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I hope that we can learn a lot of new information about the nature and cultural features of different countries and also interact with other teachers and pupils. My personal skills are cinema, theatre, visiting and travelling through new countries; I love reading and I hope I’ll be able to speak better English. || curriculum. I'll be able to help with the organisation of information on Wikispace as long as it's all open source. || For me being a teacher is something pretty much new and of course I do find it sometimes difficult, but I'm getting experience in my job from year to year! Apart from being a teacher at school I have also another passion, which is ice-skating. I've been skating since I was a child and now that I don't compete anymore I'm a skating coach at the ice rink in Courmayeur. I really love both my jobs and, to be honest, I don't have so much freetime at the end of the day, but as soon as I have a couple of free hours I like going for walks, reading and talking to friends. During my holidays I usually like to travel around and discover as many places and cultures as possible! I really think Comenius is a great project, which gives us and our students the possibility of travelling, seeing new countries and speaking with new friends from all over the world, because -as my Italian teacher used to say- the future is in human relationships! || Basically I enjoy the best things we have here in Aosta Valley: our mountains and amazing landscapes! || I live in La Tuile because I have to do ski training as often as possible. As a matter of fact, my greatest dream is to become a member of the Italian national team and win both a World Cup race and the Olympics.I like watching TV too. My favourite program is "The Simpsons", I like watching films and cartoons, I hate soap operas like "centovetrine" which are boring. I love listentening to music: commercial music, rock music and disco music. My favourite singer is Chris Brown. I like going out with my friends but I can't do it often beacuse I have to ski and I have to study too. I'm jealous and sometimes crazy too. When I'm an adult I'll take on my father's job. This is me and I'm happy as I am. || I'm quite tall and I'm slim. I've got brown and curly short hair. I've got blue eyes. My favourite sport is cross-country skiing. I belong to the Valdigne ski club My hobbies are meeting my friends, doing some sport in the summer, for example cycling with my mountain bike and running. In the winter I go skiing and I meet my friends. I'm quite good at learning languages and I go to the high school that specializes in languages and is organized for athletes because I go skiing in the afternoon. My dad's name is Massimo, my mum's is Laura and my brother's is Fabrizio. He's a ski instructor. My dad is a municipal worker and my mum works in Courmayeur. || I am very outgoing and open to everything, I love moving around and doing new things as I am full of energy. I am a very cheerful person although I tend to have mood swings every now and then. I am very independent, I love meeting new people, going out with friends, reading books and listening to a lot of music. I also love cooking, watching films and writing, as I think these are very useful tools for diminishing the stress. I really like animals but I'm scared of ants and I am absolutely terrified of spiders. I like new experiences and helping others. When I can, I work as a babysitter, in my free time I go out with my friends, read, listen to music or I watch films. I'm responsible and put a lot of effort into what I do. In conclusion, I am very open and curious about all the possible experiences I could have because I believe it is truly important to discover new things and grow as a person. || I'm medium-height and medium-build. I've got blue eyes and long brown hair. I'm a simple person, a little bit shy, but I love meeting new people. In my free time I like going out with my friends and listening to music, I like all singers, but specially Vasco Rossi and I also like reading. I'm not very sporty, but I like walking and horse-riding. I go to language school in Courmayeur. My favorite languages are English and German. In the future when I finish school I would like go abroad and then go to university. ||
 * =Teachers and pupils involved in the project= ||
 * [[image:annie.jpg width="88" height="175"]] || Hi, my name is Annie Gadin and I’m a Philosophy and a History teacher. I like my job because everyday I can learn something new and I can investigate every aspect of our reality with my pupils! I love listening to music, rock in particular. I enjoy reading but I can do this chiefly in the summer when I have more time. I’m interested in dressmaking and I’ve taken a course with my sister to become a tailor. Now all my family take advantage of my abilities! Besides, I’m very greedy: I love desserts, especially ice cream. I also like cooking with my husband, he’s an expert in ethnic cuisine and instead I’m more focused on traditional Italian cuisine and desserts. I believe in multicultural experiences, like Comenius, because when I was studying at university I spent one year in Paris with the Erasmus project. This experience was wonderful and very important for me because I opened my mind to other cultures and other peoples…and the chance to taste other foods of the world! I think that every teenager has to have this experience to grow up. ||
