Questo Semestre
TERM 2! CIAO amici!
Questo semestre we investigated numbers, colours, the body and the wonderful world of food. We celebrated festa della republica on Friday June the 2nd.
We celebrated by having a special pizza day at WNPS.
Festa della Repubblica ([ˈfɛsta della reˈpubblika]; in English, Republic Day) is the Italian National Day and Republic Day, which is celebrated on 2 June each year. The day commemorates the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage in 1946, in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on the form of government, following the Second World War and the fall of Fascism. With 12,717,923 votes for a republic and 10,719,284 for the monarchy, the male descendants of the House of Savoy were sent into exile. To commemorate it, a grand military parade is held in central Rome, presided over by the President of the Italian Republic in his role as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. The Prime Minister, formally known as the President of the Council of Ministers, and other high officers of state also attend. There are important celebrations in all the Italian embassies and foreign heads of state are invited. Even though the main parade is in Rome, many Italian cities celebrate the day as well.[1]
Prior to the foundation of the Republic, the Italian national day was the first Sunday in June, anniversary of the granting of the Statuto Albertino. From 1977 to 1999, due to economic reasons, this was the date of the celebrations for the 1946 foundation of the republic. The 2 June date became official in 2000. The parade was held in Turin in 1961 to mark the centennial year of Italian unification.
Questo semestre we investigated numbers, colours, the body and the wonderful world of food. We celebrated festa della republica on Friday June the 2nd.
We celebrated by having a special pizza day at WNPS.
Festa della Repubblica ([ˈfɛsta della reˈpubblika]; in English, Republic Day) is the Italian National Day and Republic Day, which is celebrated on 2 June each year. The day commemorates the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage in 1946, in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on the form of government, following the Second World War and the fall of Fascism. With 12,717,923 votes for a republic and 10,719,284 for the monarchy, the male descendants of the House of Savoy were sent into exile. To commemorate it, a grand military parade is held in central Rome, presided over by the President of the Italian Republic in his role as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. The Prime Minister, formally known as the President of the Council of Ministers, and other high officers of state also attend. There are important celebrations in all the Italian embassies and foreign heads of state are invited. Even though the main parade is in Rome, many Italian cities celebrate the day as well.[1]
Prior to the foundation of the Republic, the Italian national day was the first Sunday in June, anniversary of the granting of the Statuto Albertino. From 1977 to 1999, due to economic reasons, this was the date of the celebrations for the 1946 foundation of the republic. The 2 June date became official in 2000. The parade was held in Turin in 1961 to mark the centennial year of Italian unification.
TERM 1! Buon Giorno a tutti!
In the coming weeks we will be preparing for our wonderful festival of Carnevale! The students are warmly invited to dress up in the Italian flag colours of verde (green), bianco (white) and rosso (red) on Carnevale Day, Friday March 24. They will then participate in a parade displaying the Carnevale masks that we will be making in class. We hope you have been singing the songs that we have been learning (Ciao, buon giorno!) and have been enjoying practicing your vocabulary at home!
Arrivederci allegatori! (See you later alligators!)
Signora Mercuri e Signora Tombolato
We are very excited to be beginning a Languages program at WNPS. To begin with, students across the school will be learning how to greet and introduce themselves and we will be exploring Venice and the Carnevale Festival.
Students will:
Here are some words and phrases we will be learning this term. Please encourage paracitsing at home.
Grazie
I SALUTI! (Greetings!)
Come ti chiami? (What is your name?) Ciao (Hello, goodbye)
Mi chiamo…… (My name is ……..) Buongiorno (Good morning)
Buon pomeriggio (Good afternoon)
Come stai? (How are you?) Buona sera (Good evening)
Buona notte (Good night)
Sto bene grazie. (I am well thank you.) Grazie (Thank you)
Sto cosi`, cosi`. (I am so, so – ok.) Prego (You’re welcome)
Sto male. (I am not well.) Salve (Hello)
Non c’e` male. (Not too bad.) Arrivederci (See you later)
I GIORNI DELLA SETTIMANA! (The Days Of The Week!)
domenica lunedi` martedi` mercoledi` giovedi` venerdi` sabato
(Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday)
I MESI DELL’ANNO! (The Months Of The Year!)
gennaio (January) luglio (July)
febbraio (February) agosto (August)
marzo (March) settembre (September)
aprile (April) ottobre (October)
maggio (May) novembre (November)
giugno (June) dicembre (December)
In the coming weeks we will be preparing for our wonderful festival of Carnevale! The students are warmly invited to dress up in the Italian flag colours of verde (green), bianco (white) and rosso (red) on Carnevale Day, Friday March 24. They will then participate in a parade displaying the Carnevale masks that we will be making in class. We hope you have been singing the songs that we have been learning (Ciao, buon giorno!) and have been enjoying practicing your vocabulary at home!
Arrivederci allegatori! (See you later alligators!)
Signora Mercuri e Signora Tombolato
We are very excited to be beginning a Languages program at WNPS. To begin with, students across the school will be learning how to greet and introduce themselves and we will be exploring Venice and the Carnevale Festival.
Students will:
- Learn and practice how to greet and farewell one another at different times of the day
- Learn and practice how to ask how others are going and to reply appropriately
- be introduced to Italian vowel sounds using gestures, and the Italian alphabet
- Commence personal and communal word lists
- explore and apply colours
- explore and apply numbers
- Learn and use simple classroom instructions
Here are some words and phrases we will be learning this term. Please encourage paracitsing at home.
Grazie
I SALUTI! (Greetings!)
Come ti chiami? (What is your name?) Ciao (Hello, goodbye)
Mi chiamo…… (My name is ……..) Buongiorno (Good morning)
Buon pomeriggio (Good afternoon)
Come stai? (How are you?) Buona sera (Good evening)
Buona notte (Good night)
Sto bene grazie. (I am well thank you.) Grazie (Thank you)
Sto cosi`, cosi`. (I am so, so – ok.) Prego (You’re welcome)
Sto male. (I am not well.) Salve (Hello)
Non c’e` male. (Not too bad.) Arrivederci (See you later)
I GIORNI DELLA SETTIMANA! (The Days Of The Week!)
domenica lunedi` martedi` mercoledi` giovedi` venerdi` sabato
(Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday)
I MESI DELL’ANNO! (The Months Of The Year!)
gennaio (January) luglio (July)
febbraio (February) agosto (August)
marzo (March) settembre (September)
aprile (April) ottobre (October)
maggio (May) novembre (November)
giugno (June) dicembre (December)