"Happy" from Sorrento

This is the local version of Pharrell Williams'  "Happy".

http://youtu.be/AIr29CWlFpI

Carnival is a festival that is celebrated in countries of Christian tradition. A carnival children dress up as cartoon characters, animals, clowns, etc...

the typical sweet of the carnival are the''chiacchiere'':

a carnival parade through the streets the ''floats'':

a carnival children have fun throwing confetti and streamers on the streets:

by Francesca.

Traditional "Presepe" (Nativity scene)

                        

This is a Presepe that I made with my father this year. We always make one for Christmas. It took us more than a week, We used paper -maché , cork and a special kind of moss. The presepe is about 2m long but we can fold it in half and keep it for next year.

There are lots of different traditional characters and interesting things in it....see if you can find some of them.....

a pottery wheel and a potter
a ricotta cheese maker
a flour mill
a water wheel
Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus
a pizza maker
a fish monger
a barrel maker
a carpenter
a tavern
a fisherman
a washer woman
a butcher
                                        I hope you like it!
                                            by Ilaria Pane
http://youtu.be/8sNLHY8Txqc


Note: St Francis of Assisi first started "Nativity Scenes", he used live animals. Now it is a tradtion that every family has a Nativity Scene in their house at Christmas time. We usually start making ours around the 8th December but we only put Baby Jesus in the manger on Christmas Eve. We use figures made of terracotta and my father uses special motors to make things move. It's a lot of fun!

Beautiful Nature...

It seems we have some good photographers in our class!

At my home.....
                                                           by Umberto Terraciano

Fun and games in class..

Hi there
Here are some photos that our teacher took in class on Friday...

Front row from window: Umberto T, Giuseppe S, Vittorio.
Second Row: Ilaria, Valeria

From wall: Carmen, Francesca, Benedetta.
Back row from window: Diego, SimonPietro, Emanuele,Vincenza, Giuseppe G 

Francesca and Benedetta
Back row: Emanuele, Vincenza (our teacher's daughter!) Giuseppe G, Georgia, Raffaele, Umberto D.

The Rioters at the back: Raffaele, Umberto D , Martin
Infront of them: Giuseppe G, Georgia, Martina, Ester.
Turning: Federica

At the back: Umberto D, Martin (doesn't write to you!)
Martina, Ester, Giuseppe R (blue t-shirt), Roman
Federica, Valentina, Emilia ("Milly"), Laura P

At the front: Manuela ( a bit sleepy today!), Lavinia, Mariangela, Rosanna

At the front: Milly, Laura P, Raffaela, Claudia.

2 were absent on Friday: 

Laura - who was in New York!

And..
                                                                                    Vera, who was ill.

                          So, that's our class....a crazy bunch!

Italian sunset

Winter Sunset from Sant Agnello today...


                                                   by Giuseppe S.

The Ghost House in Sant Agnello...

THE GHOST HOUSE IN SANT AGNELLO.....

Villa Niccolini is an old villa that is in the Cappuccini district, it was built in the 20's by the builder Alessandro Limongelli.  

Villa Niccolini before restoration

This villa has a very long story behind , everyone of Sant'Agnello has heard talk about the mistery of the ghosts of Villa Niccolini.  The legend says that one time some monks who were evicted, threw a curse on everyone that buys the house, and every time someone buys it, they seem to die a mysterious death! 

Recently some people  say that  there are some ghosts in Villa Niccolini's zone... is it the truth or it's just a mistake of deluded people???!!

A very rich Russian Man bought it and restored the house in 2010. He is still alive...!

The garden of the Villa

Its position on the cliffs.
You can see Vesuvius behind!

The villa now.

If you are very brave, watch the video, but not alone...

http://youtu.be/lD3N7yCgruc

By Diego

CHRISTMAS IN ITALY

Italian people celebrate Christmas with their family . They have a big dinner on Christmas Eve and on Christmas day .

They usually have spaghetti with seafood and several kinds of fish on Christmas Eve, while they have a special lunch with lasagna, roast-beef , potatos and vegetables on Christmas Day.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          They  complete their lunch with zeppole and struffoli.

Zeppole

Struffoli

They play tombola and cards , They meet friends and have fun together.

Tombola - it's like Bingo!

                                              People exchange presents on this day.

People also decorate their house with a big Christmas tree and a crib.(a nativity scene)

Presepe (Crib)

In the centre of my town there was a big Christmas tree with a lot of lights and a bridge infront of it. Behind the Christmas tree there was the Christmas elf’s house.

There was also an ice-skating rink where people could have fun and listen to music.

by Benedetta .

Welcome to the students from Micklefield, SOUTH AFRICA, from the teacher in Italy.

Hi there everybody,
My name's Carole and I'm the teacher who is helping the class in Italy with their Blog. The students are learning English as their second language so I'm sure you'll forgive any mistakes they may make!
Our school is the only "Middle School" in our town, where students from 11 to 14 years study.
We'll try to give you lots of information about us and our town and life in Southern Italy.

I'm sure it's going to be great fun.
Ps. I went to school in Pinelands, with your teacher!!

Sant'Agnello stands.

 A customer tries to find something very very good and very very cheap.

There are so many bargains that it is a very narrow market.

The idea of this recipy was taking from Maxim's.

In his free time, Santa Claus sells good fruit to good Sant'Agnello's kids.

The best olives in Sant'Agnello with a secret recipy!

You can buy everything there! Authentic indian jumping toys! 

 People go to church in Sant'Agnello's day. (especially pregnant women)

The church full of pregnant women.