DSKI becomes the first and only fully accredited IB/Cambridge school in Kansai

Join us on the 27th September at 9.00am for a parent cafe to learn more!
Deutsche Schule Kobe International has reached yet another major milestone in its school’s history. We are already using the Cambridge maths and language programme but recently we became a fully registered Cambridge International school.

From Cambridge university in the UK, the programme has become very popular for international primary schools around the world due to high standards.

The Cambridge Primary allows students to establish a strong foundation for their early learning as they advance. It focuses on global themes, critical thinking, and allows students to foster a love for learning, equipping them with the essential skills they need for their current and future education.

This makes the programme a very good fit for our IB framework. So we now formally use Cambridge as our core curriculum integrated into our IB units of inquiry.

DSKI is the first ever school in the Kansai area to offer an education using the IB PYP framework and Cambridge Primary curriculum. We are proud to be part of the world’s largest global community of schools!

Emergency Contacts
Last call for emergency contact updates, please could you update any changes here before Monday.

September 16th
School closed for public holiday

Oktoberfest 2024
Set up (help needed please) October 4th
Oktoberfest on the 5th
We are approaching our biggest event of the year so please mark the date! 

This is the biggest event at DSKI. All the families come together to celebrate German culture.

The event will be run by the school community, and the profits will be used to benefit our children. This year, we will invite local businesses to serve their delicious food and drinks, fostering connections with the local community.

We need volunteers to make this event a success.

Please join us as volunteers to enjoy preparing and bonding with other families!

Click here to help out!

 
Welcome back to all parents.

We will update this blog every Friday afternoon to let you know the latest information about upcoming events. You can see our full events list here.

DSKI students art work will be exhibited at Kobe city Higashinada ward office!

We are happy to announce that our 3 students' artworks will be exhibited along with other school students of Higashinada ward. 

Congratulations, Maria (G4), Eric (G3) and Hana(G1)! 

The exhibition will be held at the 1st floor lobby of Kobe city Higashinada Ward Office from August 26th (Monday) to August 30th (Friday) 15:00.

Please come and visit the art exhibit.

Kobe City Higashinada ward office

5-2-1 Sumiyoshi-higashimachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi

Enrolment party for new pre-school students
August 28th
10.30am - 1.00pm
We are pleased to welcome our new preschool students on their special day, starting primary school life! Preschool families please meet us in the MPR.

Parent Information and Class Meetings

August 30th at School

Please join us next Friday - 
6.00pm presentations about the role of the Parent Teacher Association and the school board for any interested members. 
7.00pm individual class meetings for the parents of each class to meet together with the homeroom teacher to hear about the plans for the upcoming year and to also elect the parents class representative.

DSKI Clubs Semester 1 2024/25 (For students and parents)
September 6th
Semester 1 club offerings will be sent out to parents. You can see what the offers are for each age group and make your selections via the booking form which will be included in the information.
September 20th
Enrolment confirmation emails will be sent out to parents
September 23rd
Clubs begin from 3.30pm - 4.30pm daily for all age groups

Parent clubs
Our clubs are for students but we also offer clubs for parents, run by other parents. In the past we have offered Dance, running, cooking and language lessons!

So would you like to offer a parent or a student club?

If you are interested in offering either a student or parent club, please complete this form by Friday, August 30 and Mr Brabant will get in touch with you.

 

Happy summer vacation!
We wish all families a very nice and restful summer vacation, best wishes to our families who are moving on and we will look forward to welcoming our returning students back on the 22nd August and the 26th August for our new preschool class!

You can find our events calendar for next school year here.

 

Last day of School
20th June 
1.00pm Finish

Just a reminder we will be finishing school next Thursday for the summer break. we look forward to seeing all retuning families back on the 22nd of August and the 26th of August for our new preschool students who will have a special start date and first day ceremony. 

Lost and Found

Our lost and found collection will be in the main entrance if you want to check for missing items. 

Nishinomiya Strings for children

http://nishinomiyagassou.web.fc2.com/oshirase.html

Summer concert 2024

Aug 9th, 2024

Doors are open at 17:45 and the concert starts at 18:30  

@ Hyogo Performance Art Center

Free of charge

1. Nishinomiya city song

2. No.8 Allegro from 12 Duos, K. 487 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3. Moto Perpetuo, Op11, MS72/N. / Niccolo Paganini

4. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring) /Antonio Vivaldi

5. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn) /Antonio Vivaldi

6. Simple symphony Op.4/ Benjamin Britten

7. Toy Symphony/  Edmund  Angerer

Recruiting members

Violin, Viola, Cello players (especially Cello player) 

Lessons (in Japanese) are on 1st, 3rd, 4th Sunday.

Let's play together! 

If you have any questions, please contact below.

nishinomiyassgassoudan@yahoo.co.jp 

Oktoberfest 2024

Would you like to be involved? 

DSKI is looking for anyone who would like to join the planning committee or volunteer to help out with general preparation.

If you are interested to join or just want to find out more, click here to let us know!

Grade 5/6 Exhibition

A big thankyou to all parents who came alone and visited our exhibition, we are very glad you enjoyed the presentations and thankyou for shopping at the Action Shop.

