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I attended the Moilin session on augmented reality and its use in education. It was fantastic, there were only 3 in attendance and I think because it was advertised as bilingual it perhaps put people off, but it was brilliant. I learnt what augmented reality was and how I could use it in the class. I learnt how to make a filter that pupils could use! I'm really excited to look at how I could make filters for St David's Day and Dydd Santes Dwynwen to get pupils more involved with Welsh culture.

Roedd y sesiwn yn wych a roedd Osian more hapus i helpu a rhannu ei ebost rhag ofn bod cwestiynau 'da ni. Ymunais i gyda dim clem beth oedd 'augmented reality' a dim gobaith baswn i'n gallu creu filter fy hun! Os bydd Osian yn cynnal y sesiwn blwyddyn nesa baswn i'n argymell pawb i ymuno.

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Gwylan -  I found this session on wellbeing and mindfulness to be extremely informative and beneficial to my own understanding of how positive wellbeing can be promoted in the classroom, particularly through 'pause points'. The 'little but often' method discussed focuses on physical wellbeing through self-regulation in the morning, emotional wellbeing relating to the working mind and paying attention to thoughts and breathing which may be beneficial to incorporate into lessons prior to lunch, and then spiritual wellbeing which focuses on communication, empathy and kindness.

Swansea city council - focuses on using football to engage pupils and incorporate it into the classroom. The session discussed how football league tables could incorporate numeracy to allow for a more fun and engaging approach to teaching.

Pendine outdoor education centre - this session was extremely engaging and it brought back a lot of childhood memories! I really like the fact that teachers are encouraged to get involved in the activities as it allows positive relationships between teachers and pupils, as well as pupils with each other, to be developed. The session emphasised the importance of of person-centred and experiential learning for child development and the positive impact residential trips have on pupils development, particularly their independence and also their wellbeing.

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Wenfro
Llinos was very inspiring and has made me consider the amount of house hold materials i could use to help stimulate childrens imagination in the early years. Her stories were fantastic and will be very eager to use these once i am on placement again as they are very colourful, interesting and relevant to many topics such as not using plastic to use with young children.

St Ffagans
I have visited St Ffagan many times over the years and have loved every visit. I am enthused after our conference to take a key stage 2 group on a visit there. I would love to take the opportunity to teach the children about how the use of plastic is a recent thing in our everyday lives and how years ago paper bags and storage jars were used in shops. I would task the children with comparing todays food shop with the shop in St Ffagans and what lessons can be learnt.

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Gwylan (Wellbeing)

I really enjoyed this session. It was encouraging to hear that wellbeing is important for all not just learners in the classroom. The description of using domino's emphasized the importance of the 'pause points'. Explaining the heart rate in relation to mindfulness was great and this will be beneficial for all learners especially when pupils are wound up or full of energy when entering a room. 

Into Film

This was a great session and it was beneficial to hear our much film can impact learning. 

Techniquest

The focus of this session was on the subjects Math and Science. Introducing the Arts to Techniquest would be interesting especially when considering cross curricular themes.   

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Gwylan (Wellbeing)

I really enjoyed this session. It was encouraging to hear that wellbeing is important for all not just learners in the classroom. The description of using domino's emphasized the importance of the 'pause points'. Explaining the heart rate in relation to mindfulness was great and this will be beneficial for all learners especially when pupils are wound up or full of energy when entering a room.

Into Film

This was a great session and it was beneficial to hear our much film can impact learning.

Techniquest

The focus of this session was on the subjects Math and Science. Introducing the Arts to Techniquest would be interesting especially when considering cross curricular themes.

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I really enjoyed this session, this was so beneficial to hear the various impacts film can have and be used for within the classroom. As technology is always progressing/changing and is a huge part to children's lives it's always fantastic to hear how this can be educational and focusing on how we can positively sway this to work in our favour as educators to make 'screen time' count.

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Into film works with cross curricular learning, any subject can incorporate film experience for students in their specific subjects.
Into film works with the 3C’s & 3S’s; camera, characters, colours, setting, sound, story. Any of the words mentioned can provide students with expressive arts experience.
Into films provides a library of films which can be accessed and used as a resource to interest students into a certain topic in subject specific, discuss health and well-being in PSE lessons. Into film does suggest that any archive films used in lessons should be first reviewed as they could be; aged restricted, or inappropriate (trigger warnings).

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I would incorporate Pause Points throughout my lessons to ensure that the pupils and I have the opportunity to calm our minds and be present in the moment before continuing. This could work especially if the pupils are particularly wound up and need calming down and also when pupils are learning new concepts and need time to digest the information.

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I thought that the stiwdio box session would be a great tool to incorporate digital competency into an expressive arts lesson by allowing learners to use software that is available online to develop their digital competency skills whilst using instruments, vocals or pre-recorded sounds. It was a good session.

The S4C Yr Egin session was also very good; it was very engaging and gave me some good ideas for my future lessons. I liked the 'hot seat' where we had to describe our fictional character we made in 2 minutes - I think that would be a good 'icebreaker' task in a language, literacy and communication lesson.

The Techniquest session was another great session. Techniquest is an amazing way to take science beyond the 4 walls of the classroom and to show learners how broad science can be; and that it's not only something we see in laboratories. STEM is at the heart of Techniquest, and I will look to make my STEM lessons very appealing for learners in the near future; Techniquest have the ability to naturally draw children towards their resources because of they're 'cool and colourful' look so I will aim to make my resources and content as 'cool and colourful' as they do.

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St Fagans offers a vast range of learning opportunities for Foundation Phase right up to KS3. They normally have over 200,000 formal learning visits a year and were the first open air museum here in Wales. During Covid they adapted their delivery of the workshops and now deliver these online. There are no entry charges to enter the museum, although workshops cost around £60 per class.
I would take my pupils to St Fagans and use the online workshops to extended their learning of topics such as the Tudors and the history of Wales.

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It was fantastic to learn about how 'Pause Points' can be used to promote positive well-being in the classroom. As a result of the Covid 19 epidemic, the need to focus on children's well-being when they return to school is essential, and I intend to incorporate this approach into my own practice during PTE2.

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As well as visiting St Fagans to support history lessons, I would consider visiting St Fagans when teaching learners about the environment and recycling. We would look at how people used to be self-sufficient and visit the Gwalia Shop to see how there used to be no packaging in the shops. We could used this as a way to start a discussion as to whether we could/should return to plastic-free packaging.

There is also a lot of offer at Dinefwr Park which was very interesting to hear. I would consider visiting the Park to conduct a Health and Wellbeing lesson, focusing on mindfulness. I would take the class into the woodlands and encourage the learners to stay silent for a moment. We would then discuss what they can hear, what they can see, what they can smell and how they can feel. I would then bring in LLC by asking the learners to write about the experience upon returning to the classroom.

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Techniquest.

The examples we were shown covers a range of Croats curricular themes. I would use these in assemblies and form classes to introduce and reinforce learning depending on the theme of the term.

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Into Film

This can be applied in so many ways but fits perfectly for music which is my subject. I would use these resources to help the pupils consider the emotions and themes that are expressed though film and sound.

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Gwylan.

