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DSKI Culture Day

11th February 2026 (Wednesday)

All day event

(School Yard / MPR)

Save the Date for DSKI Culture Day!

Join us for an exciting celebration of our wonderful school community, where everyone is celebrated. Come to school wearing your national or traditional clothing and enjoy international food stalls, games, and performances from around the world.

Morning Schedule:

9:00 - Parade around Rokko Island 

Map Route:

10:00 - Back to DSKI

10:00 - 11:00 Snack / Recess in class (LP/UP/EY)

10:30 - PTA Food Booths and Activities Open (Yard / STEM Room)

11:00 - Cultural Program (School Yard)

PROGRAM:

• Welcome Address from Mr. Windmeier 

• Lion Dance (China)

• Grade 1 Class

• Hula Dance (Hawaii)

• K-Pop Dance (Korea)

• Poi (New Zealand)

Trivia

• Grade 2 Class

• Poke Dance (Japan)

• Bon Odori (Japan)

• Ms. Azusa and Chie Sensei duo

• Traditional Dance (China)

Trivia

• Preschool Class 

• Magic Tricks 

• Bon Odori (Japan) 

• Uptown Funk (USA)

• DSKI Teacher Performance

1:00 - End of Culture Day Program

1:00 - Break

Afternoon Schedule:

1:30 - Indian Dance Performance (MPR)

2:00 - Visiting Artist Performance (MPR) 

3:30 Culture Day ends (Dismissal)

The PTA is looking for more parent volunteer to help with the food and activity booths. Come and join us and please sign up here; 

 PARENT VOLUNTEER SIGN UP 

Term 2 Club Update Information

Clubs will begin next Monday, February 9th. 

Thank you to all who have signed up for student and parents clubs this semester. You should receive a confirmation email with important details such as club dates and payment details sometime today. 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 others have been cancelled due to insufficient members.

 

Click here to register for student clubs

For parents, the Japanese for Zero Level Beginners, and Spanish Lessons will go ahead. At the moment there is one parent who would like to join the Oil Painting lessons but is hoping that someone else will join. If at least one other member joins within the next week the Oil Painting lessons will be able to go ahead. All parent activities are open to more members joining so it is not too late if you’re interested in trying something new or if you have a friend who might be interested then please encourage them to join. 

Click here to register for parent clubs

Our German Saturday School is offering official Goethe-Zertifikat A1: Fit in Deutsch examinations for the first time!
For Japan, the examinations are held exclusively at DSKI this year and are specially designed for children and teenagers. Your children will be issued with an official internationally recognised language certificate.

Click here and register now.
Students of the Saturday School receive a discount.

If you have any questions, please contact the Coordinator of the German Saturday School, Mr. Huber:
samstagsschule@dskobe.org

Our German Saturday School is now also open for non-native speakers to learn German.

Classes take place on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. If you are interested in a trial day, please get in touch with us.

Message from Our friends at Familiar 

Who are also our DSKI Oktoberfest sponsor are holding a self-care seminar for mothers with young children. Please know that the seminar will be held in Japanese and kindly contact the organizers directly for details and bookings.

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Term 2 Club Update Information

Click here to register for student clubs

Click here to register for parent classes

The early registration/cutoff date to reach the minimum number of participants is Monday, February 2nd.

Thank you to all who have signed up for student and parents clubs for the 2nd semester. So far we have a good turnout for many of the clubs, but there are still some that are in need of more members in order to reach the minimum number of four students. If they don’t reach the minimum, then we may have to cancel some of the offerings.

Families will be notified of cancelled clubs next Tuesday, February 3rd and will still have a chance to join another club.

Confirmation emails with club dates and payment details will be sent out next Thursday and Friday. Clubs will begin the following week from Monday, February 9th. 

Here is a summary of clubs that are full, confirmed, in need of more members, or at risk of being cancelled.

Hi everyone! This is the Library Volunteer Team. 
To help grow our library collection, we are looking for donations of books your children have outgrown. 

How it works:
１．Donated books will first be reviewed to see if they can be added to our library's main collection.
２．Any books not added to the collection will be featured in our Book Sale on Culture Day (Feb 11th)!

