Mêts Maesllan: Eliffantod

On World Elephant Day on the 12th of August, use this book as a basis for your research and as an opportunity to learn more about this unique and special animal. This book offers ideas about numeracy and literacy activities to expand the learning. There are a variety of diverse facts in the book that can spark wider group research or individual tasks. Did you know that an elephant drinks between 135 and 230 litres of water every day? Elephants sleep for only two hours a day ... would you be able to do that every night?

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.