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L.O: To use fieldwork to help compare places and environments.

 

Our Locality...

Beth wyt ti'n meddwl?

1. Research the following settlements. Give a description of the settlement in a few sentences.

Green Chilli - Village and Town.

Orange Chilli - Village, Town and City.

Red Chilli - Village, Town, City and Hamlet.

Inlcude data on typical population requirements.

 

2. Thinking back to your scavenger hunt around Llanrhidian...

Green Chilli - Choose two items from your scavenger and create I wonder questions for them.

Orange Chilli - Choose four items from your scavenger hunt and create I wonder questions for them.

Red Chilli - Choose five items from your scavenger hunt and create I wonder questions for them.

At least one question must be linked with data.

At least one question must be linked to history.

 

WAGOLL:

For the church, I wonder, how long did it take them build it?

Plus, how did they build it?

I wonder this because the church is hundreds of years old and they did not have tractors, lorries or machines to help them back then.

The church is also down a steep road and a long way from the city, so how did they manage to do it? 

3. Use one of the images from your scavenger hunt and create a piece of expressive artwork on it.

I wonder which piece will you choose?

What medium of expressive art will you use?

4. Some of the houses we came across had Welsh names.

I wonder, what do their names translate to in English?

What is their meaning?

If you could name a house in Welsh, what would you call it and why?

 

Here are some WAGOLLs you may want to magpie from:

 

 

1. Adar-y-nos - Birds of the night:  A busy family might have lived here, who worked through the night and were productive all hours of the clock.

2. Am-nawr - For now:  Meaning 'this will do for now' - could this have been a residence that was intended to be short term perhaps, until fortunes change?

3. Awel-deg - Beautiful breeze:  A home at a location away from the city and pollution where fresh breezes blow and clean air surrounds them.

4. Brig-y-don - Crest of the wave:  A house positioned near the coast with views of land, sea and sky.

5. Bryn Hafod - Summer dwelling on a hill: In the past a family would have moved from the low lying valleys to higher pasture land on the hills in the spring, and moved into temporary 'Hafods' for the summer months.  A summer time home.

6. Cartref - literally meaning 'home'.   

7. Cerrig-gleision - Blue stones:  This could describe the material from which the house was built.

8. Cuddfan - Hiding place: A refuge from the busy, bustling world - where the soul is refreshed, ready for the next day.

9. Dwrgi-bach - Little Otter: There is a welcome visitor to this property, there must be a source of water, a river or stream, alongside the house where the owners watch the playful otter.

10. Felin-Fach - LIttle Mill: This house was previously a small mill.  Other similar names relating mills are: Felinganol (Middle Mill), Felin-wen (White MIll).

11. Galwad-y-môr - Call of the sea: The house is close to the seashore. Maybe sailors lived here in the past?

12. Hud-y-machlud - The Magic of the Sunset: This home must have a perfect view of the sunset, or takes on a mysterious aura when the sun sets.

13. Llety-cariad - Love's Abode: A home full of love.

14. Llun-y-mynydd - The Mountain's Picture: A striking view can be seen from the house, the owners must have loved the setting.

15. Murmur-y-coed - The Murmur of the Trees: The atmospheric rustling trees surrounding the home can be heard from inside the home.

5. I wonder, what numeracy questions can you create and solve from the most recent Census data?

Create and solve at least two.

Population figures:

Llanrhidian Lower = 555

Llanrhidian Higher = 3,550

Llanelli = 42,175

Newport = 159,600

Swansea = 238,500

Cardiff = 362,400

 

WAGOLL:

What is the difference in population size between Swansea and Newport?

What is the range in population size from the data?

 

Create your own poem using one of the styles you have learnt in your Spotlight sessions.

 

What sucess criteria do you need to follow?

 

Apply the skills independently to demonstrate what you have understood.

 

What resources will help you be successful?

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