On Thursday 15 September, 26 students from Year 7 and 8 volunteered to participate in the CIS Junior Italian Poetry Competition. In preparation for this, students came to twice weekly lunchtime practice sessions throughout Term 3 to learn to present their poem fluently and with confidence.
Well done to all students who presented on the day.
Below some of the students from Year 8 Orange write about the experience:
I participated in the Italian Poetry Competition and I loved it! It was a little bit difficult trying to memorise and learn actions but the people and the environment made it so much easier. It was very nerve wracking but afterwards it felt like a great achievement.
— Sharli Flynn (Year 8 Silver)
The Italian Poetry Competition was a lot of fun to participate in. The poems were a lot of fun to practise once we got the hang of them.
— Katelyn Dunn (Year 8 Orange)
In the Italian Poetry Competition, we each had to learn a poem that was completely in Italian. We had to memorise this and perform it at the end of the term to a judge who would give us a score based on pronunciation, memorisation and fluency. During Monday and Wednesday lunchtimes we had a lot of fun learning our poems with different people and enjoying a few biscotti along the way.
— Sam Drummond (Year 8 Orange)
