The Year 10 and Year 12 students studying Italian this year attended the Italian Immersion Camp. The students immersed themselves in the Italian language and culture and participated in various activities during the three day camp.The theme for the camp is 'Italian migration and their impact on a community in South Australia'.
The camp began with a visit to the Migration Museum where we were given an informative talk, by David our Italian guide, on the migration of Italians into South Australia. We then travelled to Victor Harbor to our accommodation. and began to unpack the information obtained. Here we are able to settle in and write the information obtained during the day in our booklets. We played Italian games, cooked Italian food and watched a film on Italian migration, Love’s Brother.
McLaren Vale became our focus on day two of our camp. Here we had the opportunity to see and taste the real impact of Italian Migration on McLaren Vale. Anna Rogers talked to us about the contribution Italian migrants have made on the centre of McLaren Vale township in the form of the Piazza Delle Valle, a square funded by the 2.2 million dollars raised by the Italian community. This is an amazing achievement and gift to the township, a meeting place where one can relax and enjoy the alfresco lifestyle with friends and family. Truly Italian!
We visited Diana Olives and had a tour of how olive oil is made. The Santopalato Cooking School teaches students how to cook authentic Italian food. We made tortellini with a tomato sauce and enjoyed Sicilian Street food and for desert Bomboloni. Delicious!
The evening was spent at the Bocce Club learning and playing Bocce, a popular Italian game and sharing an Italian meal with the locals.
It was an amazing experience and a time to learn and reflect on all things Italian. An experience the students and teachers will remember with fondness!
Anna Peek, Angelica Paussa and Anne Molinaro
Italian Teachers
