VISIT TO IL GIORNALE DI SICILIA.

Last Thursday 7th April 2016, Il Giornale di Sicilia was visited by a large group of students and teachers from six different countries: Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Romania, Spain and Italy (the host school). The visitors are working on an Erasmus + programme KA2 project related to the media and the news.
At its offices, the guests were explained how a journal is made from its very beginning until we get them in our hands and they had the opportunity of visiting the installations as well. They got precise information about what the work in a journal is like by watching an explanatory video of its history. This is what they learnt after watching it: The history of Il Giornale di Sicilia.

The newspaper was founded in 1860 by Girolamo Ardizzone, whose bust can be seen at the conference room at the journal headquarters. The owners of the journal have been the same family since it was started, which is a unique case in Italy. The actual owner and manager is Antonio Ardizzone, one of the descendants of the founder.

A TRIP THAT CHANGED MY MIND!

By Jonathan Varela Fernández.

A few weeks ago, the long-awaited trip to Palermo (Sicily) was eventually carried out; we had been waiting for two really long years. The trip lasted seven days in total. 

                 
During the first five days, we stayed in Palermo (in the north of the island) and, for the last two days of our visit, we moved to Catania, which lies on a broad plain at the bottom of Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe and is located in the south-east of the island.

3 YEARS..

A poem by Carla Gago Castro.
Some people have the ability to communicate feelings through poems. Here is one written by a young student in 3rd year ESO which can touch you deep inside.

                                
Click on the link below to read it.
3 Years poem

Sicily: An island of contrasts.

Have you ever wondered what a trip to Sicily would be like?
This is what we found on our recent visit to the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an island full of history which wants to keep its rich cultural bakground at the same time as it is trying to meet the new requirements to fit the needs of the modern society of the 21st century we live in.

Through this series of photographs, some of them with comments, you'll discover a little bit of its history as well as some of the most important UNESCO sites on the island, together with their beautiful traditional music and astonishing landscapes and monuments.
You'll also have a look at one of the most important journals on the island: Il Giornale di Sicilia, which we visited as an important part of the project we're working on.

Click here to watch the film.