Prosiect Balchder Bronllwyn
Dirgelwch y gist drysor/ The mystery of the treasure chest
Ar fore Llun, roedd yna gist anferthol yng nghanol y neuadd i bawb weld, ond o le daeth y gist? Ffeindiodd Mrs Gould ar gamerau yr ysgol, fideo o Tony'n gosod hen gist yn y neuadd gyda nodyn 'Ffeindiais i hon yn yr atig'. Roedd y gist yn llawn hen eitemau ond dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod pwy adawodd y gist, beth yw'r eitemau neu bam. Felly, penderfynom fel ysgol edrych ar yr eitemau a dewisom eitem i bob dosbarth, fel gallent wneud gwaith ymchwil i mewn i'r eitem a'r gist.
On a Monday, there was a huge treasure chest left in the middle of the hall for everyone to see, but where did it come from? Mrs Gould found video footage of Tony placing the chest in hall with a note that said 'I found this in the attic'. The chest was full of old items but we didn't know who left the chest, why they left the chest or what all they items were. As a school, we looked at every item and we decided that every class should choose an item to research.
The camera footage that Mrs Gould found of Tony placing the treasure chest in the hall
The items that were in the treasure chest
Lawnsiad y prosiect
Pamffled y prosiect
Penderfynodd bob dosbarth creu fideo am yr hyn dysgon nhw yn ystod y tymor a sut mae'r eitem yn cystylltu gyda'n hardal leol.
Every class decided to create a video about what they had learnt about the object over the term and how it related to our local area.
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A washboard appeared in our classroom. We had no idea what it was. Some of us thought it was a musical instrument After a trip to The Rhondda Heritage Park and speaking to our mothers and grandmothers we discovered it was a washboard. Mrs Chris Ashman came to speak to us about her childhood growing up in Gelli. Chris said that washday for her grandmother was long and hard work. In the Rhondda Heritage Park we had a fantastic day learning how to wash clothes using a washboard, dolly and then dolly pegs to hang up our clothes to dry.
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We took a great interest in the pieces of coal that were in the chest. We started our project by researching where the coal came from and looking at the history of the local collieries. In order to experience the Coal Age, we went to Rhondda Heritage Park and we had a fantastic time under ground. Throughout the project, we started to make connections with The Coal Age and important people to our local area such as David Davies and the Crawshay Bailey family. When we went on our walk in the local area, we noticed that many of the street names are connected to the Coal Age and we found out by doing detective work, the reasons behind some of the street names.
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Our project took us on an adventure to discover the secrets of our treasure. Firstly, we carefully looked through the Bible. In between the dusty pages, we found old photographs and letters. Through our detective work, we discovered that the Bible belonged to Benjamin Alun Williams, the generous gentleman who left us £30,000 in his will. Then, we researched the history of the first Welsh Bible. This took us to North Wales to Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant, the home of Bishop William Morgan. The highlight of our project was visiting the local church in Tonpentre, and to enjoy Father Hayden’s service about Jesus and friendship.
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We chose the tennis racquet from the treasure chest so we started learning about the history of sport in the Rhondda. We started to research what the miners and their families did in their leisure time. We learned that several clubs were formed in the local area during this period to entertain the miners and their families. We looked at three specific fields: famous boxers, e.g. Tommy Farr and Jimmy Wilde, the lives of famous footballers and we researched the careers of Cliff Morgan and Willie Llewellyn in the rugby world. The pupils were fascinated to find out that Roy Paul, an FA Cup winner in 1956, was a former pupil of Bronllwyn School.
Diwrnod y lawnsiad/ The day of the launch
Dechreuom ni gyd yn y neuadd; rhieni, llywodraethwyr, athrawon a disgyblion i wrando ar gyflwyniad i'r prosiect. Yna, aethom ni gyd i'r iard i lawnsio'r prosiect gyda balwnau a lluniau i ddathlu ein cyflawniad fel ysgol gyfan. Aeth bob dosbarth ar daith o gwmpas yr ardal leol i adrodd ffeithiau am eu harteffactau. Daethom 'nôl i ymgynnull unwaith eto yn y neuadd i wylio a gwrando ar fideo pob dosbarth am yr hyn dysgom ni.
We started in the hall; parents, governors, teachers and pupils to listen to a presentation about the project. Next, we all went to the school yard and took pictures with balloons to celebrate our achievements as a whole school. Each class went on a walk around the local area reciting the facts we had learnt about our artefact. Lastly, everyone returned to the hall so that we could watch the video that every class produced.