A very big well done to our Grade 5/6 and an equally big thankyou to Ms Harris and colleagues for all of their hard work, supporting our students!

 

Oktoberfest 2024

Would you like to be involved? 

DSKI is looking for anyone who would like to join the planning committee or volunteer to help out with general preparation.

If you are interested to join or just want to find out more, click here to let us know!

13th June
5.00pm - 8.00pm
We will be inviting all parents to come and join us for an evening where the students will be the hosts and in charge. See what they have been learning about and how they feel about their learning journey this year as they guide you through the school. They can show you where they have classes and their homeroom, student portfolio and favourite activities.

You are free to come along anytime between 5 - 8pm, our staff will all be here to help out as needed and chat with any parents who have questions.

School bus families - if you would like your child to stay on campus until 5.00pm when you can pick them up from the late room, please just let our office know.

Grade 5/6 - Graduating Exhibition

12th, 13th June

From 8.40am, Main Entrance and STEM Room

Please come and join us - it is the big graduating project of our oldest students who have spent a whole unit identifying their individual passions, researching them and putting together a fantastic exhibition for all the community to come in and see - exhibits, movies and karaoke!

Please do call in and give them your support!

REGISTRATION DEADLINE JUNE 10th

Summer Camp (English)

24th June - 19th 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

Language Camps

22nd - 26th July

50,000yen per child

Click here to register

Japanese Language

We are happy to announce that we will run a  Japanese language camp with fun activities for 3 - 6 year olds. 

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

Message from Junsu in Grade 6

Are you not ready to go home yet? Want to have fun and get some energy out? Then, come join us for soccer at the greenfield Tuesday June 4th from 3:30 PM till 4:00 PM! Everyone is welcomed, pupils, parents, and friends alike (small children should come with adults). Don't worry about your skill level, just come out and enjoy the nice weather. Bring nothing but yourself and a water bottle. 

We hope to see you there!

Student Led Conference 

13th June
5.00pm - 8.00pm
We will be inviting all parents to come and join us for an evening where the students will be the hosts and in charge. See what they have been learning about and how they feel about their learning journey this year as they guide you through the school. They can show you where they have classes and their homeroom, student portfolio and favourite activities.

You are free to come along anytime between 5 - 8pm, our staff will all be here to help out as needed and chat with any parents who have questions.

School bus families - if you would like your child to stay on campus until 5.00pm when you can pick them up from the late room, please just let our office know.

Grade 5/6 - Graduating Exhibition

12th, 13th June

From 8.40am, Main Entrance and STEM Room

Please come and join us - it is the big graduating project of our oldest students who have spent a whole unit identifying their individual passions, researching them and putting together a fantastic exhibition for all the community to come in and see - exhibits, movies and karaoke!

Please do call in and give them your support!

Message from our friends at GR Kitano Art Hub Gallery

Join us for an event in the gallery of visual delights 

Sunday Jun 2nd 22:30am till 16:00pm

 

Message from Junsu in Grade 6
Are you not ready to go home yet? Want to have fun and get some energy out? Then, come join us for soccer at the greenfield Tuesday May 28th and June 4th from 3:30 PM till 4:00 PM! Everyone is welcomed, pupils, parents, and friends alike (small children should come with adults). Don't worry about your skill level, just come out and enjoy the nice weather. Bring nothing but yourself and a water bottle. 
We hope to see you there!

Message from Luke in Grade 6

Student Led Conference 

13th June
5.00pm - 8.00pm
We will be inviting all parents to come and join us for an evening where the students will be the hosts and in charge. See what they have been learning about and how they feel about their learning journey this year as they guide you through the school. They can show you where they have classes and their homeroom, student portfolio and favourite activities.

You are free to come along anytime between 5 - 8pm, our staff will all be here to help out as needed and chat with any parents who have questions.

School bus families - if you would like your child to stay on campus until 5.00pm when you can pick them up from the late room, please just let our office know.

Summer Camp (English)

24th June - 19th 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

Language Camps

22nd - 26th July

50,000yen per child

Click here to register

Japanese Language

We are happy to announce that we will run a  Japanese language camp with fun activities for 3 - 6 year olds. 

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

Student Led Conference 

13th June
5.00pm - 8.00pm
We will be inviting all parents to come and join us for an evening where the students will be the hosts and in charge. See what they have been learning about and how they feel about their learning journey this year as they guide you through the school. They can show you where they have classes and their homeroom, student portfolio and favourite activities.

You are free to come along anytime between 5 - 8pm, our staff will all be here to help out as needed and chat with any parents who have questions.

School bus families - if you would like your child to stay on campus until 5.00pm when you can pick them up from the late room, please just let our office know.

Summer Camp (English)

24th June - 19th 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

Language Camps

22nd - 26th July

50,000yen per child

Click here to register

Japanese Language

We are happy to announce that we will run a  Japanese language camp with fun activities for 3 - 6 year olds. 

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

Message from Luke in Grade 6

Message from Jinnosuke and his mom

Thank you to everyone who joined the GOMIHIROI Activity last Saturday.

We will continue our activity once a month regularly.

Follow our Instagram for further details. or ask Jin’s mom for more details.

P.S. After school, I casually do Gomihiroi, and many students are interested and join randomly. 

Please feel free to join! Thank you.