 * [[image:IMG_1778 fiamma.JPG width="103" height="135" caption="Fiamma"]] || Hi, I’m Fiammetta Ostorero, an Italian and Latin teacher. I was born in Milan, one of the most important cities in Italy. In 1997 I married my husband and I came to live in Courmayeur. I have two children, one is fourteen years old and the other is nine years old: they are my joy in life. I like my job because it keeps me in contact with young people and because studying continuously keeps my mind trained. I have some hobbies like decoupage and cardboard modeling. Besides, I make jewelry and I enjoy cooking. Although I married a ski instructor, I’m not very sporty but I love walking in the mountains or in the forest, picking mushrooms. I’m very grateful to Comenius because it lets me meet people of different nations and it allows teachers and students to have experiences which are useful for their lives. ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/IMG_1037.JPG width="176" height="110" caption="Attacked by a predator in Barcelona!!"]] || Hi, I'm Rosie Crawford, an English teacher and the person who is responsible for Comenius projects in our school. Thanks to Comenius, we have the opportunity of travelling, seeing new countries, meeting our partners and getting to know about their cultures. Above all, we have the chance of pooling all our respective skills to create something together. Apart from enjoying my job, I really love going for walks in the mountains, snowshoeing, planting and picking vegetables in my garden, visiting art exhibitions and concerts, going to the theatre, reading and listening to music. I am also fond of cooking for my family and sometimes my friends. I like experimenting with recipes from all over the world, especially with Asian food. I consider myself to be very priveleged living in Aosta Valley because it's one of the most spectacular places I've ever seen with its majestic mountains and overwhelming scenery. Although it's the smallest region in Italy and far from major cities, we have internationally famous performers, artists, academics and visionaries who visit our region throughout the year. ||
 * [[image:foto cly (1).JPG width="124" height="187"]] || Hi I’m Laura Mannoni and I am a teacher of art history. At the moment I’m working in the Courmayeur High School, I think that the Comenius experience has been very interesting for me. I have worked in different schools, but I have never studied another school system although I’ve worked also in the tourist field in order to create cultural packages. I have accompanied groups of tourists around the cultural sites of the Aosta Valley explaining to them the historical and artistic heritage of this region.
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/gnu-avatar.jpg]] || I'm Roberto Picchiottino but everybody calls me Picchio. I teach maths and ICT. Unfortunately, with the new reform, ICT is no longer part of the
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/gnu-avatar.jpg]] || I'm Roberto Picchiottino but everybody calls me Picchio. I teach maths and ICT. Unfortunately, with the new reform, ICT is no longer part of the
 * || Hi! My name is Stefania Poli and I'm a German teacher: I LOVE German language, culture and lifestyle!
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/P1040139.JPG width="177" height="135"]] || Hi, my name is Valentina Henriet and I am an English teacher. I love my job because it allows me to interact in English every single day! Indeed I completely fell in love with this language 10 years ago when I travelled to the USA and I spent a year of high school there as a senior. It was a great period of my life which made me realise the importance of multicultural experiences and the need for a teenager to meet new people and new places. This is the reason why I strongly believe in and support Comenius projects. When I have some free time I love doing sports! I used to be a cross-country skier while now I often go skiing mountaineering in the winter and hiking in the mountains in summer time.
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/carola.jpe width="73" height="73" caption="Carola Gandelli"]] || Hello! My name's CAROLA GANDELLI. I'm 15 years old and I'm from Aosta Valley in the north of Italy. The exact place where I live is Morgex, a mountain village. I live there with my family. Physically, I'm not very tall, I'm medium-height and medium-build. I've got short brown hair. I prefer wearing my hair in pony-tails because I think it's better and more comfortable than untied. I'm sometimes shy and I'm not very talkative but I'm a good listener and I enjoy helping people with their problems. I'm very studious but I don't study just to get good marks but because I want to learn new things and become a very important person such as an ambassadress. My friends say