HR Issues

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2nd Partnership Meeting Ostrava 2 - 5 th April
2008 Presented by Deeside College Wales
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Cyfrifiad 2001 Sir y Fflint 2001 Census
Flintshire
Siaradwyr Cymraeg / Welsh Speakers 1991
18,405 (13.5) 2001 20,599 (14.4)
2,194 (0.8)
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Y Ddraig Goch or Red Dragon is the
national flag of Wales. It is not known exactly
how the dragon came to be on the flag but it is
thought to have been carried in battle by the
early Celts. It is one of the oldest flags in
the World and its unique design means it is one
of the most identifiable flags anywhere.
National Emblems The leek is the national
emblem of Wales. It is thought Welsh soldiers
wore leeks in their hats during battles to
distinguish them from their enemies. We also
have the daffodil as a national emblem. This is
because the Welsh word for leek and daffodil is
the same Cenhinen (leek) and Cenhinen Pedr
(daffodil). This means that both have been
adopted as our national emblem.
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one of Europe's largest and oldest cultural
festivals.
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What is the National Eisteddfod?

• Attracting more than 160,000 visitors
• Costs over 2.1 million to stage the Eisteddfod
  every year

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The Eisteddfod is a travelling festival which
alternates between North and South Wales.
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What happens at an Eisteddfod?

• 3,500 seat pavilion where competitions in music,
  dance and the spoken word take place.
• There is also a
• theatre
• art and crafts exhibition
• literature pavilion
• Welsh learners' centre
• science and technology exhibition
• youth pavilion
• over 300 trade stands and exhibitors

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What happens at an Eisteddfod?
Three Gorsedd ceremonies are held during the
Eisteddfod week   -  the Crowning (Coroni) of
the Bard (awarded to the poet judged best in the
competitions in free meter)   - the Awarding of
the Prose Medal (for the winner of the Prose
competitions )   -  the Chairing (Cadeirio) of
the Bard (for the best long poem) .
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• Welsh-medium youth movement with over 1,500
  branches and over 50,000 members
• Urdd organises activities for its members ranging
  from small-scale meetings to the Urdd eisteddfod
• Which lasts for a week, is attended by tens of
  thousands of visitors (over 100,000 in 2005) and
• is televised on S4C.
• The Urdd is often claimed to be the largest youth
  movement in Europe and the Urdd Eisteddfod
• the largest youth festival in Europe.
• The Urdd was founded in 1922 by Sir Ifan ab Owen
  Edwards through an appeal in the children's
• magazine Cymru'r Plant ("the Children's Wales").
• In 1925 the first "Peace and Goodwill Message"
  from the youth of Wales to the youth of the world
  
• was issued by the Urdd, a custom that continues
  every year on the 18th May. The logo of the Urdd
• is a triangle of green (symbolising Wales), red
  (symbolising fellow-man), and white (symbolising
  Christ)
• faithfulness to these three elements is the basis
  of the Urdd's motto.
• A version of this logo with eyes, arms and legs
  becomes the character Mistar Urdd.

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St Dwynwens Day 25th January
Romance will be in the air across Wales as Welsh
people celebrate St Dwynwen's Day. She is the
Welsh patron saint of lovers, making her the
Welsh equivalent of St. Valentine. Her feast day,
25 January, is often celebrated by the Welsh
with cards and flowers, just as is 14 February
for St. Valentine.
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Saint David's Day (Welsh Dydd Gwyl Dewi) is the
feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of
Wales, and falls on 1 March each year. A poll
conducted for Saint David's Day in 2006 found
that 87 of the Welsh wanted it to be a bank
holiday On this day many people wear daffodils,
the traditional national flower of Wales.
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Hen Wlad fy Nhadau
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i miGwlad
beirdd a chantorion enwogion o friEi gwrol
ryfelwr, gwlad garwyr tra madTros ryddid
collasant eu gwaed. Gwlad Gwlad,Pleidiol wyf
i'm gwlad,Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bauO
bydded i'r hen iaith barhau
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Folk Tales
The best known collection of these stories is
The Mabinogion, a collection of old Welsh tales
translated and published by Lady Charlotte
Guest in 1849.
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Other welsh traditions The giving of hand-made
wooden love-spoons to one's sweetheart (or
intended lover)
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Dissemination Activities For Deeside College
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Plan of dissemination activities Deeside College
- Wales

• To present the project to all staff members
• Via staff update - status complete
• ?To produce a web page for the CYRIL project
• On the Deeside College website ongoing
• ?Teachers (Non and others) will promote the
• Project questionnaire to their learners
  ongoing
• ?A member of the Welsh assembly Government will
• be involved in the project to be arranged

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Extract from Staff update
A new externally funded project is a best
practice network with Romania, Lithuania, Iceland
and the Czech Republic. The project entitled
CYRIL will look at informal language and culture
learning. The first meeting regarding this
project was held here at Deeside College in
November.  Taking part are Non Lewis Edwards and
Sara Bishop, who will be visiting the other
partners over the next two years. We are
currently developing new projects for next
academic year, particularly looking at workforce
development.  If you have a project idea that you
would like to work on then please call Ext 4154,
email myself or Vicky Ashley, or call into the
External Funding office.
Photo shows the first meeting regarding the
Romania, Lithuania, Iceland and the Czech
Republic best practice network.
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Thank you for your attention Diolch am eich
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