Clic-It Cymru!

Issue 8 / May 2019

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Authors: Haf Llewelyn, Mali Williams Editor: Karen MacIntyre Huws WALES EGGS!Easter is done and dusted once again and the eggs demoted to the bargain bucket. There is no better time to head for the OUTDOOR coast for an egg-stra special egg hunt of your own! LEARNING

WEEK GO FOR IT Amazing ice art!

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Empty egg-cases are found all along our beaches and eggs appearing on our rocky shores are a sure sign that spring is here. Look out for Mermaid’s Purses – the empty egg cases of some of the sharks and rays that live in our waters. The size and shape of your find will tell you which species has laid it. On the sharks' egg cases around our shores, there are curly pieces that attach to seaweeds. Skates have horns on their egg This April, Wales’ first Outdoor where many schools and cases that grab the seabed or holes in rocks. Learning week was held. The groups got together in the UNDER THE So go on - have a rummage to look for signs aim of the week was to Clocaenog Forest to plant oak MICROSCOPE of spring on the shore line! Good luck! celebrate all the wonderful saplings. One of the groups Water, water, water! Welsh outdoor learning which takes there was Ysgol Caer Drewyn’s treasure! place in Wales and inspire Eco Council. This is what three PEE teachers, learning groups and of the children had to say about families to make outdoor the day: PAGE 6 PROBLEM! learning part of school and “I learned a lot about the For 400 years the famous Manneken Pis family life. According to Natural importance of planting trees. It statue in Brussels has been peeing between Resources Wales: was great to see the acorns we 1,000 and 2,500 litres of clean drinking water The natural environment in found being planted in a new down the drain every day. It was only Wales is the largest classroom location ready for the future.” recently discovered that the statue was we have and is available all year said Willow. wasting so much round. Getting in touch with water, enough for 10 According to Freya, “I really nature and the natural world is households. The city’s enjoyed it. I thought it was beneficial to us and to the engineers have now amazing. My favourite part of the environment! constructed a special experience was when we made channel to collect and Many schools and groups took sculptures out of sticks and TIME re-use the statue’s part in the week and many stones.” TRAVELLING water and stop the events were held; perhaps your Eden added “I think it's really The Royal Charter disaster worrying waste; by school was involved? One of the important to take part in days like now this mischievous events was a follow up to the this. I had lots of fun; it was a little boy is much Acorn Antics project that was great day out. We did lots of fun PAGE 7 eco-friendlier! held last Autumn by NRW, activities like measuring trees DATES FOR THE DIARY May May Day May Nelson Mandela May June Traditionally this was the beginning of summer, becomes south Africa’s - 1 which people in the past enjoyed celebrating by 10 first black president 27 1 singing, dancing and socialising after the cold, dark months of winter. People believed that May Day Eisteddfod yr Urdd (like Halloween) was a time where the spirit world Caerdydd a’r Fro came closer to our world and people often lit Good luck if you’re competing! bonfires to keep evil spirits away. Other May Day traditions in Wales were to gather hawthorn branches and dance around a pole or a tree branch which was called ‘y gangen haf’ (summer branch) or ‘codi’r fedwen’ (raising the birch).

May 10th 1994 was an important and significant day in the history of South Africa when Nelson Mandela became its first black president. This was a big step forward for a country that had been operating the © Amgueddfa Cymru apartheid system, where black people didn’t have the same rights as white people. Mandela May Roger Bannister runs a mile May Reaching the in less than 4 minutes spent 27 years in prison for protesting against summit of the apartheid system. 29 6 On May 6th 1954 Roger Bannister ran a mile in 3 Mount Everest minutes 59.4 seconds. This was the first time May Walk to On May 29th 1953 the news that anyone had run a mile in less than 4 minutes. The School Week Edmund Hillary and Tenzing current world record of 3 minutes 43.13 16-20 Norgay had reached the summit seconds is held by Hicham El Guerrouj from of Everest was reported in the ‘The Morocco. Times’ newspaper. These were the first people to reach the summit of the world’s tallest mountain. A Welshman named James Morris worked for ‘The Times’ as the reporter for the expedition and he was the first to report the news. Morris wrote a message in code to the newspaper about the success May Deaf Awareness Week of the expedition: More about this on page 6 in our ‘You’re May June 7-13 Snow conditions bad stop a Star’ article. - advanced base abandoned 23 3 yesterday stop awaiting improvement June World Oceans Day Hay Festival You will notice that the sea and water theme is 8 very obvious in this issue of Clic-it Cymru!