I would use this resource during form time to get the pupils in a relaxed, ready to learn mind set in the morning and after lunch.

I would also use this closer to exam / assessment times in my specific subject.

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The discussions behind being history alive with practical sessions, for me teaching history is much more effective when being able to bring in practicable elements, being the history alive. I always knew about the historic building and the Victorian school but was unaware of the other workshops that they offer as well as the sleepover.

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This session was really eye opening and had a personal touch which always makes it more engaging and relatable. The session was full of inspiration and ideas for how to create Pause Points in your lessons, whether you use their package/resources or not.  I live the idea of taking a pause point in the middle of a busy music lesson to switch off, be calm and relax or stretch before refocusing. I am excited to try it out. I will never forget John's analogy of Domino Days - how taking a few dominoes out will prevent them falling over.

Into Film
Again a very informative session. Non gave us so many ideas I couldn't keep up note taking so would love her powerpoint slides if possible. I certainly didn't realise about the bank of film available and with the Expressive Arts AoLE I am excited about the inclusion of film and media in my music lessons, as well as art and possible drama. I am already planning how to use students artwork as a stimulus for composition and incorporating film making with performance.

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I really enjoyed learning about how I can introduce and use film in the classroom to facilitate my students learning and provide them with creative learning experiences. As a Welsh teacher there are many area's in which I could use film to encourage my students to use their Welsh language skills. For example, when teaching 'Illnesses' I can now ask my students to design their own 'sitcom' based in a Doctors surgery where they communicate using Welsh only. Additionally, the Into Film Company offer a series of ready made films that I could use throughout my lessons. For example, I will use the 'sound on, vision off' video's to set my students an extended creative writing task where they must write a story to go with the sounds in Welsh. Also, when teaching 'Yr ardal' I will be using the company's  old film footage of various areas around Wales to get the students to write a description about the 'old' version and to then compare it to the 'current' version of the same area.
I am not the most technical teacher so this has really opened my eyes to the opportunities available to include digital technologies within my lesson. In order to carry this out successfully I must further upskill myself in regards to creating, editing and cutting videos.

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being a student of film previously it was fantastic to see all of the opportunities to involve it with teaching. Being able to use film to stimulate discussion or debate will be rewarding and the cross curricular opportunities are endless.

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I thoroughly enjoyed all three sessions today as they gave a good insight as how the pupils can learn outside the classrrom in the case of Dinefwr (which I would really like to take pupils on a trip to as there was so much to offer) especially the 'love a tree' which I intend to try with pupils in my second placement in the school grounds if possible. I also didn't realise that so many aoles could be targeted just in one place eg. History, geography, numeracy, science and wellbeing.
I also liked the use of the premier league tables in Maths/Numeray lessons which is something I will also try with my next placement class and the fact that you can differentiate the tasks in PE so that everyone can get involved.
The wellbeing session was very informative about building pause points into the day just to reset feelings and emotions during the very busy and noisy days which happen in all schools. I especially liked the idea of the older children (6th form) leading the sessions for the Year 7. I wonder if this will work with Year 6 leading sessions for Year 3 and so on.

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I was new to residential school trips, so this experience benefited me greatly. One main aspect that stood out to me was how it helped the children to become more independent and embrace new experiences while developing the curriculums four purposes. For example, healthy, confident individuals, the children who attend these trips build upon communication skills and also how to work alongside their peers.

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I enjoyed the St fagans talk as I find it really interesting. It gave me lots of ideas of how I can use them for my teaching and how valuable the tools are. My next step is to research into the other linked museums as they could be more valuable to my teaching practice and my lessons.

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To be honest I wasn't expecting there to be that much you could do at St Fagans other than history. Turns out from this talk that you could link a trip/meet online to St Fagans to a whole range of AoLEs. I found this eye-opening and made me realise that because of the increase of use of technology, there are a lot more opportunities now for authentic learning contexts even whilst staying within a classroom setting so that was really interesting and insightful.

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From my own personal experience, I got to experience a trip like this in primary school and loved the independance and the experience. Later in life I was on the other end of the experience, where I spent time instructing and coaching activities in a place like this, and I can say first hand that kids' confidences and independance improve drastically over the time they are away from home.

These trips are really good because they help kids build on communication and teamwork skills which can then be translated into the classroom through groupwork. It also helps kids to develop a positive mindset when dealing with challenge.

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Into Ffilm, Canolfan yr Egin a Sesiwn Cerddoriaeth gyda Steffan Williams

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Am ddiwrnod arbennig, roedd y sesiynau yma i gyd yn fanteisiol iawn i mi. Roedd yr holl wybodaeth cylfwynwyd gan y siaradwyr gwadd yn helpu ar gyfer fy natblygiad yn yr ystafell ddosbarth. Teimlais bod sesiwn yr Egin yn fuddiol iawn oherwydd trafodwyd teimladau plant gan ddefnyddio cymeriadau ac actio. Chwaraeom ni’r gêm y Sêt Boeth, gêm a fydd yn hynod o lwyddianus ar lawr y dosbarth gyda dosbarth o blant. Diolch yn fawr am y brofiadau arbennig!

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I have visited St Fagans on many occasions and each time found something new and fascinating that stays with me.  I am certain this can translate to a positive and curriculum relevant experience for students.  Though I have not before looked at it from the perspective of a Business Studies secondary school teacher.  It was really interesting to consider how St Fagans and the different buildings and periods in history are a great way of bring to life how fundamental commercial problems are shared with our past.  There is a great opportunity to compare and contrast things such as the Shop and the Iron Mongers with todays retail environment and to consider the different ways that are being prioritised to add customer value.  There are also equally interesting opportunities to consider the 4P's, in particular Products, Place, Price and Promotion.  This helps bring to life classroom learning and research, which will help anchor the learning for students.

In addition, there are other commercial premises to consider, such as the Workingmens Institute, which were common place throughout Wales though most have now disappeared.  Although it is a shame to consider how such worthy and community central students can apply business theory to explain why such places may have become commercial unviable and perhaps how or if they may be adapted to modern community needs.

The same can be said of the Waterfront Museum in Swansea, which included some very interesting ways  to connect with the commercial past of South Wales.  Students will have perhaps heard or considered the post industrial problems of South Wales, without really understanding what is meant by this and why such change was brought about.

S Best

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Gwylan, Waterfront Museum, Pendine Outdoor Education Centre.

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Gwylan - wellbeing:
I have always practiced Yoga and meditation and use it as a de-stressing mechanism in my everyday life. I never really thought to bring that mechanism into my classroom. We are all human, and we all get stressed, especially in a learning environment. I will be involving pause points in my lesson.

Waterfront Museum:
I have visited the Waterfront Museum multiple times and have enjoyed the various displays that they have exhibited. However, I do believe that the talk was mainly focused upon the experiences of Primary School and not secondary. As a Secondary teacher, I could not quite see how particularly Key Stage 4 and 5 students would enjoy the trips that the Museum offers.

Pendine Outdoor Education Centre:
I went on residential trips when I was in Primary school, I had such a good time. From the meeting, it is clear that outdoor/physical learning is just as important as the education in the classroom.

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Gwylan, Swansea City Education, Pendine Outdoor Education Centre.

