Issue 14 / May 2020 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 Welcome to Issue 14 of Clic-it Cymru We are in a situation that’s a bit different to the usual so this Issue of Clic-it Cymru will also be a bit different to the usual! We hope that there will be plenty here to interest you, to raise your spirits and to give you plenty of ideas about things to do. Keep safe everyone! RAINBOWS OF HOPE INGENIOUS! Across the length and breadth of Wales, in Ilan Davies, an Electronic Engineer who works in houses, streets, fields and buildings there Bath, returned home to Bala because of the are rainbows. During this strange time Covid-19 crisis. On realising that there was a because of Coronavirus, people and CARTOON shortage of safety equipment for doctors, children have been making rainbows to Can you fill in the pharmacy staff, nurses and other front line raise spirits, as a sign of hope and to say blanks in the story? workers, Ilan decided to act. thank you to NHS (National Health Back to school! Service) workers. Clic-it Cymru loves this Bethan Emyr Jones, pictures by Cêt Elen: the head of the local PAGE2 school, Godre'r Berwyn was glad to be able to help. Ilan was able to A B make use of the laboratories at the school, and a 3D Ff G printer to create the visors. and this one from Bedo, Nanw, Nel and Nico. Why are visors LL M needed? The visors are made of EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS clear plastic which ALPHABET covers the eyes, nose Can you crack the and mouth, helping crucial workers to stay safe. hieroglyphics code? Local reaction PAGE4 'Amazing! There is so much demand for the visors, we have issued visors to so many of the local front-line staff,' Ilan said, 'the local pharmacy, surgery, care home and community carers have all been Have you made a rainbow? We would love supplied. It's difficult to keep up with the demand.' to see your rainbows; send them to Ilan wishes to thank the school and all who have been helping him. [email protected]. There are Clic-it-Cymru is certain that the community at Bala are very proud of plenty of rainbow ideas inside this issue Ilan, and want to thank him for all his work! also on pages 5 and 9. CLAP FOR CARERS Every Thursday night at 8 o’clock people all over the AN EXTRA PAGE country open their windows or come out of their homes IN THIS ISSUE! Ideas for more to clap and make a noise to thank the NHS for their hard activities for you to work. Some bang on pots and pans, some shout, some do whilst at home. sing or play instruments; but everyone unites in the important message THANK YOU NHS. Remember to join in making some noise! For more information click on this link: https://clapforourcarers.co.uk/ PAGE 9 Lili and Ela from Efailnewydd banging their saucepans CARTOON Can you think of a story that could fill the empty spaces in this cartoon? Hush Lilly. Stop Boohoo! Higher! being a pain! Higher! There you go! Tom had to look after his little sister, Lilly. She Tom pushed the swing and Lilly squealed - up, ................................................................................................................................ was cross and miserable. So Tom took her out up she went! ................................................................................................................................ to the garden, and to the swing under the old oak tree. ................................................................................................................................ Haha, hee, hee! Lilly No way- I'm not go up again, again! pushing you that high ever again! ................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................ Lilly was back on the grass - delighted! She at ................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................ least had enjoyed the adventure! ................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................ JOBS AND CAREERS A TEACHER IN CHINA Name: Andrea May things by now? concern yourself with other screen time- this may be useful From where? Originally from We have more freedom and it people! The children and for children in Wales! Caerphilly but now living and isn’t as locked down as it was, families here all stayed in Keeping your mind healthy is working in Dalian, North East but life is still restricted and together. They played family important. It is important not to China. certainly not normal. games and they continued their just sit in front of the TV or play Job: Academic Principal We are preparing to go back to learning using books, online computer games all the time. Try How did Coronavirus school, so the building is being videos and educational games. to have a routine of different affect life in China? thoroughly cleaned. We will go If you stop learning, you will fall things on different days, make sure you change out of your Virus has impacted largely on back at different times as into bad habits. Many have PJs! It sounds stupid but you daily life. I was not able to leave classrooms are not allowed taken up a hobby like singing or can easily become very lazy and my apartment for two weeks more than 15 children due to playing the guitar or improving demotivated and this can affect and had to have the security spacing. We are still teaching their English. It is also important your health more than the virus. guard deliver food to me. I was online and have been for 8 to keep in touch with friends and You also need to keep hope. very lucky as I had friends and weeks. Teachers and students family. Students also do their Across the world we are fighting work colleagues who got me want to go back to school! eye exercises because of the the virus together. It will take everything I needed. After I Any advice for us here in time so you will need to be tested negative for the virus, I Wales? patient. Slowly you will be able was then able to go out. We can For children, it is really important to return to ‘normal’ but you now go to lots of places, but we to stay healthy– both your body yourself will have changed by have to carry a pass that says we and mind! Our children do 2 PE then! As children, you have a are allowed out and we have to classes everyday to help with responsibility for yourselves and scan an app which tells people this. You need to eat healthily– we all can play our part. we don’t have the virus. lots of fresh fruit, vegetables and There aren’t many cases water! Washing your hands is so of Coronavirus in China at important– it always has been. the moment so how are The most important thing is to keep yourselves safe and not 2 potatoes in the shed, for A VISITOR planting, and I've got plenty of 'I really can't be bothered!' said seeds.' David to himself. He was bored. 'Ok.' David mumbled. He hated At home all day, just being gardening, he would rather stay allowed to go a few metres in the house on his PlayStation. down the lane. It had been like Then the phone rang. It was this for over a month now and Grandad who rang every David felt miserable. afternoon to see what David had Mum tried to get him to help her been up to. David had promised in the garden, she had dug a he would feed the birds every patch especially for him - his day, but he hadn't bothered now Grandad could be daft me, it loved the worms. garden. for over a week. No birds came sometimes. Did you put food out for the 'You could plant some potatoes, to the feeder anyway. 'But the David watched his Mum birds today?' carrots... or flowers if you like.' birds still need to be fed David.' digging, he suddenly felt a pang 'No, I forgot.' David turned to take She said, smiling, 'There are he said. of guilt. He should help. He went his cake - two small lively eyes 'They must be fed every day into the kitchen to look for stared at him - a piece of cake in David, don't leave the feeder something to eat but found its beak. empty or they just go elsewhere there were only two cakes left. 'Hey!' David called. to look for their food. You must He took the cakes and a drink The robin flew onto the empty keep at it!' It was ok for Grandad out into the garden. bird feeder, watching. The to go on about it, since 'Cake time Mum!' he called. telephone rang. 'It's Grandad Grandad's garden was always 'Thanks!' said Mum and sat on again, he want's a word with full of birds. 'I'll send a robin over the grass. 'I just had a visitor,' she you...' said Mum and went back to your house...' said and pointed to the patch to her digging. Grandad laughed thinking he where she was digging, 'Oh well was funny but David didn't think it was there, a robin came to help it was funny at all. RAINBOWS TO RAISE SPIRITS Go for it It’s lovely to see rainbows in people’s windows, as a sign that things will get better and to Go for it show our appreciation of NHS workers. Here are some simple ideas that you can do with things that you already have at home. RAINBOW 1 1 2 STAINED GLASS HEART: Draw a heart shape on the black paper then draw a Cut strips of tissue paper.