Translate the text from English to Welsh.



 
Welsh Government will have invested £60m of capital funding by 2025 to support community focussed schools throughout Wales to safely open their facilities to families and the wider community. In addition, £6\.5m is being provided for family engagement officers who are employed by schools, part of their role being improving pupil attendance. A trial of Community Focused Schools Managers is continuing, to support engagement between schools and communities.

Maindee Primary School has received £48,000 of capital funding for a new community building and improved security (including CCTV, new door security and fencing) so the school facilities can be opened up to the local community. In a school with over 40 languages spoken, this has had a positive effect on community cohesion and engagement with families.

Key to the success of Maindee’s approach has been the development of the Community Focused Schools Manager (CFSM) role for the Newport area. Martine Smith, the CFSM, now works across the city to support schools in developing their own community focussed activities based on the bespoke needs of their communities.  
  
Jeremy Miles visited a ‘Cook Stars’ session taking place at the school where parents and carers are learning how to cook low\-cost meals.

Jeremy Miles said:


> Maindee Primary school is a great example of how a Community Focused School can benefit the families and communities they serve, tackle the impact of poverty, and improve children’s learning and attendance at school.  
>   
> I’m pleased that our investment will enable schools up and down the country to fully embed Community Focused Schools approaches.

Martine Smith, the Community Focussed Schools Manager for Newport added:


> Working in partnership with other agencies to remove barriers and provide opportunities to parents and wider community members is central to the Community Focused Schools approach in Newport. 
> 
> Schools cannot develop community approaches alone and they need to work in partnership with those to have the expertise to provide the right support for families. At Maindee we ensure that parents have access to a 'Safe Place' and a 'Safe Face' to access what they need to support themselves.

Guidance has also been published to support schools to develop their own Community Focused Schools approaches.

Earlier this week the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip Jane Hutt launched the Child Poverty Strategy for Wales which sets out Welsh Government actions to tackle child poverty over the next decade.

Ms Hutt said:


> One of the key objectives of the strategy is to create pathways out of poverty so that children and young people and their families have opportunities to realise their potential.
> 
> Community Focussed Schools are an example of giving young people the ability to learn and skills needed to build their adult lives on. This will benefit not just young people, but their communities and future generations too.

Community focussed schools are part of a range of Welsh Government policies designed to offer practical support to children and families:

* The School Essentials grant offers eligible families a grant of up to £200 for school uniform and other school essentials.
* As part of the cooperation agreement with Plaid Cymru, all primary school children in Wales are being offered a free school meal within the lifetime of the Co\-operation Agreement. 15 million meals having been served to date.
* Wales is the only nation in the UK offering a free breakfast scheme for children in all primary schools. Last year 51,600 pupils benefited from this support.
* In 2023 to 2024, £6\.5m investment in family engagement officers
* Providing funding for Community Focused Schools Managers
* Student teachers in Wales are now required to develop the skills needed to tackle the impact of poverty on educational attainment.
* Cost of the school day support, this includes guidance to schools on the affordability of school uniforms, the national music service which offers all children the chance to learn a musical instrument and the gifting of books.
* The consultation on changes to the school year is looking at how best to support all learners, especially those living in poverty.






Translation:


 
Erbyn 2025, bydd Llywodraeth Cymru wedi buddsoddi £60m o gyllid cyfalaf i gefnogi ysgolion bro ledled Cymru i agor eu cyfleusterau yn ddiogel i deuluoedd a'r gymuned ehangach. Yn ogystal, mae £6\.5m yn cael ei ddarparu ar gyfer swyddogion ymgysylltu â theuluoedd sy'n cael eu cyflogi gan ysgolion, a rhan o'u rôl yw gwella lefelau presenoldeb disgyblion. Mae cynllun i dreialu Rheolwyr Ysgolion Bro yn parhau, er mwyn helpu’r gwaith ymgysylltu rhwng ysgolion a chymunedau.

Mae Ysgol Gynradd Maendy wedi derbyn £48,000 o gyllid cyfalaf ar gyfer adeilad cymunedol newydd ac i wella diogelwch (gan gynnwys teledu cylch cyfyng, drysau diogel newydd a ffensys) fel y gellir agor cyfleusterau'r ysgol i'r gymuned leol. Mewn ysgol lle mae dros 40 o ieithoedd yn cael eu siarad, mae hyn wedi cael effaith gadarnhaol ar gydlyniant cymunedol a'r ymgysylltu â theuluoedd.

Yn allweddol i lwyddiant Maendy fu datblygu rôl Rheolwr Ysgolion Bro ar gyfer ardal Casnewydd.  Mae Martine Smith bellach yn gweithio ar draws y ddinas i gefnogi ysgolion i ddatblygu eu gweithgareddau cymunedol eu hunain ar sail anghenion penodol eu cymunedau.    
  
