Friday, 18 October 2024

Parent Cafe
30th October 
9.00am STEM room
Join us for an interactive Parent Cafe with Ms. Pam focused on how you can support the development of your child's critical thinking skills at home.

Learn how to recognize the signs of these higher-order thinking skills in your child's play and daily interactions, and discover simple yet powerful ways to nurture their development through simple provocations.

Come prepared to engage, share ideas, and leave with actionable tips to support your child's journey as a confident, self-directed learner.




Halloween
31st October 

The spooky season is upon us, and our school is gearing up for an exciting Halloween celebration! On October 31st, all students are invited to dress up in their most creative and imaginative costumes. 

Throughout the day, the children will have the opportunity to trick-or-treat, collecting a variety of cool little items and goodies as they go. This is the perfect chance for our students to showcase their costumes to their classmates and teachers. 

In addition to the trick-or-treating, each class will be decorating their classroom doors with festive Halloween themes. The halls will be filled with ghosts, goblins, superheroes, and all sorts of spooky and delightful characters. It's sure to be a hauntingly good time for everyone involved. 

We can't wait to see all the amazing costumes and creative door decorations that our talented students come up with. Get ready to have a frightfully fun Halloween at our school!

Have a spooky day! 
Halloween Team



Open day at DSKI for our families! 
4th November 8.30am - 10.30am
Come in and see the school working, see your children in class.
If you are in lower primary or early years - tour the school to see what happens in the older grades.



Cross Country

Grades 3 - 6

Monday, 4th November

Time: 10:30 am - 2:00 pm

Location: Green Field

We are happy to invite all parents of Grades 3 - 6 to our Cross Country Run event.


Please ensure 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 healthy snack and a nice lunch. 

 

The students will have regular classes from 8:35 - 10:15 am to make way for the In-house Open Day. We will then move to the Green Field at 10:30 am for the Cross Country Run event. 

 

After the run, the children will picnic outside with their lunch and then walk back to school at 2:00 pm to continue with the normal class schedule. The homeroom teacher will get in contact with you closer to the date of the event.




Sankt Martin
Monday, November 11th
5.00pm on the school yard
- Please note that this is a school event and so there is after school child care available until the beginning of the event at 5.00pm for families who need it.
Please click here to register.

If you would like to prepare for this event with your child/children or would like to know more, here are some useful links:
Who is St. Martin? (in German)
Songs that we are going to sing:
Laterne, Laterne
Sankt Martin



Christmas Market and Early Years/Lower Primary Concert
17th December 
9.00am - 9.30am Lower primary winter concert
9.30am - 10.00am Early years winter concert
10.00am - 1.00pm Whole School Christmas market 
Please join us on the 17th December for a day of music and markets! 
Please save the date and we will send more programme details in the next few weeks.



Open days at Canadian Academy and Marist Brothers Exclusively for Upper Primary DSKI Families
Canadian Academy 
30th October, 10.30am
Marist Brothers 5th November 9.30am
Are you thinking to join Canadian Academy or Marist Brothers secondary school after DSKI? Please join an open day for a tour and information about the school programme and secondary admissions.



Winter Camp
19 - 24th December 
(24th is a half day due to Christmas Eve)
3 - 12 years old
50, 000yen per child
For the first time this year we will be offering a bilingual English/German camp!
We will run a range of art, music and games activities for children, in either English or German.

We will also combined run activities bilingually  - by an English and German teacher partnership in the room!

Friday, 11 October 2024

Message from the Oktoberfest team!

Dear Everyone,

We want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your participation in Oktoberfest 2024. A special thanks goes out to the volunteers and those who generously donated; your support made it possible for us to create a memorable experience for everyone involved.

We look forward to our school community continuing to strengthen our bonds as we collaborate to enhance the environment for our children. Let’s unite in our efforts to foster their growth!

Lastly, we would love to hear your thoughts on the event as we plan future activities; your feedback would be invaluable to us. 

Additionally, the committees were busy running around the school on the day of the event, so it would be wonderful if you could share any pictures with us at oktoberfest@dskobe.org

Kind regards,
Oktoberfest 2024 committees


We are happy to announce the new school board as elected at the recent Annual General Meeting.
Mr Heuseler - Chair of school board
Mr Paz - Vice chair
Mr Hartmann - Secretary
Mr Tsujimura - Treasurer
Mr Nakamura - Building and school bus
Ms Fedderson - Human Resources
Mr Rashidova - Sustainability



Parent Cafe
30th October 
9.00am STEM room
Join us for an interactive Parent Cafe with Ms. Pam focused on how you can support the development of your child's critical thinking skills at home.

Learn how to recognize the signs of these higher-order thinking skills in your child's play and daily interactions, and discover simple yet powerful ways to nurture their development through simple provocations.

Come prepared to engage, share ideas, and leave with actionable tips to support your child's journey as a confident, self-directed learner.




Open day at DSKI for our families! 
4th November 8.30am - 10.30am
Come in and see the school working, see your children in class.
If you are in lower primary or early years - tour the school to see what happens in the older grades.

Upper primary cross country will be from 10.30am - 2.00pm, more information to follow directly from the upper primary team, all families welcome to join and cheer the students along!



Winter Camp
19 - 24th December 
(24th is a half day due to Christmas Eve)
3 - 12 years old
50, 000yen per child
For the first time this year we will be offering a bilingual English/German camp!
We will run a range of art, music and games activities for children, in either English or German.

We will also combined run activities bilingually  - by an English and German teacher partnership in the room!






Open days at Canadian Academy and Marist Brothers Exclusively for Upper Primary DSKI Families
Canadian Academy 
30th October, 10.30am
Marist Brothers 5th November 9.30am
Are you thinking to join Canadian Academy or Marist Brothers secondary school after DSKI? Please join an open day for a tour and information about the school programme and secondary admissions.



Message from our friends at Evangelical Church Community of Kobe-Osaka
We are happy to be part of the DSKI community, please see our newsletter attached to the blog email!


Message from our friends at Marist Brothers 
Please come along and enjoy our international food fair next weekend on the 19th October, we especially welcome families of DSKI to visit and see what secondary school life can be like!

Friday, 4 October 2024

 

Just a reminder
School closed Monday 7th October for Oktoberfest clean up
Half day (school closing at 1.00pm) on Monday 14th October for Parent Teacher Conferences


Many thanks 
to all our parents who came in today to help with getting the school ready for tomorrows Oktoberfest, we had so many volunteers, it was very much appreciated!




Farmers Market at the Sheraton Garden
6th of October