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 just drop and go.

Please do not park near the crossing, it blocks the view of drivers and pedestrians.

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.

Christmas at DSKI
A big thankyou to our PTA volunteers who came in this week to set up all the tree and all our decorations! The school is looking very festive and ready for the tree lighting which all students will enjoy on Monday.

We would also like to thank the Morita family who have very kindly donated a new tree to the school - many thanks!

Please save the date - our Christmas market will be on the 16th December, we will publish the itinary next week.

Parent Cafe
30th November 
9.00am STEM Room

Information for new parents about our Primary Years Programme with Ms Pam - 

What are units of inquiry and how do they work? What is the learner profile? And more. 

Winter Camp

19th - 23rd December

9.00am - 3.30pm

All ages welcome!

We are happy to announce that registration is now open for our winter camp!

We are happy to have students from 3 - 12 years old. We will have a mixture of art and craft, games and fun.

Fee 50, 000 yen per child, lunch included.

Please just click here to register.

School Uniform
Just to let you know we will be discontinuing our range of hoodies and also the pink and yellow t-shirts due to low sales numbers over the past couple of years. We will continue to sell these items until the current stock runs out.

 

Parents Announcement for 

November 11th 

St Martins After School Activity

St.Martins' Day Lantern March *This is not a school event*

to those who would like to participate in a traditional St Martin lantern march, please see attached.

- Nov. 11th 17:30 in front of DSKI

- Approximately 30~40 Minutes walk and sing in Rokko Island 

-Purpose; Kids to know the story of St.Martin and to be familiar with a german traditional event

-Kids must come with their guardian(s) for safety reason

-Please bring Lantern/ Flashlight  *recommend bringing hot drinks and wearing warm clothes

-Ms.Azusa supports singing St.Martin's songs privately

-After marching, we have no party.  

-Contact Info. Ms Shimada via the school office 078 857 9777

Who is St.martin? (in German)

We will sing such songs 

Laterne, Laterne

Sankt Martin

DIY Lantern Idea 

Parent Cafe
30th November 
9.00am STEM Room

Information for new parents about our Primary Years Programme with Ms Pam - 

What are units of inquiry and how do they work? What is the learner profile? And more.

Winter Camp

19th - 23rd December

9.00am - 3.30pm

All ages welcome!

We are happy to announce that registration is now open for our winter camp!

We are happy to have students from 3 - 12 years old. We will have a mixture of art and craft, games and fun.

Fee 50, 000 yen per child, lunch included.

Please just click here to register.

Japanese Food and Culture Club
Come and join! 

Message from our club leader Ayumi - 
We talked how we can choose the good and safe food to establish the eating habit in Japan. And after the discussion, we moved to Daiei for a shopping tour! Participants said that they learned a lot by actually seeing the products at the supermarket together

I will have another lesson on 10th December and I will talk about Japanese traditional event food and cook one recipe.

This link is still available to sign up and I still have some spaces.

A Ballet Night Out - Featuring Rino from our preschool class - 

Good luck Rino!

Please come along and watch the show - tickets still available.

Autumn Leaves
If you are thinking of visiting some senic autumn leaf sites, here are the best dates for viewing!

 

PTA Tree

Big thanks to our PTA for the tree donation! And thanks to Daria and Didier for planting!

Upper Primary 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

Kobe Farm - Experience Rural Life 

----Registration Closing Monday 7th----
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.

ESL Parent Cafe

Thank you to all parents for the interest in our recent parent cafe about our ESL Programme.

Please find the slideshow here.

Parents Announcement for 

November 11th 

St Martins After School Activity

St.Martins' Day Lantern March *This is not a school event*

to those who would like to participate in a traditional St Martin lantern march, please see attached.

- Nov. 11th 17:30 in front of DSKI

- Approximately 30~40 Minutes walk and sing in Rokko Island 

-Purpose; Kids to know the story of St.Martin and to be familiar with a german traditional event

-Kids must come with their guardian(s) for safety reason

-Please bring Lantern/ Flashlight  *recommend bringing hot drinks and wearing warm clothes

-Ms.Azusa supports singing St.Martin's songs privately

-After marching, we have no party.  

-Contact Info. Ms Shimada via the school office 078 857 9777

Who is St.martin? (in German)

We will sing such songs 

Laterne, Laterne

Sankt Martin

DIY Lantern Idea 

Winter Camp

19th - 23rd December

9.00am - 3.30pm

All ages welcome!

We are happy to announce that registration is now open for our winter camp!

We are happy to have students from 3 - 12 years old. We will have a mixture of art and craft, games and fun.

Fee 50, 000 yen per child, lunch included.

Please just click here to register.

 

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