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2 MATH AND THE SEAL PUP Math loved going with Taid on at the foot of the cliff, it looked his fishing boat, Taid knew like a stone, but then it moved. everything about the shoreline, 'Taid, Taid, look, there's and today they were going to something there at the foot of see a family of seals. the cliff, and it's making a 'They usually rest on those strange noise!' said Math. rocks.' said Taid, pointing to a Taid nodded sadly. clearly. It was the wail of a small, noticed that a large seal had cluster near the shore. 'We'll get 'It's the gulls, they're always white seal pup. appeared, watching. a little closer, then I'll switch off noisy, and that's just a piece of 'Look Taid, it’s stuck! It's got 'Look Math, it's his mother.' the engine, so that they don't plastic. There is so much itself stuck in that plastic Then the orange dinghy get scared, there's usually a seal rubbish on the shoreline.' netting!' appeared, and they watched as pup there too, a young white 'Oh! It's the one I was telling you the two experts worked to free one.' about Math!' Taid rushed to the the seal pup. But as the boat got nearer, there cabin, he got on to his radio. 'Will Lucky be ok now Taid?’ was no sign of the seals. 'We have to save it Taid!' But his asked Math, as they followed 'Ah well, they must have found a grandfather was already putting the orange dinghy away from better spot for sunbathing!' Taid the radio down, the shore. Then Math saw a was disappointed, he didn't 'The people from the sea zoo are splash, and a slippery dark want to take Math home without on their way, they were already shape moving towards the foot seeing the seals. But the shape was moving, out looking for the seal. They of the cliff, towards the pup. Math leaned on the side of the struggling. The boat got nearer, called it Lucky!' 'This one will be fine Math, boat, watching the gulls diving taking care not to go too near They both watched Lucky the thanks to you for spotting it.' from the cliffs. Waw! They were the rocks. The engine off again, pup, feeling helpless and sad. But both Taid and Math knew, fast, then Math spotted a shape they could hear the sound Back on the rock where they all young seals wouldn't be as had been looking earlier Taid fortunate as Lucky. AMAZING ICE ART! This is how to make an amazing piece of art by freezing some water in a balloon. By adding GoGo forfor itit two things to the ice a super science experiment will happen in front of your very eyes! 1 You will need: • Balloon • Bowl • Plate or tray 1 2 3 • Scissors Put the balloon over the cold Put the balloon in After the water is frozen you need to get it • Food colouring water tap and fill it slowly. About the freezer out of the freezer and carefully cut the • Salt half full is fine, you need to be overnight for the balloon off with the scissors. You will have able to tie the balloon. water to freeze. a sphere or an egg shape of ice now.

Super Science... Adding salt lowers the freezing point of water. Lorries grit roads in the winter; this melts the snow or ice 4 5 6 that is already on the roads and WARNING ! Sprinkle some Carefully pour some food You can add different colours too. Be also prevents Cover the table, this can get messy. salt on the top of colouring on the top of the patient, it’s more effective if you wait for the water from Even better - go outside to do it! your ice and wait ice and watch the little salt to melt the ice. You’ll see amazing turning to ice. a bit for it to melt. rivers ﬂow down the sides. patterns and colours hopefully!

3 Drama Literature Television ININ THETHE Music Art LIMELIGHTLIMELIGHT Poetry Research has shown that singing in a choir is beneficial* to children. Here are 4 reasons why singing in a choir is good for you: Grug Yr6 - When we • Socialising – You can meet new friends heard we had won we had and get to know different people. It’s good such a shock – it was like a to work as a team when performing or dream. competing. • Boosting your brain – Learning and Ruby Yr6 - It was such a remembering tunes, words and rhythms is special experience. It was great for creating new paths in your brain. lovely to hear different • Music – This is the most obvious! You choirs and meet children learn music, notes, rhythms and how to from other schools too. blend your voice with others. • Culture – You can learn music and words Perhaps you’ve been watching the Côr reaching the last round in Aberystwyth: from different parts of the world and learn Cymru competition on S4C on a Sunday Ysgol Gymraeg Teilo Sant, Ysgol Gynradd about other people’s experiences. night, where different types of choirs Gymraeg Llwyncelyn, Ysgol Gymraeg compete against each other to reach the Llangennech and Ysgol Pen Barras. Above *beneficial – something which is final. It was the turn of the Primary School are the feelings of members of the winning good for you. Choirs on the 6th of April, with four choirs choir, Ysgol Teilo Sant. JOBS AND CAREERS Nia Hâf Jones

