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The Newsletter - May Edition 2013 - 2014 Dear members of our school community,
Events Sleepover Learner Profile Awards New Staff Bake Sale IB Workshop
As a result of Golden Week, we look back on a relatively short month for April but a very
rich and diverse month in terms of activities. In studies of successful schools it is not only the curriculum, teaching competencies, leadership, or parent involvement but the outcome. It is asked ‘What is the outcome of all the endeavours of a school?
If you had had the opportunity to see the Exhibition of Grade 5/6, you will see self
confident, reflective and determined students. They strove to account for their own learning by
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demonstrating self responsibility and consequently exhibited extraordinary outcomes. Although I am still new in this school for not being impressed, about our pupils performances. I am sure, you are all aware, good schools have great teachers. A great school is more than having the best resources it is the teachers and other staff who make the difference. The Exhibition marked teachers and parents involvement, encouragement and facilitating student learning to make a successful Exhibition.
It was my first ‘Hanami’ and to be honest, I had no Idea why the blossoms were such a big deal. In Germany I had been
living in an area with many cherry trees. They carry cherries as well. In Germany, people are more concerned about the
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product (cherries) than the blossoms. I have started to like the idea of appreciating the moment of blossoms and knowing they will fade away. It makes us become much more aware of these precious moments and reflect on the schools connection to this special season. If you carefully read the newsletter, you will see, our school provides many, many precious moments. It shows the Deutsche Schule Kobe makes a difference!!! It is convincing to be member of this school.
As you already know, the tax increase made it necessary to adjust the fee structure. You will see, we only made very
reasonable changes. There will be some other changes as well for next school year. We are happy to have already three new promising teachers. Satya d’Armours started right after Golden Week to add personal power to Grade 1/2 because of growing numbers. She will be our new teacher for a separate Grade 2. For Pre School we will have Aya Onishi and for Pre Kindergarten Lee Hanae Ung. In the next newsletter you will get to know them better. We also decided to optimize our Kindergarten program in offering a Morning Program Kindergarten with a maximum of 27 pupils and a Full Day Program Kindergarten with a maximum of 16 students. You will have the choice between these two programs. If there are more than 16 applicants for the Full Day program, we will have to decide according to a transparent policy. I wish you a beautiful start in to the best season of the year
Regards Gerhard Lebherz, Principal
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EVENTS - Sleep Over
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EVENTS - Bake Sale Dear Deutsche Schule Kobe European School Community,
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We thank you for coming to the Great bake sale yesterday. We would like to give an extra thank you to parents and teachers who prepared so much baking for us to sell. We raised more than 35,000 yen because of your help and donations. We will use this money for building a school pond, a rainwater collection system, birdhouses for the school yard, multi-use furniture made from reused materials and game improvement. With your help, we raised enough money to continue our projects. You have helped so much to make our Exhibition a success. Please come and see our Exhibition Presentation, on Friday, April 18th. We will present at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on April 18th, when you can see our work and how we used the money we raised
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Sincerely, Grade 5/6
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! EVENTS - IB workshop IBAP (IB Asia-Pacific) has been recently working closely together with The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to implement the IB programmes more widely in Japan. As more and more Japanese people started to show their interest to learn about the IB/PYP programmes I held a small workshop at our school on the 4th of April. It was a short, one day introduction workshop to the PYP programme but the participants were all actively involved with the learning. After the workshop, they toured around the school and expressed their admiration for our students’ learning and its environment at our school. I was very proud and also pleased to feel that our school was able to contribute to educate our wider community in Kansai area.
Hiroko White
国際バカロレア機構アジア太平洋事務局は、最近、日本の文科省と共に日本にIBのプログ ラムがさらに幅広く取り入れられるよう取り組んでいます。これを受け、最近では、IB/ PYPについて知りたいとおっしゃる日本の方が増えてきています。そこで、本校にて去る ４月５日に小さなワークショップを開きました。PYPの概要を紹介する一日だけの短いお 勉強会ではありましたが、参加者の方々は皆さん積極的に活動をしてくださいました。 ワークショップ後、校内見学の時間を設けましたが、本校の児童たちの学び、また学びの 環境について賞賛の声を頂き、誇りに感じるとともに、関西というより広いコミュニティー の学びの機会を増やすことに貢献できたことを嬉しく思います。 ホワイト宏子
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Plants are a life- sustaining resource for us and for other living things.
Planting Sweetcorn with the Early Years. The students had the opportunity to plant Sweetcorn in the Raised garden bed. They prepared the soil first the dug hole to plant the Sweetcorn. Eventfully, bean plants will be planted near the sweetcorn and be able to use them to support their growth. This is a growing system called the ‘three sisters’. Lastly we will plant a pumpkin or squash plant the should stop the weeds growing. This style of planting was used by the native people in the America’s.
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Class Activities - Grade 5 & 6
The Exhibition is an essential rite of passage for children in the final year of the Primary Years Programme. The Exhibition is meant to be a chance for children to show their strengths as a learner before leaving the Programme. The Grade 5/6 class begin their journey toward the Exhibition identifying issues in their community where they would like to inquire and take action. The issue is of local interest to the students but should be an issue common to people around the world. Once an issue is selected, the students build their own unit around their issue.
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Central Idea As members of a community, we have the potential to create environments that exhibit our creativity, identity and values
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Lines of Inquiry How we manage space in communities Effects of well managed environments
This year, the Grade 5/6 class focused on the use of space and how they could take action to improve the way space is used around us. Over the course of the Exhibition, the students composed music, created reusable, space efficient furniture, a rainwater tank system for the school, improved games for the Sport curriculum, bird houses for local birds around the school grounds and a school pond. In addition to this, the students carried out detailed research, data work and several written documents to support their action. For the full six weeks, the entire class worked tirelessly and diligently. The results of their work will benefit the school and give the Grade 5/6 class the confidence that can only come through such a large and independent undertaking. We are lucky to have such hard working and responsible students in our school community."
