by Rob Jones It is many thanks to historian and writer Phil Rowlands who joined World of Words at Cwmclydach Primary School. Phil offered a splendid talk on the locality led by the main topic of the 1905 Cambrian Colliery explosion which sadly accounted for 33 lives and other injuries. Phil was genial with his delivery […]
WOW is out and about
by Rob Jones World of Words is available for school sessions, after school clubs, one to one learning, parent and children groups, family gatherings or adult talks or presentations (on themes e.g. Aberfan, St. David, Halloween, Christmas, recycling/litter management, etc.) or literacy for any ages from 6 and up to senior folk. WOW has worked at […]
Olympic gold at WOW
by Rob Jones James Thie is an Olympic athletics coach, former Welsh and British international runner plus celebrated veteran runner. World of Words has been elated to receive visits from James and he has once again popped into speak to the children at Cwmclydach Primary School. James who lives in Llanharan had cycled from his home […]
Ton Pentre After School Club
by Rob Jones World of Words has held successful after school clubs at Ton Pentre Junior School across many years. The sessions are welcome to 7 to 11 year olds every Monday, 3.15 to 4.15pm. There are different packages from week to week, half term or full term attendance and savings are on offer for longer […]
Happy St. David’s Day
St. David – our patron Saint By Rob Jones (World of Words) The great person St. David was also known as Dewi Sant An influential and intelligent icon who is worthy of a chant, We call his name on March 1st and celebrate the Welsh nation Honouring a legendary man who deserves an accreditation. In […]
Rocco the Writer
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 […]
Down in the Park
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 […]
Magic Maggie
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. […]
Jen is a gem
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 […]
Hafod in autumn
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 […]