Treasoning!

Year 8 have been experimenting with giving 'BETTER REASONS' for opinions. Giving reasons for opinions is really important, and as your reasons get better - so do your levels! Look:

 

Level 5 Speaking: “give reasons to explain your ideas”

Level 6 Speaking: “providing reasons to support your views”

Level 7 Speaking: "express opinions using evidence at times"

In this particular task, Year 8 had to give reasons to support (roots) or oppose (wind)  the statement: "Mae'r Bontfaen yn anhygoel". The better their positive reason - the longer the root and the better the negative reason - the stronger the wind. Decide for yourself - will these trees stay standing because of their strong positive roots or fall down due to the strong negative winds?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adolygiad Llyfr/Book Review

Darllenodd Blwyddyn 10 y llyfr Dyw Zoe ddim yn sylwi arna i gan Aled O Richards. Maen nhw wedi ysgrifennu adolygiadau. Beth wyt t'n meddwl?
Year 10 read the book Dyw Zoe ddim yn sylwi arna i by Aled O Richards. They have written reviews below. What do you think?

 

Any suggestions?

The Welsh Department need your help. Do you have any suggestions about how we can make our Llyfrau Iaith even better? Is there something you would like to know how to do? Is there something  you'd like to know more about? Is there something that works really well? Do you need more help? Have you spotted a mistake? What would you like to see more/less of? These are the questions we'd like you to think about.

Leave a comment below to help us improve our resources for you (remember to say which year group you're in).

Diolch yn fawr!

Final round of Spelling Bee - new words released

The countdown has begun for the final round of Spelling Bee, which will be held on the 19th of July in the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.

Manou Davies, who won the South Wales Regional Final of Spelling Bee, will be representing the school.

For the final 50 words that need to be learnt for the final click here.

Pob lwc Manou!

Buzzing after Spelling Success

Llongyfarchiadau i Manou Davies am ennill rownd rhanbarthol De Cymru o'r gystadleuaeth Spelling Bee!

Congratulations to Manou Davies for winning the South Wales regional competition of Spelling Bee!

Lowri Williams, Sarah Jones and Manou Davies from year 7 represented the school at the competition held in Llanelli this afternoon.

For the Spelling Bee challenge pupils have 60 seconds to translate as many English words into Welsh as possible and then spell them - not an easy task. As well as Welsh, there was also a French, German and Spanish competition.

Manou won two heats before winning the final stage of the competition beating off stiff competition from pupils from Cardiff High School, Howells School and John Beddoes School. As regional winner she received a trophy as well as a cup which she'll keep for a year. She will be competing in the National Final in the summer. Pob lwc!

To watch Manou's Regional Final winning performance click here.

Manou Davies, Lowri Williams and Sarah Jones celebrating their success

Manou alongside winners of the French, German and Spanish competitions.

Mrs Ellis with Sarah, Manou and Lowri at Bryngwyn School, Llanelli.

Spelling Bee - rownd 3

Mae disgyblion blwyddyn 7 Ysgol Gyfun Y Bont Faen yn cymryd rhan yng nghystadleuaeth cenedlaethol 'Spelling Bee'. Gall rieni helpu disgyblion i ddysgu sillafu'r 50 gair nesaf.

Cliciwch ar y tab Dolenni / Links uchod i glywed yr wyddor Gymraeg.

Year 7 pupils at Cowbridge Comprehensive School are taking part in the national 'Spelling Bee' competition. Parents can help pupils learn to spell the next 50 words.

Click on the tab Dolenni / Links above to hear the Welsh alphabet.

Before you start learning the next 50 words, test yourself on the first 100 words by clicking here to try the fruit machine.

To test yourself on all 150 words click here for the fruit machine.

Spelling Bee School Winners

Llongyfarchiadau mawr (huge congratulations!) to everyone who took part in today's year 7 Spelling Bee competition. Mrs Ellis and Mr Morgan were astounded by the standard of the Spelling Bees.

