Just over 110 children participate in the day, taking part in a host of exciting activities.
Harris, who was born in the province of Messina, in Sicily, moved to Australia with her family when she was eight years old.
After spending many years in the classroom, she decided to take advantage of an opportunity presented to her and became an Italian teacher.
Determined to create a love for both the language and the culture, she came up with the idea of hosting an Italian Day at the school each year.
“This year, the most popular activities were the Tarantella dance, creating cookies with the tricolour icing, making a gondola out of cardboard, and the artwork created in the style of Modigliani,” Harris said.
The children also had the opportunity to paint like Michelangelo, lying on the floor and painting on sheets attached to the underside of tables.
This way, they could understand the difficulty of painting for long hours in that position.
“The students enjoyed the day so much that some of them asked me to host it again tomorrow!”, Harris concluded with pleasure.
