Urdd National Eisteddfod, Llanerchaeron 31/05 - 5/06

A family friendly festival, the Eisteddfod is a celebration of the Welsh language and culture as well as a showcase of young, Welsh talent. With competitions, live music stages, street theatre, stalls and exhibitions it’s a great day out for all ages.

Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd, Llanerchaeron 31/05 - 5/06

Yn ddigwyddiad i’r teulu’n gyfan mae’r Eisteddfod yn ddathliad o’r iaith Gymraeg a’r diwylliant Cymreig yn ogstal â llwyfan ardderchog i arddangos y cyfoeth o dalent ifanc sydd yng Nghymru heddiw. Gyda cystadlaethau, llwyfannau cerddoriaeth byw, theatr stryd, arddangosfeydd a stondinau mae digon i ddiddannu pob oedran.

http://www.urdd.org/cms/eisteddfod

Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts

Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts is a three-year AHRC-funded research project, which aims to create a digital resource reuniting all the known holograph surviving manuscripts of Austen’s fiction in an unprecedented virtual collection. They represent every stage of her writing life, roughly 1787 to 1817; that is from childhood (aged 11 or 12) to the year of her death (aged 41).

http://www.janeausten.ac.uk

Improve your internet searching skills

Intute have developed a set of free interactive internet tutorials to help you develop your internet research skills. Learn how to make discerning use of the Internet to help find information for your coursework and assignments. These interactive, teach-yourself tutorials take around an hour to complete, simply work through the material in your own time at your own pace.

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/

Pwy oedd yn byw ym Mhrydain 2000 o flynyddoedd yn ol?

Mae'r wefan cyffrous hyn gan BBC Cymru (Adran Addysg) yn helpu athrawon, rhieni a phlant i ddysgu am oes haearn Prydain. Gyda graffeg lliwgar a storiau diddorol am y Celtiaid, bydd gwersi hanes yn dod yn fyw o hyn ymlaen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/celtiaid/

Who lived in Britain 2000 years ago?

This interactive website from BBC Wales Education aims to help teachers and parents teach youngsters about life in Iron Age Britain. With great graphics and interesting stories about the Celts this website will help history lessons come to life.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/celts/

A change for the better

A new report published by NIACE this week shows that economic fears have got more adults learning. The report shows that 43% of adults are currently learning or have done so in the past 3 years. To read more follow this link:
http://www.niace.org.uk/news/economic-fears-get-more-adults-learning

National Library of Wales Online

Did you know that a lot of the collections housed at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth can be viewed online? Take a look at their large collection of photographs including early photographs from the Swansea area (1840-1860).

Anglo-Saxon manuscripts now online

One of the most important collections of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts - for centuries kept at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge - has been entirely digitised, and is now available on the internet.
The college's Parker Library holds more than 550 documents - including the 6th Century St Augustine Gospels, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the earliest history written in English.