owl.walesAsk The Owl® · Cylfaa™

Door 1 · Busnes · Business

Got asked to go into a school? Walk in ready.

Ask The Owl® gives Welsh businesses a ready-made, bilingual classroom session for their sector: slides, speaker notes, activities and real Welsh figures. Pick up your pack, walk in, and speak to young people in a language they understand.

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Ten homes · ten packs

Find your sector's pack.

Every home in Cylfaa is a sector of Welsh work, and every pack closes a real skills gap. Codi's construction pack is ready now. The others are coming this term.

CTŵr Codi · Codi's Tower

Construction Adeiladu

Codi · the construction owl

The skills gap
6,200extra construction workers Wales needs by 2030, on top of replacing everyone who leaves

Source: CITB Construction Workforce Outlook 2026–2030, Wales, June 2026

YMelin Ynni · Ynni's Mill

Green Energy Ynni

Ynni · the green energy owl

The skills gap
7,980jobs a year from wind, solar and tidal power to 2035, up to 1,620 of them in North Wales

Source: RenewableUK Cymru, May 2025

LGweithdy Lunio · Lunio's Workshop

Manufacturing Gweithgynhyrchu

Lunio · the manufacturing owl

The skills gap
19,000advanced manufacturing jobs across Flintshire and Wrexham

Source: Flintshire & Wrexham Investment Zone skills report, March 2026

FTŵr Fflach · Fflach's Tower

Digital Digidol

Fflach · the digital owl

The skills gap
3,450jobs expected from the North Wales AI Growth Zone

Source: UK Government, November 2025

AFferm Arad · Arad's Farm

Agriculture & Food Tyfu

Arad · the agriculture & food owl

The skills gap
61is the median age of a Welsh farm decision-maker. Only 3% of farm heads are under 35.

Source: FUW, July 2025

AGlan Atom · Atom's Shore

Nuclear Niwclear

Atom · the nuclear owl

The skills gap
3,000jobs on site at the peak of the Wylfa build (estimate), plus about 5,000 in the UK supply chain

Source: GOV.UK, June 2026

Neuadd Mentro · Mentro's Hall

Enterprise Menter

Mentro · Mayor of Cylfaa · she built the village

The skills gap
178,300people in Wales work for themselves. Only about 1 in 3 of them are women.

Source: ONS Annual Population Survey, April 2025 to March 2026

Gardd Lliw · Lliw's Garden

Inclusion & Green Skills Cynhwysiant

Lliw · Guardian of Cylfaa · every path crosses the garden

Green skills in every sector, and a way in for every young person. 15.1% of North Wales 16 to 24 year olds are not in education, work or training.

Canolfan Iechyd · The Health Centre

Health, Care & Safety Iechyd a Gofal

New neighbour · owl being named by pilot students

The skills gap
6,103vacancies in Welsh social care in 2025. About half were in home care.

Source: Social Care Wales, July 2026

Y Salon · The Salon

Hair, Beauty & Wellbeing Gwallt a Harddwch

New neighbour · owl being named by pilot students

The skills gap
55%of Wales's hair and beauty workers are self-employed

Source: ONS Annual Population Survey, April 2025 to March 2026

Beth sydd yn y pecyn · What's in a pack

Something to say, a way to say it, and the confidence to walk in.

Use it straight out of the box, or add your logo, your team photos and your own roles. Both work.

What's inside every pack
  • A complete, scripted session with speaker notes for every slide.
  • Real Welsh figures: jobs, pay and routes in, with sources on the slide.
  • Myth busters that take on what students think your sector is like.
  • Green and digital slides written for your sector.
  • Activities in pairs for Explorer (Years 7 to 8), Investigator (Years 9 to 10) and Strategist (Years 11 to 12).
  • Your business slides: your people, your roles, how to apply.
  • Inclusive language guide for mixed-ability, mixed-background classes.
  • Pre-event checklist: exactly what to ask the school before you arrive.
  • Bilingual throughout, professionally translated. Welsh-medium schools included from day one.
  • A QR code that takes students to their own careers page after you leave.

