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The Newsletter - April Edition 2013 - 2014 Events Pre KG Assembly Learner Profile Awards Celebration of Books
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Class Activities Early Years: Story telling Preschool: Celebration Grade 1 & 2: Field trips Grade 3 & 4: Ecosystems PE
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Dear members of our school community,
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It is been 151 days ago that I took responsibility as head of the school. It was a start into a new world, into a very different culture and into a fascinating and unique school. It was sometimes stressful, it was hard work but I always realized that it is the greatest opportunity in my working life to be a responsible member of this school community. I wished I could have sent my children to this school and I understand why our school constantly grows. We are attractive for students, parents and teachers at the same time and that is why…
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101 students are now attending the Deutsche Schule Kobe/European School since March 31st!!!
We are bigger than ever but remain the family like school, that provides a challenging and caring learning environment.
Important Information Calendar PYP parent information Sleep over
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The cherry trees blossom and accompany us into the warmer season, finally. There is a coincidence with the developments in our school. All of you who went to see the outstanding results of our ‘Project Week’ and the creative ‘Celebration of Books’, could see something like academic blossoming. The attractiveness of our school provides the basis for a better financial situation that helps to blossom in the field of new resources, equipment and a growing staff. There are going to be significant improvements in cooling our school.
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Best wishes and enjoy this pleasant and Meaningful season Gerhard Lebherz, Principal
Deutsche Schule Kobe – European School 3-2-8 Koyochonaka Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0032 Japan Tel.: 078-857-9777・Fax: 078 857- 9775・http://www.dskobe.org/・mail@dskobe.org
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EVENTS - Pre KG ASSEMBLY This assembly was hosted by the students of Pre KG with a very cute performance. They imitated different animals and also sang three songs in different languages, Japanese and English. Finally they performed with the other students of Kindergarten their wake up shake up dance. After that the learner profile awards were given to the students.
Please check out the nice picture and of course the video:
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http://dskobe.org/desk-news-blog/2014/3/19/marchassembly-22
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EVENTS - Project Week
Project Week culminated with the school community invited to look around the school and share in the Project Week focus on assessment. In the classrooms were some authentic examples of assessment that the students shared with guests. http://dskobe.org/desk-news-blog/2014/3/31/ project-week-presentation
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EVENTS - Project Week
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EVENTS - Celebration of Books
We all had chances to think about our favorite books and how stories can take us to another place, give us please and help us learn about something new. The children dressed up as a favorite character and thought about the IB learner profile they most represent: Communicator, Thinker, Caring, Principled, Risk Taker, Balanced, Inquirer, Knowledgeable, Open Minded, Reflective. We talked about why this character had this kind of Learner Profile. Finally, we followed the Tiger who came to Tea....and had parade.
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Class Activities - Early Years
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Presenting
http://dskobe.org/our-blog-kg/
our very own stories
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In the unit on Stories, the students learned that stories
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come in different forms. They can be found in books, pictures, songs, recounts (storytelling), dance, actions and in puppets too. For their summative task for this unit, the children were asked to create a story of their own. They were also asked how they want to present their stories. Their choices were narrowed down into three: book, puppet show or storytelling using the computer and their pictures (Voicethread).
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Class Activities - Grade 1 & 2 ! Field trip to fire station Grade 1 & 2 students went to the Sumiyoshi Fire Station. It was fun to learn about the different trucks and the reasons for all of them. We were lucky to see an ambulance get called for an emergency run, while flashing their lights and sounding the siren.
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Class Activities - Grade 3 & 4 ! Our knowledge of ecosystems allows us to aid in their conservation and protection During our unit about ecosystems the students did a fun activity to learn more about food chains and food webs. On the playground we started making food chains starting from the sun, then we passed a ball of yarn from the producers like plants to consumers of these plants and from the herbivores to the carnivores. After we made a lot of these food chains the students realised, that it actually isn't just chains but that it now looks more like a web! Then we tried to take out some of the animals and plants in our food web and the students realised how important it is to keep an ecosystem balanced because everything is connected!
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Class Activities - P.E. ! Grade 1 & 2 Grade 1 & 2 know about the necessity and importance of working together to achieve a difficult goal. During P.E. the students should solve different tasks with different difficulties. They did very well and showed a good teamwork Everybody was committed and cooperated for the success of the group.
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Class Activities - P.E. ! Grade 3, 4, 5 & 6 The students of Grade 3, 4, 5 & 6 are mainly preparing their gymnastics choreography. They are working out a group choreography with some of the gymnastics and acrobatics techniques they learned. The groups work independently and try to design an impressive choreography. Finally we will video tape their performances and show them to the parents too. In addition to that students are also get to know other activities like indoor mini tennis.
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Important information - Calendar Important Dates in April 11th
Friday
Parent Information Evening (Details to be announced) 4:30
17th
Monday Friday
Early Years Easter Egg Hunt
21st - 25th
Monday Friday
Grade 3 - 6 Spring Trip
24th
Thursday -
Sleepover - Preschool/Grade 1 & 2
Friday
28th - 6th of May
Saturday -
Golden Week Holiday
Wednesday
Important Dates in May 7th May
Wednesday
Golden Week Holiday Finishes
14th May
Wednesday
Open Day
Important Dates in June 27th
Friday
End of Year Party
28th
Saturday
Summer Vacation Begins
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Important information
PYP Parent Information Friday 11th April - 4:30 p.m. MPR Room Sleep Over Preschool and Grade 1/2 24th April on Thursday Night Deutsche Schule Kobe – European School 3-2-8 Koyochonaka Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0032 Japan Tel.: 078-857-9777・Fax: 078 857- 9775・http://www.dskobe.org/・mail@dskobe.org
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Important information
Bake Sale Wednesday 9th April 12:30 - 1:00 p.m
Donate a Cake to sell.
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All proceeds will go to the School Pond and Rain water recovery projects. NB: Donated cakes can be dropped off at the school on Tuesday or Wednesday morning next week. Deutsche Schule Kobe – European School 3-2-8 Koyochonaka Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0032 Japan Tel.: 078-857-9777・Fax: 078 857- 9775・http://www.dskobe.org/・mail@dskobe.org