1. Summer Term

2. Dydd Llun Monday 13.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Chwarae Teg Theme for the week - Sportsmanship What is sportsmanship? Does sportsmanship only apply when you are playing a sport? What other areas of life might it apply to? Do you apply the rules of sportsmanship in your life? It’s not the winning that matters- it’s the taking part that is most important

3. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 14.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Chwarae Teg Theme for the week - Sportsmanship “The most important decision ever made was to live my life in sport as honestly an d ethically as possible. Never having compromised my values allows me to look back on my life with no regrets and feel satisfaction in what I was able to accomplish Greg Le Mond What do you think of sportsmen that cheat? Lance Armstrong, (Performance enhancing drugs)Maradonna, (hand of God goal)Ben Johnson Steroid use)

4. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 15.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Chwarae Teg Theme for the week - Sportsmanship One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it. Knute Rockne Do we learn by being told how to do something or by being shown how to do it? Think of some examples.

5. Dydd Iau Thursday 16.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Chwarae Teg Theme for the week - Sportsmanship It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. Mark Twain Discuss what is meant in this quotation.

6. Dydd Gwener Friday 17.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Chwarae Teg Theme for the week - Sportsmanship In the World Cup there were 32 teams. Some teams were very much stronger than others and probably more likely to win.  What would have happened if the teams unlikely to win hadn’t turned up? Why is taking part more important than winning?

7. Dydd Llun Monday 20.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Democratiaeth Theme for the week - Democracy We have the freedom to make our own decisions. But to have freedom there must be rules. This is democracy. What do you think democracy means? What rules would you introduce to make sure everyone that everyone is allowed to make their own decisions? What happens when one persons decision collides with that of another person? What can be done to reach an ageement?

8. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 21.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Democratiaeth Theme for the week - Democracy It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting. Tom Stoppard Why is the counting more than the voting?

9. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 22.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Democratiaeth Theme for the week - Democracy Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. Franklin D. Roosevelt Should everyone over 18 vote at every occasion? Do Party political broadcasts give a true picture of what each political party stands for ? In Australia, if you don’t vote you are fined. Do you think this is a good idea?

10. Dydd Iau Thursday 23.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Democratiaeth Theme for the week - Democracy Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up. Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi is a female equivalent f Nelson Mandela. She was held under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 years between1989 and 2010, 1 1 Why would she never give up on her dreams of freedom and democracy?

11. Dydd Gwener Friday 24.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Democratiaeth Theme for the week - Democracy The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. Charles Bukowski Why should we be grateful that we live in a democracy? Do we take it for granted?

12. Dydd Llun Monday 27.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Gwersi Bywyd Theme for the week – Life Lessons Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. Helen Keller What does this statement mean? Can you think of some examples where this has applied to our life so far?

13. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 28.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Gwersi Bywyd Theme for the week – Life Lessons "You don't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.“ Paula Ratcliffe What is the lesson that Paula Radcliffe is trying to tell you?

14. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 29.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Gwersi Bywyd Theme for the week – Life lessons Here’s my life lesson, take care of your emotional heart, because heart disease is the number-one killer. What does this mean? How can you look after your emotional heart?

15. Dydd Iau Thursday 30.4.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Gwersi Bywyd Theme for the week - Life lessons “Spectacular achievements are always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” Alan Sugar What would Lord Sugar say “you’re fired” to you about

16. Dydd Gwener Friday 1.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Gwersi Bywyd Theme for the week – Life lessosn The most valuable lesson I've ever learned in my life is that life is about family and friends, not about material things or any of that. It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter. Vanilla Ice Why might you be surprised by who said this quote? Do you agree with him?

17. Dydd Llun Monday 4.5.15 MAY DAY Thema’r Wythnos -Credöau Theme for the week - Beliefs We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone Ronald Reagan US President Is this a belief or is this the right thing to do? Who was the last person you REALLY helped?

18. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 5.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Credöau Theme for the week - Beliefs The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt by the heart. Have you ever seen something that was so beautiful it made you cry? What was it and why did it make you feel like that?

19. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 6.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos -Credöau Theme for the week - Beliefs Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha What do you consider : your greatest gift? your greatest wealth? your best relationship?

20. Dydd Iau Thursday 7.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Credöau Theme for the week -Beliefs “Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.” Garrison Keillor Do you have to go to Church to be a Christian, Synagogue to be a Jew, Mosque to be a Muslim etc?

21. Dydd Gwener Friday 8.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Credöau Theme for the week -Beliefs If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome Michael Jordon Why should the only expectations you accept be your own?

22. Dydd Llun Monday 11.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Addysg Theme for the week - Education “A child educated only at school is an uneducated child”. When does someone’s education begin and when does it end? What sort of education takes place out of school?

23. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 12.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Addysg Theme for the week - Education Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day: Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. (Chinese proverb) What would be a modern day equivalent of this well known saying?

24. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 13.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Addysg Theme for the week - Education “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid “ Benjamin Franklin, American statesman, author and scientist Is it possible to live life and not lean anything?

25. Dydd Iau Thursday 14.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Addysg Theme for the week - Education “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president...” Nelson Mandela Is education alone enough to make you successful? What other qualities do you need?

26. Dydd Gwener Friday 15.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Addysg Theme for the week - Education In some parts of the world eg Kenya young people walk(or run) up t0 15km to get to school. How far would you travel to receive an education?

27. Dydd Llun Monday 18.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Doethineb Theme for the week - Wisdom “The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing” (Socrates) What topic do you really know a lot about? What further information would you like to find out about that topic?

28. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 19.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Doethineb Theme for the week - Wisdom “It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question” (Eugene Ionesco) What do you think this statement means? It makes you think doesn’t it?

29. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 20.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Doethineb Theme for the week - Wisdom For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. Audrey Hepburn Why is this wise advice?

30. Dydd Iau Thursday 21.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Doethineb Theme for the week - Wisdom Everything we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see Martin Luther King Junior When you were little were you afraid of the dark? If you lay awake at night did you start to imagine that you saw things? Were they really there? Now you are older are you still afraid of the dark? If not why not?

31. Dydd Gwener Friday 22.5.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Doethineb Theme for the week - Wisdom We spend more time, but we have less, we buy more, but we enjoy less We have bigger houses and smaller families, more convenience but less time We have more degrees, but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgement, more experts, but more problems, more medicines, but less wellness We drink too much, smoke too much spend time recklessly. Laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, pray too seldom and watch too much tv Do you agree with these statements? What can we do to change?

32. Dydd Llun Monday 1.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Cyflawniadau Theme for the week - Achievement Not everyone will win prizes but everyone has prizes to give and a world of people so give them? We often think of achievement as being something we gain/receive. What can we achieve by GIVING?

33. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 2.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Cyflawniadau Theme for the week - Achievement Whenever we change anything in our lives, we have achieved something and we should recognise this as a measure of our success. Can you describe something that you have changed in your life. Eg a change of friendship, taking up more exercise etc What have you achieved as a result of that success

34. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 3.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Cyflawniadau Theme for the week - Achievement To achieve something we must at least try. During this week your progress report will be available on the EIG Look back on the goals you set tat the start of the year. Have you achieved them

35. Dydd Iau Thursday 4.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Cyflawniadau Theme for the week - Achievement For some of us coming first is something which can be very difficult to do. Success should be measured according to ourselves: if we improve ourselves we have succeeded. During this week your progress report will be available on the EIG Consider this phrase in terms of your report Have you been successful in reaching your subject targets? In some subjects you may have done better than in others. In those that you haven’t done quite as well in what further changes do you need to make?

36. Dydd Gwener Friday 5.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Cyflawniadau Theme for the week - Achievement What do you desire to achieve? Think of the achievements you have made in your lessons so far this year. Review your targets and write new ones.

37. Dydd Llun Monday 8.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Penblwyddi Theme for the week - Anniversaries Thursday, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was sitting in the front-most row for black people. When a white man boarded the bus, the bus driver told everyone in Rosa’s row to move back. Rosa refused, and was arrested for failing to obey the driver's seat assignments. This was not under the apartheid system in South Africa, but in the USA. Who was right the driver or Rosa Parks? Why?

38. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 9.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Penblwyddi Theme for the week - Anniversaries September 16, 1400, Owain Glyndwr was proclaimed Prince of Wales. His first Parliament of all Wales was at Machynlleth where he announced his national programme. He declared his vision of an independent Welsh state with a parliament and separate Welsh church. There would be two national universities (north and south) and return to the traditional law of Hywel Dda(the system of native Welsh law) Have we achieved this in Wales yet?

39. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 10.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Penblwyddi Theme for the week - Anniversaries December 26 th, 2004 - Indian Ocean earthquake known as the Asian Tsunami triggered a series of devastating tsunami with waves up to 30m (100 ft) high and killing more than 225,000 people in eleven countries,. With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the second largest earthquake ever recorded. In all, the worldwide community donated more than $7 billion US dollars in humanitarian aid. On 11 th April 2011 the great Fukashima earthquake registered 9 on the Richter scale, again with devastating effect Have we learned anything form these disasters other than the power of nature?

40. Dydd Iau Thursday 11.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Penblwyddi Theme for the week - Anniversaries September 3, 1939 - Sir Neville Henderson, Britain's ambassador to Germany, delivered an ultimatum to the German Government stating that if hostilities in Poland did not stop by 11 AM, a state of war would exist between Great Britain and Germany. Germany did not respond and at 11:15am Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain went on the radio to announce to the British people that they were at war with Germany. As this announcement was made could the world have envisaged the horrors that war brought? Would they have made a greater effort to prevent the war, or was it rightto fight?

41. Dydd Gwener Friday 12.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Penblwyddi Theme for the week - Anniversaries July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong lead the first manned landing the lunar module Eagle on the surface of the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. What have we achieved by landing on the moon?

