Italian Week

In Week 2, the College celebrated Italian Week at Melton and Cobblebank campuses, with all Italian students enjoying special activities.

Year 7 students from both campuses watched an Italian comedian and magician. Some of them got involved in the show, which made it even more fun!

The Year 8 Melton Campus students participated in a Tarantella dance workshop. It was great to see the students learning the basics of Tarantella, the story behind it and interacting with the presenters. Well done Year 8s for giving it a go!

Year 9, 10, 11 and 12 VET Italian students from our Melton Campus visited the Museo Italiano in Carlton. They learned about Italian migrants to Victoria and their significant contributions to the Carlton area. They enjoyed a walk on Lygon Street and some typical Italian food and desserts.

Our junior students were also busy in their classrooms, completing an art and craft activity with pasta shapes and glue. What messy fun!

Italian week would not have been complete without some soccer. Thank you to our Sports Coordinator, Claudia Alp, for organising our soccer clinics with Avondale Football Club Senior Assistant Coach Andy Vargas.

We also hope everyone enjoyed our canteen's gelati and special menu and listening to Italian music.

The Language Team thanks all staff who contributed to this fantastic week and congratulates the students for their active participation and commendable behaviour.

Student reflections on Italian Week excursion

“We had a great time at the VET excursion to Carlton. We really enjoyed learning about Italian history and culture, but most of all loved the food we got to try and the ice cream and pastries we got to purchase afterwards. It was a fun experience and we hope to do something similar again next year.” Breana and Calliah, Year 10

“The Italian excursion was a fun experience as we learned about history that we don't cover in Italian or History classes and also ate amazing desserts!” Samira, Year 10

“I had a great day on the excursion. The museum was interesting and taught me new things about Carlton and Italian immigration. The restaurant was great, the pizza was really cheesy and the pasta was great as well. We went to Brunetti afterwards and it had so many amazing desserts that it was hard to choose.” Samantha, Year 12

“The Italian excursion was great. We got to learn more about the historical context of Italy as well as enjoy amazing food. I would definitely go again!” Charlie, Year 11

Our junior students were asked to review their Italian Week experiences. Below are some of their comments:

"I enjoyed the Tarantella Dancer incursion because we could watch the professionals dance and have a go ourselves."

"I enjoyed the architetti di pasta because it was fun trying to remake the bridge.”

"The magic show was really good, the guy was funny and very entertaining.”

"I enjoyed the incursion because it was fun and good to have someone else come in and show us some new things about Italy.”

"The Incursion was enjoyable because Luigi Zucchini showed us very cool tricks like making his bird Freddo come out of a painting."