Ymwelodd Jeremy Miles â sesiwn 'Cook Stars' yn yr ysgol lle mae rhieni a gofalwyr yn dysgu sut i goginio prydau bwyd cost isel.

Dywedodd Jeremy Miles:


> *Mae Ysgol Gynradd Maendy yn enghraifft wych o sut y gall ysgol fro fod o fudd i'r teuluoedd a'r cymunedau y mae'n eu gwasanaethu, mynd i'r afael ag effaith tlodi, a gwella proses ddysgu a lefelau presenoldeb plant yn yr ysgol*.  
>   
> *Dw i'n falch y bydd ein buddsoddiad yn galluogi ysgolion ledled y wlad i ymgorffori strategaethau ysgolion bro yn llawn*.

Ychwanegodd Martine Smith, Rheolwr Ysgolion Bro Casnewydd:


> *Mae gweithio mewn partneriaeth ag asiantaethau eraill i gael gwared ar rwystrau a darparu cyfleoedd i rieni ac aelodau ehangach o'r gymuned yn ganolog i strategaeth ysgolion bro yng Nghasnewydd*. 
> 
> *All ysgolion ddim datblygu strategaethau cymunedol ar eu pen eu hunain, ac mae angen iddyn nhw weithio mewn partneriaeth â'r rhai sydd â'r arbenigedd i ddarparu'r gefnogaeth iawn i deuluoedd.  Yn Maendy rydyn ni'n sicrhau bod gan rieni fynediad at 'le diogel' a 'wyneb diogel' er mwyn cael gafael ar yr hyn sydd ei angen arnyn nhw i'w cefnogi eu hunain*.

Mae canllawiau hefyd wedi cael eu cyhoeddi i helpu ysgolion i ddatblygu eu strategaethau eu hunain fel ysgolion bro.

Yn gynharach yr wythnos hon, lansiodd y Gweinidog Cyfiawnder Cymdeithasol a'r Prif Chwip, Jane Hutt Strategaeth Tlodi Plant Cymru sy'n nodi'r camau y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu cymryd i fynd i'r afael â thlodi plant dros y degawd nesaf.

Dywedodd Ms Hutt:


> *Un o brif amcanion y strategaeth yw creu llwybrau allan o dlodi fel bod plant a phobl ifanc a'u teuluoedd yn cael cyfleoedd i wireddu eu potensial*.
> 
> *Mae ysgolion bro yn enghraifft o roi'r gallu i bobl ifanc ddysgu a rhoi'r sgiliau sydd eu hangen iddyn nhw fel sail ar gyfer eu bywydau fel oedolion. Bydd hyn o fudd nid yn unig i'r bobl ifanc, ond i'w cymunedau a chenedlaethau'r dyfodol hefyd*.

Mae ysgolion bro yn rhan o ystod o bolisïau Llywodraeth Cymru sydd wedi'u cynllunio i gynnig cymorth ymarferol i blant a theuluoedd:

* Mae'r Grant Hanfodion Ysgol yn cynnig hyd at £200 i deuluoedd cymwys ar gyfer gwisg ysgol a hanfodion eraill yr ysgol.
* Fel rhan o'r Cytundeb Cydweithio â Phlaid Cymru, mae holl blant ysgolion cynradd Cymru yn cael cynnig pryd ysgol am ddim yn ystod oes y Cytundeb. Mae 15 miliwn o brydau bwyd wedi'u gweini hyd yn hyn.
* Cymru yw'r unig wlad yn y DU sy'n cynnig cynllun brecwast am ddim i blant ym mhob ysgol gynradd. Y llynedd, fe wnaeth 51,600 o ddisgyblion elwa o'r gefnogaeth hon.
* Yn 2023 i 2024, buddsoddwyd £6\.5m mewn swyddogion ymgysylltu â theuluoedd.
* Darparu cyllid ar gyfer Rheolwyr Ysgolion Bro sy'n cefnogi ymgysylltiad rhwng ysgolion a chymunedau.
* Bellach mae'n ofynnol i athrawon dan hyfforddiant yng Nghymru ddatblygu'r sgiliau sydd eu hangen i fynd i'r afael ag effaith tlodi ar gyrhaeddiad addysgol.
* Cymorth gyda chost y diwrnod ysgol, mae hyn yn cynnwys canllawiau i ysgolion ar fforddiadwyedd gwisgoedd ysgol, y gwasanaeth cerddoriaeth cenedlaethol sy'n cynnig cyfle i bob plentyn ddysgu offeryn cerdd, a rhoi llyfrau.
* Mae'r ymgynghoriad ar newidiadau i'r flwyddyn ysgol yn ystyried y ffordd orau o gefnogi pob dysgwr, yn enwedig y rhai sy'n byw mewn tlodi.