Ciao a tutti! In the Prep-2 neighbourhoods students are creating valige (suitcases), packing items (labelled in Italian) and learning to use some very simple singular/plural forms of nouns. We have enjoyed reading Mr Chicken arriva a Roma and Olivia goes to Venice, viewing video texts and playing a variety of language games to reinforce the use of language. Students […]
Ciao a tutti! Students across the school will be ‘travelling’ to Italia, via picture story books, videos, songs, rhymes and games. Students in prep to year 2 will explore the delightful picture story book, Mr Chicken arriva a Roma by Leigh Hobbs, discovering many important sites and encountering useful communicative language. They will also
Ciao a tutti! Here is an update on what’s been happening in Italian around the neighbourhoods. The Prep students have been consolidating their numbers and colour knowledge, whilst exploring fun and engaging songs, games and dances. Students in years one and two have been using their alphabet knowledge to discover new vocabulary and to build
Ciao a tutti! Here is an update on what’s happening in Italian around the school: Prep: students are exploring the colori, through viewing, singing, playing language games, drawing and labelling. We are starting to explore some very simple sentences such as il sole e` giallo, il mare e` blu, il fiore e` rosso. They are
Ciao a tutti e bentornati a scuola! Welcome everyone to the Italian page of the specialists blog. Here you will find out what’s happening in the neighbourhoods, what’s the focus for the Italian program and other Italian happenings. Prep: Ciao! For most preps this will be their first formal experience of the Italian language. Students
A big complimenti to our wonderful Coro dei Bambini for their joyful performance on Wednesday evening at the Abruzzo Club, Lygon St East Brunswick. It was a delight to see our choir of 150 students across the two schools (Princes Hill and Brunswick North) revelling in Italian popular and traditional songs. We were accompanied by
Coro dei Bambini Spettacolo! Read More »
Ciao a tutti! Across the school the students are enjoying consolidating their language learning through: participating in Kahoot quizzes to embed vocabulary and language structures (years 3-6) playing Tombola, Angoli and Pacman creating lists in preparation for una festa di Mario (Prep) learning to express likes/dislikes and preferences (years 3-6) preparing for a trip to Zero Gradi! (5/6) rehearsing eagerly for the Coro dei Bambini
Buon Compleanno! In term four the prep students will explore birthday celebrations, learning to ask and state their age, wish someone a happy birthday and talk about birthday customs in Italy. They will learn the numbers to thirty-one and the months of the year, noting that the months in Italian start with a lowercase
Ciao a tutti! Across the school the students are having fun exploring La Bella Italia. Students in prep – year 2 are learning to name famous icons and monuments, discovering that all nouns in Italian are masculine or feminine and learning to use the correct definite article. For example: la torre di Pisa, il Colosseo,
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The students in years 3-6 have greatly enjoyed playing the online Kahoot quiz to assess their learning about families and related vocabulary. Kahoot allows them to find out what they know, and to identify their point of need. “Ghost mode” gives them the opportunity to improve on their previous score! Kahoot allows students the opportunity to work
Assessing our Italian learning, Kahoot style! Read More »