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“La musica fa respirare-music makes you breathe” (Alda Merini) This week we have been looking at the importance of musica, comunita`, famiglia and being insieme (together). We’ve explored how the Italian people used music as a tremendous source of support and reassurance during their first period of isolamento. From their balconies Italians sang, played instruments, […]

Ciao a tutti…throughout the school we are having a wonderful time exploring the beauty and cultural riches of Bella Italia. We’ve seen Il Colosseo e il Panteon a Roma, le gondole e i canali a Venezia, and this week have been amazed by La Torre Pendente (di Pisa). Students are intrigued by this gravity defying

Buongiorno a tutti! This week students have engaged in a reflection of their term’s Italian learning. Students have indicated that they have enjoyed their explorations of Italian food, culture, and associated language and have particularly relished the opportunity to have agency in their learning, choosing ways in which to present their discoveries and growth. We’ve

Buongiorno a tutti! We have been continuing to investigate la vita in cucina, (consolidating our capacity to express likes, dislikes and preferences), and to explore related Italian language and culture.In addition to their Seesaw responses, it’s been wonderful to see so many students participating in the weekly Italian webex workshops….there we get to reconnect online

Ciao a tutti e benvenuti alle notizie italiane. As we have continued our Italian inquiry #io resto a casa in cucina, students have embraced the opportunity to expand their capacity to talk about food in Italian, naming frutta e verdura, using adjectives to describe foods, making sure to use the correct gender agreement (la pizza

Ciao a tutti! The last two weeks has seen the sharing of some very creative, delicious and heart warming Italian learning as students have ventured into their cucina to explore, taste and make bruschetta and macedonia di frutta! (fruit salad). These learning experiences have been a wonderful demonstration of collaborative learning and indeed it was

As we embark on other period of remote and flexible learning, we explore the sentiment which united Italians during their period of isolation #io resto a casa (I’m staying home)….and we will venture back into the heart of the Italian home…la cucina! (the kitchen). For many Italians cooking with their families was a great source

Ciao a tutti e bentornati gli studenti 3-6 a scuola! It’s been wonderful to welcome back our senior school students to face to face Italian learning! We’ve reflected on our remote experiences, and how these will inform our future learning. We’ve settled back into our shared Italian class routines, commencing with ballo e movimento (dance

Ciao a tutti!…..what a delight to welcome back the prep, year 1 and 2 students to face to face Italian learning! We’ve been enjoying getting back into our routines of cerchio e come stai? (checking in on our feelings in Italian), dancing, viewing, exploring and responding to new Italian vocabulary. We discovered that Simone the

The last two weeks have seen the students engage in an exploration of Italian food culture and its connection to their lives at home. They’ve scoured the pantry for different types of pasta, looked at the meanings behind some of the names, and are beginning to learn the names of sughi (sauces) and ingredienti (ingredients).