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Issue 19 / March 2021 Clic-it Cymru Clic-itNews from Wales and the World Cymru News from Wales and the World Authors: Haf Llewelyn, Mali Williams Editor: Karen MacIntyre Huws CELEBRITIES GO ON A ROAD-TRIP TO LEARN WELSH This March a new series of Iaith ar Daith will MARS show on S4C, where six celebs go on a special THE RED PLANET journey to learn Welsh. Here are the six celebs: Mars - the planet where it's all Steve Backshall - happening! The adventurer and On Thursday 18th February, NASA's Mars presenter of nature 2020 Perseverance Rover landed on Mars. programmes including Blue Planet Live. What was its mission? GO FOR IT Joanna Scanlan - It will be looking for signs of Paper flowers Joanna is a familiar face ancient life by collecting samples thanks to roles in a number of soil and rock for analysis. of popular television series Steve Backshall with Hope Mission and films including The Iolo Williams Also last week The United Arab Emirates succeeded in PAGE 3 Thick of It and Bridget Jones's Baby. getting a spacecraft to orbit the red planet. It will be James Hook – Former Wales international rugby player. able to send back images to earth so that the planet's Kiri Pritchard McLean - Comedian and writer who weather and climate can be studied. has won several awards for her work and is a familiar The same week saw China also sending their face on panel shows including Have I Got News for You. Tianwen-1 to orbit the red planet, succeeding to send Chris Coleman - Former manager of the Wales images back to Earth. international football team. Rakie Ayola - An actor who has worked in film, television and theatre including Holby City and Silent EISTEDDFOD T Witness. Because of the pandemic, many events have been cancelled this year. The National Eisteddfod at 'I’d like to renew and Tregaron, the Llangollen International Eisteddfod TREASURES refresh my Welsh and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show have all been OF WALES and learn some more cancelled this summer. Coal - Wales’ – there’s so much I But if you enjoy competing, Urdd Gobaith Cymru has black gold don’t know.' Rakie an exciting opportunity for you - Eisteddfod T will take Ayola.’ place between 31st May – 4th June. Singing, Rakie Ayola. Rakie Ayola with Eiry Thomas lip-syncing and celebrity impressions - from the PAGE 6 traditional to TikTok, Urdd Gobaith 'I feel like it's something I should have done a long Cymru have announced that this time ago, and the opportunity came with Iaith ar year’s Urdd National Eisteddfod Daith. I'm going to keep going until I have a will be an alternative, new-style conversation in Welsh!' digital festival for the second year Chris Coleman running. Go to Iaith ar Daith. Every Sunday night at 8.00, S4C. http://s4c.urdd.cymru/en/ for English Subtitles more information. Good luck! POST FROM A PRESIDENT One of Wales’ young sports stars has been advising the American President Joe Biden on climate change issues. TIME Anna Hursey, the 14-year-old table-tennis star from Cardiff, received an e-mail TRAVELLING from the President because of her role as United Nations champion for Archaeologists climate change in sport. Anna’s message to President Biden was that all of us can play our part in reducing world carbon emission to zero. For more information about Anna, follow the link to Issue 1 (Welsh only). NEWS FLASH PAGE 7 DATES FOR THE DIARY March Today in History Myths. Narcissus was a beautiful young man MARCH 31st March, 1889 the Eiffel and a nymph called Echo was madly in love 31 with him. Unfortunately for Echo, Narcissus did March International Tower, Paris opens to the public. Women’s Day The lift hadn’t been finished on the day so not feel the same way for her. Narcissus was so 8 Gustav Eiffel, the designer, had to climb the vain and proud of his own good-looks that he stairs to the top to raise the French Tricolore fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of flag. water and spent so much time staring at Standing at 324m, this was the tallest building himself, he died! in the world until the Chrysler building in New York was built in 1930. March Intergenerational Week. April Good Friday 8-14 2 March Mothering Sunday / April April Mother’s Day Easter Easter 14 APRIL 4 Sunday 5 Monday February April Lent April April 17 - 3 19 - 30 For more information click on the link to see Issue 7: https://bit.ly/3tQqtDd BigBig PedalPedal Lent Lily The