Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Resource Portal

A series of interactive e-learning resources developed to support tutors wishing to embed the Welsh language and to teach bilingually in an online learning environment. There is a choice of six different units, and each unit should take approximately one hour to complete.

• Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in the new normal
• Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in Health and Social Care in the new normal
• Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in Childcare in the new normal
• Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in Public Services in the new normal
• Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy for Welsh as an Employability Skill in the new normal
• Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in Adult Learning in the new normal.

This resource is a collection of resources to support educators who wish to introduce more Welsh in the delivery of the Level 2 Children's Care, Play Learning and Development: Core course.
The collection has been created to support educators in planning and setting classroom work activities or evidence based on learners' Welsh language skills.
The collection includes:
• a guide that explains how to use the resource.
• 'Mapping the Opportunities to introduce the Welsh language' document for each core unit.
• bilingual posters of the key terms for each unit.
• a resource that provides ideas for learners to use the Welsh language on work placements.

Various online activities and sessions for year 12 students studying Welsh Second Language.

Join us virtually as a class on Thursday afternoon, 8th July from 12.45 - 3pm.

Sessions include:

• Creative quiz with poet Aneirin Karadog: A creative quiz where there is no right or wrong answer, only the answer that pleases the critic, Aneirin! An opportunity to work as teams on tasks that challenge your ability to rhyme, compare and shine with creativity in your language!
• A 'Byw yn Gymraeg' Q&A with three young people who use the language in their everyday life - Bronwen Lewis, Nick Yeo and Francesca Sciarrillo
• Music by Bronwen Lewis, the talented singer and songwriter who's recently been using TikTok to share Welsh translations of famous songs 
• An opportunity to prepare for Year 13 in a light session by Dr Angharad Naylor, School of Welsh, Cardiff University.
• A brief introduction to the work of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol

The link to the registration form is below. For more information or any inquiries, please contact Ffion, the Coleg Cymraeg's Promoting Officer for Welsh as a Subject: ff.owen@colegcymraeg.ac.uk

In this guest lecture, Dafydd Llywelyn discusses the Police and crime plan for Dyfed-Powys, BAME recruitment and the influence of black lives matter.

It is suitable for school learners and students who are studying Policing / Criminology / Public Services as subject areas.

This collection consists of 30 blended learning sessions for learners studying Public Services courses at Level 3. 

The units can be viewed in your browser by following the links below. Colleges can download a zip file containing SCORM files for all 30 units to place within their local virtual learning platforms. 

These sessions are bilingual, the English slides can be used as reference, but the questions can only be answered in Welsh.  

Copyright Heart of Worcestershire College on behalf of the Blended Learning Consortium and Y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. These resources are for use only in educational organisations and must not be modified or resold. 

The Welsh-French / French-Welsh online dictionary is suitable for students studying for a degree in the subject, as well as A level students and professionals. Although the target audience is A-level and Higher Education students, this up-to-date dictionary will be available, and useful, to any public audience interested in Welsh, French and languages in general. Thanks to CAA and the Welsh Government for their support in adapting and updating the original dictionary and making it available digitally.

Are you studying Art, Design and Technology, or interest in the field? Join us in a fascinating conversation with 4 young Welsh artists who are establishing themselves in the art and design world in Wales and beyond. 'Cefn Llwyfan' Pursuing a career in Art and Design zoom talk is organised in collaboration with the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Coleg Sir Gâr School of Art, Swansea College of Art and Cardiff College of Art.    

The four contributors are:  

• Photographer Carys Huws, who works internationally and now lives in Berlin.
• Designer Alis Knits, who pioneers crafts and materials from her studio in Cardiff and Lampeter.
• Designer Llio Davies, who specialises in ceramic and jewellery designs  
• Swansea-based young artist Tomos Sparnon

Wednesday, 24 March 2021 Time – 6PM

To get the zoom link - email m.jones@colegcymraeg.ac.uk

A website containing videos and written instructions on how to perform health-related fitness assessments, in accordance with ACSM Guidelines. The resource would mainly be useful up to level 4. 

The aim of this resource is to provide advice and guidance on conducting initial health screening and fitness assessments, in line with ACSM protocols.

There is a video that explains and illustrates the protocol, and a supporting document which illustrates the protocol in written format for each of the following aspects: 

1. Health screening
2. Participant instructions
3. Blood pressure
4. Resting heart rate
5. BMI measurement
6. Waist and hip circumferences
7. Cardiorespiratory fitness
8. Hand grip test
9. Push-up test
10. Sit and reach test

There is a link to the website below:

The Tomorrow's Doctors scheme is designed to support learners who are in the first year of their studies in our Further Education colleges, and in year 12 in our schools, who speak Welsh and want to apply to study Medicine at university. 

The scheme offers specialist support from Cardiff University and Swansea University staff involved in the application process.  

With the support of university staff, the following workshops will be organised:

• March: Introduction, Paned a Chlonc with Menai Evans, Sara Whittam, Sara Vaughan. 
• April: Work experience with Llinos Roberts 
• May: Curriculum C21 with Rhian Goodfellow and How to Choose a Course with Cardiff University Medical Students 
• May: Study through the medium of Welsh and the CCC scholarship with Awen Iorweth and Alun Owens 
• June: Writing a Personal Statement 
• July: Alternative Routes to Medicine with Alwena Morgan and [Siwan Iorwerth and Ffraid Gwenllian TBC] 
• September: Speed Dating with professional doctors! 
• October: Personal Statement question and answer session 
• November: Predparing for MMIs 
• December: Preparing for MMIs 

This online module looks at the importance of good Welsh language skills on entering the world of work. It specifically considers the advantages of continuing to study Welsh after GCSE. The module is mainly aimed at pupils and students in schools, further education colleges and universities. It can also be of use to anyone who wishes to learn about the Welsh language's place and status in contemporary Wales and how we can all make a contribution to the Welsh Government's aim of reaching a million Welsh speakers by 2050.

Pod Jomec Cymraeg is a series of podcasts produced and presented by students from the Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Culture. Students interview notable contributors from the world of journalism and communication. The podcast series is aimed as student as well as audiences with an interested in media and culture.

In the series, JOMEC students and the teaching team will look at all aspects of journalism and communication in Wales. In each podcast one of our students will chat to someone who works in the field - from career advice to asking opinions about the hot topics of the day.

These courses are for apprentices who currently have little or no Welsh language skills. They enable apprentices to complete part of their qualification in Welsh. The general course highlights the importance of the Welsh language as a workplace skill. The course has also been adapted for four specific sectors: healthcare, childcare, agriculture and construction.

These courses are also vailable via the learning portals of the main apprenticeship providers in Wales. Other providers wishing to make the courses available through their LMS should downoad the units as a zip file. 

Certificates that can be awarded to students on completion of units can be downloaded below:

Certificate (general)

Certificate (including a space to fill in unit field)