Eisteddfod Ysgol St Julian’s 2025
To develop our feeling and understanding of our Cynefin, we will be celebrating Dydd Gwyl Dewi on Dydd Iau, Mawrth 6ed. A traditional Eisteddfod will be held on that day for Year 7, but there is also an opportunity for everyone to celebrate our National day by entering the ‘off stage’ competitions that have been set by all subjects. The details of the competitions can be found on the next slides. Your subject teachers will give you more details about their competitions and the dates for completion.
Try to enter as many competitions as possible and ensure that your name and form is clearly printed on your work.
Each entry will be awarded 1 point on Classcharts, with winning entries earning 10 points, 2nd place 5 points, and 3rd place 3 points.
Adran | Cystadleuaeth ‘Off stage’ | Cystadleuaeth ‘On stage’ |
Cymraeg | Bl 7 - Design (and make) a Welsh poster/ symbol that represents your identity in Newport / Wales. - You must also write a paragraph in Welsh. This must include an introduction about you; your name, age, where you live, hair / eye colour etc. Then information about the things you like / dislike and why. Finally, you should focus on something you enjoy doing all of the time in Newport and write a detailed paragraph on it. (5W information). Year 7 Cymraeg Bl 8 - Design and create something that represents you and a person you admire’s identity in Newport / Wales. As part of your work you must include a paragraph in Welsh and anything else you wish to add to make the work unique. You must introduce yourself with as much detail as possible and then use 3rd person to introduce the person you admire. Talk about how you are similar / different and what you enjoy doing together. Explain why they are your favourite person. | Bl 7 - Individual poem recital - Parti Bl 7 - Group poem recital- Dw i’n bord! |
Geography/ Daearyddiaeth | Year 7 - Design a new flag for the UK that represents all 4 nations - Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This is done in lessons. | |
Adran | Cystadleuaeth ‘Off stage’ | Cystadleuaeth ‘On stage’ |
Performing Arts/ Celfyddydau Perfformio | KS3 Drama - Create a performance that tells the story of Gelert the faithful hound. Year 7 + 8 Dance - Perform the Welsh folk dance ‘Jac Y Do’/’Dawns Harlech’. KS3 Music - Perform ‘Sospan Fach’. KS4 Media - Create a short social video about ‘Cynefin’. | Onstage Onstage Onstage |
Religion and Ethics / Crefydd ac Athroniaeth | Year 7 - Create a poster showing the different religious and non-religious beliefs of people living in Wales. Pupils can refer to the statistics of the latest census. Resources to help pupils with ideas are available. | |
Adran | Cystadleuaeth ‘Off stage’ | Submission deadline: Tuesday 18 February - by 3PM |
History/ Hanes | Year 7 The task: Create a fact-sheet or poster, with at least ten facts and pictures to go with them, on:
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Include information in your own words, the key facts, and pictures. How to submit it: Upload it to the Google Classroom, where this was posted. This can be Google Slides or Google Docs. This can either be a photograph of your work, or the work itself. If you have not got IT access, give the paper version to your teacher (with your name on it). All submissions will get points. There will also be a winner, with a second and third place. This competition is voluntary - it is your choice whether you enter or not. | |
Adran | Cystadleuaeth ‘Off stage’ | Cystadleuaeth ‘On stage’ |
ICT/ TGC | Year 7- Design your own Welsh flag- Pupils will use one lesson to create an alternative welsh flag design not existing welsh flag ( Could it have something that represents Newport on it?) Pupils will use drawing tools within Google document and also add images/designs | |
English/ Saesneg | Year 7 - write a poem entitled “I come from” about where you belong. Begin in class and finish at home. Year 8 - write your own Welsh myth - in class and finish at home. | Recitation |
Art / Celf | Year 7 only - Design a trophy to award to a famous Welsh person from anytime in history or present day - link | |
Adran | Cystadleuaeth ‘Off stage’ |
DT /Cynllun a thechnoleg | Year 7 & 8 Food: Bake-off competition: students must design and make a cake/baked item at home (e.g. a cake, biscuits, Welsh cakes, bread) this must be based around local landmarks in Newport or around the theme ‘my home town’. They will need to bring their cake/baked item to T8 for judging on Thurs 20th/Fri 21st Feb. Product Design/Construction: Using whatever material you can access, design and make a scale model of a landmark found in Newport. Your model should be no bigger than a sheet of A4 paper to allow you to transport this to and from school. Ideas for materials: clay/plasticine, wood, paper, card, foam, straws, lego/blocks. Please bring entries to T5 on Thurs 20th/Fri 21st Feb |
LDC/ CDD | KS3 LDC - play or sing a Welsh song Create a character for a story set in Wales - All Year Groups ICT - Create a poster about Newport using presentation software. Science - Create a fact file about a plant or animal you would naturally find living in Newport - all KS3 classes |
Science/ Gwyddoniaeth | Yr 7 - Following in the footsteps of Bill Frost - The flying Welshman. Students will design paper airplanes in lessons and then hold a competition. Winners of each class can have a competition on stage - which plane flies the farthest.. We will link it into Orb steel as they made steel for planes in world war 2. |
Adran | Cystadleuaeth ‘Off stage’ |
Mathematics/ Mathemateg | Year 7 Students complete a mathematical treasure hunt. The answer will lead to Robert Recorde being the answer. Then they will complete an infographic about him. Treasure Hunt Year 8 To complete Welsh bingo. Each class will have two winners (one for a line and one for a full house). |
PE/ Ymarfer Corff | Year 7 Interhouse sports event run by Year 11 BTEC students. |
Spanish / Sbaeneg | Year 7 only - design a poster displaying images associated with Wales and write the words for them in Spanish. |