42. Dydd Llun Monday 15.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Gonestrwydd Theme for the week - Honesty Honesty is the best policy – Cervantes How honest are you? Does it ever hurt to tell white lies? Oh Nain what a lovely hat?

43. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 16.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Gonestrwydd Theme for the week - Honesty No legacy is so rich as honesty – William Shakespeare If you are known for not telling the truth what will people think of you? Are you someone they can trust?

44. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 17.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Gonestrwydd Theme for the week - Honesty Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise – Sigmund Freud Why?

45. Dydd Iau Thursday 18.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Gonestrwydd Theme for the week - Honesty Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. Buddha Why can the truth not remain hidden for long?

46. Dydd Gwener Friday 19.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Gonestrwydd Theme for the week - Honesty I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Jesus Christ What does the truth mean in this quotation?

47. Dydd Llun Monday 22.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Hapusrwydd Theme for the week - Happiness If you are in good health you can be happy. If you are in bad health you can still be happy and appreciate what you have. Is being healthy the key to all happiness? What if you were unhealthy because of something you did or didn’t do eg smoking or not taking exercise. Would that make you unhappy? What if you had an illness that you knew was going to get worse. How would you feel then?

48. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 23.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Hapusrwydd Theme for the week - Happiness Laughter is the shortest distance between two people Victor Borge What do you think these two ladies are talking about? What does this quotation mean?

49. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 24.6.157 Thema’r Wythnos - Hapusrwydd Theme for the week - Happiness Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus What makes you truly happy ? Why?

50. Dydd Iau Thursday 25.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Hapusrwydd Theme for the week - Happiness A smile takes a moment, but it’s effects sometimes last forever. How do you feel if someone Frowns at you? Smiles at you? How do you respond to each?

51. Dydd Gwener Friday 26.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos - Hapusrwydd Theme for the week - Happiness Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. John Barrymore Can you think of an example where you have suddenly realised you were happy? What made you feel like that?

52. Dydd Llun Monday 29.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Byd Gwaith Theme for the week – World of Work “It is not the hours we put into the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts” Sidney Madwed

53. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 30.6.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Byd Gwaith Theme for the week – World of Work “We always admire the other person more after we’ve tried to do his job” William Feather Do we ever really know what another persons job involves unless we try it for ourselves? Think about your parents jobs What do you know they do, maybe at home, that no one else would see?

54. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 1.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Byd Gwaith Theme for the week – World of Work “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs” Henry Ford Why is this a true statement?

55. Dydd Iau Thursday 2.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Byd Gwaith Theme for the week – World of Work “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” Confucius Of course you HAVE to work but why would it feel like you aren’t working if you enjoy what you are doing?

56. Dydd Gwener Friday 3.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Byd Gwaith Theme for the week – World of Work “My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there” Indira Gandhi Why do some people like to tell you what they’ve done when you have done just as much?

57. Dydd Llun Monday 6.7.15 Themau’r Wythnos – Dylanwad Theme for the week – Influence You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me. Scott Adams What sort of person is an person of influence? Who has been the most influential person in your life?

58. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 7.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Dylanwad Theme for the week – Influence God grant me the courage to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. (Reinhold Neibuhr 1892-1971) Make a list of those things you can change in your life and those things you cannot change What is the difference between the two lists

59. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 8.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Dylanwad Theme for the week – Influence A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams Which teacher has had the most influence on your life? What was it about them that influences you? It could be good or bad of course.

60. Dydd Iau Thursday 9.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Dylanwad Theme for the week – Influence We judge others by their actions: we judge ourselves by our intentions. What is the difference between these two?

61. Dydd Gwener Friday 10.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Dylanwad Theme for the week – Influence Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same. Why do some people have more of an effect on us than others?

62. Dydd Llun Monday 13.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Dathlu/Adlewyrchiad Theme for the week – Celebration/Reflection Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realise they were the big things Antonio Smith Why should we not take the simplest things innlife for granted?

63. Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 14.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Dathlu/Adlewyrchiad Theme for the week - Celebration/Reflection Cakes are special. Every birthday, every celebration ends with something sweet, a cake, and people remember. It's all about the memories. Buddy Valastro What are your sweetest memories? Why do you remember them especially?

64. Dydd Mercher Wednesday 15.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Dathlu/Adlewyrchiad Theme for the week - Celebration/Reflection What would be your perfect celebration? Why?

65. Dydd Iau Thursday 16.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Dathlu/Adlewyrchiad Theme for the week - Celebration/Reflection “Celebrate what you want to see more of.” Thomas J. Peters Do you think that if you tell someone they have done something well it encourages other people to try to do things better?

66. Dydd Gwener Friday 17.7.15 Thema’r Wythnos – Dathlu/Adlewyrchiad Theme for the week - Celebration/Reflection What’s have you got to celebrate at the end of this school year? What have you done What have you achieved? What will you remember?