Spring Break Travel - Important
Due to Coronavirus
We would like to ask any families who are travelling (In Japan or overseas) during spring break or having relatives visit to please let us know by 

filling in the information here. 

Feedback
Thankyou to all our parents for helping the students with their remote learning. Its been a new experience for us all in difficult circumstances but we hope you will feel that the situation has been positive in the sense of developing the It and self management skills of our students.

If you wouldn't mind, please could you

click the link here 

and fill in a very brief feedback survey?

We will give you information as we receive it about after spring break, but for now we look forward to seeing you all on the 30th March.

April 1st - June 15th

Deadline for booking - 25th March

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

This time the lunch period will be between April 1 – June 15, 2020.

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 forks. Your children need to bring them from home.

Early Years and Pre-School 

The Early Years and Pre-School children’s lunch is Y400 each, total cost Y19,600.

Click here to register

Grades 1 - 6

The G 1 ~ G 6 children’s lunch is Y550 each, total cost Y26, 950.

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 25th March, 2020

Deutsche Schule Kobe International               学校法人神戸ドイツ学院

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

Account No. 3393642 (Saving Account) 　       普通口座　3393642

Swift Code: SMBCJPJT

New School Yard

Opening Ceremony

30th March 8.45am

We are very happy to announce that the school yard will finally be resurfaced.

We would like to say a huge thankyou to Mr Masataka Kubo and family who have sponsored the new yard, and work will begin on the 16th of March, ready for when the students come back after spring break.

The design will be similar to now, however, the Student Council has consulted with their classmates and we will have a handball court and a hopscotch area added for students to use at recess.

We will be having a grand opening ceremony at 8.45am followed by our first Wake Up Shake Up, so any families who would like to attend please feel free to do so and join us saying thankyou to the Kubo family!

Dates

School Closure

2nd - 18th March

Spring Break

19th - 29th March

Back at School

30th March

School Lunches
April 1st - June 15th

Deadline for booking - 25th March

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

This time the lunch period will be between April 1 – June 15, 2020.

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 forks. Your children need to bring them from home.

Early Years and Pre-School 

The Early Years and Pre-School children’s lunch is Y400 each, total cost Y19,600.

Click here to register

Grades 1 - 6

The G 1 ~ G 6 children’s lunch is Y550 each, total cost Y26, 950.

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 25th March, 2020

Deutsche Schule Kobe International               学校法人神戸ドイツ学院

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

Account No. 3393642 (Saving Account) 　       普通口座　3393642

Swift Code: SMBCJPJT

New School Yard

Opening Ceremony

30th March 8.45am

We are very happy to announce that the school yard will finally be resurfaced.

We would like to say a huge thankyou to Mr Masataka Kubo and family who have sponsored the new yard, and work will begin on the 16th of March, ready for when the students come back after spring break.

The design will be similar to now, however, the Student Council has consulted with their classmates and we will have a handball court and a hopscotch area added for students to use at recess.

We will be having a grand opening ceremony at 8.45am followed by our first Wake Up Shake Up, so any families who would like to attend please feel free to do so and join us saying thankyou to the Kubo family!

DSKI in the News

We were very happy to be in the newspaper this week, the Kobe Shimbun has

featured us in a story about remote working during the time of school closure, bottow right.

Translation

“Remote learning” by video call

Homework support and study care

“Deutsche Schule Kobe International (3 Koyochonaka Higashinada-ku)” where multinational children are studying, is using video calls to support children's everyday life and learning during their school closures.

The school has been using web applications to interact the teachers with the students and among the children, including homework support and consultations for several years. Since the school was closed on the 2nd of this month, they have introduced a “remote learning” to support homework and other topics through video calls using a web camera.

According to the reservations that children make, the teachers give a lesson from school or home using video and audio from cameras. Ms. Satya d’Amours, upper grade class teacher, says “It seems children are enjoying some new experiences” “We would like to support and care about their feelings, too”. The school closure will continue until March 18, before the spring holiday. 

This school was established in 1909. There are currently about 120 students in their kindergarten and elementary schools.

We hope all is going okay and the transition to remote learning is going as smoothly as possible, under the circumstances. Please dont forget we are here to help you out and support you as much as possible, so please dont hesitate to call us or email our help desk

homelearningsupport@dskobe.org

New School Yard

Opening Ceremony

30th March 8.45am

We are very happy to announce that the school yard will finally be resurfaced.

We would like to say a huge thankyou to Mr Masataka Kubo and family who have sponsored the new yard, and work will begin on the 16th of March, ready for when the students come back after spring break.

The design will be similar to now, however, the Student Council has consulted with their classmates and we will have a handball court and a hopscotch area added for students to use at recess.

We will be having a grand opening ceremony at 8.45am followed by our first Wake Up Shake Up, so any families who would like to attend please feel free to do so and join us saying thankyou to the Kubo family!

Dates
School Closure
2nd - 18th March

Spring Break
19th - 29th March

Back at School
30th March

School Office Opening Times

The school office will be open every day from 9.00am until 4.00pm during the home study period.

Home Study

We will begin our homestudy online courses Wednesday morning via Google Classrooms.

Please take a look here for a introduction video. It is very easy to use, and we are happy to provide all the help you may need.
Full information will be sent out Monday and Tuesday.

Student Photos

We will reschedule the photographer who was booked to a date in early summer. More information to follow.

110 Year School Anniversary Party

18th April

6.00pm - 9.00pm

Kobe Club

We are very happy to announce that the schools 110 year anniversary party will be on Saturday the 18th April. The school has a long and full history, first opening its doors in 1909 - 1910 with a kindergarten class in a house in Kitano. Since then we have moved 5 times and become a modern, IB World School.

