Activities were run during every lunch, as well as an engaging PC quiz to test student’s Italian general knowledge.
On Monday, students went back to the year 79 A.D. to re-create the volcanic eruption of Pompeii’s Mount Vesuvius using the Elephants Toothpaste experiment. On Tuesday, students created their own Carnevale masks from the Venetian, Neapolitan and Sicilian Renaissance era using feathers, sequence, and glitter. On Wednesday, students participated in Italian card games such as Briscola and Scopa. On Thursday, Leonardo da Vinci’s design for the self-supporting bridge was brought back to life as students attempted to create the famous bridge out of pop sticks held together by only compression. Finally, on Friday students indulged on a traditional Italian donut know as a ‘Zeppole’ which coincidentally fell on International Donut Day. Students also participated in an indoor soccer tournament during each lunch where every house played it out with their peers cheering them on.
Overall a very successful Italian Week, and we cannot wait to bring it back in 2023!