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Gwylan ~ Wellbeing:
I enjoyed this session. I liked the concept of pause points and how it was compared to falling dominoes. It made me think of how forest fires are put out by putting in a fire break to stop the spread. It showed me how important it is to take a few minutes to regroup and recentre.

Swansea City Education Programmes:
The use of football is exceptionally engaging for many pupils as it is a genuine interest to many of them. Integrating league tables into numeracy was particularly brilliant and seemed it would be extremely engaging.

Pendine Outdoor Education Centre:
I liked the emphasis on how teaching is happening everywhere and not just in the classroom. The importance of teamwork to overcome challenges was something I found to be the same as what I try to encourage in my class to develop cooperative learning.

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Roedd y sessiwn yma yn fuddiol iawn i mi. Rwyf wedi gweithio fel cynorthwywraig mewn ysgol sydd wedi defnyddio'r techneg yma.
Roedd yn diddorol iawn dysgu fwy am y dechneg yma er mwyn gwella iechyd a lles meddylion plant ysgol cynradd.

Swansea City-
Wnes i fwynhau'r sessiwn yma gymaint! Rwyf wedi bod yn rhan o'r rhaglen yma or blaen ac wedi gweld hi'n fuddiol iawn. Roedd y gyflwyniad wedi cael ei wneud yn arbennig  o dda ac roeddwn wedi dysgu llawer fwy am y rhaglen.

Dinefwr-
Sessiwn dda iawn oedd yn rhoi pwyslais ar dysgu tu allan. Roeddwn wedi mwyhau darganfod pa fath o pecynau oedd ar gael ar gyfer ysgolion ar wahanol bethau sydd i wneud yna.

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I have always enjoyed going to St Fagans since I was very young. As a future teacher of history/ humanities, the museum is crucial to teaching history in a Welsh context. An initial tasks that I thought of would be getting pupils to write down their initial ideas about what life was like in Tudor Wales and then when visiting the site could compare and contrast their expectations. This is because pupils could see first hand, a pre reformation church, artefacts and types of dress.

The museum will be able to show aspects of Welsh History that cannot always be achieved in the classroom. A visit to St Fagan will also bring in cross curricular disciplines. For example, pupils could look at debates as to why a museum is important to the local area and look at issues such as economy/ employment, heritage and culture.

Lara Morris

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I decided to participate in this alternative experience as I believe as a business teacher learning about this would benefit me the most. Cymbrogi Futures focus on giving experiences, workshops and residential experiences to students of all ages and teachers to help them learn about social entrepreneurship, sustainability, collaboration, creative minds and so much more. They have a massive focus on the Donaldson's four purposes and their courses/workshops are built around these.

They are built around;

1. Sustainable and circular futures

2. Owning your wellbeing

3. Creativity and cirriculum

4. Learning to collaborate, collaborating to learn

My intended outcome was to gain more knowledge about who they are, what they do and what they want to achieve. I also wanted to learn whether I would be able to use their courses and workshops to further my future development. As a business teacher I believe the curriculum is pushing towards becoming more enterprising and gaining knowledge about what Cymbrogi futures do this has inspired me.

Cymbrogi Futures is a social enterprise delivering educational programmes through a unique learning ecosystem aimed at empowering today's learners to shape tomorrow's sustainable world. Along with all the workshops and residential they hold, they do so much more. During Covid-19 they have adapted their programme to a blended learning experience to ensure that students and staff did not miss out. They have also created a workshops for all AofLE's and these can be tailored for each residential or teacher where needed.

My intensions were to find out who Cymbrogi futures and what they do and whether I can use them in the future, and from all the hard work the team put in I believe I have achieved this.

HT

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From my own personal experience I did not have the opportunity to attend residential trips. This is something I would love to bring into my teaching experience as I believe it bring intangible benefits to the pupils.

From attending the meeting, it was made clear that experiences like this can have a significant benefits to pupils personal developments due to the encouragement of independence, taking responsibility for themselves and taking learning out of its normal boundaries of the classroom.

GVD

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Am gyflwyniad arbennig. Rwyf yn hoff iawn o San Fagan wedi ymweld llawer o weithiau fel plentyn ac yn nawr yn mynd gyda phlant fy hun. O brofiad gyda plant fy hun rwyf wedi sylwi at faint mae plant yn mwynhau'r profiad o gerdded o gwmpas San Fagan ac yn ymweld a'r adeiladau gwahanol o adegau gwahanol yn hanes. Mae o hyd ganddynt lawer o gwestiynau gwahanol am y gwahanol adegau yn hanes, eu hoff adeilad i ymweld yw'r ysgol. Roedd yn ddiddorol cael gwybodaeth am yr holl weithgareddau gwahanol sydd ar gael i ysgolion wrth ymweld a San Fagan. Wrth astudio gwahanol amseroedd yn hanes fyddai yn brofiad arbennig i'r plant gael ymweld ag adeilad o'r adeg yma ac i ymrwymo eu hun ym mywyd yr adeg. Mae adeg Covid wedi bod yn anodd iawn i bawb ond roedd yn dda i glywed bod San Fagan yn datblygu ei ffordd o gysylltu gydag ysgolion mewn adeg anodd ac yn rhoi profiadau i blant ac ysgolion yn rhithiol.

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The Cymbrogi talk was really insightful as it linked in well with the Four Purposes. It was interesting to consider the importance of well-being for both teachers and pupils.

Cymbrogi offer a range of online and in-person activities designed to bring pupils close to nature. Within my practice I will definitely look into some of the online resources and try to use them in lesson time, especially in regards to outdoor learning. There are lots of resources to do with sustainability, wildlife, foraging, etc. It is useful to adopt a blended learning approach here.

Cymbrogi is also very much focused on enhancing creativity in the classroom. We discussed how important it was to create a positive classroom environment in which pupils can flourish and express their creativity. This also applies for us teachers who need to ensure that we break down as many barriers as we can to be creative in our pedagogy.

Natalya

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As a child coming from an area that would be considered disadvantaged. Opportunities for residentials and trips were very limited as a result. I therefore wanted to explore the options available and prices.

I strongly believe that there should be money provided to schools for pupils to go on residential trips and  educational trips. Particularly those in disadvantages areas and some pupils believe that their world is simply the village and surrounding areas, and the impact on pupils disengaging with schools these alternative experiences could support and develop those pupils taking education out of the classroom and learning life skills which I believe they struggle with.
In the future I will be looking into these opportunities and developing funding opportunities for pupils to go on these trips and develop their educational  experience.

The outdoor centre is definitely somewhere I will hoping to visit soon.

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St Fagans is local to me and I had many school trips there as a child. Despite this I was unaware of the full range of activities on offer as it has developed significantly since I went there myself.

A trip to St Fagans would align to the four purposes, specifically becoming ethically informed citizens of Wales and the world.

Similarly St Fagans would be an ideal backdrop for delivering the humanities aspect of the curriculum thanks to the buildings that have been brought from all over Wales. This would allow students to learn about differing regions of Wales and understand the cultural differences that apply in each.

When planning a trip, it would be important to consider the location, size of the site and the topics being discussed, this would likely be more appropriate for KS2 pupils.