I'm funny. My passion is horse-riding. I love doing long excursions and I'm very happy when a "friendship" springs up between the horse and me because I know I can trust him. Unluckily I haven't got a horse but I hope one day I will have a beautiful black Frisian. In my free time I love reading. I enjoy Agatha Christie's novels and I think the best novel of all is "Murder on the Orient Express", but I also like other kind of books such as vampire and angel stories. I often listen to music, especially pop and commercial, but I hate listening to the radio because I think they talk too much. I watch TV in the evenings when I have dinner with my family: we love quiz shows. On Saturday afternoons, I go out with my friend Eloise: we meet each other only at the weekend because she studies in Turin. We speak about our lives. When I grow up I want to travel, discover every part of the world and learn Russian and Slavic languages. One day I will be a famous interpreter in the Strasbourg Parliament. ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/vanessa.jpg width="69" height="69" caption="Vanessa Jordan"]] || Hi, I'm VANESSA JORDAN and I'm 15. I attend the second year of the Liceo Linguistico in Courmayeur. I live in La Thuile and I'm an only child. I'm very tall and medium build. My hair is blond, wavy and shoulder-lenght. I have light blue eyes and I have got a few freckles. I'm extrovert, talkative and very lazy. My friends say I'm very stubborn and narrow-minded. I'm a simple person. I love listening to music, skiing, seeing my friends and going to the disco. I hate running and doing my homework. I haven't a favourite singer because I love many singers. I like Bob Marley, Vasco Rossi and David Guetta. I don't like reading and I haven't a favourite book. My favourite film is Sister Act 1 and 2. I think it is very amazing. My favourite foods are pizza, chips and meat. My hobby is the sport. ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/alessia.jpg width="65" height="65" caption="Alessia Sirigu"]] || Hello! My name's ALESSIA SIRIGU and I'm 15 years old. I was born in Aosta but I live in a small village at the foot of the Mont Blanc. In my family there are four people: my parents, my sister and me. My sister's name is Federica. She's 23 years old. She works in Courmayeur, as a hairdresser. She loves it a lot. I'm medium-height and I am not slim. I've got brown eyes and shoulder-lenght hair. It is wavy and dark brown. I hate pony-tails but I love doing my hair in plaits. I'm very shy and in class I hardly ever speak. I'm quite studious and hardworking. I'm sometimes stubborn. I think that I'm a simple person and also open-minded. My favourite subjects are English and German. I like going to school because there are all my friends. I love my class. During the lessons we often laugh. In my free time I like taking pictures, reading, dancing, listening to music. I practise dance, it's my passion. I started when I was four years old with the classic ballet. I also play tennis but I don't like it very much because I don't like running. I'd like to learn good English, because I'd like to travel around the world, especifically in the United States of America. Bye Bye, Alessia Sirigu ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/CAROLAP.jpe caption="Carola Picciottino"]] || Hi! My name is CAROLA PICCHIOTTINO. I'm 15 years old.I live in Cormayeur in Aosta Valley.I like my village so much because it is neither big nor small.It's perfect !! I'm a normal fifteen-year-old girl.I have got straight,brown,long hair and I like wearing it in pony-tails. I'm a simple person but a bit lazy. My best friend says that sometimes I'm shy but I don't think so. I go to language school in Courmayeur.I like studying but I don't like school.My favourite subject is science but I also like french because i want to live in France one day. when I'm not at school I go skiing. I love skiing !!!I love doing ski races,I love the snow ,the mountains..... It's fantastic !!! In my free time I usually draw.I like drawing mythological creatures like fairies.witches,dragons..... I have to go now ......bye ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/matteo.jpg width="140" height="91" caption="Matteo Vaghi"]] || Hi, my name is Matteo and I'm 15 years old. I live in Thuile, a small town in Aosta Valley. I' m medium heighit and I'm thin. I've got short, curly, brown hair and I've got light brown eyes. I love skiing, I love going fast and I love spending time surrounded by nature.
 * [[image:IMG_0777.jpg width="165" height="182"]] || Hi, I'm Davide and I am 16 years old. I have lived in a small village, La Thuile since I was 9 years old. La Thuile is in Aosta Valley. I live in a little house with my mother, my father and my brother. I've got two cats and two dogs.
 * [[image:521966_4018595202985_799674543_n.jpg width="151" height="145" align="center"]] || Hello everyone ! My name is Arianna, I'm 17 years old and I live in a wonderful little village, La Thuile, in Aosta Valley, in Italy. I'm a bit short and medium build. I’ve got brown eyes and brown hair, although I've had dreadlocks for about a year now.
