JamaicaJamaica

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What What did wedid we learn learn about Jamaica? about Jamaica?

History and languageHistory and language History and languageHistory and language PatoisPatois Sugar plantationsSugar plantations Lord PenrhynLord Penrhyn SlavesSlaves

What What did wedid we learn learn about Jamaica? about Jamaica?

MusicMusic ReggaeReggae Waata come a mi y’eyeWaata come a mi y’eye FreedomFreedom Zion me wan go homeZion me wan go home

What What did wedid we learn learn about Jamaica? about Jamaica?

FoodFood MangoMango BananasBananas GingerGinger CoconutCoconut SSugarugar,, ssweet potatoweet potato, m, melon,elon, beans… beans… BBreadread

What What did wedid we learn learn about Jamaica? about Jamaica?

ChildrenChildren Morning school onlyMorning school only ( (7:45am-1:30pm7:45am-1:30pm)) Not so many electronic gamesNot so many electronic games Go to the tailor for clothes or to mend Go to the tailor for clothes or to mend

bagbag Darker skin colour because many have Darker skin colour because many have

African ancestors African ancestors One One church church schoolschool in the video in the video ha hass

graves in the yardgraves in the yard

What What did wedid we learn learn about Jamaica? about Jamaica?

LiteratureLiterature Poems and songsPoems and songs We found out about the cWe found out about the countrysideountryside and and

ffruitruit Be nice to your TurkeyBe nice to your Turkey (Benjamin (Benjamin

Zephania)Zephania) Looked at a video and found information Looked at a video and found information

about a Jamaican writer about a Jamaican writer

What What more more do we do we want to want to learnlearn about about JJamaica?amaica?

We want to find out more about …We want to find out more about … HomesHomes Their poemsTheir poems Their lives (e-mail)Their lives (e-mail) SongsSongs The Story of SugarThe Story of Sugar

What What did wedid we learn learnabout about LlanllechidLlanllechid??

Who we are and how we live…Who we are and how we live… We have a lot in common with JamaicaWe have a lot in common with Jamaican n

peoplepeople Noticed how rainy and cold it is here Noticed how rainy and cold it is here

compared to Jamaicacompared to Jamaica

What What did wedid we learn learnabout about LlanllechidLlanllechid??

HistoryHistory Lord Penrhyn affected our livesLord Penrhyn affected our lives The Story of The Story of Slate Slate and theand the Quarry Quarry

What What did wedid we learn learn about about LlanllechidLlanllechid??

LiteratureLiterature Bullies and BlacklegsBullies and Blacklegs Find out about our hFind out about our history istory SlateSlate,, quarry quarry,, Lord Penrhyn Lord Penrhyn SchoolsSchools in the old times in the old times

What links Llanllechid What links Llanllechid and Jamaica?and Jamaica?

One big historical link between One big historical link between Llanllechid and Jamaica isLlanllechid and Jamaica is…… Lord Penrhyn affected our lives and the Lord Penrhyn affected our lives and the

people of Jamaicapeople of Jamaica Brenda Wyn Jones told us about Lord Brenda Wyn Jones told us about Lord

Penrhyn’s 3 x S:Penrhyn’s 3 x S:

Slaves, Sugar and SlateSlaves, Sugar and Slate

What we’ve What we’ve enjoyed mostenjoyed most

Poems by JamaicansPoems by Jamaicans Bullies and Blacklegs: Bullies and Blacklegs:

SScriptcript,, writing writing, tape, tape Meeting with Meeting with

Brenda Wyn JonesBrenda Wyn Jones Jamaican Jamaican SongsSongs Lives of ordinary JamaicansLives of ordinary Jamaicans Making the flagMaking the flag