All proceeds from the sale will be used to purchase brand-new books for the library. It’s a wonderful way to pass your books on to new readers and support our school! 

Thank you for supporting our library and sharing the joy of reading!  

DSKI Culture Day

11th February 2026 (Wednesday)

All day event

DSKI Yard / MPR

Come and participate as we celebrate Culture Day at DSKI! The theme is “Many Cultures, One Home” celebrates the diversity within our school and reminds us that everyone belongs, regardless of cultures, background or differences. 

Everyone is invited to come to school wearing native / cultural clothing! 

Schedule of Events

9:00 am 10:00 - Cultural Parade 

We will have the costume parade around the Island

10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Food / Bake Sale 

PTA will organize a home country food and bake sale. 

11:00 - 12:30 - Cultural Program

The students, parents and teachers will share their wonderful culture in any form, such as entertainment, books, food, or games.

2:00 3:30 - Guest Artist (MPR)

We have invited a guest artist from Czech Artist, Vit who has done many exhibitions at different counties. He will show us a live painting performance called "Ichigo Ichie" - a beautiful Japanese concept that translates to "one time, one meeting". 

From the PTA - Join Us!

The PTA will be hosting international food booths, performances, and games/activities as Culture Day approaches! This is a joyful opportunity to celebrate the diversity of our school community by sharing food, talents, and creativity together.

Join the PTA in celebration of DSKI Culture Day. 

Click here to sign up for any of the activities and celebrate this fun and exciting event with us. 

🙌🏻If you sign up you will receive a ✨GOLDEN TICKET✨to exchange for free food

新年快乐 - Happy Chinese New Year!

16th February (Monday)

STEM Room

Our parents in the PTA will be organizing a special Chinese New Year after-school event and would like to invite all staff and parents who want to come and join the celebration!

There will be dumpling making, writing and paper cutting activities for children so please come an join us after clubs in the STEM room!

If you would like to join please either scan the QR code on the flyer or RSVP via the link here.

Grade 6 Trip to the French International School in Kyoto!

Grade 6 had a workshop together with Grades 7/8 of the Lycée Français International de Kyoto at the memorial day for the 1963 Elysée Treaty to celebrate German-French friendship.

2nd February

A reminder the school will close at 1.00pm due to the 3-way parent teacher conferences.

School Clubs Term 2

Starting February 9th

Today was the last day for Term 1 clubs. Thank you to all who enrolled students in clubs throughout the first term.

Please note that there won’t be any after-school clubs for the next two weeks. New clubs will begin on Monday, February 9th. 

We are happy to announce our club offers for both students and parents. Many of the Term 1 Clubs will continue and several new clubs are being offered. As always we have a wide range of clubs for students of all ages! 

There is a selection of activities for parents to join as well!

Student Clubs

Click here for our club offers and registration

Parent Clubs

Click here for our club offers and registration

Spaces are limited for some clubs so please register early. The minimum cutoff date for clubs to reach the minimum number of members in order to be offered is Monday, February 2nd. Those who registered for cancelled clubs will be notified on the 3rd or 4th in order to give them a chance to join alternate clubs. 

Confirmation emails will be sent out Friday, February 6th.

DSKI Culture Day

11th February 2026 (Wednesday)

All day event

DSKI Yard / MPR

Come and participate as we celebrate Culture Day at DSKI! The theme is “Many Cultures, One Home” celebrates the diversity within our school and reminds us that everyone belongs, regardless of cultures, background or differences. 

Everyone is invited to come to school wearing native / cultural clothing! 

Schedule of Events

9:00 am 10:00 - Cultural Parade 

We will have the costume parade around the Island

10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Food / Bake Sale 

PTA will organize a home country food and bake sale. 

11:00 - 12:30 - Cultural Program

The students, parents and teachers will share their wonderful culture in any form, such as entertainment, books, food, or games.

2:00 3:30 - Guest Artist (MPR)

We have invited a guest artist from Czech Artist, Vit who has done many exhibitions at different counties. He will show us a live painting performance called "Ichigo Ichie" - a beautiful Japanese concept that translates to "one time, one meeting". 

