LOTE Week

Throughout LOTE Week at the College, held from 8-12 August, our students were invited to celebrate languages and culture through various activities. By studying languages, it allows us to connect to another culture and way of thinking and foster intercultural awareness and understanding.

The week started with an indoor soccer match of Year 12 students versus staff. It was an awesome event with great atmosphere due to the energy of players and cheers of spectating students.

Throughout the week, students made origami, watched animated films Luca (in Italian) and Belle (in Japanese) and played Italian card games of Scopa and Briscola. Students also learned drawing techniques from visiting manga artist Kenny Chan through a lunchtime manga workshop session in McAuley Library.

In the classroom, homerooms participated in a LOTE quiz and Year 7 Italian students showed creativity in making carnevale masks. Mr Michael Modini’s Year 9 Italian class enjoyed the experience of making pavesini dessert, similar to chocolate eclairs.

Year 8 and 9 Japanese students practised their kanji (Chinese characters used in the Japanese language) and created their own beautiful stones with kanji representing nature and animals.

During the week, the lunchtime prayers were read by Year 12 students. Ellie Inglese (Year 12 Blue), Mark Rimando (Year 12 Blue) and LOTE Prefect Marisa Garza Lopez (Year 12 Orange) read the Hail Mary in Italian, tagalog (Filipino language) and Spanish, and a prayer for peace for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day was read in Japanese by Monica Mockiewicz (Year 12 Green).

We hope all of our students enjoyed connecting with other languages and cultures throughout the week.