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A Community Focused School is one, which builds a strong partnership with families, responds to the needs of their community and collaborates effectively with other services to ensure all children thrive. 


In March this year, the Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles announced almost £25m investment in delivering Community Focused Schools, to fund practical ways of improving school facilities in order to enable greater community use. This includes providing equipment storage for community groups running extra\-curricular activities and improving external lighting in sports areas. This funding will be allocated to local authorities across Wales on a formula basis based on pupil and school numbers.


One school already helping their local community is Blaenymaes Primary School in Swansea. The school established a parent council in order to gain a parent perspective of their needs in terms of partnership working and parent support.


The school also continued building links with the housing association POBL which led to family engagement activities with community groups, such as Room to Grow and Swansea Community Farm.


Room to Grow aims to upskill families in growing their own produce at home to support the increasing cost of feeding a family. Pupils at Blaenymaes and their families take part in sessions in the school grounds. These sessions included building planters and providing the material to grow produce at home.


“Come cook with me” sessions run in school by Helen Spencer, Family Inclusion Officer, offer families the opportunity to learn how to cook tasty and healthy recipes on a budget. All recipes and ingredients are provided to families so that they can replicate them at home. In addition, the group were provided with cooking equipment that they may not have at home such as digital scales and measuring spoons.


Emma Amirat, Acting Deputy Head at Blaenymaes Primary School, said:



> Through engagement with our Parent Council, it was clear that parents enjoyed the support given to help them with their child’s learning, however, they also had challenges that worried them outside of the school day. We made the decision that in order to enhance our capacity to support families holistically, we needed to further develop links with community groups.
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> This approach has meant we can invite groups, such as Room to Grow and Swansea Community Farm, into our school to offer families purposeful opportunities.
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> Listening to our Parent Council is a key driver in what we offer families. We are developing plans to offer solutions to uniform costs, fuel poverty and providing family swap shops.


Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles, said:



> Community Focused Schools connect families, schools, and communities together. This helps provide a joined\-up approach to learning, while ensuring that there are no financial or social barriers to a child’s education.
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> As a government we are clear that tackling the impact of poverty on attainment is at the heart of our national mission for education.  I have seen first\-hand the fantastic initiatives schools up and down the country are doing to help both the school community and local area. Our new Community Focused Schools guidance sets out advice and information to help schools turn their vision into a reality.







Translation:


 
Mae canllawiau newydd wedi'u lansio heddiw (dydd Gwener 18 Tachwedd) i helpu ysgolion i ddatblygu i fod yn Ysgolion Bro.


Mae Ysgol Fro yn un sy'n meithrin partneriaeth gryf â theuluoedd, yn ymateb i anghenion ei chymuned, ac yn cydweithio'n effeithiol â gwasanaethau eraill i sicrhau bod pob plentyn yn ffynnu.


Ym mis Mawrth eleni, cyhoeddodd Jeremy Miles, Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg, ei fod yn buddsoddi bron i £25m yn y gwaith o ddarparu Ysgolion Bro, i ariannu ffyrdd ymarferol o wella cyfleusterau ysgolion, er mwyn i’r gymuned allu gwneud gwell defnydd ohonynt. Mae hyn yn cynnwys sicrhau bod lle i storio cyfarpar ar gyfer grwpiau cymunedol sy'n cynnal gweithgareddau allgyrsiol, a gwella’r goleuo allanol ar gyfer mannau chwaraeon. Bydd y cyllid hwn yn cael ei neilltuo i awdurdodau lleol ledled Cymru gan ddefnyddio fformiwla sy’n seiliedig ar niferoedd disgyblion ac ysgolion.


Un ysgol sydd eisoes yn helpu eu cymuned leol yw Ysgol Gynradd Blaenymaes yn Abertawe. Mae’r ysgol wedi sefydlu Cyngor Rhieni er mwyn cael persbectif rhieni o’r hyn sydd eu hangen o ran cymorth i rieni a gweithio mewn partneriaeth.


