ITALY Monthly Hello March

Hello everybody! March was a month full of events. First on the 8th we celebrated the last day of Carnival. We usually don t dress up in the school but our pupils have a longer break in the morning where they can eat some typical sweet things like... More

Hello everybody! March was a month full of events. First on the 8th we celebrated the last day of Carnival. We usually don t dress up in the school but our pupils have a longer break in the morning where they can eat some typical sweet things like “frappe” or “chiacchiere”: they are fried and crisp, not very light but delicious. In the afternoon lots of masked children celebrated Shrove Tuesday under a big tent put in one of the main square of the town. They danced and threw each other confetti and coloured mousse. The had a lot of fun. Pupils of year 3 received a prize for the best Carnival drawing. The most important event of this month was the 150th anniversary of the Unity of Italy and for this reason on the 17th March we had a National holiday. For this special occasion our pupils took part in a parade together with our Major and the other local authorities. They put themselves on a flight of steps in front of the Cathedral and accompanied by the band sang our National An Less