Researching all about Italy

Well, it has been almost a month since we began researching information about Italy for this project. Unfortunately we now have to move onto other topics in school (although you can still add to the blog from home and write more information about Italy), and so our Italy adventure is coming to an end. What [...]

This is the Italy Vs Slovakia match report from me and Charley

This is a wordle of the match report for the Italy – Slovakia match Laura and Primrose

Following Italy’s defeat against Slovakia, and the end of their World Cup campaign, Marcello Lippi, the Italian Coach said; “I take all responsibility, all responsibility for what happened. If a team turns up at such an important game like tonight with terror in their heart and their legs and is unable to express its ability it’s [...]

Well, who would have thought that the current World Champions would not make it past the first round? After two stuttering 1 -1 draws against Paraguay and then New Zealand, the Azzurri needed nothing less than a win against Slovakia to make it into the last 16. Image taken from Fifa.com Unfortunately they didn’t manage [...]

We made a wordle of Italy vs New Zealand and this is what we found; Stella and Emily

Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on 6th March 1475 in Italy. When he was a baby his mother became Ill, so he was looked after by a Stonemason’s family. Later he often told people that this was why he was so good at Sculptures out of stone. Michelangelo trained as a painter but he loved Sculpter best. [...]

Mount  Etna is nicknamed Muncibeddu, beautiful mountain. Mount Etna is near Messina and Cantania in Sicily. Etna in Greek means “I burn”. In Arabic it means the mountain of fire. It is the most active volcano in Europe. I have bean up Mount Etna my self but I did not go right to the top because I [...]

Atalanta: Founded in 1907 . The stadium is in Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’italia Bergamo Bari: Founded in 1908. The stadium  is in Bari, Apulia. Bologna: Founded in 1909. Their ground is Stadio Renato, Dall’Ara Cagliari: Founded in 1920. Their ground is Stadio Sant’Elia. Catania: Founded in 1908. Their stadium is in Catania, Sicilly. Chievo: Founded [...]

We’ve been learning how to say the days of the week in Italian. Listen to our attempts below; Italian days of the Week lunedì: Monday martedi: Tuesday mercoledi: Wednesday giovedi: Thursday venerdi: Friday sabato: Saturday domenica: Sunday