Sarah Jones 7.2, Manou Davies 7.5, Jordan Meek 7.4

Lowri Williams 7.8

The Spelling Bee challenge is to translate from English and spell as many Welsh words as possible correctly in 60 seconds - not an easy task. There were four places available for pupils from Cowbridge School to go through to the Spelling Bee regional finals and it was a tightly fought contest of a very high standard.

Lowri Williams from 7.8 and Jordan Meek from 7.4 both scored an incredible 16 points and Sarah Jones from 7.2 and Manou Davies from 7.5 both scored 15 points - which takes the four of them through to the South Wales regional finals.

Enillwyr dosbarth 'Spelling Bee' / Spelling Bee Form Winners

Bu disgyblion o flwyddyn 7 yn cymryd rhan mewn cystadlaethau dosbarth o Spelling Bee. Llongyfarchiadau mawr i'r disgyblion a ennillodd, wedi eu rhestri isod. Byddan nhw'n cymryd rhan yn nghystadleuaeth yr ysgol ar Ddydd Mercher y 6ed o Chwefror a bydd y pedwar disgybl gorau yn symud ymlaen i'r rownd rhanbarthol a fydd yn cael ei gynnal yn hwyrach yn Nhymor y Gwanwyn.

Am flas o'r gystadleuaeth gwyliwch Spelling Bee Final 2012 - fidio.

Year 7 pupils have been taking part in form competitions of Spelling Bee. Congratulations to the pupils who won, listed below. They will be taking part in the school competition on Wednesday the 6th of February and the four best pupils will go through to the regional round which will be held later in the Spring Term.

For a taste of the competition take a look at Spelling Bee Final 2012 - video.

To practice at home, pupils can use this random word picker - Spelling Bee random word picker. Pob lwc!

7.2 winners and runners-up

7.2
1. Sarah Jones
2. Tomos Petty
3. Megan Hodgson
4. Dylan Hughes

Runners-up

Georgia Armitage

Kate Antoni






 



7.8 winners

7.8

1. Zachary Messner

2. Lewis Burrows
3. Caitlin Thomas
4. Cariad Nealon

5. Lowri Williams

6. Ffion Williams

7.5 winners

 

7.5
1. Manou Davies

2. Will Jones
3. Olivia Mitchell
4. Sophie Rees
5. Molly Ward Tossell
6. Holly Rogers

Runners-up

Elin Swallow

Rowan Allin

Rachel Anstey

7.4 winners

 

7.4

Ennillwyr / Winners
1. Jordan Meek

2. Harrison Boyce

3. Freya Yates

4. James Shah
 

 

Spelling Bee - rownd 2

Mae disgyblion blwyddyn 7 Ysgol Gyfun Y Bont Faen yn cymryd rhan yng nghystadleuaeth cenedlaethol 'Spelling Bee'. Gall rieni helpu disgyblion i ddysgu sillafu'r 50 gair nesaf.

Cliciwch ar y tab Dolenni / Links uchod i glywed yr wyddor Gymraeg.

Year 7 pupils at Cowbridge Comprehensive School are taking part in the national 'Spelling Bee' competition. Parents can help pupils learn to spell the next 50 words.

Click on the tab Dolenni / Links above to hear the Welsh alphabet.

Spelling Bee - rownd 1

Mae disgyblion blwyddyn 7 Ysgol Gyfun Y Bont Faen yn cymryd rhan yng nghystadleuaeth cenedlaethol 'Spelling Bee'. Gall rieni helpu disgyblion i ddysgu sillafu'r 50 gair cyntaf.

Bydd y 50 gair nesaf yn cael eu cyhoeddi wythnos nesaf.

Year 7 pupils at Cowbridge Comprehensive School are taking part in the national 'Spelling Bee' competition. Parents can help pupils learn to spell the first 50 words.

The next 50 words will be published next week.