DSKI Weekend News

 

Welcome Back Upper Primary - Glad you enjoyed the ski trip!

DSKI Parent Cafe 

Healthy Urban Gardening (HUG) Project

15th February

9:00am - 10:00am

STEM Room

With special guests environmental department of Kobe City and American Chamber of Commerce Japan

We are very happy to announce we will shorty open our new school garden. It will be located behind the MPR building on the new yard area and will be available for students to learn about growing and taking care of plants, including vegtables we can eat! 

We are very happy to be running this project in collaboration with the environmental department of Kobe City and the American Chamber of Commerce Japan Kansai Community Service who will also be joining us to share how they will support our school on this Healthy Urban Gardening (HUG) project. 

Come along and join us for this exciting project and if you are interested in helping, let us know!

DSKI Open Day 

For Early Years and Lower Primary Parents (PreK - G2)

Come and see what the older children are doing

23rd February 

8.30am - 10.30am

We would like to invite our early years (Prek - K2) parents to come and see what students do in our primary school and also our lower primary (Preschool - G2) families please come and take a look at our upper primary classes to see what the students get up to every day.

You can see some lessons, meet the teachers and see what your child will do when they move up!

To join, please click here to register then just come along on the 23rd.

Secondary School Tours and Information 

For Upper Primary Parents (G3 - 6)

We know choosing a secondary school is a very big decision and so to help you in this process we are happy to announce the following dates for parents interested in Canadian Academy and Marist Brothers secondary schools.

Only for DSKI families - you can visit the schools on these dates for a tour and information session - please click here to register.

Marist Brothers 24th February 10.00am

Canadian Academy 1st March 9.00am

We are also arranging information meetings at 

Osaka International School of Kansai Gakuin 

Osaka YMCA International School

Kobe College

And will publish dates later this month.

Carnival - Event

20th February

On Monday, February 20th, we are going to celebrate the German Carnival with all DSKI students! Carnival takes its origins from ancient European festivals, which were celebrated in Greece and Rome. During these festivities, there was a temporary release from social obligations and hierarchies to make way for the overthrow of order, joking and even debauchery. Still today, an important aspect of Carnival in Germany is making jokes about politics. 

Later on, Carnival became the last big festivity before the 40 days period of fasting, the Lent. In the area around Mainz in Germany, Carnival is named “Fastnacht” which means the “night before the fasting”. 

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, crafting, candy and even pinatas!

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 the event (Students need to change for P.E.!) 

The school day will begin as usual at 8:30 a.m.

There will be an introduction to the German Carnival and a Polonaise dance through the school. To round off the celebration there will be games offered in the MPR  for Grades 1-6 and in Early Years for Pre-KG to Preschool. 

We are looking forward to the DSKI Carnival this year!

Helau, Narri Narro und Alaaf!

The Carnival Team