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O ddechrau pandemig y coronafeirws, ein blaenoriaeth yw cadw plant a phobl ifanc mor ddiogel â phosibl. 


Rydym wedi cymryd cyfres o gamau digynsail i arafu’r coronafeirws ac i’w atal rhag lledaenu – ac mae’r rhain yn cael effaith gadarnhaol. Ond rydym yn gwybod fod llawer o blant a phobl ifanc wedi ei gweld yn anodd byw â’r cyfyngiadau hyn.


Hoffwn ddiolch i bawb sy’n helpu i gadw plant a phobl ifanc yn ddiogel.


Rydym yn gweithio gyda’n partneriaid yn yr awdurdodau lleol, a maes iechyd a sectorau eraill i gefnogi plant sy’n agored i niwed ac mewn perygl . 


Rydym wedi trefnu amrywiaeth o gymorth \- o ganllawiau i gyllid ychwanegol ar gyfer gwasanaethau cwnsela mewn ysgolion. Rydym hefyd wedi pasio deddfwriaeth frys i gynyddu nifer y gweithwyr cymdeithasol cofrestredig.


Mae lleoliadau addysg a gofal plant yn agored i blant a chanddynt weithwyr cymdeithasol a phlant gweithwyr hanfodol. Ni yw’r unig un o wledydd y DU i gynnig gofal am ddim i’r plant hyn (sydd o dan 5 oed).  


Rydym wedi ysgrifennu at yr holl gyfarwyddwyr gwasanaethau cymdeithasol a chyfarwyddwyr addysg i ofyn iddynt sicrhau bod pob plentyn sydd â datganiad o anghenion addysgol yn cael asesiad risg er mwyn gweld a oes angen iddynt fynd i ysgol neu ganolfan. Gofynnwyd hefyd bod awdurdodau’n defnyddio dull cyson, aml\-asiantaeth i annog rhieni plant sydd â gweithwyr cymdeithasol i weld mynd i ysgol neu ganolfan fel rhywbeth defnyddiol, yn enwedig os ydynt yn gweld byw o fewn y cyfyngiadau’n anodd.


Rydym yn parhau i roi blaenoriaeth i les y teuluoedd y mae angen y cymorth mwyaf arnynt. Rydym wedi darparu canllawiau i ysgolion ac awdurdodau lleol ynghylch yr hyn y gallant ei wneud i sicrhau bod disgyblion sy'n cael prydau ysgol am ddim yn parhau i gael bwyd tra bo’u hysgol arferol ar gau.


Mae £40 miliwn ychwanegol wedi’i ddarparu i awdurdodau lleol er mwyn iddynt barhau i ddarparu prydau ysgol am ddim i blant sy’n gymwys hyd nes bo’r ysgolion yn ail\-agor, neu hyd at ddiwedd mis Awst. Ni yw'r wlad gyntaf yn y DU i wneud hyn.


Mae'r Byrddau Iechyd wedi parhau i ddarparu gwasanaethau i blant, gan gynnwys ymweliadau iechyd fel rhan o raglen Plant Iach. Mae plant ag anghenion iechyd neu ofal cymhleth ychwanegol, gan gynnwys pryderon diogelu, hefyd yn cael eu cefnogi gan wasanaethau nyrsio mewn ysgolion a gwasanaethau nyrsio plant cymunedol.


Bydd ein **Cynllun Cadw'n Ddiogel. Dal ati i ddysgu, ein Cynllun Parhad Dysgu** yn sicrhau bod ysgolion, awdurdodau lleol a chonsortia rhanbarthol yn addasu y ffyrdd y maent yn ymateb er mwyn diwallu anghenion a datblygiad pob dysgwr difreintiedig ac sy'n agored i niwed, ym mhob agwedd ar fywyd ysgol. 


Rydym wedi darparu £3 miliwn yn ychwanegol i gefnogi dysgwyr sydd wedi'u hallgáu'n ddigidol yng Nghymru \- mae hyn yn rhan o fuddsoddiad o £30 miliwn i seilwaith technoleg addysg mewn ysgolion. Yn ogystal â darparu mynediad at liniaduron a dyfeisiau cysylltedd, mae Hwb, ein platfform dysgu digidol, hefyd yn cynnig mynediad at amrywiaeth o adnoddau diogelu, ar gyfer materion fel y cyfryngau cymdeithasol, bwlio, rhannu delweddau, chwarae gemau, camwybodaeth a meithrin perthnasoedd amhriodol ar\-lein. 


Cafodd parth diogelwch ar\-lein ei greu ar Hwb fel y gall plant gael gafael ar gymorth os ydynt yn teimlo'n anhapus neu'n anniogel.