What's Your Job? Where is your work based? resources, which means I learn Qualifications? Living Seas Manager for North Mostly I work in Bangor, but I everyday. Seeing people's faces I studied Marine Zoology and Wales Wildlife Trust. also work with the South West when they spot a dolphin for the Ecology at university, but the I develop projects for marine Wales Wildlife Trust, so first time is fantastic and really most important thing is to be conservation, which means I occasionally I go down to the rewarding. inspired by nature. By taking an help people to care for and Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Worse things? interest in wildlife, protect the sea and coast Centre, at New Quay - Sometimes I have to face understanding will follow and wildlife. As a part of a team, I plan sometimes I can spot dolphins difficult situations when wildlife that's when you realize we must and organize events which allow from my desk - I love it there! or habitats are in danger - it's not protect our natural world. people to enjoy marine wildlife Describe your work day. easy when I see animals that are while taking part in rock pool Every day is different, sometimes hurt - especially due to adventures, nature walks, I organize events, and that carelessness such as pollution. kayaking, snorkelling and much means a lot of planning. But I Why did you go into more. love the days when I can go to conservation? the beach or coast to organize When I was a child I loved or take part in events, or looking for wildlife in the garden sometimes I go and investigate and in the countryside. While at when something is washed up university I volunteered with a on shore. marine conservation group and Best things? wanted to go to the Caribbean I work with inspiring people as to work with sharks. But when I part of a team, who care for realised that we have fantastic wildlife. I have to think of new wildlife in Wales I soon forgot and exciting ideas and about the Caribbean!

4 DiscussionDiscussion I think that a 5p charge is too A single-use plastic bag much. Groceries are expensive should cost much more or PointPoint and having to add another 5p to they should be banned. a shopping bill is outrageous. Plastic bags cause so many People are really busy and have problems in our oceans and What’s your opinion enough to think about without rivers, they also harm and having to remember their own sometimes kill wildlife. on plastic bags? bags when shopping. Bags are We should all make a habit Wales was the ﬁrst country in the UK to charge 5p essential to keep our shopping of taking bags with us to the for a single-use plastic bag in shops. What's your clean and undamaged, and shops. Only lazy people opinion? Should shops charge for single-use bags? should be supplied free of forget their own bags! Here are two conﬂicting opinions. charge.

WISE Turn off the Fill a bottle with water and place it tap when you in the fridge to cool, this means you WORDS brush your don't need to run the tap to get teeth. your glass of refreshing cold water. FROM A shower uses less water Always use full loads in dishwashers AUNTY DOT than a bath. A Don't waste water! Read and washing machines. Cut down short shower these top tips to save on unnecessary use. is best! water: BRAIN TWISTER Royal Charter Number Quiz 1 Some of the information about the Royal Charter disaster on page 7 is written in numbers. Read the page to discover what the following numbers represent: 750 ...... 1862 ...... 40 ...... 97 ...... 450 ...... 2012 ...... 1000 ......

welsh Royal Charter Moelfre 1859 quiz Helvetia Porthcawl 1947 Hindlea Rhosili 1887

Samtampa Moelfre 1959 Use the internet to match the names of the Welsh Admiral Prinz Adelbert Milford Haven 1996 Shipwrecks to the location and date they happened. No.1 is Sea Empress Mumbles 1883 already done for you.

5 The Water Cycle UNDER THE The water we use is part of a process called the Water Cycle. MICROSCOPE What is the Water Cycle? Condensation

WATER, WATER, WATER! WELSH TREASURE! Precipitation Have you ever thought what Earth would be like without water? Simply, you would not be here and there would be no life on Earth! All living things need water and we have plenty in Wales. But water is Evaporation precious – so turn that tap off! Did you know that the water we drink is ancient? We drink the same water as the dinosaurs drank - wow! Collection

Fab facts! Evaporation Precipitation Warmth from the sun causes The water droplets fall from the Drink plenty of water to rise as water vapour clouds as rain, sleet or snow. water as your body is 70% water. (gas). Collection Condensation The water collects in oceans, 97% of the Earth's Water vapour cools down and rivers, lakes and seeps into the 70% water is salty and turns back into water droplets earth. found in oceans (liquid) and form clouds. and seas.

