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.

Are you considering to enrol your child at Deutsche Schule Melbourne for 2010?

In that case we would be pleased to get into contact with you in regards to enrolment.

Please contact a member of our friendly DSM-Team by phone (03-9489 9364) or by email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and we will arrange for an appointment with you.

2 interns have the opportunity to get involved at Deutsche Schule Melbourne (DSM) in each school term. Interns will be able to work with the current teachers during school hours. The Australian school year is divided into 4 terms of approx. 10 weeks each.
 
If you wish to apply, your profile should include the following:

• B.A. in Primary School education (any university in an German speaking country).  
 
• German as a first language; good or excellent knowledge of English

• Positive attitude, readiness to work hard and highly motivated

• Interest in our bilingual concept

• Willingness to work with our team for the length of a full term (shorter periods are not accepted)

In addition you will provide us with a Working With Children Check (can be applied for in Australia) as well as a police check issued by the respective organisations.

The scope of work for the interns are as follows:

• Supporting the teachers in the preparation of lessons as well as during the lessons
• Working with small groups
• Supporting the students while they work independently
• Assisting in school events and excursions 
 
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that internships at Deutsche Schule Melbourne are on a voluntary basis and no salaries can be paid.

We are looking forward for interns who will contribute ideas, enthusiasm and joy to our work with the students!

The terms for 2010 are as follows:

Term 1  1 February - 26 March 2010
Term 2  12 April - 25. June 2010
Term 3  12 July - 17 September 2010
Term 4  4 October - 17 December 2010

If this sounds of interest to you and you are available in one of the terms to support our team, we wuold like to receive your written application including a cover letter and a CV. Please send your application via email to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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.