: Addysg

Ymwelodd nifer o athrawon ag Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd yr wythnos ddiwethaf er mwyn mynychu gweithdai a sgyrsiau gyda’r nod o ddysgu ffyrdd creadigol, llawn hwyl o ennyn diddordeb disgyblion mewn rhifedd.

Rhoddodd yr Athro Chris Budd, Prifysgol Caerfaddon a Rob Eastaway, Maths Inspiration, sgyrsiau hynod fywiog a diddorol yn ymdrin â mathemateg yn y byd modern, gan gynnwys sut mae Google yn gweithio a ffyrdd o fod yn greadigol â mathemateg.

Cafodd yr athrawon gyfle yn y gweithdai i raglennu gemau cyfrifiadurol eu hunain (Technocamps), dod yn dditectifs mathemateg i ddatrys trosedd (Techniquest), dysgu sut mae technoleg yn gweithio (Prifysgol Fetropolitan Caerdydd), archwilio mathemateg mewn natur (Amgueddfa Cymru), a datblygu syniadau ar gyfer gemau llawn hwyl sy’n gweithio’r meddwl (TES Science).

Roedd y gynhadledd eleni yn bartneriaeth rhwng y Gymdeithas dros Addysg Gwyddoniaeth Cymru ac Amgueddfa Cymru. Hon oedd y bedwaredd flwyddyn a mynychodd athrawon o Gymru a Lloegr (a hyd yn oed Awstralia eleni!).

Cadwch lygad am fanylion cynhadledd y flwyddyn nesaf – gobeithiwn eich gweld chi yno!

Yr wythnos hon, chwe mil a hanner o wyddonwyr ifanc ledled y DU yn paratoi ar gyfer y diwrnod mawr plannu bylbiau.

Bydd deuddeg mil o fylbiau yn cael eu plannu a'u monitro fel rhan o'r ymchwiliad hinsawdd hwn sydd yn cael ei gyd-drefnu gan yr Amgueddfa Cymru. Os oedd record byd am nifer o bobl yn plannu bylbiau ar yr un pryd, (mewn sawl lleoliad) gallem ei hyrddio! Efallai fy mod yn awgrymu categori newydd i'r llyfr cofnodion Guinness ...

Mae pob un o'r bylbiau wedi cael eu cyfrif ac yn gyson yn cael eu dosbarthu i'r 120 o ysgolion ar draws y wlad. Hoffwn groesawu pob disgybl ac athro fydd yn gweithio ar y prosiect hwn! Os nad ydych wedi derbyn fy llythyr eto -  dilynwch y ddolen hon.

Cyn i bob bwlb cael ei phlannu, rhaid i bob disgybl mabwysiadu eu bylbiau ac addewid i ofalu amdano. Os ydych chi eisiau gwybod mwy - dilynwch y ddolen hon.

Mae plant Ysgol St Joseph ym Mhenarth yn gyffrous iawn i ddarllen fy llythyr ac yn awyddus iawn i helpu. Maent wedi ysgrifennu ataf ar bapur ddeilen ac wedi addo i blannu'r bylbiau a gofalu amdanynt. Diolch o galon St Joseph 's Rwyf wrth fy modd y rhain, syniad gwych!

Cyn i chi fabwysiadu eich bwlb efallai y byddwch hefyd yn dymuno gwybod mwy o ble mae'n dod. Mae fy ffrind Bwlb bychan yn mynd i esbonio:

Fi a fy holl ffrindiau bwlb dod o blanhigfa feithrin ym Maenorb?r, ger Dinbych y Pysgod yng Nghymru, fe'i gelwir ' Springfields '.  Roeddem wedi cael eu dewis ac yn llwytho ar fan yn barod i fynd i'n cartrefi newydd. Ar y dechrau roeddwn ychydig yn ofnus, ond pan wnes i gyfarfod Athro'r Ardd yn yr Amgueddfa roeddwn yn deall fy mod i yn diogel a bod gennyf waith pwysig i'w wneud. Rydym i gyd wedi cael eu dewis i helpu i ddeall sut gall y tywydd effeithio ar bryd fydd fi a fy ffrindiau yn gwneud blodau. Mae fy rhieni cyn i mi dyfodd yma hefyd, Springfields wedi bod yn tyfu'n ni 'Daffodils Tenby' am tua 25 mlynedd, rydym yn un o'r ddwy genhinen Pedr sydd yn frodorol i Ynysoedd Prydain.

