Transcript Santes Dwynwen - Improving key Competences Through Stories

Santes
Dwynwen
Santes Cariadon Cymru
Curriculum (English/Welsh)
• Reading Skills - Retreive and collate
information and ideas from a range of
sources.
• Writing Skills - Chose and use a range of
appropriate vocabulary.
• Writing Skills - Present writing
appropriately.
• Curriculum Cymreig - Awareness of own
heritage and culture.
Key Compentancies
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Thinking (Plan) - Gathering information on Santes Dwynwen from different
resources.
Thinking (Plan) - Determine Success Criteria for creating Powerpoint
Presentation.
Communication (Oracy) - Communicate effectively in a way that is suitable
to the audience. Pupils presented the information to different classes
around the school.
Communication (Writing) - Creating information on a presentation in a clear
and defined way, using a range of language.
ICT - Create and present ideas using a range of text and images.
Llanddwyn is one of the
prettiest places on
Angelsey in North
Wales. It is there that
the foundations of
Santes Dwynwen’s
Church lies. Santes
Dwynwen is the Welsh
saint of love and we
celebrate Santes
Dwynwen day on
January 25th every year.
Dwynweb was born in the
fifth century - about
1500 years ago.
She was a princess and
daughter to the King
Brychan.
Her father wanted to
chose a prince for her
to marry.
A feast was arranged in
the King’s Court and all
important people were
invited.
Here is a picture of
the King Brychan
Brycheiniog.
Dwynwen wore her
prettiest dress and
she was the prettiest
at the feast.
A young prince called
Maelon Dafodrill
came to the
feast. Maelon and
Dwynwen fell in love
straight away.
Maelon wanted the
two to marry but
Brychan refused
because he
wanted Dwynwen
to marry someone
much uglier and
older than Maelon.
Maelon asked
Ddwynwen to
run away but
even though she
loved him she
refused. She did
not want to
marry anyone!
One evening, Dwynwen went
into the forrest. She prayed to
God to free her of her love.
She fell asleep under the
branches of the tree and
dreamt. In the dream she saw
Maellon.
She also saw an
angel holding a
cup.
Drink from this cup."
said the angel.
She drank.
In the dream Maelon
drank from the cup
too and as soon as
he drunk, he turned
to ice.
Dwynwen
received three
wished from the
angel.
Firstly she asked
for Maelon to be
turned back into
a man again.
Secondly,
she wished
to be Wales’
Saint of
Love.
Thirdly she chose not to fall
in love with anyone else
whilst she was alive in
order to help other people
who were in love.
The angel agreed
and told
Dwynwen to live
as a nun and
work for God for
the rest of her
life.
She left her home and travelled to Anglesey. She
sailed to the lonely island of Llanddwyn.
She build a church and grew her own food. She
ate fish from the sea and drank clean water
from the near by well. She was happy to work
for God and to help people in love in Wales.
Years later, during the Middle Ages,
people in love would travel to
Llanddwyn to pray in the church
and to make a wish by the well.
They would throw small, white
stones into the water in order to
see if the person they loved was
faithful or not.