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)

 

STEM Week 2025
I huge thankyou to all our teachers and for all the parents who joined us today, a lot of fun for us all!

Student Led Conference 

and 

Upper Primary Concert

12th 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)

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. 

No Hat No Play
From Monday due to the hotter weather all students need to have a hat or they wont be able to play or do PE outside.
Please write your child's name in their hat! We have so many lost hats every year which go unclaimed.

Congratulations to our Footballers!

Upper primary attended a inter-school football competition this week at CA reaching the finals! Well done all, great result.

STEM Week Exhibition for Parents

Friday 23rd May 

8:45–10:00 - Early Years

10:45–12:00 - Upper Primary

1:45–3:00 - Lower Primary

We invite all our parents to come in and see how our young visionaries are shaping a greener tomorrow - Come in and see the city they have designed!

Student Led Conference 

and 

Upper Primary Concert

12th 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)

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. 

Kobe Children's Hospital Facility Dog Campaign: 60% Goal Reached!

Dear DSKI Community,

I'm Aya, mother of two DSKI students (Grades 1 and 3) and pediatric anesthesiologist at Kobe Children's Hospital.

Amazing milestone reached! Thanks to 700+ generous supporters, including many DSKI families, we've raised over 11 million yen—60% of our goal in just five days! Your overwhelming response has touched all of us at the hospital deeply.

Your heartfelt messages have inspired our entire medical team. Reading comments like "If only we'd had this support during our hospital journey" reinforces how meaningful this initiative is for families.

Your support helps transform our hospital into a warmer, more healing environment for children and families during their most vulnerable moments.

Support and learn about our campaign here: [https://readyfor.jp/projects/KCH-DOG2025] 

With deepest gratitude, 

Dr. Aya

 

Oktoberfest 2025
Many thanks to all our families who stopped by at the Harborland Golden Week Oktoberfest to say hello to us!

Would you like to help out at our school Oktoberfest on the 4th of October? We are looking for volunteers now to kick off!

For new families, its the biggest event of the year and a great way to meet new friends at DSKI.

If you are interested to help out, please click here to tell us!

STEM Week: Sustainable Cities for the Future
18th - 23rd May

STEM Week Exhibition for Parents

Friday 23rd May 

Every year we have a special STEM week where we spend 5 days looking at a STEM problem and challenging our students to come up with a solution!

This year's STEM Week - our students will be exploring sustainable cities from waste management to renewable energy sources and green spaces.

What is special about them? 

How do they work?

What makes them sustainable?

The challenge we will them pose the is to come up with their own design of a sustainable city.

Each grade will be working on one aspect of this and as a school, together creating a full scale model of the city!

STEM Week Exhibition for Parents

Friday 23rd May 

8:45–10:00 - Early Years

10:45–12:00 - Upper Primary

1:45–3:00 - Lower Primary

We invite all our parents to come in and see how our young visionaries are shaping a greener tomorrow - Come in and see the city they have designed!

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. 

Crowdfunding to Bring Facility Dogs to Kobe Children’s Hospital
A Special Initiative by a DSKI Parent

Dear School Community,

My name is Aya, and I’m the mother of two children in grades 1 and 3 at DSKI. I work as a pediatric
anesthesiologist at Kobe Children’s Hospital where we are working to introduce a full-time facility dog
to comfort children and their families during their hospital stay!

Facility dogs bring more than just comfort—they bring healing.I believe they should be a standard part of pediatric care. When I visited hospitals with facility dog
programs, the change was amazing when a dog visited them—kids feeling nervous started smiling,
they looked less afraid of medical staff, and families seemed to feel some emotional relief during long
stays.

Our Crowdfunding Campaign

• Launch date: Monday, May 12th, 2025

• Goal: 20 million yen

• Link: will be posted here once the campaign goes live

How Can You Help?

• You can contact me directly by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/Bt49FXvjCmc94FqE6

• Support the campaign when it launches

• Spread the word among your network of friends, family, and colleagues

• Corporate sponsorships are warmly welcomed

• You can also get my contact information card from my husband, John, at drop-off or pick-up time

With your help, we can bring more smiles and comfort to children in our community. Thank you!

Warm regards,

Aya

Parents Library Day