La Befana.

On the night of January 5th, "la Befana" flies all over Italy on her magic broomstick.

She brings candies to good children...

but bad children find black coal in their stockings!

Merry Christmas!

Have a Merry Christmas,

with love from your Italian friends!

Christmas Time

Our window Christmas decorations.

The Nativity scene.

A traditional Nativity scene: Jesus, Mary and Joseph in a stable, a donkey and an ox, shepherds and sheep.
We create Nativity scenes in our homes and churches.

Il presepe: Gesù Bambino con la Madonna e San Giuseppe, l'asino e il bue, le statuine dei pastori e le pecorelle.

The snow!

Winter is coming soon!!!!!

We had 4 cm of snow on Monday 24 th November and 8 cm today.

The school garden is covered with snow.

Reuse and recycle

At school
We reuse and recycle paper.

Our box for reusable paper and our paper-recycling bin.

We decided to decorate them using reused materials.

At home

We recycle plastic, glass, paper, organic waste, aluminium.

Let's go into the vegetable garden!

We visited a vegetable garden near our school on 9th October.

Let's play "I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE SOMETHING ..."

I spy with my little eye something... green.
What is it? It is the lettuce.

La lattuga.

I spy with my little eye something ... colourful.
What is it ? It is a flower.

I fiori.



I spy with my little eye something...big
What is it? It is a pumpkin.

Le zucche.

I spy with my little eye something ... red
What is it? It is a pepper.

I spy with little eye something ...round o

What is it? It is a tomato.

I pomodori.

I spy with my little eye something ... fragrant.

What is it? It is the basil.

Il basilico.

I spy with my little eye something ... funny.

What is it? It is a scarecrow.

Lo spaventapasseri.

I spy with my little eye something ... exotic.

What is it? It is a banana plant.

Il banano.

Banana plants are unusual in Italy. They are cultivated as ornamental plants.

Chickens

There is a small flock of chickens near our school.
Un gallo e una gallina.

A cock and a hen.

Pulcini - Chicks

Gallo - Cock

A cute rabbit ...but it is a garden statue!

Mushrooms!

There are some mushrooms in our school garden.

I’m a little mushroom

(Sung to: I’m a little teapot )

I’m a little mushroom
short and stout
here is my cap
here is my stem.

Now it is Autumn
look around
under a tree
you can find me !

Leaf rubbing

Instructions:

1) Collect some leaves.

2) Put a leaf under a sheet of paper.

3) Gently rub the crayon.

4)Cut out.

The leaves in our garden

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Quercia: foglia e ghianda, la pianta è originaria del Nord America.

Oak: leaf and acorn, it is native of North America.

Betulla, le foglie - Birch: leaves

Fico: foglia e frutto - Fig: leaf and fruit.

Nocciolo: foglia e nocciole - Hazel: leaf and nuts.

Welcome to Arsago Seprio !

The church of San Vittore

Arsago Seprio is a small village.

Our class :

Our teachers: Anna Maria, Fabio, Alba.



Goodbye !!!!