Yn ogystal â hynny, roedd yr ysgol wedi parhau i feithrin cysylltiadau da â Chymdeithas Dai Pobl Abertawe a arweiniodd at wahodd grwpiau cymunedol, fel ‘Room to Grow’ a Fferm Gymunedol Abertawe, i gynnal gweithgareddau i’r disgyblion a’u teuluoedd.


Nod menter 'Room to Grow' yw dysgu’r sgiliau sydd eu hangen ar deuluoedd i dyfu cynnyrch eu hunain gartref, gan y gallai hynny helpu iddynt ymdopi â chostau cynyddol bwydo’r teulu. Felly, mae’r disgyblion a'u teuluoedd, yn cymryd rhan mewn sesiynau ar dir yr ysgol. Mae’r sesiynau hynny’n cynnwys adeiladu potiau a blychau i blannu planhigion, a darperir y deunyddiau a’r offer sydd eu hangen er mwyn iddynt dyfu cynnyrch eu hunain gartref.


Mae sesiynau "Dewch i goginio gyda mi", yn cael eu cynnal yn yr ysgol gan Helen Spencer, Swyddog Cynhwysiant Teuluol, sy’n cynnig cyfle i deuluoedd ddysgu sut i goginio ryseitiau blasus ac iach ar gyllideb. Caiff pob rysáit a'r holl gynhwysion eu darparu i deuluoedd fel y gallant eu coginio gartref. Yn ogystal, rhoddwyd offer coginio nad oedd ganddyn nhw gartref i’r grŵp, fel cloriannau digidol a llwyau mesur.


Dywedodd Emma Amirat, Dirprwy Bennaeth Dros Dro Ysgol Gynradd Blaenymaes:



> Trwy ymgysylltu â’n Cyngor Rhieni, roedd yn amlwg bod rhieni yn cael budd o’r cymorth a oedd yn cael ei roi iddyn nhw i'w helpu i gefnogi dysgu eu plentyn. Ond, roedden nhw’n wynebu heriau a oedd yn destun pryder iddyn nhw y tu allan i oriau’r diwrnod ysgol hefyd. Felly, daethon ni i’r casgliad fod angen inni ddatblygu cysylltiadau gwell â grwpiau cymunedol, er mwyn inni wella ein gallu i gefnogi teuluoedd mewn ffordd integredig.
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> Mae'r ffordd hon o gydweithio wedi golygu y gallwn ni wahodd grwpiau, fel ‘Room to Grow’ a Fferm Gymunedol Abertawe, i'n hysgol i gynnig cyfleoedd pwrpasol i deuluoedd.
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> Mae gwrando ar ein Cyngor Rhieni yn sbardun allweddol i’r hyn rydyn ni’n ei gynnig i deuluoedd. Ac ar hyn o bryd, rydyn ni wrthi’n datblygu cynlluniau i ddarparu siopau cyfnewid eitemau i deuluoedd a all helpu i gynnig atebion i ddelio â chostau gwisg ysgol a thlodi tanwydd.


Dywedodd Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg, Jeremy Miles:



> Mae Ysgolion Bro yn cysylltu teuluoedd, ysgolion, a chymunedau â'i gilydd. Mae hyn yn helpu i gyflawni ffordd gydgysylltiedig o ddysgu, ac yn sicrhau nad oes unrhyw rwystrau ariannol na chymdeithasol i addysg plentyn.
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> "Fel llywodraeth rydyn ni’n glir mai mynd i'r afael ag effaith tlodi ar gyrhaeddiad sydd wrth wraidd cenhadaeth ein cenedl i wella addysg yng Nghymru. Rwy wedi gweld o lygad y ffynnon y mentrau gwych y mae ysgolion ar hyd a lled y wlad yn eu cynnal i helpu cymuned yr ysgol a’r ardal leol. Ac mae ein canllawiau newydd ar gyfer Ysgolion Bro yn cyflwyno cyngor a gwybodaeth i helpu ysgolion i droi eu gweledigaeth yn realiti.