Italian

           Ciao a tutti! What a busy week it’s been! 4 trips to Zero Gradi, a half day rehearsal at Brunswick North Primary School and a wonderful performance by the Coro dei Bambini at the Abruzzo Club.  These events provide students with an authentic opportunity to use the Italian language, through […]

Eventi italiani! Dicembre 2019   Ciao a tutti, it’s a very busy time in the year 5/6 Italian classes as students excitedly prepare for their trip to Zero Gradi, a local gelateria. This excursion provides opportunities for authentic communication in the target language and is a wonderful way to connect with our local Italian community.     

Notizie Italiane: mercoledi, il 13 novembre: la Giornata Mondiale della Gentilezza (World Kindness Day) To celebrate World Kindness Day the students in years one and two focused on ways of showing kindness in the Italian language. We realised that we already know and use many of these, but we now have a few more to

This term we will be exploring a facet of Italian life and culture which has become famous throughout the world and indeed has shaped our culture here in Melbourne: la gastronomia italiana! Students will explore the world of Italian food, expanding their vocabulary, focusing on expressing likes and dislikes (mi piace/non mi piace), investigating the use

              Throughout this term students across the school have engaged in an exploration (albeit virtual!) of Italia. We’ve discovered that it has a very unique shape, that its major cities are very varied, and that there’s more to pizza than the ubiquitous round shape! In Roma you can buy pizza al

Ciao a tutti! We are having a wonderful time exploring Italia during our weekly Italian sessions. Here is an update of the learning that has been happening: Preps and year 1: the prep and year 1 students have explored the shape of Italia, its flag, some of its most iconic cities, landmarks and foods. They

Ciao a tutti e bentornati a scuola! This term will see all students take a virtual tour of Italy, exploring its unique shape and geography, icons and monuments, history, art and music, and food! We will read and view authentic texts, explore Italian music and dance (especially opera, through our forthcoming experience of Opera Australia’s

                                        Ciao a tutti! We are more than halfway into term one now…..our prep students are delighting in their new language skills, eagerly greeting me with a friendly ciao or buongiorno! They have learnt to count to

This year’s Italian sessions will be filled with games, songs and rhymes, dance and movement, oral interactions, circle work with Mario and a variety of authentic visual and written texts as students explore the vibrant Italian language and culture. All students take part in a weekly Italian session of one hour duration. Students in years