Oktoberfest
8th October
10.00am - 2.00pm

(Gates open from 9.45am)

The PTA committee is busy making the final preparations for the return of Oktoberfest!

It will be a great day for all the family with tombola and great prizes, food, drinks and games for the children. Ms Nakajima has been preparing music with the school choir and we will also have some classes doing special performances.

- If you can not make it but would still like your child to join, accompanied by a guardian, this is okay. 

Please click here to register them in advance.

- It is also okay for any suiblings who are not students at DSKI to join. 

Please click here to register your child.

When you arrive, please have your temperature checked at the reception desk and collect your attendance wristband.

Kobe Farm - Experience Rural Life
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. 

Student Absence and Out of Hours Contact
If your child will be away please could you include the school office in any emails you send to teachers. Please could we also ask parents to call our out of office hours number 090 9622 1402 about any covid cases or close contact cases you need to let us know about at the weekend or evening time. Thankyou!

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 drop and go if you can.

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.

Early/Late Room and School bus - new booking options
Starting next week we are happy to offer a more flexible early/late room and school bus option.

If you need to book the early or late room just for a single session or have your child use the school bus for a one off journey you can now do so.

Please just call the office by 12.00pm latest the day before for booking and payment.

Fees will be -
1000yen per child per early or late room session
1000yen per bus journey 

Timings of the early/late room - 
Early room  7.50am - 8.30am
Late room   4.35pm - 5.00pm (after clubs only)

The bus route schedule and stops - 

Morning
Nishinomiya Kitaguchi 7:00
Shukugawa North         7:14
Kikutani-cho         7:17
Yamatekansen Ashiya 7:26
Yamatekansen Nishi Ashiya 7:32
Okamoto North 7:41
Nishiokamoto 4 7:44
Hankyu Mikage 7:52
Takaha-cho          8:04
Kotoku-cho 4          8:08
Koyochonaka 1 8:25

Afternoon
Koyochonaka 1 15:38
Kotoku-cho          15:55
Takaha-cho          15:58
Hankyu Mikage 16:06
Nishiokamoto 4 16:13
Okamoto North 16:16
Yamate Kansen Okamoto 16:16
Yamate Kansen Konan 16:22
Yamatekansen Nishi Ashiya 16:25
JR Ashiya Post Office 16:27
Yamatekansen Ashiya 16:30
Kikutani-cho          16:39
Shukugawa North         16:41
Nishinomiya Kitaguchi 17:00

French Courses

Message from our friends at the French Consul

Parent Clubs

We are happy to announce the new season of parent clubs

• Tai Chi/Kung Fu
• Japanese Language Class
• Introduction to Japanese Food Culture
• Running and Fitness Club
• The DSKI English Club

If you have time, please take a look and join us.

Click here for full listings and sign up! 

Oktoberfest
8th October
10.00am - 2.00pm

(Gates open from 9.45am)

The PTA committee is busy making the final preparations for the return of Oktoberfest!

It will be a great day for all the family with tombola and great prizes, food, drinks and games for the children. Ms Nakajima has been preparing music with the school choir and we will also have some classes doing special performances.

- If you can not make it but would still like your child to join, accompanied by a guardian, this is okay. 

Please click here to register them in advance.

- It is also okay for any suiblings who are not students at DSKI to join. 

Please click here to register your child.

When you arrive, please have your temperature checked at the reception desk and collect your attendance wristband.

Help Please
We would like to ask for parent volunteers who can help out. 

If you can help, please click here to let us know.

We need parents to help with -
7th October

• Setting up 

8th October 

Helping out with -

• Entrance desk
• Juice kiosk
• Patrol (just making sure all is going fine around the Oktoberfest)

Parents who need to final set up for an event or entertainment area can enter from 9.30am

Monday 19th September
School holiday
Just a reminder we will be closed on Monday due to the public holiday.

Parent Cafe

STEM at DSKI - How we use IT and teach maths

23rd September
9.00am On-site in the school STEM room
Come and join Mr Huber and Mr Mayr in our STEM room to see our new IT resources for robotics and coding. You can also see the new maths books and hear how we use them in class. 

It will be a hands on practical meeting and you may even be able to print a new toy with our 3D printer! 

Reminder for the Scholastic Book Order
Deadline Friday, September 23rd
Don’t forget that our latest Scholastic Book Club is now online here. 

There are hundreds of fantastic children’s books to choose from, and every $1 you spend on this month’s Book Club will earn 20¢ for our school library in Scholastic Rewards.

Please place your order online by September 23rd, 2022.

Thank you for your support!

Oktoberfest

8th October10.00am - 2.00pm

We are happy to announce the return of Oktoberfest - it will be a child centered day of food, fun and games!

Help please
Tombola
We would like to ask for donations we can use as prizes in our tombola. We will have a drop box in our main entrance from Monday the 12th. Please just drop off any toys or gifts we can use as prizes (new items only please).

Drinks
If any families would like to donate soft drinks we can use on the day, please just give them to the school office.

Early/Late Room and School bus - new booking options
Starting next week we are happy to offer a more flexible early/late room and school bus option.

If you need to book the early or late room just for a single session or have your child use the school bus for a one off journey you can now do so.

Please just call the office by 12.00pm latest the day before for booking and payment.

Fees will be -
1000yen per child per early or late room session
1000yen per bus journey 

Timings of the early/late room - 
Early room  7.50am - 8.30am
Late room   4.35pm - 5.00pm (after clubs only)

The bus route schedule and stops - 

Morning
Nishinomiya Kitaguchi 7:00
Shukugawa North         7:14
Kikutani-cho         7:17
Yamatekansen Ashiya 7:26
Yamatekansen Nishi Ashiya 7:32
Okamoto North 7:41
Nishiokamoto 4 7:44
Hankyu Mikage 7:52
Takaha-cho          8:04
Kotoku-cho 4          8:08
Koyochonaka 1 8:25

Afternoon
Koyochonaka 1 15:38
Kotoku-cho          15:55
Takaha-cho          15:58
Hankyu Mikage 16:06
Nishiokamoto 4 16:13
Okamoto North 16:16
Yamate Kansen Okamoto 16:16
Yamate Kansen Konan 16:22
Yamatekansen Nishi Ashiya 16:25
JR Ashiya Post Office 16:27
Yamatekansen Ashiya 16:30
Kikutani-cho          16:39
Shukugawa North         16:41
Nishinomiya Kitaguchi 17:00

Parent Clubs

We are happy to announce the new season of parent clubs from Tai Chi to English conversation.

If you have time, please take a look and join us.

Click here for full listings and sign up!

Student Clubs for Semester 1 - Updated list
Thank you to everyone who has signed up for clubs this term. This year we have a new record number of children registered for the after school programme.

Most clubs will be running, but due to low numbers for some we had to cancel some of the clubs. 

Cancelled clubs due to low numbers :
Monday: Ultimate Frisbee
Tuesday: Calligraphy, Art for Upper Primary, Readers & Writers
Wednesday: Gardening, Basketball, Drumming, Photography
Thursday: Board Games for Lower Primary, German Class for Upper Primary, Theatre & Film 
Friday: French for Beginners, Calligraphy

If your child was registered for one of these, and would like to join a different club, then please fill in the Updated Online Registration form.

All of the other clubs will be offered, and you will receive a confirmation email by the end of next Tuesday. For those registered in Tuesday clubs, the confirmation emails will be sent out soon, as clubs will begin next Tuesday!