MFL Mentoring

A dyna ni! Mae'r tîm Mentora ITM wedi gorffen eu gwaith am flwyddyn arall! Diolch i'r holl fentoriaid, dysgwyr a chydweithredwyr am 2024 penigamp! Nadolig dewydd i bawb, gobeithio bydd cyfle i fwynhau ac ymlacio. Byddwn ni nôl ym mis Ionawr ar gyfer ail dymor mentora!🎉🎄

And that's a wrap for the MFL Mentoring team! A big diolch to all of our mentors, teachers, mentees and collaborators for an amazing 2024! We hope everyone has a restful festive season and we can't wait to be back in January for our second second semester of the 24/25 mentoring cycle! See you on the other side! 🎉🎄

👋 Athrawon IRh! Wrthi'n cynllunio gwersi? Beth am ddefnyddio'n hadnoddau i athrawon a dysgu rhagor am Arian, Calendrau, Bisgedi a Nadolig ledled y byd! Mae'r adnoddau cynradd ac uwchradd yn gynhwysfawr, dwyieithog, am ddim ac mae modd eu golygu! https://lnkd.in/eNj2JwRD

👋IL Teachers! Looking for lesson plan inspo? With our Teacher Resources you can explore topics like Money, Calendars, Biscuits, and Christmas! There are secondary and primary versions of each resource, and they are free, bilingual and editable! https://lnkd.in/eJd6B84c

Name & Pronouns : Felly She / Her University : @swanseauni Course : Occupational Therapy 🌏️What inspired you to be a mentor? I love the idea of inspiring young people to be more involved and enthusiastic about learning new languages. 🌏️What languages do you speak? English and Welsh 🌏️Which country would you love to visit and why? I would love to visit Mexico, the traditions, architecture and culture. 🌏️Is there a cultural expression or custom from another part of the world that you find particularly interesting? I love the idea of the Spanish siesta. Having lunch, a nap and then re-starting the day later on. 🌏️Do you feel that your personality or behaviour changes when you speak different languages? In what way? Yes, definitely. Tone, pace and sayings that can't be translated. 🌏️What is your favourite song in another language? Jac y do

Gyda heuldro'r gaeaf yr wythnos nesaf, bydd y dyddiau'n dechrau ymestyn allan yn hirach. Bwriwch olwg ar Calendrau - ein hadnodd sy'n dysgu am systemau cadw amser ar draws y byd! 🌍🧮📆 https://lnkd.in/e7Z5vjwU

Next week is the winter solstice and the days will slowly start getting longer. Have a look at our Calendars Teacher Resource to learn about time keeping systems around the world! 🌍🧮📆 Download here: https://lnkd.in/eUk4WzsJ

Our Primary Multilingual Mentoring Pilot Project is coming to an end soon and it has been so amazing seeing the enthusiasm coming from the young learners and their mentors! Well done and thank you, Jude Otri for your amazing work! 🌎

