Italian

Our teachers are native speakers, brilliant Educators and are amazing at connecting with, and inspiring their students.

Pre-schooler Italian

Lots of songs, rhymes and puppet play. Lots and lots of active games – jumping/hopping, hiding/seeking and touching/feeling things. Our pre-schooler programs are very ‘hands on’ and include many sensory elements to get the children engaged and speaking Italian naturally. We explicitly teach the following topics using a play-based methodology;

Basic Greetings; Numbers 1-20; Colours; eating and drinking; fruits,  common animals (farm and zoo animals); body parts & clothing; the outdoors & environment; weather; transport; and movement/actions.

We explore many of the cultural elements of Italy including the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the canals of Venice, the many ruins of Rome, using Euros for shopping, gelato, pasta and pizzas, Italian art eg Michelangelo and Da Vinci, and what Christmas and Easter is like for children living in Italy.

Primary Italian Beginner

A 2-year rolling program including but not limited to: Basic Greetings; Numbers 1-50; Colours; Food, drinks & eating; Fruits; Vegetables; common animals; farm and zoo animals; body parts & clothing; the outdoors & environment; weather; transport; sport and movement.  Learning about the different Italian regions. We explore many of the cultural elements of Italy including the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the canals of Venice, the many ruins of Rome, using Euros for shopping, gelato, pasta and pizzas, Italian art eg Michelangelo and Da Vinci, and what Christmas and Easter is like for children living in Italy.

Primary Italian Intermediate I

Consolidating all the core vocab learnt in Beginner level, and adding in the grammar and sentence structure. Numbers 1-100. Telling the time, Money and ordering in a cafe. A lot more conversation practice to build fluence and many more new words within each topic.

Primary Italian Intermediate II

More grammar, more Vocab and more practice. Building conversational fluency and increasing the complexity of the sentence structures and the types of conversations. Manipulating numbers to do simple maths. Simple literacy exercises with writing activities in Italian.  Numbers 1-100, also larger numbers such as 1,000,  10,000 etc. Becoming proficient with telling the time.

Primary Italian Advanced

Children must be either fluent in basic Italian or have already done 5 years+ learning conversational Italian. Building fluency in reading, writing and speaking Italian. Italian maths; Italian writing activities; Italian conversational games.