Lloyd Eveleigh

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I was really intrigued by the huge number of activities and experiences offered by St Fagans. The encouragement and vast opportunity for authentic contexts and experiences for learning fits in really well with the goal of the new curriculum. I really liked the idea of comparing history to modern day and how this was encouraged.

If I was to plan a trip I would try to fully immerse the pupils in the history and then perhaps look at comparing it to present day. It is so important to keep the pupils interested by doing hands on activities and St Fagans offered plenty of these.

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As an individual who really struggles with ICT and in the past have not been able to support pupils through video making and editing for example using the green screen etc. I wanted to engage and develop my knowledge.

What an amazing session. There were so many resources available and many opportunities to develop literacy through film making. I found that there were many cross curricular links and the resources I will use, hopefully within the foundation phase.

I really enjoyed the Sound On Vision Off task an engaging activity which provides so many learning opportunities. The speaker was very helpful and I will be emailing in the future for support and ideas.

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This session was very infomative and interesting. In the past I have struggled with the technology side of teaching music but after this session, the infomation I received about the different softwares and how I can create simple group projects with all ages around a simple idea.
For future plans I will take note of the software used and hopefully be able to use it personally and professionally. I would like to create school anthems created by children for the schools. With the guidance from Steffan. I have the confidence now to do it.

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As a Welsh Teacher I am excited to use short films as a fun way to introduce new vocabulary.  I think that pupils would enjoy making their own short films and that they could showcase learned vocabulary and sentence building as well as using cross-curricular skills.  I think it would be a great way to develop Welsh literacy without it feeling like 'work' for the pupils.
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I choose to attend the well-being session as I feel this is very current at the moment. Although we have guidance and whole school approaches I was particularly interested in strategies.

As a primary student teacher I hope to use the the pause points within school and the 8 week mindfulness course. I really enjoyed when they said sometimes you need to remove the mask and let the pupils realise that you are human too. That we have these pressures stresses and anxiety and we manage them.

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Wellbeing

The wellbeing talk conducted by Gwylan was very useful and encouraged me to consider how I might use pause points/pause up in my lessons. Wellbeing is a crucial component of every child's life and it is important that they learn to manage their wellbeing effectively to ensure a successful future.

The talk by Gwylan made me think about how important wellbeing is going to be when schools reopen and all pupils return to school. As a result of this talk I will try to include pause points in my lessons and conduct some research on mindfulness in the classroom as I think this will help pupils to manage stress and anxiety. The mention of different breathing techniques and the programme 'sleeping lions' whilst not appropriate for secondary school pupils gave me some useful breathing exercises that I plan to use with my pupils in my future practise.

Into Film

Into Film gave me several useful ideas on how I can begin to use film in the English classroom. Film literacy was of particular interest to me as the analysis of film is similar to the analysis of literature and may be a more accessible route into literature for some pupils.

The idea of showing pupils the soundtrack of a film and asking them to come up with its story is something that I plan on using in my classroom as a stimulus for creative writing.

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I really enjoyed this presentation and how it outlined its importance to child development. Residential placements are important to help their independence , while exercise also helps their general well-being. The fact that many face their fears and learn to overcome adversity is also very important to creating confident and health individuals. I particularly like the quote that the speaker said "everyone who comes here leaves with many memories". I think this would be amazing worthwhile experience for any child and any school would be lucky to go there!

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Gwylan - Wellbeing

This experience was interesting and has sparked a curiosity for pupils' mental health. John used a domino's analogy of when a child's day is not going well. He said that a gap in the falling domino's stops the rest of the domino's to fall and he claims that this gap is a pause in the day. If you take a pause in the day, the day will get better.

Natural Waterfront Museum (Swansea)

This talk was interesting and discussed the history the area. It would great to see children engaging in this location as it would spark their curiosity about the place they live.

Pendine  Outdoor Education Centre

This session taught me about the different experiences available at Pendine. There are plenty of outdoor activities available and it somewhere I will definitely take my pupils in the future.

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Sesiwn da oedd wedi gwneud i mi feddwl sut i gynnwys deunydd ffilm yn fy ngwersi Saesneg. Rwyf wedi arsylwi gwersi yn defnyddio ffilmiau yn fy lleoliad, ond roedd y gwybodaeth gan Into Film yn dangos sut i ddadansoddi'r darnau yn ehangach a chreu cysylltiadau traws cwricwlaidd - ac efallai defnyddio'r ffilmiau yn fwy creadigol yn hytrach na'u defnyddio ar gyfer dangos y stori yn unig.
San Ffagan
Sesiwn arbennig o ddiddorol yn dangos sut mae'r amgueddfeydd wedi ymdopi gyda'r pandemig a'r cynlluniau sydd ar y gweill. Yn sicr o ran fy ymarfer mae'n dangos y posibiliadau o greu cyfleoedd preswyl i blant a phobl ifanc. Mae trafod hanes yn hollbwysig wrth creu cysylltiadau a chyd-destun ar gyfer llenyddiaeth ac yn sicr byddai'n archwilio hyn.
Sesiwn Cerddoriaeth Steffan
Sesiwn oedd y tu allan i fy ngwybodaeth presennol i yn sicr, ond roedd wedi cyflwyno'r pwnc mewn ffordd effeithiol a syml. Byddaf yn archwilio'r rhaglenni cerddoriaeth y soniwyd amdano i weld faint y byddai'n gallu eu defnyddio.

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I found this an interesting experience and feel that this is an effective experience as I remember visiting St Fagans as a child and also remember different aspects like the houses, washing and the school( including the use of the Welsh Not).

I would use this lesson for KS2 although I feel it would also be suitable for FP. There are so many areas of the curriculum that could be linked to this experience although there is a great focus on humanities. I would link numeracy to shapes  including those used for the buildings and it could also link to the shop where they weigh, count and pay for their items. Science could be incorporated in to the experience through observing the lambs and also the element of recycling (as there is not much use of plastic in the shop). The pupils could look at what areas of Wales the building have come in association of Geography.
In terms of health and Well-being the children could talk about how they would feel to live in the past including how it is different to how we live now. For creative arts the pupils could act out the school scene or could create the buildings using clay. There are so many more options for creating a lesson through this experience, which makes it a great experience for pupils learning.

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Roedd y profiad lles gyda Gwylan yn hynod o ddefnyddiol a buddiol ar gyfer fy nyfodol fel athrawes ysgol gynradd. Yn ystod fy nghyfnod fel cynorthwyydd dosbarth, roeddwn yn ymwybodol o bwysigrwydd iechyd a lles plant. Er hynny, galluogodd y sesiwn gyda Gwylan i gael dealltwriaeth ddyfnach o’r hyn y gallaf ei wneud i gefnogi anghenion lles disgyblion. Dywedodd John, ‘teachers set the climate within a classroom’. Anogodd hyn i mi ystyried fy rôl fel athrawes ysgol gynradd a sut y gallaf effeithio ar eu bywydau mewn ffordd gadarnhaol a buddiol. O ymarferion anadlu, i ioga, i weithgareddau sy'n arafu cyfraddau'r galon i leihau lefelau pryder, roedd y sesiwn yn addysgiadol iawn ac yn caniatáu i mi fel darpar athrawes i ennill syniadau ar gyfer fy nisgyblion yn y dyfodol ar sut i reoli eu hemosiynau.

