culture or nationality for the photo booth. 

4. Cultural Booth (will be set up at DSKI lobby)

Parents are welcome to take part of the event and set-up a booth that will showcase a country, culture, group or create something that is connected to Book and Culture week. 

5. Games/Crafts/Dance (Tuesday and Thursday)

Please let us know if you are interested to come to school to read, teach a game, dance or crafts to the students. 

Message from Daria R. about Book and Culture Week

Hello everyone! 

I'm Russian. What I value the most about our school is that our children are from different countries, of different cultures and they are together, they are friends, they are taught and they are helpful, respectful, mindful, caring about each other and each other's cultures. They know and feel that it is possible to be friends. No matter where you are from. And they are friends. 

I hope that with our support - from the parents and the school -  becoming grown-ups of different professions, our children will sparkle with the warmth and values in their hearts and minds and be inspiring role-models to people around for PEACE in our world.

Thank you everyone for the incredible experience of being a part of the international community. 

You are more than welcome to support Book and Culture Week.

Warmest regards,

DSKI family

Scholastic Book Orders

Deadline Friday, March 11th

Click here to order

Dear parents,

Our second scholastic book order of this school year is up and running. Your child will bring home a scholastic flyer with a big selection of quality, affordable books for your child to help you build a library of English books at home.

You don’t have to buy books, but it’s a great opportunity to talk with your child about his/her interests and to encourage him/her to read books! 

 

By placing an order

• You are showing your child that reading is important.

• You are helping your child to build their English vocabulary so they can become better readers and writers.

• You are helping to build our school library! Every dollar you spend earns our school bonus points to use towards new books for the library!

 

As always you can conveniently order online from home.

You can pay online by credit card and don’t have to worry about sending cash to school. 

You can order online at any time and have an even bigger selection of books to choose from! (Please note that online orders are paid by credit card in USD).

 

Ordering online is fast and easy:

CLICK here to go to the online shop

CHOOSE from thousands of books and value packs and put them in your shopping cart.

When finished with shopping, go to the cart and click CHECK OUT.

REGISTER your personal parent account or LOG IN if you already have an account.

SUBMIT the order to our school online account.

 

Thank you for your support!

IB Evaluation Parent Cafe

Thankyou to parents for the interest in our recent parent cafe about our past IB evaluation visits.

Please find the slideshow here. 

 

Many thanks to parents who joined our Parent Cafe on the IB learner profile. 

Please see our PYP Information tab for more information.

Scholastic Book Orders

Deadline Friday, March 11th

Click here to order

Dear parents,

Our second scholastic book order of this school year is up and running. Your child will bring home a scholastic flyer with a big selection of quality, affordable books for your child to help you build a library of English books at home.

You don’t have to buy books, but it’s a great opportunity to talk with your child about his/her interests and to encourage him/her to read books! 

 

By placing an order

• You are showing your child that reading is important.

• You are helping your child to build their English vocabulary so they can become better readers and writers.

• You are helping to build our school library! Every dollar you spend earns our school bonus points to use towards new books for the library!

 

As always you can conveniently order online from home.

You can pay online by credit card and don’t have to worry about sending cash to school. 

You can order online at any time and have an even bigger selection of books to choose from! (Please note that online orders are paid by credit card in USD).

 

Ordering online is fast and easy:

CLICK here to go to the online shop

CHOOSE from thousands of books and value packs and put them in your shopping cart.

When finished with shopping, go to the cart and click CHECK OUT.

REGISTER your personal parent account or LOG IN if you already have an account.

SUBMIT the order to our school online account.

 

Thank you for your support!

Parent Cafe - IB Evaluation Visit Report
23rd February
1.00pm
We would like to offer a Parent Cafe meeting about our IB evaluation report based on the IB visit last year. We received very positive feedback from the IB visiting team and a very good report. 

Quote from the IB -
The evaluation report highlights many strengths as well as some suggestions for further development that should support you in strengthening your programme over time.

We have been working on developing our four year action plan which will take us up to the next visit from the IB in 2025. We have built into this what we want to achieve as a school and also the recommendations from the IB. 

We would like to share the evaluation report and our action plan with you and also hear your ideas and feedback.

Please join us if you can.

