Mêts Maesllan: Calon

Do you know how many times a blue whale's heart beats every minute? Or how about an elephant's heart? Find out how many times your heart beats per minute. Why not keep a record of learners' heartbeats in your class? It's World Health day on the 7th of April, so how about starting by looking at the heart? How does your heart change after exercise? You could hold an experiment and compare everyone's heartbeats on National Fitness Day on the 21st of September.

This is a series of books to support learners on Progression Steps 2, 3 and 4 that have specific learning difficulties in mastering literacy in Welsh. The series centres on phonetic and linguistic patterns based on 'O Gam i Gam' (Griffith, updated by Thomas and Jones, 2009) and 'Ffynhonell Eirfaol' (Hughes, 1978).

The Mêts Maesllan series follows the adventures and interests of a lively group of 10 and 11 year old friends– Mim, Ben, Sam and Wil (and Bob the dog) who live in Maesllan. The series includes a pack of 32 cross-curricular books, some of which are fictional, others factual, and some in the form of rhyme.

The books are relatively short and are designed to attract the interest of children who are usually reluctant to read. There's activities on Hwb to coincide with the series, including digital and paper activities made to support and reinforce the vocabulary and language patterns presented in the books.