Un gair....WAW ‼️ Fel arfer dwi’n hoffi aros nes bod pethau'n tawelu cyn myfyrio ar achlysur, ond ar ôl i MFL Mentoring dathlu Ieithoedd Rhyngwladol yn y Senedd ddoe ro'n i'n teimlo fod angen imi neidio'n syth ar Linkedin i ddweud pa mor falch ydw i i fod yn rhan o’r tîm arbennig yma â Lucy Jenkins, Glesni Owen Laura Corillon, Lowri Evans, Ana Carrasco Salgueiro, Beth Mumford, Firial B., Alexandra Nita! Yn ystod y sesiwn prynhawn, roedd Dr Ian Collen ac Elin Arfon wedi ymuno â Lucy Jenkins, Glesni Owen a Claire Gorrara i rannu ymchwil gwerthfawr ynghylch IRh yng Nghymru. Pleser hefyd oedd cael croesawu Isobel Taylor a'i chydweithwyr o Butterfly Data i ymuno â ni wrth i ni rannu'r golwg cyntaf ar ein dangosfwrdd newydd a fydd yn ein galluogi i dracio tueddiadau mewn addysgu a dysgu IRh ledled Cymru. Bydd y dangosfwrdd yn gwneud byd o wahaniaeth i ni ac ry'n ni'n gobeithio y bydd yn helpu i lywio'r broses o lunio polisi yn y dyfodol. Roedd yr achlysur gyda’r nos yn gyfle i ddathlu a rhoi llwyfan i Ieithoedd Rhyngwladol yng Nghymru a ro'n ni wrth ein boddau i groesawu cymaint o gydweithwyr, rhanddeiliaid, mentoriaid presennol, cyn-fentoriaid a ffrindiau i'r dathliad. Cynhaliwyd panel 'Sgwrs Agored' gyda Elin Arfon, Sioned Harold, Maryam Awawdeh a Geinor Cuvillier a rannodd eu profiadau ac uchafbwyntiau o weithio gyda MFL Mentoring. Ro'n i a Glesni Owen yn falch iawn i gadeirio'r panel trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg ❣️ . Roedd yna hefyd cylch trafod wedi’i gadeirio gan ein Harweinydd Academaidd gwych Claire Gorrara, gyda chydweithwyr Yr Athro Rachael Langford, Susana Galván Hernández, Dr Laura Gurney a’r Athro Charles Burdett yn rhannu eu mewnwelediadau gwerthfawr. Diolch yn fawr i Lynne Neagle am fynychu'r achlysur a chyflwyno'r sylwadau i gloi. Ry'n ni hefyd yn hynod ddiolchgar i Heledd Fychan am noddi'r achlysur ac am ein galluogi ni i ddod â phawb at ei gilydd i ddathlu pŵer ieithoedd. Uchafbwynt y noson oedd pan ofynnwyd i fentoriaid a chyn-fentoriaid sefyll i fyny, roedd hi'n foment pwerus ac yn gyfle arbennig i gydnabod y bobl ifanc sy'n gwneud ein prosiect mor arbennig - ry'ch chi i gyd yn wirioneddol WYCH! 💓 Roedd cymaint o gydweithwyr a ffrindiau hyfryd wedi ymuno â'n dathliadau mae hi'n amhosibl enwi pob un ohonoch chi felly, ry'n ni jyst am ddweud diolch i chi i gyd am ymuno â ni i ddathlu 10 mlynedd o Mentora ITM! Yn olaf, hoffwn i ddiolch yn fawr iawn i Lucy Jenkins sy'n gwbl ysbrydoledig – allwn ni ddim gofyn am well arweinydd a s'dim amheuaeth y gallwn ni i gyd elwa o fod ychydig yn fwy fel Lucy Jenkins 😊 Amdani i'r 10 mlynedd nesaf MFL Mentoring!   

One word....WOW‼️ Usually I like the dust to settle before reflecting on an event, but after MFL Mentoring's celebration of International Languages at the Senedd yesterday I couldn’t stop myself from jumping straight on here to say how proud I am to be part of this phenomenal team with Lucy Jenkins, Glesni Owen, Laura Corillon, Lowri Evans, Ana Carrasco Salgueiro, Beth Mumford, Firial B. and Alexandra Nita! Lucy Jenkins, Glesni Owen and Claire Gorrara were joined by Dr Ian Collen and Elin Arfon to share valuable research regarding IL in Wales during the lunchtime Senedd event. We were also delighted to have Isobel Taylor and her colleagues from Butterfly Data join us as we shared the first glimpse of our new dashboard which will enable us to identify trends in IL teaching and learning across Wales. It will be a game-changer for us and our hope is that it will help inform policy-making going forward. Our evening event was a showcase and celebration of International Languages in Wales and we were thrilled to be joined by so many colleagues, stakeholders, current mentors, former mentors and friends of the project. Guests were treated to an ‘In Conversation’ panel with Elin Arfon, Sioned Harold, Maryam Awawdeh and Geinor Cuvillier who shared their experiences and highlights of working with MFL Mentoring. Glesni Owen and I both felt very privileged to host the Q&A in Welsh ❣️. There was also a roundtable chaired by our wonderful Academic Lead Claire Gorrara, with colleagues Professor Rachael Langford, Susana Galván Hernández, Dr. Laura Gurney and Professor Charles Burdett sharing their valuable insights. Diolch yn fawr to Lynne Neagle for attending and also bringing the event to a close. We are also incredibly thankful to Heledd Fychan for sponsoring the events and for giving us the platform to bring everyone together in one room to celebrate the power of languages. My standout moment of the evening was when mentors past and present were all asked to stand, it felt so powerful and special to recognise the young people who make our project so special – you are all AMAZING! We were joined by so many wonderful colleagues and friends that it’s impossible to tag you all in this post but we want to thank you for being a part of our 10-year anniversary celebrations! My final diolch yn fawr goes to Lucy Jenkins who is nothing short of inspirational – we couldn’t wish for a better leader and I’ve no doubt we could all benefit from being a little more Lucy Jenkins 😊 Here’s to the next 10 years MFL Mentoring