Oktoberfest 2025

4th October 

10.30am - 2.00pm

Message from our Oktoberfest Team!

There are  two new pieces of information, we'll first share the timetable.

This year, just like last year, we'll have professional musicians come and perform.
Also, the closing ceremony will be earlier than usual, ending the event at 2:00 PM.
While the Kid's Activity closes at 2:00 PM, sausages, beer, and coffee will continue to be served after the closing ceremony. You can relax until 3:45 PM.

 - Next, this year we will not be accepting cash transactions - 
Instead, you will purchase tickets, which you can use to buy sausages and drinks.

Advance ticket sales will be held at the school on Tuesday morning, September 30th. 

We also plan to hold advance sales on Thursday, October 2nd and Friday, October 3rd, but sales will end once tickets are sold out.

Please be sure to check the school blog regularly, as there is a possibility of schedule changes.

More detailed information, including a full map, will be released next week.

Join the Team!
Finally, we are still recruiting volunteers and look forward to your cooperation.

You can register to volunteer here. Please fill in the required information and submit your application.

Term 1 Club Update Information

Clubs will begin next Monday, September 22nd. 

Thank you to all who have signed up for student and parents clubs this semester. Please remember to pack a healthy snack for children to eat at the start of club time. If you have not registered for clubs yet, there is still a chance to do so, however the choices are a bit more limited now as some have already reached their maximum capacity and some which are very close to reaching it. There were also some that didn’t reach the minimum number of members so we had to cancel the following clubs:

Yoga & Mindfulness

AI Workshop

Kanji in English

Fun with Treats

Gardening Club

Hula Dance

Makerspace

Classical Guitar

 

Click here to register for student clubs

For parents, the Japanese for Zero Level Beginners, as well as the Japanese for Advanced Beginners lessons will both go ahead, as will the Spanish Lessons and Oil Painting lesson. All parent activities are open to more members joining so it is not too late if you’re interested in trying something new. There were also a couple parent clubs that didn’t have enough interest and were also canceled this term.

Click here to register for parent clubs

Message from the PTA, please come and enjoy our library!

School closed for Holiday
Monday 15th September
Just a reminder - we will be closed for the public holiday, see you Tuesday!

DSKI Parent Teacher Association
We are happy to announce that our new PTA officers have been elected. Many thanks for all who have volunteered, we very much appreciate your willingness to support the school!

Chairman: Ms Wang

Vice Chairman:  Ms Vogel

Secretary: Ms Fung

Treasurer: Ms Hamakawa

Vice Treasurer: Ms Kameneva

School Clubs Term 1
Starting September 22nd

We are happy to announce our club offers for both students and parents. Once again we have a very wide range of clubs for students of all ages!

Including a selection of activities for parents to join as well!

View and Register for Student Clubs

View and Register for Parent Clubs

Spaces are limited for some clubs so please register early. The cutoff date for clubs to reach the minimum number of members in order to be offered is Monday, September 15th. Those who registered for cancelled clubs will be notified on the 16th or 17th in order to join other clubs. 

Confirmation emails will be sent out by Friday, September 19th and the clubs will begin on the week of September 22nd.

Current club booking status -

Oktoberfest 2025
4th October 
10.30am - 2.00pm

Message from our Oktoberfest Team!

First and foremost, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who has registered to volunteer and to those who have made donations at this time.

We continue to look forward to your cooperation.

We have created an explanatory document for any unclear points regarding volunteering or donations; please refer to the PDF file.

Next, we will address some frequently asked questions.

Regarding the question about whether shift lengths are fixed at 90 minutes and whether volunteers can choose between morning and afternoon shifts:

The more volunteers we have, the shorter the shifts become.
For example, if only 6 volunteers sign up for BBQ duty, each shift will be 90 minutes. However, if 10 volunteers sign up, each shift will be 60 minutes.
Therefore, we kindly ask that volunteers reach out to others to recruit more helpers. We also ask anyone who sees this blog to spread the word to other parents about volunteering and donating opportunities.

You can register to volunteer here. Please fill in the required information and submit your application.

We expect to have more concrete information to share next Friday.

Message from the PTA, please come and enjoy our library!

 
Oktoberfest 2025
4th October 
10.30am - 2.00pm

Message from our Oktoberfest Team!

① First, the flyer is now complete and we are pleased to share it with you.
Please note that this flyer is for the public; the meeting time for DSK children is different.
Details regarding arrival times and what parents need to do will be announced at a later date.

② Next, most shops and activities will operate using tickets to exchange for goods, not cash.
Tickets will be sold from Monday, September 29th, for families at the school.
Shops accepting cash will be the Coffee Shop and Tombola.
Details will be announced later on the blog.