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Low T Ball! Grade 1 & 2 just started learning Tennis during P.E.. They play Low-T-Ball, which is a kind of beginner version of tennis. One of the main rules is hitting the ball UNDER the net. The benches and blocks on the side keeps the ball in a small range. Those circumstances make it is easier to play for the students.
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and adults and 1 box with books and to the support of the DESK community, many children clothes and books! A big
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many caps you donated were tremendously appreciated, as also the sweaters, jackets, long trousers, etc.!
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To the Families of the Deutsche Schule European School Kobe April 9, 2014
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Your Donations for the Primary School of Shivpura, India Dear Parents and Children of the DESK, on behalf of the Primary School of Shivpura and Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS) I would like to extend a sincere thank you for your generous donations of used clothes, books, toys and cash. Together with donations collected through the Kobe Union Church and Canadian Academy, we were able to send a total of 6 boxes with warm clothes for children and
The highlight of the arrival of the boxTw children couldn’t w re novelties:
Colorful illustrated books (most of wooden toys, an discovery for th instantly picked up themselves in read
adults and 1 box with books and toys to Shivpura (Rajasthan, India). Without the support of the DESK community, we wouldn’t have been able to send so many children clothes and books! A big “thank you“ to all of you! In January, all (!) boxes arrived safely at the office of GBS in Jaipur, after a long journey by ship from Kawasaki to Calcutta, and from there another 1500 km over land to Jaipur. The donations where then taken by car to the village of Shivpura. At a
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school festivity for the Indian Republic Day on January 23, they were personally
by the school principal under the supervision of Ms. re distributed the most Sarita Yogi of GBS. o protecting (Most people months.) The remendously ers, jackets,
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clothes for adults, which was deeply appreciated by the Shivpura community. On this picture on the right you can see an old man presented with a warm jacket (the woman on the right is Monika Boehm-Tettelbach, the founder of the NGO Help-for-Self Help Rajasthan).
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For the Indian people, caps are the most essential item when it comes to protecting themselves from the winter cold. (Most people are barefoot even in the coldest months.) The many caps you donated were tremendously appreciated, as also the sweaters, jackets, long trousers, etc.!
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Wh un Meanwhile, spring has come to Shivpura. (The picture on the left shows a school The highlight of the event was obviously the arrival of the box with books and toys. The festivity in early March.)
children couldn’t wait to unpack the many novelties: … and theteacher children enjoy the books and The principal of the school personally selected and fitted the
While the warm clothes are until the next winter…
toys clothes tothe make “almirah”, sure that the distribution fair and everyone receivedwall n the was traditional Indian stored away Colorful illustrated and fun to read English their share of warm clothing in the right size. The event in the school donors the way, the almir books (most of from them Kobe. from theByDESK!), courtyard resembled almost a fashion show… pictures the Indian fighte woodendecorated toys, and with puzzles (a firstoftime
discovery for the kids!). The children For the Indian people, caps are the most essential item when it comes to instantly picked up the books and immersed protecting themselves from the winter cold. (Most people are barefoot even themselves in reading.. and toys day by day. These are usually kept in
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in the coldest months.) The many caps you donated were tremendously
appreciated, as also the sweaters, jackets, long trousers, etc.! The highlight of the event was obviously the arrival of the box with books and toys. The children couldn’t wait to unpack the many novelties:
Colorful illustrated and fun to read English books (most of them from the DESK!), wooden toys, and puzzles (a first time discovery for the kids!). The children instantly picked up the books and immersed themselves in reading.. The donations also included plenty of clothes for adults, which was deeply appreciated by the Shivpura community. On this picture on the right you can see an old man presented with a warm jacket (the woman on the right is Monika Boehm-Tettelbach, the founder of the NGO Help-for-Self Help Rajasthan). While the warm clothes are stored away until the next winter the children enjoy the books and toys day by day. These are usually kept in the “almirah”, the traditional Indian wall niche. A sign on the wall reminds of the donors from Kobe. By the way, the almirah is a place of honor, which is also decorated with pictures of the Indian fighters for independence! 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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The donations also included plenty of clothes for adults, which was deeply appreciated by the Shivpura community. On this picture on the right you can see an old man presented with a warm jacket (the woman on the right is Monika Important Boehm-Tettelbach,Information the founder of the NGO Help-for-Self Help Rajasthan).
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The children are particularly fond of the jigsaw puzzles, as they have never played with jigsaw puzzles before (toys are generally a rarity for rural children). They quickly learned how to assemble the pieces and are meanwhile real jigsaw masters! Much to the
Meanwhile, spring has come to Shivpura. (The picture on the left shows a school festivity in early March.)
frustration of the teachers who are always beaten by the children in puzzle asembling ..
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I hope you have enjoyed these pictures. Maybe some of you have even
discovered their clothes or books? For more pictures, please have a look at the slideshow at:
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http://www.evkobe.org/deutsch/hilfe-für-indien/ Again, thank you so much for your generous support.
While the warm clothes are stored away until the next winter…
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… the children enjoy the books and toys day by day. These are usually kept in the traditional Indian wall niche. A sign on the wall reminds of the donors from Kobe. By the way, the almirah is a place of honor, which is also decorated with pictures of the Indian fighters for independence!
Dinah Imanari the “almirah”,
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School Board Meeting Monday 19th May 2014 7:30 p.m. 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