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ITALIAN CELEBRATIONS

Pasqua (Easter)

The date of this widely-celebrated religious holiday varies sometime between March and April, based on the Gregorian calendar. Regardless of exactly when it falls, the week leading up to Easter Sunday attracts tourists from around the globe, especially to the Vatican, making it one of the most crowded (and potentially expensive) periods of the year for travel to Italy.

 

Want to celebrate Easter like the Italians? A traditional Easter meal comes complete with lamb and Colomba sweet bread. On Easter Monday (called Pasquetta), the festivities continue with friends getting together and heading to a park or the countryside, usually for a picnic. 

FUN FACT

Italy is said to have more masterpieces per square mile than any other country in the world.

Emilee F. 10C

 

Year 10 Italian Primary School Visits

On Monday, 29 July and Wednesday, 31 July all Year 10 Italian students visited Templestowe Heights Primary school to teach the grade 5 & 6 students.

The year 10’s spent time planning a variety of lessons featuring different topics to engage the students. Some of the topics that were covered included; family, sport, colours, numbers and of course food!

DSC students created bingo boards, flashcards, crosswords as well as catering to the more kinesthetic learners by offering “kick to kick” sessions while discussing their favourite teams’ colours & nicknames in Italian!

Prof Brogno and I were extremely proud of our students’ organisation, preparation and effort both in the lead up to and during the event. The feedback from the Primary School was excellent and we hope to be able to continue this association throughout the year.

 

Bravissimi!

 

Prof Allen & Prof Brogno

Teachers of Italian