Week 8 - The Welsh Assembly (the Senedd)

Hi all,

This week we will be looking at and learning about the Welsh Assembly (the Senedd), which is situated in Cardiff Bay.


This weeks homework:
Write a blog summarising the key environmental features of the Senedd (max 150 words, in your OWN words) . Use your handout given in class and the Welsh assembly website for more information: www.assemblywales.org
Note: Please reference (at the end of your post) handouts or websites you use to find information.

Students who are not up-to-date with thier posts

Students who are not up-to-date with thier posts are:

Hafiz
Jim
Doris
Happy
Wei (only 2 posts written)
Kris (only 3 posts written)

If you want to pass this module you NEED to keep up-to-date with your posts.
Please remember, I mark posts every Wednesday afternoon (after 1pm). Posts that are not there receive zero marks!

Last chance:
It is not too late to catch up on posts that you have missed... To receive marks, please publish all missing posts by 1pm on Wed 2nd March. Posts published after this date will receive zero.

Thank you
Charlie

Week 7 - Celebrations in the UK

Hi all,

This week we will be looking at celebrations in the UK. Two celebrations we will look at are Valentines Day and St. Davids Day; two celebrations that have just been celebrated/going to be celebrated.

Homework:
Approx. 200 words - Write a summary (in your own words) about St. Davids Day. You should mention:

- background history of this celebration (i.e. who is St. David and why is he of importance)
- when does this celebration take place?
- who celebrates this day?
- what do people in the UK do/wear to celebrate this day?
- what traditional food is eaten on this day (Welsh recipies)

I hope you enjoy this weeks task.
Charlie
PS: At the end of your post, don't forget to list the websites you use to source the information (you will gain more marks by doing this)

Week 6 - The British Government

Hi all,

This week we will be looking at the British Government. We will look at:
- The new Goverment
- Cabinet ministers and their role in the Government
- How the Conservative and Labour parties have changed
- What a 'hung parliament' means

Your homework this week is to write a post about one of the following questions (approx. 100 words):
1. Select 3 interesting facts about Nick Clegg AND David Cameron - write a post containing these 6 facts.
OR
2. Research women MPs. How many female ministers have there been in the past? How many female ministers are in the British government now and what are their roles? Who was the first woman MP and when was she in Parliment?
At the end of your post, don't forget to reference your websites you use to gather information or you will loose marks on your post.

Thank you to all of you who have published posts on last weeks topic, The UK Parliament.

Charlie

Week 5 - The UK Parliament

This week you will learn more about the UK Parliament. In class we will match specific vocabulary to their definitions. We will also read some information about the UK parliament and answer some questions.

Your homework: Write 2 paragraphs on your blog site. One papragraph will introduce the reader to some background information about the UK Parliament and the second paragraph will contain the answers to task 2 questions. Please USE discourse markers to connect your sentences and check for spelling and grammar mistakes before publishing your posts.
IMPORTANT: Please include the names and addresses of the websites at the end of your blog that you use to gather information.

Your blogs will be marked next Wednesday afternoon from 1pm onwards.

Thank you!
Charlie

Week 4 - The European Union

Homework this week is to write one or two paragraphs containing ALL the answers to the 10 questions given to you in class. The answers to these questions do not have to be in the same order as the questions, you can re-arrange them to sound natural in a logical order.

Please make sure you use your OWN words
Provide websites that you use to find further information at the END of your post
Review your spelling AND grammar before publishing your post

I look forward t reading them
Charlie