Halloween

Many thanks to all our staff and PTA volunteers for today, decorating our school and preparing the halloween trick or treat.

The children had a great day today, and congratulations to all our costume winners!

Art Gallery

We have updated our virtual art gallery, please click here to view. 

We will be adding more work from all grades as we go through the year!

Winter Camp

19th - 23rd December

We will be running our winter camp for all ages and in our blog after the break we will be giving more details and the sign-up link. So please check back here.

Parent Survey

New Style DSKI T-Shirt

Do you like it? - Tell us what you think - click here!

Parent Cafe 

ESL - Supporting Emergent English Speakers at DSKI

2nd of November 

9:00am STEM Room

Please come and join Ms. Faye in the library to talk about how DSKI supports our emergent English Speakers at school. Gain an understanding on the process of learning a new language and the importance of immersion.

Cross Country
Grade 3 - 6
Friday, November 11th
Time: 10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Location Green Belt on Rokko Island
We are happy to invite all parents of Grade 3 - 6 to our Cross Country event. 
Please make sure 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 nice, healthy snack. 
 
The students will meet at school at 8.30 am as usual and move to Rokko Park at 9.30 am. Parents should join us at 10.00 am at the meeting point.
 
At 13.15 pm we will continue with the normal school schedule. Clubs will be running as usual after school until 16.35 pm.

Time	Action
8.30	Students meet at school as normal
8.50	Students get changed in classrooms
9.00 - 9.30	Students walk to Green Belt (with jacket, extra water bottle, snack)
10:00	Opening ceremony
10.20	Individual 1000m X-Run G3
10.30	Individual 1000m X-Run G4
10.40	Individual 2000m X-Run G5 & 6
10.55	Snack break
11.10	3 x  200m Relay G3
11.35	3 x 200m Relay G4
11.50	3 x 400m Relay G5 & 6
12.00	Award ceremony and goodbye to parents
12.30	Walk back to school and students eat lunch in the classrooms.
13:15	Normal lessons resume

Student Wellness

We are happy to let you know that during the week of 31st October after the break we will be hosting Mr Didier Hartmann (from CrossPhysio) as part of our student wellness programme. 

He will be running a session in each of our primary classes, talking to the students about good posture and doing some simple exercises as well as how to do some stretching if sitting for a long time. 

We are also pleased that he will do a posture and exercise wellness class with our staff.

We are always happy when parents come in and assist us. If you would like to discuss ideas, please dont hesitate to get in touch.

Message from our friends at INAC Kobe

My name is Zama from INAC Kobe Leonessa.

Thanks to all of you, we were able to shine as the WE Leak Champion for the 2021-22 season.

And next weekend, 10/23 (Sun), the 2022-23 season league match will finally begin and I would like to invite everyone to the opening match.

You can apply from the URL below, so please invite your family and friends to come to the venue (sorry, it is only in Japanese).
https://inac.tstar.jp/cart/performances/238350

INAC Kobe Leonessa (AINAC Football Club Co., Ltd.)
http://inac-kobe.com

Message from our friends at TELL 

Hi all,

We would like to invite you to join this month's exciting workshop - Parts Work: Learning how to listen to, and understand our inner selves - presented by TELL Psychotherapist, Kelly Edens and sponsored by the Bluff Clinic. 



Parts Work
Learning how to listen to, and understand our inner selves.
October 27th, 6-730 p.m. (by Zoom)
FREE

In this seminar we will take a new perspective on your emotions and practice listening to the different 'parts' of you, including thoughts, sensations, and feelings. This seminar utilizes Internal Family Therapy techniques, includes mindfulness, and aims to help participants work towards acceptance of self and emotions.

Presented by Kelly Edens, LCMHCA, NCC, TELL Psychotherapist. Kelly works with clients of all ages on issues such as mood disorders, anxiety, grief, PTSD, clients who have experienced abuse, and family/relationship issues. 

Register at https://tinyurl.com/TELLPartsWork
Email outreachteam@telljp.com with any questions
Sponsored by The Bluff Clinic

Message from our friends at the Kobe Club

 

Parent Survey

New Style DSKI T-Shirt

Do you like it? - Tell us what you think - click here!

School Early Closing 
Monday 17th 
Just a reminder the school will close at 1.00pm on Monday next week due to parent teacher conferences. Students will all have lunch at 12.30pm and go home afterwards, school bus will also depart at 1.00pm.

Halloween Celebration!
Friday 21st October
As Halloween is coming up, we would love your children to dress up in a costume! Next Friday,

The children can come as a scary, funny or even a cute character.

There will be prizes on offer for brilliant costumes.
There will be sweets and activities for the children on the day. 
We all look forward to seeing the children in their amazing costumes - Happy Halloween!

Parent Cafe 

English as a Second Language - Supporting Emergent English Speakers at DSKI

2nd of November 

9:00am STEM Room

Please come and join Ms. Faye in the library to talk about how DSKI supports our emergent English Speakers at school. Gain an understanding on the process of learning a new language and the importance of immersion.

Kobe Farm - Experience Rural Life
11th November
4.15pm - 5.30pm
We are very happy to announce a new collaberation between DSKI and Kobe city. The city has a farm on the other side of Rokko Mountain, you can see the location here.

They will be holding farm festivals at different times of the year and we have been invited to take part. Our students can harvest and prepare food, together with the local students and residents - so a great way to experience life in a rural area of Japan. You can see more photos on Instagram here.

Please click here to register and join.

If we have enough people, Kobe city will provide transport there and back, departing school at 3.30pm. 

 

Oktoberfest!
Gates open Saturday at 9.45am

(Dont forget, school closed Monday the 10th)

- Feel free to wear whatever you and your children like, for example Bavarian costumes.

