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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

2025 Term 1 Calendar

Term 1 Calendar