World of Words

By Rob Jones Author Rocco Dean joined World of Words – WOW online from Leeds. The children were in fine fettle as they asked a range of questions to Rocco who has had five football books published. The talented wordsmith proved that there are other avenues to take an interest in football – and the young […]

By Rob Jones It has been a busy few hours at the Rhondda Heritage Park, Trehafod as World of Words led a family literacy session. We did a themed wordsearch, before we moved on to listing an alphabet of terrifying terms. From there it was on to a reading of the WOW penned ‘Which Witch’ story […]

By Rob Jones Children’s author Maggie Jenkins has visited a few WOW schools to read from her books Ginger like Biscuits and Dump Dogs – while she also took on board a range of questions from the children. Maggie has become a good friend of WOW and she also gave the school copies of her books. […]

By Rob Jones The esteemed author Jenny Sullivan has offered a great deal of support to World of Words. The Welsh author has done regular online sessions for WOW schools from her home in France and she has also made regular donations and given the scheme a number of books. To add to it all Jenny […]

By Rob Jones It was a new school and a fresh challenge for World of Words i.e. www.worldofwords.education as the autumn term led to sessions in Hafod Primary School, Trehafod. It was a rewarding experience for the school. The skills of World of Words worked wonders during the weekly sessions and the introduction of quality […]

By Rob Jones World of Words – WOW was delighted to arrange for the visit of acclaimed author Claire Fayers to Cwmclydach Primary School. Claire read from her book Welsh Giants, Ghosts & Goblins and an attentive audience were on their best behaviour. Many great questions came from the floor and an interactive session further lit […]

By Rob Jones A beautiful afternoon tea for two is on offer at my favourite cafe in the borough – Bradleys in Aberdare. Just come in from there on a second visit this week and it is a lovely venue whether sitting inside in the lovely, comfortable settings or outside on the neat plaza. The teas […]

By Rob Jones What an inspiring afternoon for World of Words as the author C.J. Delahay was our guest at Cwmclydach Primary School. The esteemed writer gave up her valuable time to travel from Barry, speak to years 5 and 6, take a multitude of questions and then give four free copies of her books. We […]

By Rob Jones 2025 was another challenging but rewarding year for World of Words. There are many more children and families who have benefited and as well as those at Cwmclydach Primary School and Ton Pentre Junior School there was also a new crowd from Hafod Primary School plus those parents and offspring who attended sessions […]

By Rob Jones WOW has had a special visitor at a few schools. Tony Smith is a talented mechanic who has built cars and motorbikes. He is also an acclaimed photographer. Tony brought together his skills and showed an array of pictures featuring the locality, further afield, sport and a collection of vehicles. The guest […]