❤️Italian❤️

❤️   C I A O   A   T U T T I !  ❤️  

(Hello Everyone!)

We are very excited to commence Semester 2 of Italian at AHPS, 2022! This term, our focus is ITALIAN GRAMMAR. Grammar contains the building blocks of all languages, as it is what helps us make sense when we speak and write. All languages have the Parts of Speech, (nouns, verbs, adjectives...) however - each language comes with its own set of rules to follow about how to use these types of words in a sentence. 

Italian comes with a very different set of rules to contrast English. The BIGGEST difference and very interesting rule that students have been learning about is that the Italian language has gendered words. Yes - Italian words have gender. BOOM.

A really great explanation of this strange concept is courtesy of Professor Dave Explains  - as he explains different ideas about the Italian language quite well! Check him out on YouTube!

Prep students are learning how to identify masculine and feminine words. Year 1 and 2 students will be building their knowledge from this rule and learning about how to pair different nouns with some of the many different ways to say THE in Italian. 3-6 students will be building on this knowledge even further by learning about all of the different ways to say THE, and starting to explore singular and plural nouns and how some words need to match the subject of the sentence in Italian. Basically, the Italian language likes sentences to flow with similar sounds, that is why it sounds so melodic 🎵. The article and adjective will often match the subject to sound similiar:

e.g. La penna rossa = The red pen

Students will be continuing to develop their understanding of basic Italian grammar through usage, as we have now started to continue to build our growing Italian vocabulary through an exciting unit of work called 'Andiamo al Mercato' (Let's go to the Market) - which is all about roleplaying buying and selling different types of food at the market. Students' new knowledge of basic Italian grammar will assist them to form grammatically correct phrases through their conversations at our fictional classroom 'food markets'.

🏆  B R I S C O L A   T O U R N A M E N T S!   🏆

On Thursday 23rd of June and Tuesday 9th of August, year 3-6 students had the chance to compete in our second official AHPS BRISCOLA TOURNAMENT! Twelve students were chosen by luck of the draw via a CARES ticket from a raffle box. Participants had an opportunity to compete with other enthusiastic Italian card players until the highest score won the tournament! The lucky winner received their very own deck of Italian Playing Cards. 

Our lucky participants chosen for our second AHPS Briscola Tournament:

From 5/6: Inkido (5/6C), Prabhleen (5/6B), Aarav (5/6B), Benny (5/6B), Wyllow (5/6D), Loriann (5/6D) And from 3/4: Subira (3/4B) our returning second place winner, Ela (3/4F), Asveera (3/4C), Chelsea (3/4A), Udham (3/4F), and Kivanc (3/4B).

And the WINNER of our second AHPS Briscola Tournament was: 

Aarav (5/6B)! Bravo!

Participants demonstrated their knowledge of Italian vocabulary by naming each card in Italian as they played. All participants showed excellent team spirit, by cheering each other on and supporting each other. Well done! Aarav was followed very closely by our once again 2nd place winner Udham (3/4F). Udham will have a guaranteed place in the next tournament. Udham will be in 3 tournaments!

Our lucky participants chosen for our third AHPS Briscola Tournament:

Udham 3/4F, Manvir 3/4C, Ismail 3/4F, Roselyn 3/4F, Maryana 3/4D and Ayesha 3/4F - exclusively only 3/4 students this time!

The lucky winner this time was Ismail, 3/4F! Ismail was followed closely by Udham again as 2nd place winner! Udham will have a guaranteed place in ANOTHER Briscola Tournmant, and Aliyan 3/4F who was absent will also have a guaranteed place in the next tournament.

As always, a special thanks to our Italian Captains Mia and Ali for all of their hard work and support during the tournament.

❤️🏆 C O N G R A T U L A Z I O N I ! 🏆❤️

Our NEXT TOURNAMENT (#4) will be on Tuesday the 30th of August, starting at lunchtime  through to 2.30pm, depending on how long each match goes.

Participants will be chosen from the CARES ticket entries in the raffle boxes. Don't forget to add a CARES ticket if you want a chance to be chosen! If you entered already, you still have a chance to participate! Good luck! 

We will let you know who the participants are closer to the date!

*If you are interested in purchasing your own deck of Italian Playing cards, they are sold locally at Santino Continental Grocery store in Lalor, and they are also sold at ‘Cibo’ - the Italian Deli at Craigieburn Central, across from Coles. Please be mindful that at the moment, suppliers are low on stock they and may be sold out.

❤️🏆  D U O L I N G O 🏆❤️ 

Don't forget about D U O L I N G O - the free app that can be used on any smartphone, tablet or PC! Duolingo supports learning a language of your choice, through fun writing, speaking and listening games, and with encouraging rewards! It helps to build your Italian vocabulary - but you can also explore your home language, English, or another language of your choice! Learning languages improves your overall literacy skills.

❤️  I T A L I A N   C L U B   2022!   ❤️

Every Friday lunchtime at 1.40pm, students are invited into the Italian room to enjoy the Italian Community Library (which has a variety of English, Italian and bi-lingual books about Italy and Italian facts, as well as picture books and folktales). There are also Italian videos and cartoons, Italian word games, colouring and writing activities, and of course - Italian Playing Cards and Briscola Tournaments. Come and join in! 

Buon Divertimento! (Have fun!)

❤️AHPS C A R N E V A L E ~ ITALIAN CARNIVAL 2023❤️ 

We are very excited about hosting another Italian Carnival next year on Tuesday, February the 28th, 2023. This time, we are looking forward to making it BIGGER and BETTER!

This means, we hope to put on a real carnival: with costumes, food stalls, entertainment, and a lot more activities, and have it officially run from hometime until 4:30 after school. We hope to have a parade to display all of our wonderful costumes! 

Watch this space for confirmed information closer to the event!

Thank you to students, families and staff for your support.

Grazie Mille, (Many Thanks)

Signora Bec and Signora Michelle