Daily Act of Collective Worship 2009-10

Daily Act of Collective Worship Autumn Term2015-16Ysgol Eirias

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Dydd Llun Monday 7.9.15 Themar Wythnos- YmgartreftuTheme for the week Settling In

As we begin a new school year, what is the importance of working together as a team ?Everyone in your form should have a part to play. Are you a thinker or a doer? What is your contribution to the form group going to be?

2Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 8.9.15Themar Wythnos- Ymgartreftu Theme for the week Settling InSometimes we find it difficult to ask for help. We might be embarrassed or shy. Who are the people you can ask for help?What would you do or say if you saw someone looking a bit lost?.

3Dydd Mercher Wednesday 9.9.15 Themar Wythnos- Ymgartreftu Theme for the week Settling InWhat are your what ifs? Those questions you ask when you are a bit worried e.g. What if I get lost?, What if I dont make any friends?, What if I find the homework too hard? Make a list of your own what ifs and display them in the form room. Perhaps others in the form can offer solutions

4Dydd Iau Thursday 10.9.2015 Themar Wythnos - Ymgartreftu Theme for the week Settling InRemember that a helping hand works both ways giving and receiving. It is a good rule to follow that you should always do to others what you would like them to do to you.Think of a time when you needed help from someone What help did you need?When were you able to give help to someone else. What did you do?

5Dydd Gwener Friday 11.9.15Themar Wythnos- Ymgartreftu Theme for the week Settling InChange is the law of life. Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the FUTURE.

What do you understand by this?

6Dydd Llun Monday 14.9.15 Themar Wythnos - Cyfeillgarwch Theme for the week Friendship

An honest answer is the sign of true friendship Proverbs 24:26

Can you rely on your friends to tell you the truth?

7Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 15.9.15 Themar Wythnos CyfeillgarwchTheme for the week FriendshipThe road to a friends house is never long Danish proverb

What does this mean?

8Dydd Mercher Wednesday 16.9.15 Themar Wythnos- CyfeillgarwchTheme for the week Friendship

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.

Which would you prefer? Why?

9Dydd Iau Thursday 17.9.15 Themar Wythnos CyfeillgarwchTheme for the week FriendshipAn insincere and bad friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but a bad friend will wound your mind.

What makes a good friend?

10Dydd Gwener Friday 18.9.15 Themar Wythnos CyfeillgarwchTheme for the week Friendship

The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love you can never have too much.

What characteristics do you value most in a friend?

11Dydd Llun Monday 21.9.15 Themar Wythnos - TrefnTheme for the week OrganisationThe only place success comes before work is in the Dictionary. How organised are you. What do you need to do to be better organised?.

12Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 22.9.15 Themar Wythnos - Trefn Theme for the week Organisation

Organising is what you do before you do something so that when you do it its not all mixed up A A Milne (Winnie the Pooh)Think about your bedroom how have you organised it?

13Dydd Mercher Wednesday 23.9.15Themar Wythnos TrefnTheme for the week Organisation

By being organised you can save time?

Do you agree with this comment?

14Dydd Iau Thursday 24.9.15 Themar Wythnos TrefnTheme for the week OrganisationWhere are you starting from?What do you have to do?What can you use to help you?

15Dydd Gwener Friday 25.9.15 Themar Wythnos TrefnTheme for the week Organisation

Fail to plan, plan to failWinston Churchill

What does this mean?16Dydd Llun Monday 28.9.15 Themar Wythnos - Cyfathrebu Theme for the week Communication

Its good to talk. When was the last time you had a really good conversation with friends or your family?

What did you talk about? Why did you enjoy it?

17Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 29.9.15 Themar Wythnos - Cyfathrebu Theme for the week - CommunicationWise men talk because they have something to say, fools talk because they have to say something Plato

What is the message in this quotation?

18Dydd Mercher Wednesday 30.9.15Themar Wythnos - Cyfathrebu Theme for the week CommunicationTalking without thinking is like shooting without aiming Chinese proverb.

What do you think this means?

19Dydd Iau Thursday 1.10.15 Themar Wythnos - Cyfathrebu Theme for the week Communication

Human beings need to communicate

Make a list of the ways we can communicate with each other.Which are the most effective?

20Dydd Gwener Friday 2.10.15 Themar Wythnos - Cyfathrebu Theme for the week Communication

Do you need to speak to be able to communicate?21Dydd Llun Monday 5.10.15Themar Wythnos TeuluTheme for the week FamilyFamily, where life and love begins .

How much do you appreciate you family?How often do you tell them?

22Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 6.10.15 Themar Wythnos TeuluTheme for the week FamilyYou dont choose your family. They are Gods gift to you, as you are to them.Desmond Tutu

Why are you family important to you?

23Dydd Mercher Wednesday 7.10.15 Themar Wythnos TeuluTheme for the week FamilyFamilies have the ability to make a member of the family see lightening without letting them feel the bolt.

What do you think this means?Why are members of your family the only people that can do this?

24Dydd Iau Thursday 8.10.15 Themar Wythnos TeuluTheme for the week FamilyCall it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.

What makes your family special?

