Launch of Fun Resources Aimed at Primary School Children at Home

Terianne O'Sullivan , 8th April 2020

Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has launched a range of fun educational resources, aimed at primary school age children who are currently at home due to Coronavirus restrictions.

Over thirty different activity sheets, some aimed at the 4-7 age group and others at the older 8-11 range, have been made available to download from the meat body’s eatwelshlambandwelshbeef.com consumer website. The resources aim to teach children about where their food comes from, give advice on balanced diets, and promote literacy and numeracy skills in engaging ways.

Within a few days of going ‘live’ on the website, the resources had been accessed or downloaded over 400 times by parents keen to give their children fun activities to do during the social distancing restrictions.

HCC’s Consumer Executive Elwen Roberts said,

“In recent years HCC has developed a range of resources for children to help them understand more about healthy diets, how food is produced and how to cook it. Now, with so many families looking for activities, we revised and repurposed our primary age materials into a handy suite of fun sheets that anyone can download.

“The pack includes drawing and colouring activities, puzzles and mask-making, which are fun ways to get across to children how our food gets from the field to the fork, and red meat’s role in a balanced diet according to latest advice from nutritionists and government,” explained Elwen. “The current Coronavirus situation is bringing it home to everyone how important our local food chains are, so it’s a very timely message and I’m sure the resources will continue to be popular.”

HCC’s education resources are all available to download via https://eatwelshlambandwelshbeef.com/en/blog/fun-farm, and its consumer social media channels, such as @WelshLamb and @PGIWelshBeef on Facebook, will continue to be full of recipes and other resources for people to use during the lockdown.

Mae Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) wedi lansio ystod o adnoddau addysgol hwyliog, wedi’u hanelu at blant oed ysgol gynradd sydd gartref ar hyn o bryd oherwydd cyfyngiadau Coronafeirws.

Mae dros ddeg ar hugain o daflenni gweithgaredd gwahanol, rhai wedi’u hanelu at y grŵp oedran 4-7 ac eraill at yr ystod hŷn 8-11, ar gael i’w lawrlwytho o wefan defnyddwyr y corff cig, sef eatwelshlambandwelshbeef.com. Nod yr adnoddau yw dysgu plant o ble mae eu bwyd yn dod, rhoi cyngor ar ddeiet cytbwys, a hyrwyddo sgiliau llythrennedd a rhifedd mewn ffyrdd gafaelgar.

O fewn ychydig ddyddiau ar ôl mynd yn ‘fyw’ ar y wefan, roedd yr adnoddau wedi cael eu gweld neu eu lawrlwytho dros 400 o weithiau gan rieni a oedd yn awyddus i roi gweithgareddau hwyliog i’w plant i’w gwneud yn ystod y cyfyngiadau pellter cymdeithasol.

Dywedodd Elwen Roberts, Swyddog Gweithredol Defnyddwyr HCC,

“Yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf mae HCC wedi datblygu ystod o adnoddau i blant i’w helpu i ddeall mwy am ddeiet iach, sut mae bwyd yn cael ei gynhyrchu a sut i’w goginio. Nawr, gyda chymaint o deuluoedd yn chwilio am weithgareddau, penderfynon ni ddiwygio ac ailosod ein deunyddiau oedran cynradd yn gyfres ddefnyddiol o daflenni hwyl y gall unrhyw un eu lawrlwytho.

“Mae'r pecyn yn cynnwys gweithgareddau tynnu llun a lliwio, posau a gwneud masgiau, sy’n ffyrdd hwyliog o gyfleu i blant sut mae ein bwyd yn teithio o’r cae i’r fforc, a rôl cig coch mewn diet cytbwys yn ôl y cyngor diweddaraf gan faethegwyr a’r llywodraeth,” esboniodd Elwen. “Mae'r sefyllfa Coronafirws bresennol yn ei gwneud hi’n glir i bawb pa mor bwysig yw ein cadwyni bwyd lleol, felly mae’n neges amserol iawn ac rwy’n siŵr y bydd yr adnoddau’n parhau i fod yn boblogaidd.”

Mae adnoddau addysg HCC i gyd ar gael i’w lawrlwytho trwy https://eatwelshlambandwelshbeef.com/cy/blog/hwyl-ar-y-fferm, a bydd ei sianeli cyfryngau cymdeithasol defnyddwyr, fel @WelshLamb a @PGIWelshBeef ar Facebook, yn parhau i fod yn llawn ryseitiau a adnoddau eraill i bobl eu defnyddio yn ystod y cyfnod cloi.