Welsh corner

cornel cymraeg welsh corner

Mae’n teimlo fel amser maith yn ôl bellach, ond diolch enfawr i bawb a gymerodd yr amser i gystadlu yng Nghystadleuaeth Caru Cymru eleni. Mae safon y ceisiadau yn parhau i wella o flwyddyn i flwyddyn! Llongyfarchiadau enfawr i Laura Swann a oedd yr enillydd cyffredinol y gystadleuaeth, â fydd yn derbyn tabled Samsung. Gweler isod am weddill y canlyniadau.

It seems like such a long time ago now, but a huge thanks and enormous round of applause to everyone who took the time to enter this year’s Caru Cymru Competition. The standard of entries continues to get better and better year on year! A massive congratulations to Laura Swann who was the overall winner of the competition and will receive a Samsung tablet. Please see below for the rest of the results.

Canlyniadau Canu Cymru Canu Cymru Results

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Dysgwr Learner

1af/st - Laura Swann 'Sheep showstopper' (ACT Hadfield Road Animal Care) 2il/nd - Abigail Elrick 'Daffodil cupcakes' (Vale Llamau) 3ydd/rd - Engagement learners 'Welshcakes' (ACT Bridgend)

Staff

1af/st - Melanie Mills 'Bara Brith' (ACT) 2il/nd - Jemma Howard Jones 'Catherine Zeta's fusion Welshcakes' (ACT) 3ydd/rd - Andy Edwards 'Welshcakes' (ACT Bridgend)

Cyfraniad y Gymuned Community Contribution

1af/st - Nicola Morgan (ACT) 2il/nd - Adam Fowler (INSPIRE Training) 3ydd/rd - Gwenllian Jenkins (Urdd)

Cyfryngau creadigol

Creative media

Dysgwr Learner

1af/st - Learning for Life learners 'A Welsh Collage' (Llamau) 2il/nd - Leah Aspinall 'Dragon graphic' (Animal care ACT) 3ydd/rd - Taylor Nicholls 'Positive Praise pot' (Llamau) Highly Commended Traineeship learners 'Montage' (Tydfil Training)

Staff

1st - Carly Murray 'Sosban Fach video' (ACT) 2il/nd - HSC Team 'Video montage' (ACT)

Sgiliau galwedigaethol

Vocational skills

Dysgwr Learner

1af/st - Construction learners 'Welsh Mosaic' (ACT Hadfield Road) 2il/nd - Bayley Harris 'Daffodil hairstyle' (Hyfforddiant Ceredigion Training) 3ydd/rd - Eli Heyburn 'Animal booklet' (ACT Bridgend)

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Dysgwr Learner

1af/st - Paige Giles 'Castles and daffodils' (ACT Caerphilly) 2il/nd - Jaime-Leigh Smith 'View of Pen-y Fan' (ACT Caerphilly)

Staff

1af/st - Alison Phillips 'Sheep' (ACT) 2il/nd - Melanie Mills 'Snowdon lake' (ACT) 3ydd/rd - Delwyn Edwards 'Choir' (ACT)

Ysgrifennu creadigol

Creative writing

Dysgwr Learner

1af/st - Engagement Learners 'Proud to be Welsh' (Llamau RCT) 2il/nd - Kida Ball 'Proud to be Welsh bilingual poem' (ACT Caerphilly) 3ydd/rd - Chloe Rogers 'Roald Dahl' (ACT Barry)

Staff

1af/st - Anthony Shapcott 'A visitor’s guide to South Wales' (Talk Training) 2il/nd - Dawn Rice 'Incidental Welsh... cer amdani' (Portal)

Introducing our new Welsh Champions As part of our ongoing commitment to our Welsh Promise, ACT have recently recruited more Welsh Champions across our centres to actively promote Welsh in and around ACT with both staff and learners.

Our new recruits are:

OPH Ops, Jemma Howard Jones OPH Apps, Eirudd Gregorian OPH Traineeships, Kayleigh Phipps Schools, Paul Jenkins Hadfield Road Centre, Trystan R. Griffiths

Barry and Bridgend Centres, Sara Loveluck Frank Ebbw Vale and Aberdare Centre, Johanne Cross Solis Caerphilly Centre, Jayne Chalk

Eirudd Gregorian | Health &

Social Care Assessor: “I absolutely love the fact that I am Welsh and a fluent Welsh speaker. I was brought up in a Welsh speaking household with a Welsh Baptist minister for a father and an award-winning Welsh poet for a mother. I support colleagues and learners to embrace the Welsh language (one of the oldest European languages) and culture, to ensure that it is kept alive for future generations.”

Sera Loveluck-Frank | ESW Tutor:

“I'm a big advocate for promoting Welsh heritage – I don't think people fully appreciate how beautiful our language and country is and I'd like to change this. I think it's important for us to use our native language whenever possible and encourage younger people to speak it to. The Welsh language seems to have a 'reputation' of being very difficult to learn and I think it's important that we change this!”

Jayne Chalk | ESW Tutor:

“I wanted to be a Welsh Champion as I am extremely proud to be Welsh and love everything to do with the culture and the language. I have also recently completed a 2 year ‘Welsh for Families’ course at night school to refresh my skills. I am now facing my biggest challenge with the Welsh language yet; my English husband wants to learn our National Anthem. Eek!”

Paul Jenkins | KS4 tutor with ACT

schools: “I wanted to be a Welsh Champion to raise awareness of the benefits of speaking welsh and help promote the welsh language around ACT. I learnt the language as a child and am proud to speak welsh. I like the fact that I can speak the language of my country and links to our heritage.”