25Dydd Gwener Friday 9.10.15 Themar Wythnos TeuluTheme for the week FamilyWhat can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. Mother Teresa

Why might world peace begin with your family?

26Dydd Llun Monday 12.10.15Themar Wythnos ElusenTheme for the week Charity

Reflect on the meaning of the word charity. Consider your last act of charity. What was it and who was it for? Why did you chose to support this cause?

27Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 13.10.15 Themar Wythnos ElusenTheme for the week Charity

Give a man a fish and he will live for a day. Give a man a rod and he will live for a year.

Why is teaching someone how to do something better than giving them what they need?

28Dydd Mercher Wednesday 14.10.15 Themar Wythnos ElusenTheme for the week Charity

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the worldMary Wollstonecraft

What sort of justice does this quotation refer to. How will this help?

29Dydd Iau Thursday 15.10.15 Themar Wythnos ElusenTheme for the week Charity

If you havent got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart troubleBob HopeDo you agree with this?

30Dydd Gwener Friday 16.10.15Themar Wythnos ElusenTheme for the week Charity

Is it ok to enjoy yourself for charity?

31Dydd Llun Monday 19.10.15Themar Wythnos Un BydTheme for the week One worldGod hath made of one blood all nations of men(Acts 17:26)Are all people the same ?

32Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 20.10.15 Themar Wythnos Un BydTheme for the week One worldMorality knows nothing of geographical boundaries or distinctions of race.Herbert SpenserIs there a common set of morals across all countries?What would you suggest they are?

33Dydd Mercher Wednesday 21.10.15 Themar Wythnos Un BydTheme for the week One worldThe world is a fine place and worth fighting for.Ernest Hemmingway

Does fighting here mean war and conflict between nations or does it mean we should all be working together to save the planet?

34Dydd Iau Thursday 22.10.15 Themar Wythnos Un Byd Theme for the week One worldNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever

Why does change start with small numbers? .

35Dydd Gwener Friday 23.10.15 Themar Wythnos Un BydTheme for the week One worldWhat does this image say to you?

Is it an achievable dream?

36Dydd Llun Monday 2.11.15Themar Wythnos BwlioTheme for the week BullyingIf you ever meet a bully dont ask them why they dont like you, ask them why they dont like themselves.

Why do some people bully others?

37Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 3.11.15Themar Wythnos BwlioTheme for the week BullyingWe must have the strength of character to find the good points in people and not just see the things that their enemies want us to.

Why do bullies try to influence other people to see their point of view?

Dydd Mercher Wednesday 4.11.15 Themar Wythnos BwlioTheme for the week Bullying

Sticks and stones may break by bones, but words can also hurt me. Stones and sticks break only skin, while words are ghosts that haunt me. Slant and curved the word-swords fall, to pierce and stick inside me. Bats and bricks may ache my bones, but words can mortify me. Pain from words has left its scar, on mind and heart thats tender. Cuts and bruises now have healed; Its words that I remember.How much of this verse did you know?How true is its sentiment

Dydd Iau Thursday 5.11.15Themar Wythnos BwlioTheme for the week BullyingWhile we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.

How often do you think of the consequences before you make you do or say something?

40Dydd Gwener Friday 6.11.15 Themar Wythnos BwlioTheme for the week BullyingThere may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Can you think of an occasion when you saw something that wasnt fair, Did you say anything, or did you just stay quiet? What happened and what do you wish you had said?

41Dydd Llun Monday 9.11.15 Themar Wythnos CofioTheme for the week RemembranceTheres no honourable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending. Anonymous

What does war achieve?

42Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 10.11.15 Themar Wythnos CofioTheme for the week RemembranceWars are not acts of God. They are caused by man, by man-made institutions, by the way in which man has organised his society. What man has made, man can change. Frederick Moore VinsonWhat do we need to change to make sure that we no longer go to war?

43Dydd Mercher Wednesday 11.11.15 Themar Wythnos CofioTheme for the week Remembrance

Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. John.F.KennedyWho benefits from war?

44Dydd Iau Thursday 12.11.15Themar Wythnos CofioTheme for the week Remembrance

The gift of memory enables us to recall the good and bad we have caused for others. It is only because we can remember the past that we can use it and be grateful for our freedom.

Do you take your freedom for granted?

45Dydd Gwener Friday 13.11.15 Themaur Wythnos CofioTheme for the week RemembranceAs people we learn from our mistakes, yet as nations, in the case of war, we seem to keep making them.

Do you think countries go to war too quickly?

46Dydd Llun Monday 16.11.15 Themar Wythnos DewrderTheme for the week CourageDont let what you can t do interfere with what you can do

How often do you waste time worrying about something you cannot change? Is it worth it?

47Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 17.11.15Themar Wythnos DewrderTheme for the week CourageEating words has never given me indigestion. Winston ChurchillWhat did Churchill mean by eating words?Why does it sometimes take courage to eat their words?

48Dydd Mercher Wednesday 18.11.15 Themaur Wythnos DewrderTheme for the week CourageCourage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Why is it just as important to listen to what is being said as it is to express your opinion?