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National Trust proprty in Llandeilo.
Available for school visits. There are many different areas to explore within the national park.

Dinefwr castle

Veteran trees - oldest is 850 years old. Maths opportunities.

Can walk up to the top and around the battlements

Evidence of Roman forts. History lesson.

Newton House

Victorian experience in the house; both upper house with aristocracy and basement with servants.

Volunteers dress up for children as Victorians

Items on display, can do treasure hunt with children.

Parkland

National Nature Reserve

Deer park, fallow deer in medieval deer park

Bug hunting, find insects in habitats and under rocks

Look at life cycles in the mill pond, pond dipping, frogspawn, dragonflies

Butterfly nets to see what butterflies there are

Can borrow their resources - pond dipping, bug hunting, binoculars, butterly nets

Wellbeing, Biology, Physical Activity

Idea for in class: Takeover day.
Children visit and learn about the castle. Then spend a day writing up what they've learned in class and practice presenting it to peers. Then return to castle with parents and children present what they've learned to their parents in the castle.

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As a child I spent a lot of time here with School and with my own family. It is a big factor in what sparked my interest in history and Welsh history. I haven't been for years and hearing how Hywel talked about it yesterday, showed how far they have come.

As a teacher I would love to share this experience with my students and share my own passion for history as well. They have so much there that I doubt you could do it all in a day, but it is such a great experience that really brings history to life.  The fact that it is so practical and the pupils can touch and really take part in activities makes such a difference to their learning and it makes it relevant; real.

It is not only history that can be covered at St Fagans now, but they also do so many cross-curricular activites, I think you could spend a whole week there and still be learning. As a teacher, it is moments like St Fagans and Llangrannog that stick in my mind, they are the moments that such an impact on my development as a person, not just a student. Moving forward with the 4-purposes, I believe days like this will be crucial moments for our children of the future.

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I really enjoyed this lesson on wellbeing. As wellbeing is becoming more important within schools, I wanted to learn more about wellbeing in schools and I found it inspiring and useful to implement in my next teaching experience.

Into Film:
This session was one of my favourite throughout the day. It has inspired me to want to use film in a lesson. I enjoyed it a lot and I always wondered how I could bring film and ICT into my lessons and thanks to this session with Non, I have learnt some ideas that I am keen to try in my next placement, especially some film literacy.

Pendine Outdoor Centre:
I really enjoyed this session with Simon and he made me laugh quite a bit. Some of the stories that he was telling us was very inspiring and I would love to visit the Pendine Outdoor Centre in the future with my own class. It would be beneficial to build relationships with the pupils and connect to the outdoors in a different area. It reminds me of the days where I went to Llangrannog and I really enjoyed the experience of that trip and the time away.

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Elinor

I really enjoyed the wellbeing session at the beginning of the day, wellbeing has always been of importance to me, so I believe that learning how it could be implemented in the classroom will help me a lot in PTE2. A quote from that session that really stuck with me was "teachers set the climate in the classroom", and this has made me look at my role in the classroom from a completely different perspective, and will hopefully enable me to have a more positive impact in the classroom in the future.

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I really found that this session was extremely insightful and John was very professional and his story was truly inspiring.
I love that way he made clear to me that "The teacher set the climate within the classroom" this made sense that if the teacher changes their attitude or their well-being isn't up to scratch that it will then affect on the whole classroom. This was the point of this session was to take the time to notice out health and well-being within the classroom.

Going forward i hope to use some of the techniques they recommended in the session, such as 'pause points'. This technique will be very useful within the class for teachers, TA's and the children to pause within the day and reflect on their learning.

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This presentation developed my understanding of the centrality of pupil and teacher well being in the school environment. John used the pertinent analogy of teachers and pupils as "dominoes" who sometimes need a gap to stop the pace of daily stresses. The presentation highlighted that regardless of the lessons and activities planned for, the well-being of learners is vital. Incorporating pause points throughout the day could include breathing exercises, learning self regulation such as activities to slow down heart rate which can reduce stress levels, yoga and mindful exercises to relieve stress and anxiety. I will use the Gwylan site to ensure I am incorporating regular check-in points for well-being in my teaching practice.

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Hannah
Being a Secondary History teacher who specialised in Ancient History I would love to expand upon the archaeological opportunities available. I would ideally do this in conjunction with a few lessons on the Ancient world generally in school and how archaeology is involved in our understanding of the Ancient world. A trip including the 'grave site' workshop - perhaps with specialised/more artefacts to give further depth for the students to examine and consider - would be a great practical addition. This would also be great for looking at modern debates in the field around the morality of grave archaeology and rightful possession of artefacts (such as the call for the British Museum to return and re-home the Elgin Marbles in Athens).
It would also be really interesting to see if there would be a way to utilise and expand the resources for the theme of 'Protest' as this is a topic looked at in the Sixth Form of my PTE1 school, with a particular focus on the Rebecca Riots and Chartism.

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Jac
I found this session very useful as Hywel put forward some fantastic ideas on how the museum can be used and the variety of activities available to schools/teachers when they are designing their curriculum.
I also thought the fact the museum offers many cross curricular events very encouraging. Hywel mentioned that they do often stage plays and other events offering a plethora of different activities to suit teachers curriculums.

Into Film - 11:15am-12:15pm
This session I found particularly interesting as this experience can be experienced in a school setting, without having to take pupils to an external site.
I have found video clips are very useful to reinforce ideas in a classroom setting and Into Film offer a variety of genres/topics/resources that teachers can use to suit their agenda.
I also liked the idea that putting in place an extra curricular activity like an after school film club makes the idea of being in school a little more exciting and provides a different opportunity in a familiar setting.

Techniquest - 13:30-14:30pm
I enjoyed the presentation and the opportunity to reminisce over trips I had experienced going to techniquest and how useful it can be when trying to reinforce science or maths ideas into the classroom. I found it very encouraging that the presenter mentioned that during the pandemic they have spent their time expanding and renovating the premises and know first hand the positive effect the museum can have when trying to introduce young learners to new ideas in respect to science and maths.

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I would take the children for a residential trip to pendine outdoor education centre. The residential aspect of the trip would allow the children to build independence, responsibility and confidence. During this trip, pupils would have to take responsibility for tidying their own rooms and helping sweep the hall after food. This would allow children to develop their responsibility and independent skills.
The children would participate in many outdoor activities, such as a climbing wall and assault course. I would encourage each child to participate in this activity even if they were scared, gently encouraging them to try it out as well as reassuring them that if they tried and they still didn’t enjoy then they could stop.
I would participate myself in as many activities as possible, in order to encourage reluctant pupils to join in too and help them develop their confidence in completing the activities.

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The morning session with John was very insightful. John gave a great analogy of teachers and pupils as "dominoes" who sometimes need a gap to stop the pace of daily stresses. I found this such an inspiring narrative as it really put into perspective how overwhelmed children can be without us fully realising. I found the use of "pause points" as an effective technique to instill calmness into the school day as a very useful technique that I will definitely try in my future practice. This can include breathing exercises, learning self regulation such as activities to slow down heart rate which can reduce stress levels, yoga and mindful exercises to relieve stress and anxiety. Mental health is a very prominent issue in today's society, and even more so now with the on-going pandemic so I think its fundamental that teachers play an active role in promoting the H&WB of pupils. I will use the Gwylan site to ensure I am enhancing opportunities to focus on H&WB in future practice.