Gemau Cylfaa · The Cylfaa Games

Every pack comes with the Cylfaa games.

Free games your session can finish with. Every pack ends with a Play in Cylfaa slide and QR codes, so students keep exploring after you leave. No sign-up, no log-in.

Which Owl Are You?Eight questions. Students find their Byd. Job ExplorerFlip the cards: real jobs, pay and routes in, in all ten homes. Codi's card sort and quizConstruction jobs to sort and a quick quiz.
Play the Cylfaa games

Sut mae sesiwn yn rhedeg · How a session runs

50 minutes or 25. Your choice.

Schools work in tight timetable windows. Both formats are scripted and timed, so you never have to cut content on the day. A typical run looks like this.

How a session runs

Full lesson

50 minutes

  1. 0–5 minHello, and a two-minute pairs question about your sector
  2. 5–12 minMyth busters: four things students think, and the Welsh facts
  3. 12–20 minJobs and pay in Wales: real figures, real roles
  4. 20–26 minGreen and digital: how your sector is changing
  5. 26–33 minYour business: your people, your roles, how to apply
  6. 33–43 minActivity in pairs, set by year group
  7. 43–47 minQuestions, and the QR code to the student hub
  8. 47–50 minThree-minute paper feedback form, before anyone leaves

Form time or assembly slot

25 minutes

  1. 0–3 minHello, and a quick pairs question
  2. 3–8 minMyth busters
  3. 8–13 minJobs, pay and routes in Wales
  4. 13–17 minYour business: one story, one role, how to apply
  5. 17–22 minShort pairs activity
  6. 22–25 minQR code and the feedback form

Bring two people if you can: one presents, one reads the room. A former pupil of that school is worth ten slides.

Owl Impact® · Social value evidence

Every session counts. Prove it.

Log each school visit in Owl Impact® in two minutes. It becomes a dated, costed social value record, ready for tenders and ESG reports, and the school holds the same record.

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Cysylltwch · Get in touch

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Sources

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  1. CITB Construction Workforce Outlook 2026–2030, Wales, June 2026. https://www.citb.co.uk/cwo/reports/cwo_report_wales_english.pdf
  2. RenewableUK Cymru, Marine Energy Wales & Solar Energy UK: Unleashing the Full Value of Welsh Renewables, May 2025. https://www.renewableuk.com/cymru/publications/unleashing-the-full-value-of-welsh-renewables/
  3. Flintshire Wrexham Investment Zone Skills Programme report, March 2026. https://democracy.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/documents/s48541/Flintshire%20Wrexham%20Investment%20Zone%20Skills%20Programme.pdf
  4. UK Government: AI Growth Zone confirmed for North Wales, November 2025. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-growth-zones-to-create-thousands-of-jobs-and-unlock-up-to-100-billion-in-investment-as-new-site-confirmed-for-north-wales
  5. FUW: A Mandate for Future Farmers, July 2025 (reported by farming.co.uk). https://farming.co.uk/news/a-mandate-for-future-farmers---fuw-report-sows-the-seeds-for-the-next-generation
  6. GOV.UK: UK SMR programme at Wylfa hitting target for British contracts, June 2026. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-smr-programme-at-wylfa-hitting-target-for-british-contracts
  7. ONS Annual Population Survey via Nomis, self-employment in Wales, April 2025 to March 2026. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/
  8. Social Care Wales: Social care workforce report 2025, July 2026. https://socialcare.wales/news-stories/new-report-estimates-84-908-people-work-in-social-care-in-wales
  9. ONS Annual Population Survey via Nomis, SOC2020 622 Hairdressers and related services, Wales, April 2025 to March 2026. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_218_1.data.csv?geography=2092957700&soc2020_full=10076&jtype=0&ftpt=0&c_sex=0&measure=1&measures=20100&date=latest