Deutsche Schule Melbourne - A German International School is a new bilingual (German-English) school in North Fitzroy.

The vision for children at DSM is “to live and learn two cultures”, preparing the children to become involved citizens of an increasingly global world.

The school caters for families with German language connections, as well as those who are interested in providing their children with the opportunity to learn a second language as a “mother tongue”.

Initially, DSM offers bilingual primary school education with classes taught both in English and German. It is expected that the school will grow and also offer secondary school education in the future.

The end of term 1 celebration (3-April-09) started with an introduction by Florian Dehne (chairman of the school board) welcoming all of the families and guests to the school. He made a special thank you to Mr and Mrs Henkell for their generous donation of the brand new piano, for the school. The piano has already made an enormous difference in the delivery of the children’s music program and is greatly appreciated by the school community.

Sandra Battistoni has commenced early 2009 as a full time teacher at Deutsche Schule Melbourne taking over from Armgard Hildebrand.

Sandra Battistoni studied Elementary and Secondary School Education at the Heidelberg University of Education. She majored in Mathematics and English. After university she completed her student teaching in a village school in the district of Tübingen.

Subsequently, she was employed by the state of Baden-Württemberg where she started working in an inner city primary school in Mannheim. There she worked as a class teacher for years 1 to 3 and taught several other classes in English, visual & performing art, music and sport as a specialist teacher. Her daily work involved intercultural learning as well as fostering of German language acquisition as most of her pupils came from a multicultural background where German was not their first language.

Deutsche Schule Melbourne launches its Library Fund enabling the establishment of a bilingual library with a focus on children's books. "Our aim is to reach 1000 books in the library by the end of the year - 75% German and 25% English" explains Florian Dehne, chairman of the DSM. Each $30 donated will allow the library to grow by one book.

Your membership is important!

Deutsche Schule Melbourne - A German International school is a not for profit organization based on a strong membership electing a board that represents them.  Members have been responsible for the establishment of the school, including the school model, the curriculum, the registration, the constitution of the school and many other items.  Going forward, members will still be continuing to provide directions to the school by electing the board or actively working on the board or at working groups.

Your membership will also provide you with additional benefits. You can use the bilingual library of the Deutsche Schule Melbourne. You are also invited to our academic and children events. Children from members of the school will be considered with priority for enrolment if more children apply for enrolment than there are places available.

Your membership costs are $27.50 for one person or $55 for the whole family.

Please renew your membership or become a member now!