Mae ysgolion arbennig wedi sefydlu dulliau amlasiantaethol effeithiol i gefnogi dysgwyr a theuluoedd, gan gynnwys cydgysylltu â gwasanaethau cymdeithasol ac iechyd. Mae penaethiaid ysgolion arbennig yn dweud wrthym eu bod wedi gweld cynnydd yn niddordeb rhieni ac mewn cyswllt dyddiol sy'n arwain at gryfhau'r berthynas bwysig rhwng ysgolion arbennig a rhieni.


Rydym yn falch bod gwasanaethau gwaith ieuenctid yn chwarae rhan weithredol yn yr ymateb i’r coronafeirws. Mae gweithwyr ieuenctid yn gweithio mewn ffyrdd newydd sy’n parhau i ddatblygu, gan gynnwys gweithio drwy glybiau ieuenctid ar\-lein, drwy gefnogi ymatebion gan y rheng flaen a chefnogi staff ysgolion a chanolfannau, a thrwy fynd ati i estyn allan drwy ddefnyddio dulliau digidol a ffôn i gysylltu â phobl ifanc ac ymateb i'w pryderon, eu cwestiynau, a’u ceisiadau am gymorth. 


Mae gwasanaethau plant ar gael ac yn agored i unrhyw un y mae angen cymorth arnynt. Heddiw, rydym wedi cyhoeddi datganiad i'r wasg ar y cyd â'r NSPCC, Plant yng Nghymru a'r Bwrdd Gwaith Ieuenctid sy’n nodi’r hyn mae’n rhaid inni i gyd gymryd cyfrifoldeb amdano o ran cadw ein plant yn ddiogel. 


Rydym wedi sefydlu tudalen benodol ar ein gwefan ynghylch **diogelu** \- ac rydym yn atgoffa pobl y dylent ffonio 101 neu gysylltu â'u hawdurdod lleol os oes ganddynt unrhyw bryderon bod plentyn neu oedolyn yn cael ei niweidio. 


Gall plant a phobl ifanc sy'n pryderu ynghylch eu hunain neu rywun arall gysylltu â Childline ar 0800 1111\.







Translation:


 
From the start of the coronavirus pandemic, our priority has been to keep children and young people as safe as possible.


We have taken a series of unprecedented steps to reduce the speed and spread of coronavirus – these are having a positive impact. But we know many children and young people have found these restrictions difficult.


I want to thank everyone who is helping to keep children and young people safe.


We are working with our partners in local authorities, health and other sectors to support children who are vulnerable and at risk.


We have put a range of support in place – from guidance to additional funding for school counselling services. We have also passed emergency legislation to increase the number of registered social workers.


Education and childcare settings are open to children who have social workers and children of critical workers. We are the only country in the UK to offer free child care to these children (under 5\).


We have written to all directors of social services and education to ask them to ensure all children with statements of education need are risk assessed to see if they need to attend school or hub settings and that a consistent, multi\-agency approach is taken to encourage parents of children who have social workers to see attendance at school or hubs as helpful, particularly if they are finding lockdown difficult.


We are continuing to prioritise the welfare of families who need help the most. We have provided guidance to schools and local authorities about what they can do to ensure pupils who receive free school meals continue to access to food while normal school is suspended.


An extra £40m has been provided to local authorities to continue to provide free school meals for eligible children until schools re\-open or until the end of August. We are the first part of the UK to do this.


Health boards have continued to provide children’s services, including health visiting as part of the Healthy Child Wales programme. Children with additional health or complex care needs, including safeguarding concerns, are being supported by school nursing and community children’s nursing services.


Our **Stay Safe, Stay Learning, our Continuity of Learning Plan**will ensure schools, local authorities and regional consortia adapt their ways of responding to meet the needs and development of all vulnerable and disadvantaged learners in all areas of school life. 


We’ve provided an extra £3m to support digitally excluded learners in Wales – this is part of a £30m investment in education technology infrastructure for schools. As well as providing access to laptops and connectivity devices, our digital learning platform Hwb provides access to a range of safeguarding resources, for issues such as social media, bullying, sharing images, gaming, mis\-information and grooming.


An online safety zone has been created on Hwb so children can access support if they are feeling unhappy or unsafe.


Special schools have set up effective multi\-agency approaches to support learners and families, including co\-ordination with social and health services. Special school head teachers report an increase in parental engagement and daily contact leading to a strengthening of the important relationship between special schools and parents.


We are pleased that youth work services are playing an active role in the coronavirus response. Youth workers are working in new and developing ways, including through online youth clubs, by supporting frontline responses and staffing schools and hub settings, and by engaging in outreach through digital and telephone methods to make contact with young people and responding to their concerns, questions, and requests for assistance.   

  

Children’s services are available and open to anyone who needs support. We have today issued a joint press notice with the NSPCC, Children in Wales and the Youth Work Board which sets out what we must all take responsibility for in keeping our children safe.


We have set up a dedicated page about **safeguarding** and we are reminding people they should call 101 or contact their local authority if they have any concerns about a child or adult being harmed.


Children and young people who are worried about themselves or someone else can contact Childline on 0800 1111\.