Arrivederci!

Ciao a tutti!

I have just had my last week of teaching Italian at Spensley Street. I would like to say an enormous "grazie mille!" to everybody in the Spensley Street community for being so welcoming, supportive and enthusiastic about Italian language learning! I am very grateful for the fantastic experience that I have had teaching here at Spensley Street. It is a wonderful school with a special community feeling and a dedicated and passionate staff that I feel very privileged to have been a part of.

We had a great last week making Margherita pizza and putting our inventor-caps on to create the ideal pizza. Check out the photos below!

I am going overseas for the rest of the year but I hope to see you all around after that!
 

Grazie tanto e arrivederci!

Stephanie.

 

Il gusto e l'olfatto

We have been investigating how our senso dell’olfatto (sense of smell) influences our senso del gusto (sense of taste). We did an experiment to see if we could tell the difference between apple (la mela) and potato (la patata) when we had our eyes closed and our nosed blocked. We then repeated the experiment to see if blocking our nose affected how well we could taste. We got some interesting results! Try it with your families at home to find out what happens!

Want to learn more? Click on this link for a fun interactive tutorial filled with interesting information! Taste & Smell tutorial

Next Monday Kate’s, Prue’s, Ruby’s, Hannah’s and Karen’s classes will be making Margherita pizza! Classes that have Italian on Tuesday and Wednesday will be making pizza the following week (the last week of term).
Non vedo l’ora! (I can’t wait!)

A presto!

Stephanie.

L'olfatto (smell)

Ciao a tutti!

We have been having fun exploring our senso dell'olfatto (sense of smell) this week with a "mystery smells" activity! Have a look at the photos of the students trying to work out what the smell is and deciding if it is buono (nice) or cattivo (bad)...

 

 

Also check out these photos from last week of some of the students experimenting with hearing...

Next week we'll begin studying il gusto (taste) - non vedo l'ora! (I can't wait!)

Steph :)