So come along and celebrate with us! We will be using a room in the Kobe Club for a gala dinner and entertainment. 

So please save the date! 

The class of 1912

Tokyo Olympics Podium Project

DSKI students and families have a chance to be directly involved in the Tokyo Olympics by donating plastic containers such as shampoo bottles, detergent and softener bottles, etc. to be recycled into the podiums for this summer's Olympic games!

Terracycle and P&G are working together with the Tokyo Olympic Committee on this project to bring awareness to world's plastic lesson. A Terracycle representative reached out to us at DSKI to be a part of this project as some of their members had visited our Grade 2 class last year.

A collection box has been placed in the school's entrance area for you to drop off used plastic containers, any used containers from any brand are acceptable. The boxes will be in the entrance area until the last week of February and then they will be collected and shipped off to literally support the winning athletes of the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.

To find out more about the TOKYO 2020 Podium Project please see the following link:

https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/sustainability/podium/ (in English)

Or download this information poster PDF (in Japanese only)

School Photos
2nd March

We are happy to let you know that Pret-a-Portrait will be back in again to take photos of our students and teachers. We will be sending information out closer to the date about how you are able to purchase the pictures.

110 Year School Anniversary Party

18th april

6.00pm - 9.00pm

Kobe Club

We are very happy to announce that the schools 110 year anniversary party will be on Saturday the 18th April. The school has a long and full history, first opening its doors in 1909 - 1910 with a kindergarten class in a house in Kitano. Since then we have moved 5 times and become a modern, IB World School.

So come along and celebrate with us! We will be using a room in the Kobe Club for a gala dinner and entertainment. 

So please save the date! 

Big thankyou to our PTA for putting it together and you will be receiving formal inviations shortly.

Lower Primary Lunches Room (Pre-School - Grade 2) 

From Monday lower primary school will have a slight change, and instead of eating in the lunch room, they will eat in the classrooms with their teachers. The reason is that we have a lot of young students in the room right now, and we feel that the space is just not suitable for that number. So we have made the change to provide a more pleasant lunch experience.

Student News

Please check out our Grade 3 School News video on the Grade 3 blog site!

Tokyo Olympics Podium Project

DSKI students and families have a chance to be directly involved in the Tokyo Olympics by donating plastic containers such as shampoo bottles, detergent and softener bottles, etc. to be recycled into the podiums for this summer's Olympic games!

Terracycle and P&G are working together with the Tokyo Olympic Committee on this project to bring awareness to world's plastic lesson. A Terracycle representative reached out to us at DSKI to be a part of this project as some of their members had visited our Grade 2 class last year.

A collection box has been placed in the school's entrance area for you to drop off used plastic containers, any used containers from any brand are acceptable. The boxes will be in the entrance area until the last week of February and then they will be collected and shipped off to literally support the winning athletes of the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.

To find out more about the TOKYO 2020 Podium Project please see the following link:

https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/sustainability/podium/ (in English)

Or download this information poster PDF (in Japanese only)

Morning Arrival

We will be going back to the arrival system we have previously used, from Monday - students will need to line up at the main gate. Not the yard gate.

We have had too many instance of students moving away from the yard gate and going to play away from the school area. 

Visitor Book - Important

From Monday we want to ask all visitors to sign in at the office and receive a visitor pass for identification. Not including parents, we know who you all are! 

Please ask any visiting friends or relatives who are not known to us, to sign in. 

Also anyone other than parents who are here to collect a child, for example a new babysitter or visiting uncle.

Open Day

11th February

We have our second open day, in February just to let you know. Its a normal day for all our students though.

School T-Shirt Sale

24th February

We will have our school t-Shirt suppliers here on the 24th of February from 8.30am, if you would like to take a look and buy some new clothes in prepartaion for spring!

Corona Virus

An update on our precautions on the Corona Virus. 

• The CDC and WHO, although very concerned about the potential for this virus to become pandemic, currently categorize this as a low risk to Americans at home or abroad.
• Rely on trusted sources for information.  Both WHO and CDC have excellent up to date information regarding the 2019 coronavirus. 
• Avoid live or dead animals and animal markets and persons exhibiting signs of respiratory illness.
• Report fever to a health professional if associated with signs of pneumonia which include shortness of breath and cough.
• Practice frequent good hand washing and cough etiquette  (maintain distance, cover coughs and sneezes with disposable tissues or clothing, and wash hands)
• Ensure you have had an influenza immunization this season to minimize the chances of getting flu that may mimic coronavirus infection.

We have hand sanitiser in school at our main entrance which is full and for use by all visitors. We will also be adding dispensers to all our classrooms. Please make use of this when you come to our campus.

Please notify the school if you have been to an affected area (not just limited to China) since the 15th of January or will go to an affected area with your child.

We would also like to ask you, as community members, to be self aware. That if you have travelled to an area which is now affected, or you have relatives or office colleagues who have done so and returned recently, to take all precautions. Including even keeping your children at home for an isolation period if you think it would be necessary.

Clubs for Semester 2

Registration is now open for semester 2 clubs.

Please click here!

Student Report Cards

Today you will be receiving your child's report card from your homeroom teachers via email.

For families new to the school, we don't send out a paper report card, only a pdf. It is a valid school document though.

We do understand that paper copies with the school seal are sometimes needed for school applications. If you are applying to a school, which has requested a sealed paper copy we are happy to help out, please just ask the office. Please note though we only supply paper copies which are actually required due to an ongoing application.

Open Day

11th February

We have our second open day, in February just to let you know. Its a normal day for all our students though.