③ Finally, we need your cooperation to run Oktoberfest.
We ask for your help in two areas: volunteering to run the festival and making donations.

You can register to volunteer here. Please fill in the required information and submit your application.

　You can also apply to volunteer via the blog. Starting Tuesday, September 9th, details about volunteer roles and other information will be displayed near the school entrance.

Details about the types of donations we are accepting will also be displayed there.

We would appreciate it if you could stop by after dropping off your children.

Many details are still being finalized at this time. We will communicate updates via the school blog as soon as they are decided. Please be sure to check the school blog every Friday!

School Clubs Term 1
Starting September 22nd

We are happy to announce our club offers for both students and parents. Once again we have a very wide range of clubs for students of all ages!

Including a selection of activities for parents to join as well!

View and Register for Student Clubs

View and Register for Parent Clubs

Spaces are limited for some clubs so please register early. The cutoff date for clubs to reach the minimum number of members in order to be offered is Monday, September 15th. Those who registered for cancelled clubs will be notified on the 16th or 17th in order to join other clubs. 

Confirmation emails will be sent out by Friday, September 19th and the clubs will begin on the week of September 22nd.

 

Oktoberfest 2025
4th October 
10.30am - 2.00pm
We are pleased to announce our Oktoberfest 2025! The biggest event of the year with food, drinks and fun for the family so please come along and enjoy the day with us!

After School Clubs

Parents - would you like to run an after school club for either other parents or children? We are looking for volunteers! 

In the past parents have run cooking for children, cooking for adults, running clubs for parents, dance groups for kids!

If you are interested please click here to let us know.

Annual General Meeting

24th September

8.45am

You will soon be receiving an invitation from the board to join our Annual General Meeting, so please save the date. Please come along to our board presentation tonight at 6.00pm and again at 6.30pm if  you are interested in the work of the school board or joining as a member.

School Lunches

You can still book a school lunch for your child, if you are interested and would like a daily bento please just contact the school office (at least 2 weeks notice needed).

Smart Watches

Please may we ask that any child who has a smart watch to please have it on School Mode, thankyou!

Emergency contacts

Please could we remind all parents to make sure to your emergency contacts are up to date. Please contact the school office for any amendments.

 

Welcome back and welcome to DSKI for all our new families, its been a very nice start to the year. Please see here every week for information on what's happening in school!

New Preschoolers Enrolment Party
25th August 
10.30am - 1.00pm

We are looking forward to our new primary students joining us on Monday for the start of the school programme. have a great cone day!

Musical concert by the Christian Benning Percussion Group

27th August

6.00pm in the MPR

Come along for an evening of music, please click here to register.

Parent Evening

29th August 

6.00pm - 7.00pm

Presentations by the Parent Teacher Association and the School board. If you are interested in joining one of the groups and would like to find out more about their work please come along and find out.

7.00pm - 8.00pm 

Class meetings for all parents with their new homeroom teacher. All our specialists teachers will also be here if you would also like to meet them.

After School Clubs

Parents - would you like to run an after school club for either other parents or children? We are looking for volunteers! 

In the past parents have run cooking for children, cooking for adults, running clubs for parents, dance groups for kids!

If you are interested please click here to let us know.

Smart Watches

Please may we ask that any child who has a smart watch to please have it on School Mode, thankyou!

Emergency contacts

Please could we remind all parents to make sure to your emergency contacts are up to date. Please contact the school office for any amendments.

Congratulations
Last Sunday, a team made up entirely of DSKI players participated in the English Football Cup, a tournament organized by the English Football Academy on Rokko Island.

Ren, Jason, Hunter, Koh, Michel, Max, and Moritz worked well together and performed strongly throughout the event. They finished in first place and took home the trophy.

Congratulations to the team!

Last Day 19th June

Just a reminder, we will finish at 1.00pm on the last day.

Students will have lunch here first before leaving.

School bus families, the bus will depart at 1.00pm and the office will send out adjusted arrival times to each family.

Message from the School Board
A big thankyou to all parents for completing the PTA survey. We will go through it and then in the new school year we can share our thinking on your points and how we can improve.

Many thanks to all who attended the Student Led Conferences and a huge thankyou to all our teachers, If you didn't pick up one of our DSKI calendars and bags, we will make sure you get one soon.

We hope you enjoyed the sample for the new school lunches! Feedback was 100% positive, yes please! We will go ahead and make the arrangements for August.

Crowdfunding to Bring a Facility Dog to Kobe Children's Hospital
What an incredible evening we had at the Student Led Conference and Upper Primary Concert! So

many families came up to me about our facility dog project, and honestly, I could feel how much this

community cares. Thank you for all your encouragement!