wild daffodil (Cennin Pedr) is March Spring Equinox sometimes called the Lent Lily because it For more information click on the April April 20 flowers between Ash Wednesday and Easter Outdoor link to see Issue 13: Learning Week https://bit.ly/3d5KAHE (the Lent period) Famous for being the 19 - 24 national flower of Wales and the logo of the March March Holi Macmillan cancer charity, its scientific name is April May Ramadan 28 - 29 the Narcissus. This beautiful flower was 12 - 12 named after a character from the Greek Holi is a Hindu festival celebrating In Holi is celebrated AROUND spring, new life and love. The festival on the originated in India but is now celebrated Yn in many countries around the world and THE is associated with the Hindu god, 28 + 29 Krishna. Holi is a time for fun, with people celebrating with singing, 2021 MARCH WORLD dancing, food and throwing colourful The date depends on the powder paint and coloured water at moon; this being the last full Festival each other. moon in March. Over 50% >5 % of India’s INDIA population The population of India is is under 25 years old. WHERE? 1000+ The longest river in India 2,704 India’s Bollywood film INDIA 1,387,651,963 is the Ganges, which is km industry is the largest in the 2,704 km or 1,690 world, with around 1,000 (1.38 billion). After China, India has the 2nd 1,690 miles long. largest population in the world. GANGES miles films produced each year (double the amount produced India has the 2nd largest 1 USA in Hollywood). English-speaking 2 INDIA ENGLISH- population in the world 3 PAKISTAN (the USA being the 4 PHILIPPINES Countries acronyms largest and the UK only 5 NIGERIA USA: United States of America SPEAKING the 6th!) 6 UK UK: The United Kingdom 2 PAPER FLOWERS Here’s a simple craft that you can make for the Spring, Mother’s Day or Easter. The flowers are easy to do and you GoGo forfor itit only need paper, glue and scissors; you can also make them in any size or colour – big or small! 1 2 You will need: • Paper – any size or colour is fine. The width of A4 works well. • Scissors. • Glue. • Ruler and pencil if you want to measure (but you don’t have to). Fold a strip in half and put glue on the fold, then bring the two ends of the strip to meet in • Anything to decorate the centre of the middle and glue them down. Do the same with your second strip to make a cross your flower e.g. stickers, tissue paper, shape, then the two other strips go across to make a star shape. card, coloured paper, buttons. You can choose 3 what to put in the centre of your You need to cut 4 strips flower e.g. cut of paper. Clic-it Cymru out a circle or has measured strips that heart shape out are about 1.5cm wide of card or paper, and about 20cm long, glue a button or but it will work with use a sticker like bigger or smaller pieces. Clic-it Cymru has. How about giving your flowers a How about using your flowers to How about making a collection of How about using a flower to make a stem with lolly sticks to make a decorate a breakfast tray for your colourful flowers? Mother’s Day card? bunch of flowers? mum or a special person? ANGELSHARK QUIZ VOTING You will need to read the ‘Angelsharks’ article on page 4 to answer the PUZZLE questions: Four friends will be able to vote 1. Which family of animal do angelsharks when they reach 16. belong to? But which one will be the first to have their 16th birthday? 2. What is the name of the bay in mid-Wales where you can find angelsharks? • Mali is older than Gwen, but 3. What is the Latin name for an angelshark? younger than Dafydd. 4. What do angelsharks eat? • Jac is older than Dafydd. Mali Gwen Dafydd Jac 5. What is the habitat of the angelshark? Who will reach 16 first? 6. How big is the angelshark in cm’s? Which month do they have their birthdays? Answers on page 8 7. What is the name of the ability that some animals have to use the colour of their body January February March April to hide from predators? Happy birthday Happy birthday 8. What are 3 things that have made to .......... ? to .......... ? angelsharks numbers decline? May June July August Happy birthday Happy birthday to .......... ? to .......... ? BRAIN TWISTER September October November December If you like crosswords, then here is a link to the Spring crossword in Issue 14: 3 OUR GREEN FACT PLANET FILE ANGELSHARKS Latin name Squatina squatina. ANGELSHARKS Family Sharks and rays. An angelshark is one of over 40 species of shark and ray Food found in Wales.