- Please kindly bring small change(coins) for buying Tombola tickets(lottery), kids entertainment tickets(500yen), drinks and food.

- You are welcome to come anytime between 9:45-14:00, please enter from the main gate and get checked temperature, get a wristband, and buy Tombola tickets or kids tickets if you like.

- There will be a food truck offering a few kinds of hot dogs, a dessert, and soft drinks. You are allowed to bring outside food and eat at designated eating areas.

- Please be aware of your kids' performance schedule. The time schedule will be posted at the entrance.

  Please make sure your kids will be near the stage before their performance.

Big thankyou to the team today for preparing the school!

Tombola

Great prizes, take a look -

New Style DSKI T-Shirt - Only for sale at the Oktoberfest kiosk tomorrow!

Do you like it? - Tell us what you think - click here!

Our Oktoberfest Sponsors - 

 A Big Thankyou!

Ticket Donation from Kidzania!

Parent Cafe

We are happy to announce the return of our on-site parent cafes, informal meetings led by one of our teachers to hear about and discuss an aspect of our programme. Come along and join us in the STEM room, always at 9.00am.

Here is our schedule, we will post more information closer to each date - 

Kobe Farm - Experience Rural Life
11th November
4.15pm - 5.30pm
We are very happy to announce a new collaberation between DSKI and Kobe city. The city has a farm on the other side of Rokko Mountain, you can see the location here.

They will be holding farm festivals at different times of the year and we have been invited to take part. Our students can harvest and prepare food, together with the local students and residents - so a great way to experience life in a rural area of Japan. You can see more photos on Instagram here.

Please click here to register and join.

If we have enough people, Kobe city will provide transport there and back, departing school at 3.30pm. 

 

Message from the Oktoberfest team -

We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday! Just a few quick points - 

- Feel free to wear whatever you and your children like, for example Bavarian costumes.

- Please kindly bring small change(coins) for buying Tombola tickets(lottery), kids entertainment tickets(500yen), drinks and food.

- You are welcome to come anytime between 9:45-14:00, please enter from the main gate and get checked temperature, get a wristband, and buy Tombola tickets or kids tickets if you like.

- There will be a food truck offering a few kinds of hot dogs, a dessert, and soft drinks. You are allowed to bring outside food and eat at designated eating areas.

- Please be aware of your kids' performance schedule. The time schedule will be posted at the entrance.

  Please make sure your kids will be near the stage before their performance.

See you all soon!

 

Oktoberfest
8th October
10.00am - 2.00pm

(Gates open from 9.45am)

The PTA committee is busy making the final preparations for the return of Oktoberfest!

It will be a great day for all the family with tombola and great prizes, food, drinks and games for the children. Ms Nakajima has been preparing music with the school choir and we will also have some classes doing special performances.

- If you can not make it but would still like your child to join, accompanied by a guardian, this is okay. 

Please click here to register them in advance.

- It is also okay for any suiblings who are not students at DSKI to join. 

Please click here to register your child.

When you arrive, please have your temperature checked at the reception desk and collect your attendance wristband.

Kobe Farm - Experience Rural Life
11th November
4.15pm - 5.30pm
We are very happy to announce a new collaberation between DSKI and Kobe city. The city has a farm on the other side of Rokko Mountain, you can see the location here.

They will be holding farm festivals at different times of the year and we have been invited to take part. Our students can harvest and prepare food, together with the local students and residents - so a great way to experience life in a rural area of Japan. You can see more photos on Instagram here.

Please click here to register and join.

If we have enough people, Kobe city will provide transport there and back, departing school at 3.30pm. 

Student Absence and Out of Hours Contact
If your child will be away please could you include the school office in any emails you send to teachers. Please could we also ask parents to call our out of office hours number 090 9622 1402 about any covid cases or close contact cases you need to let us know about at the weekend or evening time. Thankyou!

Morning Parking at Drop Off
Please can we ask parents not to park on the street at morning and afternoon drop off or pick up. Please drop and go if you can.

For parents who do need to park at drop off, between 8.20am and 8.40am DSKI families can park in the TOHO supermarket car park free of charge. A big thankyou to them.

Please understand though that TOHO has agreed only on condition it doesn't cause any inconvenience to their operations with delivery trucks - so please only use the parking bays. If it is full, please use the Times car park opposite the school.

Early/Late Room and School bus - new booking options
Starting next week we are happy to offer a more flexible early/late room and school bus option.

If you need to book the early or late room just for a single session or have your child use the school bus for a one off journey you can now do so.

Please just call the office by 12.00pm latest the day before for booking and payment.

Fees will be -
1000yen per child per early or late room session
1000yen per bus journey 

Timings of the early/late room - 
Early room  7.50am - 8.30am
Late room   4.35pm - 5.00pm (after clubs only)

The bus route schedule and stops - 

Morning
Nishinomiya Kitaguchi 7:00
Shukugawa North         7:14
Kikutani-cho         7:17
Yamatekansen Ashiya 7:26
Yamatekansen Nishi Ashiya 7:32
Okamoto North 7:41
Nishiokamoto 4 7:44
Hankyu Mikage 7:52
Takaha-cho          8:04
Kotoku-cho 4          8:08
Koyochonaka 1 8:25

Afternoon
Koyochonaka 1 15:38
Kotoku-cho          15:55
Takaha-cho          15:58
Hankyu Mikage 16:06
Nishiokamoto 4 16:13
Okamoto North 16:16
Yamate Kansen Okamoto 16:16
Yamate Kansen Konan 16:22
Yamatekansen Nishi Ashiya 16:25
JR Ashiya Post Office 16:27
Yamatekansen Ashiya 16:30
Kikutani-cho          16:39
Shukugawa North         16:41
Nishinomiya Kitaguchi 17:00

French Courses

Message from our friends at the French Consul