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UN PO DI…….. PASQUA.

Easter (Pasqua in Italian) . On Easter Sunday the bell towers of the Italian cities tinkle with beautiful melodies reminding everyone that the day of joy has come.

Easter also coincides with the end of winter and the beginning of spring.The gardens are “in fiore” and the birds are singing again.

Italian students have a seven day vacation for Easter. School ends on Easter Thursday and resumes the following Thursday.

The roast lamb(Agnello Pasquale) is often the preferred Easter  Sunday meal, followed by “La Colomba Pasquale”, a dove shaped fruit cake. And of course ,chocolate Easter eggs with a “sorpresa ” inside, are very popular.

Italians have a famous saying “Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi”(Christmas withyour family, Easter with whom you want) and because of that, many choose to spend the festivity away from home, maybe skiing on the mountains or windsurfing at nearby lakes. Parks are by far the most popular destination for Italians, young and old. The good weather is coming and the indoor life is finally over.

Grade 5 and 6 students explored the topic of Il cafe. The students learnt about all the different types of coffee available to drink.The students also looked at typical Italian bars in Italy and made some comparisons.
As an assessment task students had to develop a role play on ordering coffee/a comic strip on being in a bar/a song about coffee.
Here are some of the Grade 5 /6 tasks on coffee.
Godete (enjoy)

Untitled from Eda Conte on Vimeo.

Grade 5 and 6 students learnt about La Casa (the house).Students used the games on Languagesonline to learn the names of the rooms in the house and then wrote a few sentences describing their house
e.g.La mia casa `e grande e comoda. My house is big and comfortable.
La mia casa `e brutta e vechia. My house is ugly and old.
Students were asked to make a model (birds eye view ) of a house -they could make it from anything and had to label the rooms. Some students decided to make or place furniture in there houses and some had gardens and pools around there houses they all looked fantastic.
Well done grade 5 and 6.

This story is set in the context of a fair and the festive atmophere is conveyed by the singing at the beginning and end of the story.
This is a story about Pinoccchio and Grillo the cricket and what happened to them at the fair.
The prep students will be making and tasting Zucchero Filato (Fairy Floss).Buon appetito.
We will post some pictures of us eating and enjoying homemade Zucchero Filato.