Languages Week is indeed an essential experience for all students undertaking French, Italian and Japanese, as it is a celebration of not only languages but also cultures and traditions around the world.

La Comica Variety performed their hilarious ‘Gnocchi Mission’ play to our Year 7 Italian and Year 8 CLIL students. Our students were actively engaged in the play and learned about Italian culture and the importance of the Italian cuisine.

Our Year 8 Italian students enjoyed ‘Il Capitano’ performance from Commedia dell’ Arte. Students were introduced to the traditional masks and characters of this historical Italian theatre form in this clever comedy and participated in the performance by acting out different roles throughout the play.

Year 8 Japanese students participated in ‘Sumie’ workshop, the art of traditional Japanese calligraphy, incursion where they used ink dipped brushes to artistically create Japanese characters and further engage in Japanese culture. Our Year 7 Japanese students also learned about ‘Manga’ drawing. Student produced their very own work and took great pride in these.

Our Year 7 and 8 French enjoyed a performance by Philippe and Jacques, where they combined French music, mime, comedy, drama and magic. With audience participation, students were taken on an hilarious journey of French drama and music, using accordion, fife, drum, bombarde, singing and mime. Students were taken on a vibrant and colourful journey through the music of regional France with folk dance and folk song. Students also indulged in yummy breakfast croissants.

On Friday we had a visit from Tom with his famous and dearly loved Gelati Van. Students were able to purchase their favourite gelato and some opted for the fairy floss.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our dedicated team of Language teachers and assistants for their hard work and commitment to provide our students with an excellent Languages Week program.

Thank you – Merci – Arigatō – Grazie!