Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Resource Portal

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.

"Cyflwyniad i Ieithyddiaeth" is an introduction to the essentials of Linguistics for students who have no background, or not a great deal of background in studying language and the subjects of Linguistics (e.e. the sounds of languages, morphology and syntax, meaning, multilingualism and sociolinguistics).

This workshop will benefit anyone who wants to develop and build on online teaching methods, innovative learning, online delivery and student engagement.

Objectives of the workshop

• Adopt effective teaching skills online
• Delivering effectively through Microsoft Teams
• Leading group work activities during online seminars 

Content (a series of 3 video presentations by Dyddgu Hywel)

• Video 1 - Communicating with students through Teams
• Video 2 - Online teaching through Teams
• Video 3 - Breakout Groups

At the end of these workshops, trainees should be:

• comfortable with online teaching
• confident leading online activities and tasks
• comfortable using all equipment within Microsoft Teams 

Presenter Background

Dyddgu Hywel  Background Dyddgu studied BSc (Hons) Design and Technology Secondary Education leading to Qualified Teacher Status' at Bangor University, she graduated with first class honors. Her early career started as a Design and Technology A Level lecturer at Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, before being appointed as a Design and Technology teacher at Rhydywaun Comprehensive School. She’s now been working at Cardiff Metropolitan University for the last seven years, working as a senior lecturer in the School of Education, with her expertise in innovative teaching, student engagement and technology enhanced learning.

Whatever your A Level subjects, whether you're in year 12 or 13, if you are interested in studying or having a taste of Law or Criminology as university subjects, below you will find a selection of interesting taster sessions.

The weekly Workshops were held on Wednesday evening in November, 2020.

A different lecturer from a different university gave a 20 minute presentation followed by a 20 minute discussion session on a legal or criminological theme.

• 4 November - 'Revenge Porn and the Law' - Dr Hayley Roberts, Bangor University
• 11 November - 'Catching the thief' - Holly Evans, University of South Wales
• 18 November - Green Criminology - importance of 'environmental harm,' against environmental law cases - Dr Lowri Cunnington Wynn, Aberystwyth University
• 25 November - '"Remembering Your Face": The Right to Privacy and Face-Identification Equipment, The Case of Bridges and the police recording crowds'
• 2 December - 'Key Skills session for the study of Law - communication, analysis, research, persuasion' - Trilby James, Swansea University
• 9 December - Emyr Lewis, Head of Law School, Aberystwyth University

You will be able to click on the link below to join the sessions live on the evening, or you are welcome to REGISTER ahead of the sessions here.

The aim of this app is to support learners and workers in the Public Services sector to use the Welsh language with the public. 

The vocabulary used within the app is compatible with the vocabulary that is included within the Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Public Services specification.

The app intoduces Welsh vocabulary and terms and contains audio clips to help users with pronunciation, along with interactive quizzes to test users' new knowledge. 

Business Studies (L3): blended learning sessions

30 blended learning sessions for learners studying Business Studies courses (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. 

Staff from colleges that are members of the Blended Learning Consortium can access the original English versions on their website http://www.blc-fe.org/. 

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.

Anatomy & Physiology (L3): blended learning sessions

30 blended learning sessions on Anatomy and Physiology for learners studying Sport courses (level 3).

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

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

Staff from colleges that are members of the Blended Learning Consortium can access the original English versions on their website http://www.blc-fe.org/. 

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.

This is an interactive website, aimed at students of journalism which provides useful information on reporting Covid-19. It includes a guide on how the news is created during the pandemic and information on the demand for dependable news. It also sets out the responsibilities of the devolved Governments during the crisis. The resource also includes videos and a quiz.

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)