The digital school was created by Meredudd Jones, a teacher from Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth. It includes a range of supporting videos and tutorials that help teachers and pupils develop their digital skills to use technology to present their lessons and work. Although the videos have been created primarily for secondary school staff and pupils, they would also be suitible for lecturers in Further Education Colleges who use the same technology within their colleges. The videos includes support on how to use different elements of packages such as:

• Google classroom
• Adobe Spark
• Microsoft Teams
• Scratch and Python

Thank you to Meredudd Jones for allowing us to share these videos on the Porth Adnoddau.

The five workshops are geared towards students in year 12 and 13 and learners in FE colleges who are studying AS/A Level Mathematics. The workshops are organised by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and led by mathematics lecturers from Swansea, Aberystwyth and Cardiff universities. They aim to enrich the teaching of the AS/A Level specification and to provide an opportunity to get to know the lecturers.  The workshops are held between 7.00-7.45pm on Wednesdays, starting Wednesday 24 February 2021. All presentations will be in Welsh. The lecturers' presentations will be recorded and made available here to watch at a later date. 

A link will appear here on the evening for you to join the live session. 

In the meantime, you can register to attend the sessions below:

This video of Helen Dobson who works as a Social Worker is part of the #WeCareWales campaign.

Helen was a supply teacher in primary schools for thirty years, but one day she decided that she wanted to do more to make a difference, so she did her MSc in Social Care and became a Social Worker.

Further details are available on the WeCare.Wales website.

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 

An online conference for university and further education students of education, childcare and children and young people's services. The conference will discuss presentations on different aspects of children's voices in relation to Covid-19, racism, and advocacy. There will also be a presentation by Sally Holland, Wales's Children's Commissioner.

The coference will be held virtually on 24 February 2021 between 13:00-17:00.

You can click the link below to register for the conference:

A series of video clips to educate young people about the various career options available within the health and care sector in Wales. The aim is to increase students interest in the sector and raise awareness of the importance of the Welsh language within this field. The resources were developed by Coleg Cambria. 

This article explores the reasons for the low number of learners studying through the medium of Welsh and bilingually in the Further Education sector, focusing on vocational learners. It suggests recommendations to improve the situation in the context of the Welsh Government’s target of a million Welsh speakers by 2050. The research is based on semi- structured interviews with staff in schools and Further Education colleges, and on focus groups with Year 11 pupils, in four areas across Wales. The study found that economic, cultural and educational factors influence learners’ choices. The article proposes a language awareness programme as a means of expanding the discourse of Welsh as an instrument of employability and the discourse of the advantages of bilingualism to encompass social advantages.

The resource includes planning resources pertaining implementing the Welsh Medium Further Education and Apprenticeship Action Plan. The resources will help you plan based on the themes below:

• Strategic Planning
• Learners
• Staff
• Provision
• Teaching Resources
• Qualifications
• Employers
• Sgiliaith Resources

You will also have access to a calendar, discussion forums and a messaging system.

The material resides on the Coleg Cymraeg's Blackboard site, and so a Coleg Cymraeg staff member will need to register you and provide you with login details. Apply for access by leaving your name and email here (We aim to give you access within one working day).

Please find a video detailing how to use the resource below.