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I extremely enjoyed this session, it was my favourite out of the whole day. Mental health and well-being are such important aspects that should be included throughout the all lessons in school. A quote that really stood out to me was that "teachers set the climate in the classroom". This statement is true and teachers need to have a good sense of well-being to be able to do the best possible job and be the best teacher they can be for the children. The importance of good relationships between children and staff were mentioned but also the importance of relationships between staff.

In previous placements I have used mindfulness activities such as 'Cosmic Kids Yoga' and outdoor/nature activities. Pause points was a new concept to me and I absolutely loved the idea. Pause points has improved concentration and engagement with learning, which are such fundamental parts of learning. Pause points can be used throughout the day where pupils pause and do mindfulness activities such as:
- Breathing exercises
- Yoga
- Head space
I will take all of this information forward and make sure to incorporate wellbeing throughout all lessons in my practice. I am keen to use Pause Points in the future.

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Gwylan - Wellbeing:
This was my favourite session of the day. I liked the idea of using 'pause points' during the school day, and thought that this was explained well using the analogy of dominoes falling down one after another. If you take a few of the dominoes out of the line, then it stops the rest of them from being pushed over (i.e. if you take a few minutes out of your day for a reset break, then even if the day had started off badly you can prevent the rest of it from following suit). I think that this would be a good way to explain the importance of mindfulness to young children, using a visual metaphor.
In my future practice, I would like to use pause points to encourage emotional regulation and to give learners time to stop and process what they have learned during the day.

Swansea City:
I have taken a few ideas from this session that I would like to use in my future practice. For example, I liked the idea of incorporating football into numeracy activities by structuring maths problems around scores and league tables. I thought that this would be a good way to put maths into a fun and realistic context for learners who enjoy sport. I also liked how learners are encouraged to think about the values behind football, such as teamwork and respect for others.
More generally, I thought that the parent engagement programme with the scheme was a really good idea. I would like to take inspiration from this and try to involve parents in the classroom in some way (when covid bubbles are no longer needed!).

Techniquest:
I was intrigued by the concept of 'science capital' that was mentioned in this session. It was explained that children who come from backgrounds where STEM subjects are more prevalent (for example if their parents have careers in STEM) have higher 'science capital', and are therefore more likely to succeed in these subjects due to having positive role models associated with them. I had not heard this term before and would like to do some further research into how to bridge the gap between pupils with more or less 'science capital'.
It was also mentioned that Techniquest provide CPD courses in partnership with different organisations. Of these, I was particularly interested in finding out more about the course with Natural Resources Wales, which focuses on using the outdoors in learning experiences.

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I found this session extremely thought-provoking around aspects of wellbeing. John was inspirational and his personal story hit home with how important to ensure that our wellbeing and our learners wellbeing is being considered. Before starting the PGCE course I wasn't aware of how much emphasis the new curriculum and schools put on wellbeing. In my next placement I will ensure that I used strategies that were discussed today within my own practice. I think now more than ever, learners wellbeing needs to be a priority and It need to be implemented through their education. Also I loved the plenary idea at the start (Im going to steal that one for my own lessons).

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I really enjoyed this session, they had some nice ideas for introductions / hooks for a lesson. Very focused on children's mental health.

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I found this session extremely helpful, it provided an insight into how the National Waterfront Museum (and museums in general) are able to to aide children's educations and how it rids the stereotype of boring museums. Particularly the use of objects to enable deeper thinking and understanding from children. Employing such methods as 'I See, I Think, I Wonder', this method will be employed withing my teaching practice. I also found the provision of example questions that were asked of pupils to enable and encourage deeper thinking and critical thinking particularly helpful.

The steps the Museum have taken to adapt due to the current pandemic was enlightening and helped me in considering how I am able to utilise some of those methods within my own teaching practice.

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Wenfro -
Llinos was excitable and enthusiastic about her session, which in turn made me very enthusiastic to trial her methods. She discussed her series of books for Foundation age children and how each one has a theme of recycling/ looking after the world etc. Her recommendations included:
- collect as many items around the house and use them in school with children.
- allow children to be creative and always encourage.
- no idea is silly.
I will no doubt be using Llinos' ideas when returning to FP in the future, and will hopefully use her books and online resources and lesson ideas as sparks for theme-related lessons.
One book she mentioned specifically, Parti Barti, mentioned how a load of pirates save the sea from oil. I will be able to use this book as a conversation piece and be able to start a project based on this.
There are 6 books in her series - could easily spend a week on each book, and there we have a half-terms worth of planning!
http://wenfro.cymru

Sain Ffagan -
This session brought back great memories from my own visits to Sain Ffagan and reminded me of ideas of themes that could be included in school. My favourite examples of trips that could extend the classroom, and offer experiences that couldn't be created within the class, were the ideas of 'wash day' (using old washing equipment), grinding wheat for bread making (using a stone), Victorian classroom. I would love to incorporate a trip to Sain Ffagan in school experiences, especially if we are studying the Victorians, Tudors, Celts, pre-WW1 etc.
It was also mentioned that Sain Ffagan is one of 7 sites within Museums Wales. These included Big Pit, National Wool Museum, National Slate Museum, National Museum Cardiff, National Roman Legion Museum, National Waterfront Museum, and Sain Ffagan. It was also interesting to hear how Sain Ffagan have been doing online sessions via Teams, reaching a wider audience for FREE!

Pendine Outdoor Centre -
Promoted was the centre's use of team building, responsibility and independence. We also discussed how anti-bullying could be brought in, in a practical way. The residential trips would be brilliant for outdoor education and could be well-incorporated in to any curriculum. My 'takeaway' from this session was how important these skills are, that we need to think of alternative ways to promote and facilitate them, and that this doesn't need to be in the classroom!

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Gwylan ~ Wellbeing:
I really enjoyed this session and it was my favourite one of the day. I liked the concept of pause points and the analogy that explained this using dominoes made it easier to relate to and understand the reason for the pause points. The idea being that if you remove one domino from the line it stops then all from falling, so having pause points is like removing one of the dominoes to stop the rest from falling.
I also liked the reference of teachers being the weather within the classroom, that if one thing is off with us it could change the classroom atmosphere, and an ever changing classroom is not helpful for the students or ourselves, which is why John said teachers should be more like the climate, not changing as much.
I intend to take forward all that was taught during this session.

Swansea City Education Programmes:
I liked the idea of incorporating football into numeracy activities by using league tables etc, this could make some of the children more likely to want to do some of the activities. I liked that they encourage leaners to think of the values behind football, such as teamwork.

Pendine Outdoor Education Centre:
I really enjoyed this talk and would like to take my future students on a trip here. The residential side of the trip would allow students to gain independence, confidence and take responsibility for themselves. During the residential students are to take responsibility for tidying their rooms and help cleaning the hall after eating.This ensures that they gain independence and responsibility.
There are a lot of outdoor activities for the students to participate in, such as an adult course. If a child was not enjoying the activities I would let them stop as it would not be beneficial for their wellbeing to continue with something they are not enjoying. I myself would participate though as it could possibly encourage any students who are scared to join in the activities.