2% of the Water is made up of Why do ice cubes ﬂoat? Earth's water is two elements Frozen water (ice) is lighter than ice. Only 1% of Hydrogen and Earth's water can be found as Oxygen, 2 water, which is why ice ﬂoats in fresh water. Hydrogen +1 water. Oxygen = H2O H2O

Interests: I love sports, and practice YOU’RE A STAR! running with a small group of friends every Monday evening. NEL MAI Running is really important to me - it's my thing. May the 6th-12th is Deaf Awareness Week, this is Nel's story. Where will you be in 10 Name: Nel Mai years’ time? 14 Age: I'm not sure where I would like to School: be in 10 years - that's a long time Tryfan, Bangor away! But raising awareness of My story: hardness of hearing is very I was told that I was deaf at the important as it's not a physical age of 3, after seeing several I have a twin sister called Myﬁ disability. I'm just like everyone experts. I had passed 2 hearing and we are very close. I love else and can do anything! I really tests! My hearing loss is severe, spending time with friends and think it's important that nothing so I use a hearing aid in each ear. family shopping or going to the stops me and that I'm given the At school I have a FM cinema – nothing holds me same opportunities as everyone microphone, this means I receive back. else – so look out for me!  the teacher's voice straight to my Favourite topics at Clic-it Cymru will be ear! I also have a teaching school: watching out for you Nel! Nel will appear on Stwnsh, assistant, Miss Lois Wyn Hughes Sports of course! I also enjoy art, S4C soon. who is amazing. She helps me especially photography and with my school work but she is Good luck visual topics are very important Nel! also my friend. to me.

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OTHER THE ROYAL CHARTER GOLD: THE ROYAL CHARACTERS The gold that was on board the ship FROM THE also added to the excitement of the ROYAL story. According to legend, many CHARTER passengers of the ship had made their CHARTER: fortune in Australia and were carrying Isaac Lewis their gold home when the ship sank. DISASTER Was a young lad from Moelfre There are unpleasant stories about Stretching over 750 miles, Wales’ coastline has who was a sailor on the Royal local people stealing the gold that was played an important part in our history as a Charter. According to legend washed onto the beach and from the nation. Many disasters have happened in the seas the ship was so close to the bodies of the dead, with many around Wales but the most famous is probably villagers of Moelfre becoming rich the tragic story of the Royal Charter steam shore during the shipwreck that overnight! Even today, divers are still clipper that was sailing off the coast of Moelfre, Isaac was able to see his father searching the site of the wreck for the Anglesey, on a stormy October night in 1859... on the beach, and called out to him. Royal Charter’s lost gold. In 2012, “O father, I’ve come home to die”. Britain’s biggest gold nugget, Isaac Lewis lost his life when the weighing 97g, was found off the coast ship broke up, after travelling of Moelfre, close to where the ship from the other side of the world now rests on the seabed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-w his body was washed up within ales-north-west-wales-36259787 a hundred yards of his front door. The Rev. Stephen INSPIRATION: The story of the Royal Charter has inspired The Royal Charter was sailing from Australia to the port Roose Hughes many artists and authors, including Charles of Liverpool carrying a cargo of gold, wool and rich Dickens who came to Moelfre after the disaster passengers. After crossing safely from the other side of to talk to villagers and T.Llew Jones who wrote the world the Royal Charter was sailing past Moelfre on the novel ‘Ofnadwy Nos’ about the tragedy. the last part of her long journey, when a terrible storm arose. The ship was tossed by huge waves and thrown onto rocks only eighteen metres (18m) from the shore. In vain, the crew cut the masts and dropped two anchors to try and keep the ship from moving but the chains broke, and the ship was wrecked on the rocks. The Rev. Stephen Roose Hughes As dawn broke a brave sailor from Malta called Guze Copyright Anglesey Archive Service Ruggier (or Joseph Rogers as he was known) swam Was the vicar of nearby ashore with a rope tied to his waist. A lucky few were Llanallgo church. Stephen Here is a painting called ‘The Volunteer’ by rescued using a Bosun’s Hughes arranged for the dead the artist Henry O’Neill who was a friend chair* and some Moelfre bodies to be carried to the of Charles Dickens. The picture was inspired villagers formed a human church and buried there. He by Guze Ruggier the brave sailor who swam chain* into the sea to wrote over a thousand letters to ashore with the rope. rescue others. However, the families of the dead, Tom Russell the American folk singer has only 40 were rescued, with sympathising with them in their sung a song about the story of Isaac Lewis, around 450 losing their lives loss. Many people think that the with Elin Fﬂur also singing a version of the within a stone’s throw of the stress of this terrible task caused song. Listen to it here. shore. his early death as a young man Gueze Ruggier (Joe Roggers) With thanks to Tom Russel, Frontera Music. ASCAP. Copyright Anglesey Archive Service in 1862. www.tomrussell.com, Henry Priestman and Elin Fﬂur.