Dim ond un wythnos tan blannu! Ni allaf aros!

Athro'r Ardd

How was your summer? it was pretty busy for me!

As usual we ran the art cart in Oriel 1 everyday throughout August and our focus this year was weaving. We mainly did paper plate weaving (or circular weaving) which proved to be really popular with all ages and looks really effective too - I am thinking of doing more of it for Halloween...but in black and orange of course.

Quite a few of the museum attendants helped run the art cart this year too and they also brought different ideas and skills along with them so that there was quite a variety of activities. Elen did some drop spinning with visitors and even showed them how to make their own drop spindle, and Elle showed everyone how to make amazing woven friendship bracelets using a circular piece of card.

In July Ian and I got together to plan and run a two day art activity in the Celtic Village. We decided to make Iron Age shields out of cardboard and to get the visiting children to decorate them with typical iron age patterns using stencils or their own designs.

The activity went really well and we were lucky that it fell on two beautiful sunny days (we were outside). It's definitely an activity we'll be running again

Come September and it was back to running sessions for visiting schools, I've written about my art session called 'Looking at Buildings' so won't go on about it again... just show you some pictures of wonderful drawings instead.

Then I took two weeks off work and went on holiday to San Francisco! and now I'm back and all inspired for more arts and crafts and workshops and everything! There are a few things coming up - the big draw this saturday and next (6+13 oct 2012), a couple of craftivist things (one this sunday 7th in gwdi hw which isn't directly linked with St Fagans, and one on the 20th of October as part of the Made in Roath festival whic is), and then it will be half term and time for Halloween!

phew, happy making!

Did you come to our food festival in September? I hope so as it was such a great event - look out for it next year if you didn't make it.

This summer the Craftivist Collective launched a jamming and sewing project which you can read all about right here and I thought that would fit in perfectly with the food festival, so that's what we did!

The idea is that you make some tomato jam (I am proud to say that I made some all by myself and it tasted good too) following a recipe from an amazing lady called Christine who lives in Africa. Then you embroider a message on a fabric jam lid - maybe something like 'if you don't grow, you don't change' or anything to do with food and global food issues. After you have embroidred your message, pop it on the top, secure it with ribbon and give your pretty jar of jam away! I think the giving it away is the most important part as you are sharing the message, you could give it to your MP or your local shop if you wanted, or just pass it along to friends and family, it all helps spread the word and provides an opportunity for talking about what you eat and where your food comes from.

The project is also linked in with Oxfam and their 'Grow' campaign, and we were lucky enough in St Fagans that Louise from Oxfam was able to come along and lend a hand - she also provided lots of leaflets for further information.

What do you think about the project? did you come to our drop in session? did you make the jam and did you pass your jam along to someone else? I'd love to know!

Something we get a lot of excitement (and sometimes head scratching!) from here in the Clore Discovery Centre is helping you to identify your finds. Every year museum visitors bring us thousands of objects they have found/excavated/collected and ask us to help identify them. 

This summer Will Hardy came to us to find out more about some fossils he had found recently. Of the three pieces one was particularly exciting as it was beautifully preserved. It might not look much from my dodgy phot but this fossil is amazing!

It's part of a plant called Calamites from the Welsh Coal Measures and is about 300 million years old which grew to about 30m high!

Well found Will!

Over the next few weeks we'll be challenging you to identify some of our 'mystery objects'