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I learnt a lot from today's session, hearing personal stories from John helped me to connect with the session. I think it is essential for young people to understand their feels and thoughts from a young age. I was hooked on the 'pause points' idea, where the whole class stops and takes a few minutes to relax and reconnect with their minds and check-in with how they are feeling.

Going into PTE 2 and in my career going forward, I will be using 'pause points' to help pupils engage with their thoughts and feelings to help develop their understanding of their mental health.

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There is so much to use from St. Fagans in the classroom situation.

Some ideas could consist of:
- Science and Technology: how different workplaces coped without technology compared to today.
-Numeracy: using the sweet shop to learn about handling money. Looking at the difference in the prices of items in different periods.
-Humanities- Celts, tudors, used as a hook to explore different themes.
- well being: How people live compared to the present day, use the classroom role model to do in our own classroom.

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I found this presentation to be extremely engaging and innovative! I thoroughly enjoyed listening the anecdotes told by Simon and John about their experiences with wellbeing and mindfulness in their teaching practice. It provided me with lots of ideas that I wish to implement in my future teaching practice, in order to nurture the health and wellbeing of my pupils.
Their program 'Gwylan' is a really innovative and accessible way to teach learners about wellbeing and mindfulness. It was useful to have the opportunity to watch some of the videos that 'Gwylan' has to offer; it was a great way to get a flavour of what the program has to offer. This resource will definitely be something I will look to use within my future teaching practice.

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Valuable discussions about a very important topic. I would like to use mindfulness more in the classroom when I go back to PTE2 as a way of calming the class and my head. I found the candid conversation about teacher burn-out was very honest and helpful.

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This quote said it all for me this morning "Teachers set the climate in the classroom". This quote highlighted to me that significant role that we play in setting the environment for our pupils to learn and for them to achieve the very best can. Creating that inclusive environment is very important to build relationships. This can only be delivered through using good strategies to improve and incorporate pupil well-being in the day to day routines of the classroom. Through good pupil wellbeing their learning outcomes will be greatly higher. Its up us teaches to properly understand the practice and catch on to what wellbeing is. The personal stories told to us were impactful and reinforced what we had learned through our time at university and particualry at the recent ALN conference.

Moving forward, ideas I would like to take forward into my lessons is to use 'Pause Points', which you can use throughout the day to give everyone in your classroom including teacher and TA the opportunity to pause and reflect. I will we including this into my teaching practice going forward starting in PTE 2 and then into my own classroom.

Really important to remember happy teacher equals happy pupils.

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St Fagans - National Museum of Welsh History 

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I found the practical and interactive approach that even during covid that the museum uses to be very

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a plethora of knowledge shared from Hywel this morning that really highlighted that St Fagans Museum is not just about History.

If I was to utilise this space for learning, I would look hope to explore it through a multitude of avenues.
Science and Technology - through the use of materials used to build the homes, furnish the homes, used in the classroom and even in the shops.
Expressive Arts - Exploring the space around the learners, using the environment to construct the learners interpretations through twigs, leaves etc. Could even Role-Play in the outdoor areas that are available (Betty inspired this)

I also loved the idea of using the museum to present ideas (similar to that of "protest" from Cardiff High) and if my year group were capable of this, this is also an avenue I'd like to explore.

Furthermore, the archaeology ideas and "warrior grave" idea that they are exploring sounds fantastic.
I have a passion for  inquiry-led learning and this would be a great use of it.

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Great presentation delivered by Hywel. This session was very useful as it gave me an insight into how I can incorporate elements of Welsh History into my lessons. The themes of the galleries are interesting, and I particularly like the fact that the “Wales Is” gallery is organised thematically.

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The use of role models and STEM positive projects would be incorporated into my own practice. Seeing experiments is engaging, and I particularly liked the idea of their planetarium. Although, due to covid restrictions, it seems that there is likely to be limitations on school visits within the planetarium.

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Very interesting and the concept of their classroom within the museum was insightful. Using the "I see, I think, I wonder" would also be supportive to practice for pupils to develop creative thinking in pupils.

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Wellbeing within school is a passion of mine and I really enjoyed the session from Gwylan.

The session reinforced what was highlighted at the ALN conference this week with reguards to the importance of building relationships with pupils’, in order to create an inclusive environment where wellbeing is at the forefront.  The session highlighted that as a teacher our wellbeing is just as important as the pupils: ‘happy teacher = happy pupils.’

The session introduced the importance of having ‘Pause Points’ throughout the school day, in order to provide the opportunity for pupils and teachers to pause and have a few minutes to stop and think. This is something I would definitely like to incorporate into my practice going forward

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It was lovely, and encouraging to hear other's comments about their visit to Pendine, as I found the talk quite sad, hearing the impact that Covid has had on their business. There is a wealth of learning experience from these places, and essential to building confidence etc, but I didn't feel this came across in the talk, more from the comments. It was lovely hearing from those in my cohort who had had positive experiences here. It showed the importance of supporting centres and the memories that can be built through school trips. I did feel a little nervous at the thought of having to join in! Gulp.

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St Fagans stood out for me today. There was a wealth of ideas provided, for how the use the museum for lots of reasons. Investigation projects can be supported through the use of St Fagans, from exploring the history of Wales through time frames, to Celtic warrior graves, or protests. I am excited to be able to use St Fagans as a support to my future lessons.

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This talk was a really good insight into how mindfulness and well-being can be built into the structure of a school day. I thought the personal stories which lead to the company being created were really impactful and made me think about the stress we put ourselves through as educators and how that can rub off on our students. Gwylan is something I would be very interested to see working with in a school although with the way it is structured I do think that it would work better as a whole school approach rather than just with one teacher. It would be nice however to perhaps have this pause at the beginning and end of a lesson to make sure that the students coming into and leaving your classroom our calm, have an open mind to learning and will are less likely to allow what they have experienced outside the lesson affect their behaviour in the lesson; it seems like a really good behaviour management tactic. I would like to try to build this into the routine of my lesson even if it was just 1 minute at the beginning and end of the lesson to see how this affects the outcomes of the learners and the behaviour of the learners. I think this would be particularly helpful to students with ASD and students with heightened anxiety levels in which the school environment can be particularly fast paced and difficult to process.

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Interesting session, on reflection it would be good to find out if there is a quantitative measure to show how much wellbeing improves school performance or even if school performance is measured correctly. It would also be interesting to find out when/what time of day/what environment these wellbeing techniques should be used to have the most positive impact.

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Swansea City Football Educational Programme

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Great to see children engaged in maths using the football league tables as well as skills training for both pupil and staff. Great that they provide schools with resources that are improved each year. Interesting to see how they evaluate their programme too, tracking pupils and hearing back from the pupils to develop their delivery. I can see this being very well received. Great to see families getting involved too.

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This is an appealing residential, mainly as it revolves around outdoors and there is a big shift to embracing outdoor learning as part of the new curriculum. I also liked the ethos of how this experience fosters responsibility and independence away from the family unit, for the pupils who take part.

