Week 10

Greetings!

I hope everyone had a rejuvenating fall break.

Last week in Preschool we looked at the different kinds of transportation and signs on Rokko Island and talked about how we got to different places over the break. We began writing All About Books about a mode of transportation we are interested in. We learned the letters and sounds for w, ng, v, oo, and y. We reviewed and grew our understandings of 2-dimensional shapes and numbers.

We also began learning about the Zones of Regulation. These are ways to think about our feelings so we can find appropriate strategies to self-regulate. Whether that is energizing our bodies and minds when we are in the blue zone, or calming our bodies when we are in the red zone - it is important to know when we are good to go, we need to slow down and be careful, and when we need to stop. Some helpful vocabulary can be found here. Please ask your child about this at home and utilize the vocabulary as much as possible to reinforce what is happening in the classroom.

Next week we will continue to explore transportation through our All About Book writing. We will also use our knowledge of 2D shapes to create traffic signs we will use when creating our own transportation course in PE. We will learn the sounds for x, ch, sh, th, qu and have daily celebrations of our names to reinforce the letter names and sounds we have learned. We will also practice more with rhyming words.

This week is action-packed so please mark your calendar with the following:
No clubs Tuesday and Friday.

St. Martin Celebration
Tuesday 12th 4~6pm
Send an extra snack with your child!

The schedule will be as follows:
● school children: 3.30 to 3.45 pm: small snack in the classroom
● Early Years children: 3.30 to 4.00 pm: small snack in Early Years
● 3.45 to 4.15 pm: break time on the playground
● 4.15 pm: stage play by the German Grades
● around 4:45 pm: lantern procession on Rokko Island (around 30 minutes)
● around 5:15 pm: getting together with drinks and “Weckmann”
● 6.00 pm: end of event

Rokko Island Disaster Preparedness Drill
Wednesday 13th 2pm
Rokko Island will be having disaster preparation practice on Wednesday afternoon. Our school will be taking part with an earthquake and tsunami drill.
If any parents would like to take part, please goto Sun Hiroba on the 3rd floor of the Kobe Fashion Museum where you can take part in emergency and first aid training.

DSKI Tree Lighting Ceremony 
Friday 15th 2:30pm

Osaka Christmas Market
Friday 15th 4.30pm - 5.30pm Grades 1 - 6
We will once again be performing at the Osaka Christmas switching on the tree lights ceremony at the Sky Building in Umeda. Its a huge event and we are very happy to be on stage, it is also the venue of the German Christmas market, so please come along and enjoy!
Our students will be on stage from 4:40 pm for the opening ceremony of the Christmas Market.

Upcoming
22nd No School (Teacher Training 22nd-23rd)