Awards are to be given to the budding Secondary School writers, who ranked in the national competition, ‘Che Storia!’. The ceremony will take place on Monday 12th October at the…
Ferrara Buskers Festival 2020
26th– 3othAugust Given the unprecedented times, this year’s Buskers Festival will undoubtedly be different to previous years due to the precautions our town is taking. However, by popular demand,…
LEARNING THE ROPES: Preparing for Middle School
As one school year ends and we prepare for a fresh start, we may feel excited, nervous and perhaps a little unsure. Moving from Primary to Secondary School, in…
Smiling: A Year In Review 2019-2020
The end of the school year is always momentous. It marks a threshold: growing, changing and reflecting on how far we've come. For our high school students, it means…
Smiling teacher pens scientific breakthrough paper
A science teacher from Smiling International School has co-authored a seminal scientific study on fighting viruses. Laura Lunghi worked with leading scientists from around the globe to research cell membranes.…
SUMMER CAMP 2020
Roll up! Roll up! You can still take part in Smiling Summer Camp 2020, but hurry, there are only a few places left! Every week we offer a veritable feast…
VIDEO DIARIES: Life in a Pandemic
Are we back to normal now? What does that even look like after a pandemic? It's undeniably true that we may soon forget how oppressive full lockdown was here in…
Reflections: School During Lockdown
Now that we are emerging, blinking in the sunlight, we look back on what we experienced these past few months. It's been a school year like no other. Far apart,…
COOKING CORNER: The top recipes we’ve cracked during lockdown
After months of being indoors, we emerge from our confinement with a new skill. Cooking. Of course, with all that time at home and no possibility of going to a…
HOW TO: Learn Italian
We are very proud of our bilingual status here at Smiling. In fact, as the high school has a linguistic focus, language is at the heart of everything we do!…