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I thought this project was a great way of involving public figures of inspiration for children along with the numeracy, literacy, PSHE and PE focuses that the project supports in its programmes.
The way that they are involving parents in the process too seems invaluable so that the parents understand how to support children at home - which has been vital during the pandemic.

In professional practice I would definitely look into trying out the primary programmes offer but Swansea City.

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This was a lovely insight into how museums are used in every day teaching. For PTE2 history, I will definitely be looking into working with them if I feel it is appropriate. I also enjoyed the part about introducing an object to the class and then using the technique of 'I see, I think, I wonder' which I will use in my future teaching.

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Found this talk really interesting. Will absolutely work with Techniquest in the future and look forward to taking my classes on a trip there to learn some exciting new things!

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Roeddwn yn ffodus iawn i fynd yma fel plentyn ac roedd yn dda i glywed fod y ganolfan o hyd yn bodoli ac yn cynnig yr un cyfleoedd i blant heddiw. Yn amlwg mae Covid wedi effeithio ar y cyrsiau preswyl ar hyn o bryd ond roedd yn dda i glywed eu bod yn addasu i'r sefyllfa ac yn cynnig gweithgareddau am ddiwrnod, neu tu allan i'r ganolfan o ganlyniad. Mewn cyfnod arferol maent yn cynnig amrywiaeth o weithgareddau yn yr awyr agored, ac yn hybu annibyniaeth yn y disgyblion. Gobeithiaf y bydd pethau yn dychwelyd i'r arfer cyn hir er mwyn sicrhau fod plant yn parhau i dderbyn y cyfleoedd pwysig yma.

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Mae yna chyfle i ddisgyblion cael defnyddio a hybu sgiliau archwilio ar draws y parc. Efallai ei ddefnyddio fel fath o 'find and present' fel eu chyflwyniadau unigol sydd bob tro yn ran o'r cwricwlwm.
Rwy'n addysgu Saesneg, felly nid oes pob tro chyfle i ddefnyddio'r awyr agored mewn ffordd sydd yn cysylltu gyda'r awyr agored. Mae chyfle, felly,  i ddisgyblion i gael gwers tu allan yn yr awyr agored, yn edrych ar enwau pethau mewn natur ac i sbarduno ysgrifennu creadigol.

Llawer o gyfleoedd yma.

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This session was very constructive in giving real examples of how to easily implement mindfulness and wellbeing within the classroom. It's a great way to ensure that there is time set apart everyday to implement some concepts of mindfulness and having pre-prepared sources eases implementation massively. It's something I will look into in further depth. It also stemmed an interest in using yoga as a method of mindfulness with pupils, that I would like to explore.

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Teachers are the climate of the classroom. This was important to hear, and set the tone for the rest of the session. John's story was sobering, highlighting the stress involved in the profession, but also how crucial it is to have breaks. Pause Points, or mindfulness, Yoga is definitely something I will build into my school day, however, I am unsure how I would fund their package. I presume this would depend o the school's budget, not from the teacher. I liked their links to the spiritual, physical, identity and environmental benefits that pausing and connecting back into your body can have on concentration, and calm.

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Techniquest                     Love this place.  Have been going since I was a child.  Interesting to hear all the ways in which they can support STEM learning in secondary school.      

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Techniquest                     Love this place.  Have been going since I was a child.  Interesting to hear all the ways in which they can support STEM learning in secondary school.      

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I was really interested in this discussion and will look further into pause points and incorporate it into my lessons on PTE2 and my teaching in the future.

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The St Fagans talk was a highlight for me. They offer such a vast range of workshops and experiences for pupils from FP to Secondary. I liked the idea of stepping away from solely learning about history, and incorporating other AoLEs. I think the 'Sleep Over' experiences would be wonderful for pupils coming from other parts of the UK, to learn about the importance of Welsh culture and its place in history within the UK. I enjoyed the images shared from the Secondary school visit of the protests, and the idea of schools responding creatively to ideas shared with the Museum. The digital resources shared on their website are really informative and I have saved the link in my favourites as I will be sure to use them in PTE2 and for my own SKD. Elaine shared a really great quote at the end which really stood out to me.
"When looking at 'then and now', think about 'how and why'."

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Gwnes i fwynhau hwn mas draw! Sesiwn gorau'r dydd i mi, yn enwedig oherwydd rwy'n caru addysgu'r Cyfnod Sylfaen. Roedd yn wych clywed am y storiau gwahanol sydd i gael, yn dysgu am lygredd, ailgylchu, ein amgylchedd. Byddaf yn sicr yn defnyddio llawer o'r syniadau creadigol yr oedd wedi cael ei dangos iddynt. Yn enwedig defnyddio pypedau (wedi cael ei gwneud yn greadigol allan o bethau o amgylch y ty) ar gyfer cymeriadau o'r stori. Bydd hwn yn gweithio yn anhygoel gyda'r CS. Hefyd, y themau trawsgwricwlaidd yn defnyddio stori fel sbardun - rhfiedd, llythrennedd, gwyddoniaeth, gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth o'r byd.

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Into Film                                  I was not sure how applicable this would be to me.  However, by the end of it I was sold and will try to incorporate it into KS3 teaching.  

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Into Film                                  I was not sure how applicable this would be to me.  However, by the end of it I was sold and will try to incorporate it into KS3 teaching.  

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Syniad diddorol sut mae athrawon yn gosod 'tywydd’ y dosbarth. Felly, sylwais bwysigrwydd am ofalu am ein lles er mwyn gofalu am les y dosbarth.

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The diversity of what the museum offers really struck me. Looking at their practices (particularly the pedagogcial) fit in really well with my own belief that art allows learners to create meaning through

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Brilliant session, very enjoyable,
Loved creating a character and playing the 'hot seat'. I will 100% be using that in my class and also has given me the urge to look into more character developing techniques and maybe ways to give an opportunity for the actors to go deeper into their characters.

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The Gwylan session, focusing on mindfulness and well-being, was a great session that reinforced the importance and positive impact well-being practices have on student learning. I aim to incorporate mindful-practices as part of morning registration to prepare learners for the day and after lunchtime as a way of winding down. It would also be great to incorporate into lessons around GCSE exam time.

Into Film was another session I found particularly relevant for my subject area. I plan to make use of their film resources to help support student understanding of more difficult texts, such as Shakespeare's plays, and also as prompts for creative writing.

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I found this session really insightful and encouraging. Film is something that I have used as a stimulus for work before and found really useful and beneficial to pupil learning. So, it was great to know that I was on the right track and to have more resources and options to push this avenue of learning further. I also appreciate how it can be used so flexibly within the aspirations of the new curriculum.

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This was a great session and very informative.
I thought that the personal story from John and Simon were very inspiring and really highlighted the importance of teacher wellbeing as well as children's.
The domino analogy was very powerful.
The pause points is definitely a resource I hope to use throughout my professional practice.
The realisation that you don't need to be teaching all the time and that you should take moments of pause and moments for wellbeing was very important.
The sleeping lions that is coming outs sounds like such a brilliant resource and look forward to being able to use it in the future.

It was a brilliant session and very relevant to the current state of Children's and adults mental wellbeing in the pandemic.