Only 28 days left! We're in that crucial middle stretch—this is where we need everyone's help 💪

For International Supporters: If you want to donate from outside Japan, here's the workaround for the Japanese form:

• Postcode field: Enter 000-0000

• Prefecture: Select その他 (Other)

• City field(which is free-text),: Enter your actual postcode and city

• Fill out all the required fields to move forward

Take Action Today 🔗 Donate: https://readyfor.jp/projects/KCH-DOG2025 🔗 

English Guide: https://readyfor.jp/projects/KCH-DOG2025/announcements/375666

We want to go beyond just the hospital and work with our whole community to support these kids.

Every donation helps, and sharing this with others means a lot too!

With heartfelt thanks,

Aya (Mom of G1 & G3 DSKI students, pediatric anesthesiologist at Kobe Children’s Hospital)

After school Clubs

Thank you to everyone who took part in our school clubs this year, we once again set a new record with the number of clubs and club members.
Please be reminded that today was the last day for clubs and that there won’t be any during the final week and a half.
Clubs will start up again in September so please look forward to the offerings in the new school year.
Finally, if any parents are interested in offering clubs in the new school year please contact Mr Brabant.

Summer Camp (English)

Daedline for Registration - Monday June 9th

23th June - 18th July

9.00am - 3.30pm 

Ages 3 - 12 years old

Please click here to register!

We will have a whole day programme for the first 4 weeks of the summer vacation. We will have a range of different activities running which the children can choose from such as sports, outdoor games, music workshop and art and crafts.

1 week 50,000yen

2 weeks 95, 000 yen (5% discount)

3 weeks 135, 000 yen (10% discount)

4 weeks 150, 000 yen (25% discount)

Lunch included, bus fee is extra

German and Japanese Language Camps

21st - 25th July

50,000yen per child

Please click here to register!

German Language
We are also happy to announce that we will run a German language camp - for both native and non native speakers!

Japanese Language

We are happy to announce that we will run a  Japanese language camp with fun activities for 3 - 8 year olds. 

 

Our Programme information page has been updated, please click here to read about Nurturing Agency in the Early Years: Supporting Young Learners at School and at Home

Summer Camp (English)

23th June - 18th July

9.00am - 3.30pm 

Ages 3 - 12 years old

Please click here to register!

We will have a whole day programme for the first 4 weeks of the summer vacation. We will have a range of different activities running which the children can choose from such as sports, outdoor games, music workshop and art and crafts.

1 week 50,000yen

2 weeks 95, 000 yen (5% discount)

3 weeks 135, 000 yen (10% discount)

4 weeks 150, 000 yen (25% discount)

Lunch included, bus fee is extra

German and Japanese Language Camps

21st - 25th July

50,000yen per child

Please click here to register!

German Language
We are also happy to announce that we will run a German language camp - for both native and non native speakers!

Japanese Language

We are happy to announce that we will run a  Japanese language camp with fun activities for 3 - 8 year olds. 

Message from PTA

Feedback survey - click here to lets us know your ideas

Based on the DSKI School Board letter from May 23rd 2025, the PTA invites you to share your questions and comments.

New Line Group - click here to join
Parents Swap Shop - Many thanks to Yoko for setting up a Line group for the exchange of unwanted items, child`s clothing and school uniform!

June 7th at CrossPhysio: Feldenkrais Workshop with Elisabeth Wetzel

We’re excited to welcome Elisabeth Wetzel back to CrossPhysio Mikage for a second Feldenkrais Method Mini-Workshop.

Not familiar with Feldenkrais? It’s a gentle, deeply effective approach to improving movement and posture through awareness. Here’s a short video that gives you a quick introduction:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voC0aWkl3f8

If you’d like to join, simply write to: crossphysio@icloud.com

Participation fee: ¥4,500 per person

For more details, visit:

 https://www.crossphysio.jp/events/

Realign yourself and discover a new quality of movement – and life.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Didier from CrossPhysio

Crowdfunding to Bring Facility Dogs to Kobe
Children’s Hospital

A Special Initiative by a DSKI Parent

We’re Getting Closer… Thanks to YOU! 🐾

Dear DSKI friends and supporters,

Just 2 week ago, we launched our dream: to bring a full-time facility dog to Kobe Children’s Hospital. Thanks to your incredible support, we reached our initial goal in just 11 days!

It’s been overwhelming — in the best way. Now, we’re aiming higher: our next goal will help fund the following two years of this life-changing program.

If you haven’t yet had a chance to give or share, now’s the perfect time. Every voice, every donation makes a difference.

📣 Support and learn more here:

https://readyfor.jp/projects/KCH-DOG2025

With heartfelt thanks,

Aya

(Mom of G1 & G3 DSKI students and pediatric anesthesiologist at Kobe Children’s Hospital)