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76940339732?pwd=lkDyh0S1N9EBL55vuKYyve0eVfNudm.1

Meeting-ID: 769 4033 9732
Passcode: SfeLG2

Book and Culture Week

7 - 11th March

 

Message from Ms Faye and our PTA

A huge thank you to all the members of the PTA who created a list of centers and clinics where members of the DSKI community can go for consultation, PCR or antigen tests. Our school doctor, Dr. Naoki Okada's information has also been provided. He is open to all DSKI families to call or visit the clinic for consultation or appointment.

Dr. Naoki Okada MD Ph.D
Okada Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic
Address: 1st floor, ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kobe, 1-3-2, Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe city, Hyogo, 650-0002
Telephone: 078-241-1350 / 070-41968214

Clinic Hours:
9: 00 ~ 12: 30 Monday ~ Saturday
15: 00 ~ 16: 30 Monday, Saturday
16: 00 ~ 18: 30 Tuesday, Friday

Information about free COVID testing or antigen tests 

TEST CENTER: Not identified close contact and no symptoms BUT if you are worried and want to be tested.

• There are 4 places in Rokko Island where you can be tested by PCR or antigen test for free and 1 in Okamoto (information coming from KOBE Government). 

• Some pharmacies also have branches on the main Island, so please check the website (for foreign nationals and if it’s in Japanese, you can use Chrome for Google translate). 

• Don’t forget to bring: Identification & your smartphone 

1. Nanohana Pharmacy

General info:

• Antigen Test only
• No need to reserve, just go there at 1pm and wait
• Weekday only 

2. Karugamo Pharmacy

General info:

• PCR or Antigen
• Weekday only 
• You need to call in advance 

3. Nihon Chozai Rokkoiskand Pharmacy

General info:

• PCR or Antigen
• You need to call or go there to make reservation in advance
• You can reserve from 9am weekday only

4. Hanshin Chozai Pharmacy;

General info:

• PCR
• You need to call to make reservation in advance
• You can reserve from 9am weekday only

5. Hanshin PCR center Okamoto

Antigen Test

 Flowflex 新型コロナウィルス抗原検査キット2in1 唾液と鼻腔の2つの方法で検査できる簡単検査 オミクロン株対応 研究試験用製品  AMAZON LINK

 You can get it easily, it’s not so expensive and certified by CE (EU). The Japanese government also approved it and it’s used in the US. 

 Extra information

• For Foreign nationals FLYER LINK

• For Japanese FLYER LINK

Art Gallery

Our blog page has been updated, please enjoy!

Public Holiday 

11th February
Just a reminder that we will be closed tomorrow for the holiday.

Parent Cafe
16th February 10.00am
The role of the attributes of the learner profile in supporting lifelong learning.
Around the school and in all the classrooms you will see a set of words describing personality attributes. They are the same words in all the classrooms and together they represent what is called the IB learner profile.

Join us online for a session looking at what the learner profile is all about -

​Inquirer
Knowledgeable
Thinker
Communicator
Principled
Open­ Minded
Caring
Risk­Takers
Balanced
Reflective

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/92733011264?pwd=clA0NmV4dXhQSWFQQnB4cWsyY2VDdz09

Meeting ID: 927 3301 1264

Passcode: ZWbj2V

 
Monday 7th February

No Swimming

The swimming pool will be closed for maintanence, this week only.

Antigen Tests

There is a very limited supply of antigen test in Japan due to the recent rise in infections. We would recommend families to order a few if you can, just in case. If you need any assistance, please ask the school office, we are very happy to help.

Unfortunately the school cannot test students, although we do have some tests we can pass to families in exceptional circumstances,

Public Holiday 

11th February
Just a reminder that we will be closed next Friday for the holiday.

Parent Cafe
16th February 10.00am
The role of the attributes of the learner profile in supporting lifelong learning.
Around the school and in all the classrooms you will see a set of words describing personality attributes. They are the same words in all the classrooms and together they represent what is called the IB learner profile.

Join us online for a session looking at what the learner profile is all about -

​Inquirer
Knowledgeable
Thinker
Communicator
Principled
Open­ Minded
Caring
Risk­Takers
Balanced
Reflective

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/92733011264?pwd=clA0NmV4dXhQSWFQQnB4cWsyY2VDdz09

Meeting ID: 927 3301 1264

Passcode: ZWbj2V