Fantastic Film Festival Italian Excursion

I professori di italiano hanno organizzato una splendida mattinata in cui abbiamo avuto l’opportunita’ di conoscere i cibi piu’ diffuse in Italia e vedere dei tradizionali negozi italiani. Siamo partiti da scuola alle 9 in direzione di Northbridge e, una volta arrivati siamo entrati in un grande magazzino che produce cibo europeo. Una gentile signora ci ha illustrato differenti tipi di cibo italiano: formaggio, pasta, dolci, liquori, cioccolata, caffe’ e abbiamo anche potuto assaggiare qualcosa!
Il giro e’ stato interessante e divertente, appena finito abbiamo fatto una bella passeggiata tra negozi tipicamente italiani.
Per il pranzo abbiamo comprato dei mega panini o della pizza.. io e altri ragazzi ci siamo sdragliati al sole in uno splendido parco!qualche dolcetto e poi tutti al cinema! Un film stupendo, “Sleale concorrenza” che mette in luce l’Italia nel periodo della dittatura fascista, evidenziando la triste e ingiusta situazione degli ebrei del tempo. Terminato il cinema siamo tornati a scuola per le tre. Splendida giornata!!


The Italian teachers organized a wonderful morning in witch we have had the opportunity to know the food most popular in Italy and to see the traditional Italian shops.
We left school at 9 to Northbridge and after we arrived we entered to a big shop that produces European food. A kind woman showed us different kinds of Italian food: cheese, pasta, sweets, liquors, chocolate, coffee and we tasted a range of goodies!
The tour was interesting and funny and as soon as it finished we went for a walk around typical Italian shops. For lunch we bought enormous rolls or pizza. Me and other friends lied in the sun in a fantastic park to eat them!
After some sweets everybody left for the cinema. A fantastic movie “Sleale concorrenza” that shows Italy during the fascist period, marking the sad and unjust situation of Jews of that time. After the movie finished, we came back to school at about 3 pm. Such a wonderful day! (Written by Noel, grazie !)

It was at 9.00am that “una gita a Northbridge" (a trip to Northbridge) began, as 40 Italian students from years 10, 11, and 12 clambered off a bus and into the inner city suburb of Northbridge. We all stood around at what was to be our destination…European Foods, an enormous warehouse overflowing with foreign foods. It would have seemed, from the outside, a boring idea for an excursion, that was until we stepped through the door and met the most ecstatic, enjoyable woman Oriana Parri who was to be our tour guide through the maze of foreign cuisine. At once the mood of the group changed to that of curiosity and excitement as we walked along aisles of foreign food as well as getting a sneak peek at roasting coffee beans. Every so often Oriana would pass down a box of Italian goodies for us to try, including Baci chocolate, coffee, tiramisu, nougat and grissini, they were absolutely delicious!!!

The next stop was a walking tour of Northbridge, where we explored more Italian shops, buildings and restaurants that funnily enough, most of us had never noticed before. By this time people were complaining of ‘starvation’ even with the stop off at Corica Pastries…so we split up, some of us wandering off to get pizza, while others to get a roll with the option of Italian meats at the Re Store.

After a nice relaxing lie in the sun and bellies bursting at the seams, we happily danced off to the Cinema Paradiso to watch “Sleale Concorrenza’, an Italian movie set about 1938, during the time that Hitler visited Italy, enforcing his rules upon the Jewish people. It was a story of two families, one Catholic and one Jewish and how the friendship between the two children, and the hatred between their fathers, grows into comradeship and love. The movie was enjoyed by most in the group, and was a topic of conversation as we read the love notes from our Baci chocolates on the bus ride back to school. We had a fantastic time in viaggio (travelling) Northbridge as though it really was Italy. It was a wonderful experience, something that wouldn’t have been possible without our fabulous Italian teachers Mr Millimaci and Mrs Petale.(Written by Alana - grazie !)

Today 43 students explored the Italian cultural and historical influence in Northbridge and had a fantastic time on our Giornata Italiana. All our students were a credit to our school with their outstanding behaviour. Enjoy the photos and congratulations on such a successful excursion. Thank you Andrew for driving our beautiful new bus (it was his first time today and he did a superb job), Signora Petale for all her preparation and organisation, Oriana Parri and European Foods for their warm welcome and tasty treats and of course our wonderful Language students for being such amazing ambassadors for our school ! Enjoy the pictorial memories.