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/chiara.jpe width="77" height="77" caption="Chiara Giannotti"]] || Hello,my name's Chiara, I'm 14 years old I live in Courmayeur in Aosta Valley. I moved to continue to ski, because it's my biggest passion. I live in Courmayeur with my ski coach because my parents coudn't come with me. My parents, name, are Stella and Marco. I have got a brother, whose name is Lorenzo, he is 18 years old and he lives with my parents in Tuscany, in Carrara specifically. My brother and I, are very similar in character. He is tall and very thin and I'm medium-height and medium build, a normal build for a skier. I'm a extrovert, but I'm a simple person and I have a complex personality, too. My personality changes, when I stay in Carrara, because I don't like the sea, I become tired, boring and quiet regarding people of Carrara, they are full of themselves. In my free time I love listening to music, I like reading before going to sleep! I haven't much free time, because after school I skiing and when bell rings, I'm so happy!! After school I will continue to study at university an I want to become a ski champion! ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/martina.jpe width="117" height="85" caption="Martina Perruchon"]] || Hi! My name is Martina Perruchon, I'm 15 years old and I live in Morgex in Aosta Valley. I attend the second year of the Liceo Linguistico in Courmayeur and I have got two sisters. I'm medium-height and I'm slim. I have got short, dark, straight hair. I hate hair in plaits or pony-tails. I'm usually aN easy-going person and I am shy but, with my friends I'm outgoing and talkative. When I go skiing with my coach I must be hardworking, focused and coscientious. I love skiing because it is my favourite sport. But I also like riding a bike and I like listening to music, too. I like all kinds of music.I usually don't like doing exercices or going to school but I'm obliged. My favourite foods are meat and chips. ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/Francesca_Gallina.jpg width="166" height="107" caption="Francesca Gallina"]] || Hi! I'm Francesca, I'm 14 years old and am quite tall because girls of my age are shorter than me. I'm 1.75 tall. I'm fit because last summer I did a lot of training.I have got long,wavy,blond hair and my eyes are round and dark green. I have got a crooked nose because last year I took my snowboard in my face.I am often shy, but I love meeting new people; usually I'm funny and friendly. But I sometimes become jealous, for example when my best friend doesn't stay with me and she stays with other people, I become jealous. I'm honest and clever.My favourite sport is snowboarding. I'm in a team which competes in races in Italy and in Europe. I love doing athletics but I don't like swimming.The best film I've ever seen is "Avatar" because it is very intresting and its plot is the best ever written. The best novel I've ever read is "Of Mice and men" which was written by John Steinbeck. I love it because now I can understand that life in the thirties in America was not easy.When I'm alone I usually surf on the internet wherereas when I'm with my friends I go shopping and gossip about boys. ||
 * || My name is Marta Gatti and I'm 15 years old. I live in Courmayeur, a small mountain village at the foot of Mont Blanc where I attend the Language High School. I have a brother named Enrico who is 17 years old. I love my brother even though he is often unbearable, but he is still my brother and I love his good soul. I am quite tall compared to those of my age and I am slim. I have long, smooth, brown hair and I have small, dark brown eyes. I'm pretty shy with people I don't know but as soon as I start to know any body I'm very sociable and I like joking. I love hanging out with friends especially with my two best friends. I love skating but my biggest passion is photography. I can spend several hours taking pictures. Last summer I met some really nice guys and thanks to them I spent a really wonderful summer. In the future I hope I will go to London to study because last year I went there with my brother in a college for two weeks. I fell in love with England and especially London. ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/Martagatti.jpg width="106" height="160" caption="Marella Tacchini"]] || Hello! My name is Marella Tacchini and I'm 15 years old.I used to live in Milan but I came to live in Courmayeur two years ago with my friend Marta so I can ski almost every afternoon during winter time instead of going from Milan to Aosta every day.I've got two younger brothers and they're so adorable! Marco is 13 years old and he's the elder; Matteo is 6 years old and he's so cute, he's the most adorable little boy I've ever seen! When I was little, I loved playing tennis with my grandfather and my brother Marco and I loved going swimming every day with my school friends. Now, my favourite sport is skiing and I love doing it because i'm very competitive and the thing I love most is comparing myself with other skiers during the competitions and beating them also. However I haven't forgotten to play tennis; I still play it when I have time during the weekends. I sometimes read fantasy or comic books and then go to the cinema with friends to see the movie about the book I read so I can notice lots of differences and I almost always prefer the book version because the writer gives you more information about it. I like cooking with my mother and helping her sometimes. So, my eyes have such a strange colour and sometimes I can't even understand which colour they are but in my passport it's written that they're light green; I can say that I'me quite tall for my age here in Italy but quite short compared to American girls because when I went to the United States they were all tall and I was the shortest! I think I'm quite fit and not fat at all. I've long, straight, brown hair. I can make friends very easily because I'm such a friendly girl. At the beginning I'm a bit shy but then I become extrovert and I never stop talking and laughing! In the future I'd like to go and study in the United States in the same University as my cousins go to near Miami so I can stay with my family and study there to improve my English. Maybe,one day,I'd really like to live there too! ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/fred.jpg width="133" height="97" caption="Federico Notoriani"]] || Hi! My name is Federico and I'm 15. I have lived in Courmayeur for 8 years because I love skiing and staying with my parents in the mountain. Today, I live here alone, but every day, in the afternoon, a "baby sitter", comes to me to clean the house and to prepare meals.Her name is Anna and she is very friendly. I prefer living here in Courmayeur for many reasons. First of all, I love staying here fot the breathtaking landascape. Secondly I made this decision to be able to ski every day, because skiing is my favorite sport and I want to become a topo skier. i've also got a cousin and I love playing with him. he's 17 and he lives in Vercelli. his favourite football team is inter and mine is milan so when there's a match we watch it together. I like listening to music, too. My favourite kind ok music is rock and I've got many rock songs. I haven't got brother or sister , I'm an only child, and my parents spoil me a bit. I'm very lucky! My grandparents and my friends all tell me that I look like my parents. I'm medium-height, I'm slim and very fit. Now my hair is not long, because I've just had it cut. I've got spiky dark hair. My eyes are almond-shaped and they are light brown. I'm not very shy but i'm extrovert. I'm sure that I'll continue to study and I'll go to university. I'd like to ski as long as possible. ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/cala.jpg width="107" height="74" caption="Mattia Calacoci"]] || Hi my name is Mattia and I' m 15 years old. I study in a language high school in Courmayeur, a village which lies at the foot of Mont Blanc. I'm tall and fit and I have short brown curly hair and big brown eyes. I like playing video games, watching television and doing sports. In winter I go snowboarding and swimming while in summer I play tennis, swim and I play football with my friends but I'm not very good at it. I have two step-bothers and two step-sisters whose names are Giacomo, Miguel, Bianca and Carol. Bianca and Carol study and Miguel and Giacomo work. My mum's name is Loredana and my father's name is Pasquale. ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/jas.jpg width="120" height="78" caption="Jasmine Fiorano"]] || Hi, my name is Jasmine Fiorano, I'm 16 years old and I live in Rhemes-Notre-Dame. I have a younger sister called Jacqueline who is 13 years old and I love her so much, because she is my favourite friend. I'm very sporty because I do a lot of athletics. I have long, straght, darkhair, my eyes are chestnut. I'm very lively,I like spending time with my friends and doing things with them. My fault is to be fussy. My hobbies are matching moviees, eating nutella and painting my nails. My favourite sport is skiing and I love it, now I'm in the Italian National junior Ski Team and in the future I would like to be in the Italian National A Ski Team and win the Cup. ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/io.jpg width="85" height="120"]] || Hello I'm Fabiola! I'm 16 years old and in my second year of high school in Courmayeur. I live in Pré-Saint-Didier with my family.My family is composed of my father, Emiliano, my mother Oriana and finally my sister Vanessa who is 23 years old and is studying languages ​​and communication in Milan and who wants to become an interpreter. Physically, I'm not very tall, I have wavy brown hair and green eyes.I am lively, extrovert, friendly and moody. I love company! I like swimming but mostly walking because walking you can see wonderful places! I love listening to music and going dancing with friends. My favorite singer is Vasco Rossi and my favorite movie is Titanic I like going to school and my favorite subjects are English and German. My biggest dream is to walk around Australia and the world! ||
 * [[image:europeanpredators-italy/gaia.jpg width="145" height="97"]] || ======Hi I’m Gaia Salluard, I live in Morgex a little village in Aosta Valley with my family, I’ve two brothers Giulia is 13 years old and she is very tall and slim, and Jean Paul who is 11 years old and he is very friendly. My mum’s name is Bruna.She is a very very good cook and my father’s name is Ferruccio together they have a restaurant in Val Ferret. I’m a student, my school is Liceo Linguistico of Courmayeur, I’m in 2 B. I like playing football, I play in a football team only for women called “The Aosta Violets”. My favourite team is Juventus. My favourite footballer is Alessandro Del Piero. I like listening to music, my favourite singers are Luciano Ligabue, Zucchero Fornacciari and Vasco Rossi. My favourite food is pizza with ham. I like watching my mum cooking because maybe I can learn to improve my cooking. I like travelling and I study languages because I want to travel when I’m older. My dream is to play football in Juventus team for women and meet Alessandro Del Piero, I hope that happens !!! ====== ||
 * [[image:giulia.jpg width="109" height="165"]] || Hi, my name is Giulia Cena, I'm 16 years old and I live in La Thuile, a mountain village in Aosta Valley, in the north of Italy. I live there with my mum, I'm an only child.