From the PTA - Join Us!

The PTA will be hosting international food booths, performances, and games/activities as Culture Day approaches! This is a joyful opportunity to celebrate the diversity of our school community by sharing food, talents, and creativity together.

Join the PTA in celebration of DSKI Culture Day. 

Click here to sign up for any of the activities and celebrate this fun and exciting event with us. 

🙌🏻If you sign up you will receive a ✨GOLDEN TICKET✨to exchange for free food

新年快乐 - Happy Chinese New Year!

16th February (Monday)

STEM Room

Our parents in the PTA will be organizing a special Chinese New Year after-school event and would like to invite all staff and parents who want to come and join the celebration!

There will be dumpling making, writing and paper cutting activities for children so please come an join us after clubs in the STEM room!

If you would like to join please either scan the QR code on the flyer or RSVP via the link here.

Message from our PTA

Message from our friends at the Kobe Union Church

DSKI CULTURE DAY

11th February 2026 (Wednesday)

All day event

DSKI Yard / MPR

Come and participate as we celebrate Culture Day at DSKI! The theme “Many Cultures, One Home” celebrates the diversity within our school and reminds us that everyone belongs, regardless of cultures, background or differences. Each person brings unique experiences and perspectives that enrich our community. 

Everyone is invited to come to school wearing native / cultural clothing! 

Schedule of Events

9:00 am 10:00 - Cultural Parade 

We will have the parade from  from DSKI and walk below the Rokko Liner. 

10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Food / Bake Sale 

PTA will organize a home country food and bake sale. We hope that every culture at DSKI will be represented through the wonderful dishes and treats from your home country. 

11:00 - 12:30 - Cultural Program

The students,  parents and teachers will share their wonderful culture in any form, such as entertainment, books, food, or games.

2:00 3:30 - Guest Artist (MPR)

We have invited a guest artist from Czech Artist, Vit who has done many exhibitions at different counties. He will show us a live painting performance called "Ichigo Ichie" - a beautiful Japanese concept that translates to "one time, one meeting". 

Please join us in this wonderful day event! 

新年快乐 - Happy Chinese New Year!

16th February (Monday)

STEM Room

Our parents in the PTA will be organizing a special Chinese New Year after-school event and would like to invite all staff and parents who want to come and join the celebration!

There will be dumpling making, writing and paper cutting activities for children so please come an join us after clubs in the STEM room!

If you would like to join please either scan the QR code on the flyer or RSVP via the link here.

We have updated our Privacy and Data Protection Policy

Which you can find published here. To ensure that we use your child's image correctly we have tightened up how we work with 3rd parties. We have added into the policy the below statements (please note your signed declarations giving permission are unaffected, this just explains how we operate at school) - 

The school will take all necessary measures to ensure any external third parties taking photos or making videos will be background checked to ensure suitability for association with DSKI. The final decision to work with them will be made by the principal.

Parents will be notified in advance that an external third party will take a photo and video of the student and be given the chance to opt-out.

 

Welcome back to all our families, we hope you all had a good break and happy new year!

Please click here to see our school calendar for the rest of the school year and the month by month events.

After School Clubs

23rd January - Semester 1 clubs will end / sign up forms will go out for semester 2 clubs

23rd January to 6th February - No clubs

9th of February - Semester 2 clubs will begin

If any parents would like to run a club we are still happy to talk about ideas, please contact Mr Brabant directly.

30th January

Student report cards for semester 1 will go out to parents (as pdf via email).

2nd - 6th February

(2nd February school closes at 1.00pm due to conferences)

Three Way Conferences 
You will shortly receive an invite to join your homeroom teacher and child for a conversation about how they are doing in school. The focus will be on your child`s input - how do they feel they have been doing and what do they want to work on. Together - you, your teacher and your child will set goals for development and agree on how to support them in achieving these.

Culture Day 

11th February

Save the date! We will have culture events, school parade, dance and art events through the day so please come along and enjoy!

We will publish the full plan next week.

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