Wales

A small country in Western Europe

Wales

Part of the United Kingdom…..…..a country within a country

Beautiful Wales

Mountains and green fields

Mountains

More mountains, green fields…. and sheep!

Beaches

Beautiful beaches…. and sheep!

Castles

Part of Wales’ history and heritage

Princes and Kings

Wales joined with England in 1282…720 years ago!!!

LanguageWelsh is an old Celtic language

The Welsh alphabet (Yr Wyddor Gymraeg)

A a B b C c Ch ch D d Dd

dd E e F f Ff ff G g

a bi ec èch di èdd e èf èff èg

Ng ng H h I i L l Ll ll M m N n O o P p

èng aets i èl èll em èn o pi

Ph ph R r Rh

rh S s T t Th th U u W w Y y

ffi/yff èr rhi ès ti èth u w y

Language

LanguageWelsh has some similar words to Irish

Welsh Irish EnglishCarreg Carrig RockAfon Abhainn RiverCaws Cáis CheeseCadair Cathaoir ChairTŷ Teach HouseArian Airgead MoneyNifer Uimher NumberYsgol Scoil School

Coal Mining

Part of Wales’ history and heritage

Modern Wales

Cardiff Bay

You can study surfing at Swansea University

Cardiff: Capital City

Rugby

Wales: The Land of Song

Tom Jones: The Voice

Famous Welsh People

Ryan Giggs

Shane Williams

Catherine Zeta Jones

St Patrick (maybe?)