*Bosun’s chair – a chair tied to a rope used to rescue PREVIOUS ARTICLES AND DATES (Issues 1-6 Welsh only) people. 500: Saint David (Issue 1) 1914: Christmas Truce in the trenches *Human chain – where people link arms to form a 1136: Welsh Castles (Issue 3) (Issue 5) chain. One end of the ‘chain’ stays on land and the 1867-1934: Marie Curie (Issue 7) 1948: Establishing the Health Service (Issue 4) other end goes into the sea to try to rescue people. 1912: Reaching the South Pole (Issue 6) 1960s: The Sixties' Revolution (Issue 2)

7 WHERE TO GO IN WALES? There is an obvious sea theme in our ideas of where to go in Wales for this issue….

1. SeaQuarium, 2. Anglesey Sea 3. National 4. Beach Cleans Rhyl Zoo, Brynsiencyn, Waterfront It’s important that we all take 1 This is North Wales’ Anglesey Museum, Swansea responsibility for keeping our 2 largest aquarium. Come and see over Come and explore beautiful Welsh coastline clean. Walk under the 40 tanks of Swansea and How about joining some of waves through an sea-creatures such Wales’ maritime these beach cleaning events? underwater tunnel as octopus, lobster history in this 4a Saundersfoot, to see sharks, seals, and sea-horses. interesting museum Pembrokeshire – Sunday the jellyfish and all sorts Learn also about which is part of 12th of May, 10:00am of other Wales’ under-sea Wales’ National sea-creatures. habitats and the Museums. Free 4b Caerbwdi, Pembrokeshire – Saturday the 8th of June, 4b important job of entry! 4a 2:00pm conserving them. 4c 3 4c Rhossili, Gower – Saturday the 21st of September, 12.30pm RISING STAR OF EURO 2020 TAEKWONDO! QUALIFYING FIXTURES GB Taekwondo Wales' national football team The Euro games, unlike the has got off to a flying start by previous championships, will Dan James beating Slovakia 1-0 in Cardiff take place in 12 cities across FA Wales on March 24th, thanks to Dan Europe with the final taking James, who scored his first goal place at Wembley stadium, for Wales, in his first competitive London. game for the national team. The next match for the Welsh However Wales goal keeper women's football team will be Wayne Hennesey and the against New Zealand which defence had a tough time takes in Cardiff on June 4. keeping Slovakia at bay. Good luck! Welshwoman Lauren Williams from Blackwood has been WALES EURO 2020 QUALIFYING FIXTURES TABLE named as part of the GB squad Game Date Where in the World Championships Croatia v Wales 8th June Osijek, Croatia held in Manchester from the Name: Daniel Owen James 15th-19th of May. Lauren Hungary v Wales 11th June Budapest Date of birth: 10/11/1997 watched Jade Jones win a Wales v Azerbaijan 6th September Cardiff Place of Birth: Beverley, gold medal at the London England. He qualifies to play Olympics 2012 and was inspired Slovakia v Wales 10th October To be confirmed for Wales through his father to try Taekwondo. She even had Wales v Croatia 13th October Cardiff who was born in Aberdare. to live in a caravan for her dream Position: Winger of being in team GB to come Azerbaijan v Wales 16th November To be confirmed Team: The Swans, true! Good luck in Manchester Wales v Hungary 19th November Cardiff (Swansea City) Lauren!

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