49Dydd Iau Thursday 19.11.15 Themar Wythnos DewrderTheme for the week CourageCourage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark TwainHow does being slightly afraid of something help us to do something better?

50Dydd Gwener Friday 20.11.15 Themar Wythnos DewrderTheme for the week CourageYou cannot discover oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Can you remember what it felt like when you were learning to swim. Did you want to leave the side?Do you still feel the same? What changed?

51Dydd Llun Monday 23.11.15Themaur Wythnos EmpathiTheme for the week Empathy

EMPATHY To empathise with someone means you understand them, you sympathise and share feelings.

What qualities do you think you need to empathise with someone.?

52Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 24.11.15Themar Wythnos - Empathi Theme for the week Empathy

Seeds of kindness, goodwill, and understanding, planted in fertile soil, spring up into friendship, happiness and love.

When was your last act of kindness shown to someone you didnt know? What happened? How did it make you feel? How did the other person feel about you?

53Dydd Mercher Wednesday 25.11.15Themar Wythnos EmpathiTheme for the week EmpathyLife is the first gift we are given by God, love the second, and understanding the third.

Do we take any of these for granted?Which one?

54Dydd Iau Thursday 26.11.15 Themar Wythnos EmpathiTheme for the week EmpathyMuch learning does not teach understanding . Heraclitus of Ephesus (535BC-475BC) Greek PhilosopherCan you learn how to understand someone elses situation? i.e can you learn how to be empathetic to others

55Dydd Gwener Friday 27.11.15 Themar Wythnos EmpathiTheme for the week EmpathyThe best candle to light the path and guide a friend is understanding. Welsh proverb

What does this proverb mean?

56Dydd Llun Monday 30.11.15 Themar Wythnos Argraffiadau CyntafTheme for the week First Impressions

This picture was taken by a photographer in Cambodia. The childrens family had asked for the photo to be taken. The little girl had never seen a camera before and was scared so she turned to her brother for comfortForm tutor click once discuss and click again for the answer57Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 1.12.15Themar Wythnos Argraffiadau CyntafTheme for the week First Impressions

Does the colour of someones skin make you see them differently?

58Dydd Mercher Wednesday 2.12.15 Themar Wythnos Argraffiadau CyntafTheme for the week First Impressions

Which of your faces do you let people see first?

Which face is the real you?

59Dydd Iau Thursday 3.12.15Themar Wythnos Argraffiadau CyntafTheme for the week First Impressions

Which of the two faces is male and which is female?Why did you give your answerClick again for answer

Actually they both belong to the same person

60Dydd Gwener Friday 4.12.15Themar Wythnos Argraffiadau CyntafTheme for the week First Impressions

What did you see first the man or the chair?What did you see first this time the man or the chair? Three clicks on this one Discuss each image/question before next click 61Dydd Llun Monday 7.12.15 Themar Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth AlcoholTheme for the week Alcohol Awareness40% of violent crimes are committed under the influence of alcohol, rising to 44% for domestic violence and 53% for violence committed against a stranger.

Why does alcohol make people do things that they wouldnt do if they were sober?

62Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 8.12.15Themar Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth AlcoholTheme for the week Alcohol Awareness

Alcohol is one of the most pernicious, socially acceptable, under estimated poisons on the market.

Why dont we think of alcohol as a drug and a poison?

63Dydd Mercher Wednesday 9.12.15 Themar Wythnos - Ymwybyddiaeth Alcohol Theme for the week Alcohol AwarenessAround 44% of 18-24 year olds in England and Wales report being drunk at least once a month. 2/3 of these admit to criminal and disorderly behaviour during or after alcohol.

Is drinking alcohol worth it?

64Dydd Iau Thursday 10.12.15Themar Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth AlcoholTheme for the week Alcohol AwarenessAlcoholics are not anonymous.

What does an alcoholic look like? What is the difference between an alcoholic and someone who is drunk?

65Dydd Gwener Friday 11.12.15 Themar Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth AlcoholTheme for the week Alcohol Awareness

How cool is this?

66Dydd Llun Monday 14.12.15Themar Wythnos Y NadoligTheme for the week - ChristmasIt is better to give than to receive, it is what we value , not what we have, that makes us rich.

Do we have to give expensive gifts once or twice a year to show we care. What can we give that costs very little throughout the year that show our feelings for others?

67Dydd Mawrth Tuesday 15.12.15Themar Wythnos Y NadoligTheme for the week - ChristmasChristmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Is this a true reflection of what Christmas looks like?

68Dydd Mercher Wednesday 16.12.15Themar Wythnos Y NadoligTheme for the week - ChristmasWe all like to receive gifts. Discuss these gift suggestions: To your enemy, give forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.Is this a good gift list for Christmas?

69Dydd Iau Thursday 17.12.15 Themar Wythnos Y NadoligTheme for the week ChristmasReflect on the true meaning of Christmas and give thought to those around the world who are less fortunate than you.

What would be the greatest gift you could give?

70Dydd Gwener Friday 18.12.15 Themar Wythnos Y NadoligTheme for the week - ChristmasMERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR make sure you enjoy your holiday, help at home and think of others !!

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