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The school offers extra-curricular activities on four afternoons per week to complement the academic program. Activities include soccer, choir, chess, circus, theatre and a garden club. After joining, students have snack and playtime before the activities start at 3:45 pm and finish at 4:30 pm. Enrolment for the next term is sent to parents by email at the end of each term.
The Instrumental Program runs during school hours, offering piano, ukulele, guitar, trumpet, drums and woodwind instruments. Students from Year 1 to Year 6 may enroll, with Foundation Years eligible from the second half of the year. Each lesson lasts 30 minutes and rotates so students do not miss the same subject repeatedly. Performances occur at weekly school assemblies, the annual Music Soirée, and at the Christmas Market.
German Week Melbourne showcases German culture at DSM. Celebrate German Culture at DSM was held on Saturday, 25 October 2025 and included six activities: German Kaffeeeklatsch, a bilingual books/toys flea market, a foosball tournament, a Merck Life Science SPARK activity for kids, German language trial sessions by the Goethe-Institut Australia, and a live podcast on German pronunciation and vocabulary, with live music by Fiction.
After-school activities include Soccer, Choir, Chess, Circus, Theatre, Gardening and Dancing. These run on four afternoons per week, with snack and playtime before sessions and a 4:30 pm finish time.
All year levels participate in Class Councils during the week. Class Councils foster social skills, safety, independence, choice and accountability to peers, and are used to address readiness to learn and both minor and more significant issues using restorative practices.
The school offers before and after school care (OSHC) from 7:00 am to 9:00 am and 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm. The School Day runs 9:00 am to 3:15 pm, with English, German and Mathematics taught daily and Integrated Studies covering science, geography, history, health, Indigenous culture and civics through hands-on experiences. Physical Education is taught two to three times per week.
Deutsche Schule Melbourne is a German-English bilingual primary school in Fitzroy North. It delivers a dual curriculum that blends the Victorian Curriculum with the Thüringen curriculum, enabling a smooth transition between systems. The school is VRQA-compliant and KMK/ZfA-recognised as a German Auslandsschule, emphasising cross-curricular connections and bilingual, intercultural learning. In Foundation Year, about 80% of instruction is in German and 20% in English; by Year 3 the German component balances to 50/50. Core subjects include German, English, Mathematics (German in the early years, bilingual from Year 3), Sachunterricht, HPE, Art, Music, Ethics and Class Council, with French introduced from Year 5. The program uses immersion, CLIL and explicit language instruction with a one-teacher–one-language approach, taught by German and English native speakers. Facilities at 96 Barkly Street include a library with German, English and French resources, an Instrumental Program, and after-school care. Extra-curriculars span sport, choir, chess, circus, theatre and garden clubs.
