Today we celebrated the European Day of Languages.
We were learning all about Italy 🇮🇹. What a wonderful day we had!
We learnt about where Italy is on a map and spotted that it was shaped like a boot! We looked at some of the famous landmarks there. We talked about the traditional food, such as pizza and pasta that is eaten there.
We learnt about the traditional type of mosaic art and then created our class mosaic of the Italian flag.
We then read Pinocchio at story time. We recognised this tale, but discovered it was written by an Italian author long ago.
As part of our continuous provision, we worked as a team to create an Italian themed paper chain. We made pizzas from play dough complete with toppings. We acted out the story of Pinocchio. We used construction to make our own Italian landmarks including the very challenging leaning tower of Pisa!
We were so lucky that Mrs Giordano from Nursery came to visit. She taught us some Italian words and even heads, shoulders, knees and toes in Italian!
Thank you for coming in the traditional Italian colours. We cannot wait for next year with another exciting new country to learn about.
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