Researching all about Italy - Porchester Junior Schools' research for the 2010 World Cup

Jun 25 2010

Italy wordle report

Published by Laura under Football

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

Laura and Primrose

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Jun 24 2010

Comments from the Coach

Published by Mr. Widdowson under Football

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 because the coach didn’t train the team as he should.”

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Jun 24 2010

Italy Crash Out

Published by Mr. Widdowson under Football

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 that, instead losing 3 – 2 and heading home. Match report and wordle to come tomorrow.

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Jun 23 2010

Italy Vs New Zealand match report

Published by Emily under Football

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

Stella and Emily

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Jun 23 2010

Michelangelo

Published by Keava under Culture,People

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. He studied sculpture at Lorenzo de Medici’s fabulous palace in Florence.

In 1506 the Pope asked Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The huge, Curved ceiling is about the size of a tenis court and he had to work on scaffolding 15 metres high. He held his brushes above his head. It took him 4 years to finish the Ceiling and by the end his neck was so stiff that he could only read things by arching his head back.

Michelangelo used what the fresco technique when he painted walls and ceiling. Fresco means fresh in Italian. The artist paints directly onto the wet plaster. As the plaster dried, the paint bonds to it. He had to work quickly to get the right results. The main panels of the seiling show scenes from the book of Genesis. Also shown are portraits of prophets and Sibyls who foretold the coming of the messiah. There are also pictures showing Jesus’ ancestors and stories around are smaller figures of cherubs and nudes. Altogether there are more than 300 painted figures on the ceiling.

Image taken from Wikipedia

Amazing facts

Michelangelo was left – handed.
Michelangelo was a poet as well as an artist. He wrote one poem about how painful it was working on the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo didn’t care about his appearance and wore cheap. boots without socks. While he worked on the Sistine Chapel he wore the same boots for months not even taking them off when he went to sleep!

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Jun 23 2010

Mount Etna

Published by Jakob under Places

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 was young so we thought that it might be a bit dangerous.

This is a picture of mount Etna erupting. Taken from PicsDigger

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Jun 22 2010

Italian football teams

Published by Keava under Football

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 in 1929. Their ground is at Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi.
Fiorentina: Founded 1926. Their ground is at Stadio Artemio Franchi
Genoa: Founded in 1893. Their stadium is in Genoa, Liguria.
Inter Milan: Founded in 1908.Their ground is at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.
Juventus: Founded in 1897. They are based in Turin, Piedmont. Juventus have won 51 competitions. Their manager is Luigi Delneri.
Lazio: Founded in 1900. Their stadium is in Rome
Livorno: Founded in 1915. Their ground is at Stadio Armando Picchi.
AC Milan: Founded 1899. Their ground is the San Siro
Napoli: Founded in 1926. Their stadium is in Naples.
Palermo: Founded in 1900. Their ground is at Stadio Renzo Barbera.
Parma: Founded 1913. Their ground is at Stadio Ennio, Tardini, Parma
As Roma: Founded in 1927. Their stadium is called Stadio Olimpico
Sampdoria: Founded in 1946. Their ground is at Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
Siena: Founded in 1904. Their Stadium is at Stadio Artemio Franchi, Siena
Udinese: Founded in 1896. Their stadium is in Udine.