Italian Poetry Competition results

Congratulations to Year 8 student Nicole Bertsias who won first prize in the Centre of Italian Studies (CIS) Junior Italian Poetry Competition.

Nicole won the Year 8, Non-Italian section of the competition for her recital of the poem Acqua Acqua by Roberto Piumini.

The bi-annual Italian poetry competition is divided into two categories: the Italian section (for students who speak Italian at home and are exposed to the language and culture) and the non-Italian section (for students who do not speak Italian at home and are not exposed to the language or culture).

Well done to all our students who entered the competition and achieved the following certificates:

Certificato di Lode

Year 7 Non-Italian

Kiana Barnett, Paige Cauchi, Molly Downie (special mention), Romy Hossni (special mention), Archie Lock, Dekota McKinley (special mention), Isabella Sestoso, Bella Waters

Year 8 Non-Italian

Hannah Dalumpines (special mention), Martina Matti Ishak, Temilola Olaitan

Certificato di Merito

Year 7 Non- Italian

Lily Botticelli, Xander Hawes, Lily Montebello, Chloe Mosqueda, Josh Patel

Year 8 Non-Italian

Apanda [Martha] Poundak

Certificato di Partecipazione

Year 7 Non-Italian

Ekam Bawa, Samuel Bonnici, Lexie Bugeja, Amelia Burke, Apajok Duot, Freya Fox, Mikayla Gilford, Isabella Paddon, Jason Okolo, Viliami Vaitohi

Year 8 Non-Italian

Oliver Dreaver, Shelby Luckett, Victoria Solomon, Lou Yeoman