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Ciao a tutti, siamo Signora Eleonora Schembri e Signora Elisa Mirenda, gli insegnanti d’italiano a Greenvale Primary. Benvenuti a 2025.
(Hello everyone, we are Mrs Eleonora Schembri and Mrs Elisa Mirenda, the Italian teachers at Greenvale Primary. Welcome to 2025).
Every student from Foundation to Year 6 will study Italian for one hour a week, for the whole year. Students will cover a specific theme or topic for a given number of weeks, learning the Italian language while also gathering an understanding and appreciation for the Italian culture. At Greenvale Primary School students will apply their learning in Italian in a variety of ways: through speaking and listening, reading and writing, playing language games, ICT, performances and singing. All classes will be learning greetings and numbers. Please practise this with your child at home.
Come ti chiami? What is your name? Ciao Hello / Goodbye
Mi chiamo ____________. My name is_____________. Buongiorno Good Morning
Quanti anni hai? How old are you? Benvenuti Welcome
Ho nove anni. I am nine years old. Buonasera Good evening
Our topics this term
Foundation: Pinocchio and greetings
Year 1/2: Il Pappagallo (The parrot)
Year 3/4: Aiuto! Un Topo (Help! A mouse)
Year 5/6: Pasta unit and conversational language
Students and parents are encouraged to visit sites such as Languages Online, Duolingo, to review and practise their Italian at home. These site have many interactive games, songs and worksheets that you can complete with your child. We will be using these resources in the classroom so your child will be familiar with them. They are both free!
Please feel free to see us if you have any questions, looking forward to working with you and your children this year.
Grazie Thank you
Eleonora Schembri (Foundation, Years 2 – 6)
Elisa Mirenda (Year 1)
Room 3
A presto! See you soon!
Below is a copy of the front cover of each student’s Italian book, Year 3-6. There are useful phrases and words that we refer to in class. Please go through these with your child at home. Year 1 and 2 also have a simplified version.
| ITALIAN WORDS PAROLE ITALIANE | ||||||||||||||
| Digit | Number | Order | ||||||||||||
| 1 | uno | primo | 1o | first | 1st | |||||||||
| 2 | due | secondo | 2o | second | 2nd | |||||||||
| 3 | tre | terzo | 3o | third | 3rd | |||||||||
| 4 | quattro | quarto | 4o | fourth | 4th | |||||||||
| 5 | cinque | quinto | 5o | fifth | 5th | |||||||||
| 6 | sei | sesto | 6o | sixth | 6th | |||||||||
| 7 | sette | settimo | 7o | seventh | 7th | |||||||||
| 8 | otto | ottavo | 8o | eighth | 8th | |||||||||
| 9 | nove | nono | 9o | ninth | 9th | |||||||||
| 10 | dieci | decimo | 10o | tenth | 10th | |||||||||
| 11 | undici | |||||||||||||
| 12 | dodici | Days of the week | Common Phrases | |||||||||||
| 13 | tredici | lunedi` | Monday | Buongiorno | Good day | |||||||||
| 14 | quattordici | martedì | Tuesday | Buonasera | Good afternoon/evening | |||||||||
| 15 | quindici | mercoledì | Wednesday | Buonanotte | Good night | |||||||||
| 16 | sedici | giovedì | Thursday | Per favore | Please | |||||||||
| 17 | diciassette | venerdì | Friday | Grazie | Thank you | |||||||||
| 18 | diciotto | sabato | Saturday | Prego | You’re welcome | |||||||||
| 19 | diciannove | domenica | Sunday | Come ti chiami? | What is your name? | |||||||||
| 20 | venti | Mi chiamo… | My name is… | |||||||||||
| 22 | ventidue | Quanti anni hai? | How old are you? | |||||||||||
| 28 | ventotto | Months of the Year | Io ho…anni | I am…years old | ||||||||||
| 30 | trenta | gennaio | January | Come stai? | How are you? | |||||||||
| 40 | quaranta | febbraio | February | Sto molto bene | I feel great | |||||||||
| 50 | cinquanta | marzo | March | Sto bene | I’m good | |||||||||
| 60 | sessanta | aprile | April | Sto così così | I’m so so | |||||||||
| 70 | settanta | maggio | May | Sto male | I’m not well | |||||||||
| 80 | ottanta | giugno | June | Posso bere? | May I have a drink? | |||||||||
| 90 | novanta | luglio | July | Piacere | Pleased to meet you | |||||||||
| 100 | cento | agosto | August | A presto | See you soon | |||||||||
| 101 | centouno/centuno | settembre | September | Arrivederci | Goodbye | |||||||||
| 200 | duecento | ottobre | October | Ciao | Hello/Goodbye | |||||||||
| 1000 | mille | novembre | November | Bene grazie | Fine thanks | |||||||||
| 10,000 | dieci mila | dicembre | December | Posso andare al bagno? | May I go to the toilet? | |||||||||
| 1,000,000 | un milione | |||||||||||||
| Colours | ||||||||||||||
| pink | rosa | green | verde | white | bianco | |||||||||
| red | rosso | blue | blu`/azzurro | grey | grigio | |||||||||
| orange | arancione | purple | viola | black | nero | |||||||||
| yellow | giallo | brown | marrone | |||||||||||