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Yn gynharach yr wythnos hon, wrth ymateb i ymlediad cynyddol COVID\-19, rhoddom gyngor y dylai ysgolion yng Nghymru gau ar gyfer plant a phobl ifanc, ac eithrio plant sy’n agored i niwed neu y mae eu rhieni’n hanfodol ar gyfer yr ymateb i COVID\-19, er mwyn iddynt allu parhau i weithio, lle nad oes modd gwneud trefniadau gofal plant amgen.   


Mae’r cyngor gwyddonol diweddaraf ar sut i gyfyngu lledaeniad COVID\-19 ymhellach yn glir. Mae’n hollbwysig bod pobl, i’r graddau y mae’n bosib, yn cael cyn lleied o gysylltiad a phosibl â’i gilydd. Mae hynny’n golygu os gall plant aros yn saff yn eu cartref, dylent wneud hynny, er mwyn cyfyngu ar y tebygrwydd y bydd y feirws ledaenu. 


Mae lleoliadau gofal plant a chwarae, ysgolion, colegau a sefydliadau addysgol eraill yn llefydd diogel i blant. Fodd bynnag, er mwyn lleihau cymysgu rhwng gwahanol grwpiau neu leoliadau, mae angen i ni gadw’r nifer o blant sy’n teithio i’r ysgol neu i leoliad gofal plant mor isel ag sy’n bosibl, a chadw’r nifer o blant mewn lleoliadau addysgol neu ofal plant a chwarae mor isel ag sy’n bosibl hefyd. Po leiaf yw’r niferoedd, y lleiaf yw’r risg y gall y feirws ledaenu a heintio pobl fregus ar draws ein cymunedau. 


Yn syml iawn, po leiaf o bobl sy'n cael cyswllt cymdeithasol, mwyaf effeithiol fydd effaith gyffredinol y mesurau cyfredol. 


Mae hyn yn golygu bod angen i rieni gadw eu plant gartref, lle bynnag y bo modd, a dylai ysgolion a lleoliadau gofal plant a chwarae fod ar agor dim ond i'r plant hynny y mae angen gwirioneddol iddynt fynychu. Dylai ysgolion arbennig preswyl, ysgolion preswyl a lleoliadau arbennig barhau i ofalu am blant lle bynnag y bo modd. 


I ysgolion, mae hyn yn golygu y dylent barhau i ddarparu gofal i nifer mor fach o blant ag sy’n bosibl – plant sy'n agored i niwed a phlant y mae eu rhieni yn hanfodol i’r ymateb i COVID\-19 ac na ellir gofalu amdanynt yn ddiogel gartref. 


Byddwn yn parhau i ddarparu ar gyfer pob disgybl sydd â’r hawl i brydau ysgol am ddim. Bydd rhagor o fanylion yn hyn o beth ar gael yn fuan.


Mae plant agored i niwed yn cynnwys y rhai sydd ag anghenion diogelu ac sy'n cael eu cefnogi gan wasanaethau gofal cymdeithasol; mae hyn yn cynnwys plant sydd â chynlluniau gofal a chymorth neu gynlluniau cymorth, plant ar y gofrestr diogelu plant a phlant sy'n derbyn gofal, gofalwyr ifanc, plant anabl a'r rhai â datganiadau o anghenion addysgol arbennig. Dylid rhoi blaenoriaeth i'r rhai ohonynt sydd fwyaf agored i niwed. 


Mae manylion pellach ynghylch rhieni y mae eu gwaith yn hanfodol ar gyfer ymateb i COVID\-19 wedi eu hamlinellu isod. Os oes modd gofalu am blentyn yn ddiogel gartref, dylid gwneud hynny a dim ond lle nad oes dewis diogel arall y dylid gwneud darpariaeth mewn ysgolion neu leoliadau eraill. 


Ar gyfer lleoliadau gofal plant a chwarae, gan gynnwys lleoliadau Dechrau'n Deg, mae hyn yn golygu, lle na ellir cadw plentyn gartref yn unol â'r canllawiau a nodir yn y datganiad a bod angen iddo fod mewn rhyw fath o ddarpariaeth gofal plant, y dylid gwneud hyn mewn lleoliadau lle y cedwir niferoedd yn isel. 


* Ar gyfer yr holl wasanaethau gofal plant a gwasanaethau gwarchod plant (meithrinfeydd, crèches ac ati), mae hyn yn golygu cyfyngu mynediad i blant gweithwyr critigol neu blant sy'n agored i niwed yn unig;
* Gofynnwn iddynt weithio ar y cyd ag awdurdodau lleol yn eu hardaloedd, i sicrhau'r effeithlonrwydd mwyaf posibl.


Bydd awdurdodau lleol yn defnyddio darparwyr gofal plant yn y sector preifat a'r trydydd sector i'r eithaf ar gyfer darpariaeth gritigol barhaus, gan sicrhau cymorth ariannol ar gyfer y sector hwnnw ac er mwyn gwneud defnydd o arbenigedd ac adnoddau presennol. 


Mae athrawon ac ymarferwyr mewn ysgolion a lleoliadau gofal plant a chwarae yn chwarae rhan hollbwysig wrth ymateb i'r feirws, ac rydym am ddiolch iddynt am eu gwaith parhaus a'r cyfraniad i'r ymdrech genedlaethol. Mae arnynt angen cefnogaeth rhieni a gofalwyr a dealltwriaeth y gymuned ehangach er mwyn cyflawni'r rôl hon.   


I grynhoi, o ddydd Llun 23 Mawrth: 


* Os yw’n bosibl i blant fod gartref, yno y dylent fod
* Os bydd angen cefnogaeth arbenigol ar blentyn, os yw’n agored i niwed, neu os yw â rhiant sy’n hanfodol i’r ymateb i COVID\-19, dylai darpariaeth fod ar gael iddynt mewn lleoliad addysgol neu ofal plant
* Ni ddylai rhieni ddibynnu ar unrhyw un sydd wedi’i gynghori i ddilyn y canllaw cadw pellter cymdeithasol, megis neiniau a theidiau, ffrindiau neu aelodau’r teulu a chanddynt gyflyrau iechyd hirdymor i gynnig gofal plant
* Dylai rhieni wneud bob dim posibl i wneud yn siŵr nad yw eu plant yn cymysgu yn gymdeithasol mewn ffyrdd a allai gyfrannu at ledaeniad coronafeirws. Dylai plant ddilyn yr un canllawiau o ran cadw pellter cymdeithasol ag oedolion
* Dylai ysgolion arbennig preswyl a lleoliadau arbennig barhau i ofalu am blant lle bo hynny’n bosibl


Os yw’ch gwaith yn hanfodol i’r ymateb i COVID\-19, neu’ch bod yn gweithio yn un o’r sectorau critigol a restrir isod, dylech wneud trefniadau i’ch plentyn gael gofal yn ddiogel adref. Os nad oes dewis amgen diogel, bydd darpariaeth yn cael ei threfnu mewn ysgolion neu leoliadau eraill.  


**Iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol** – mae hyn yn cynnwys, ond heb ei gyfyngu i, feddygon, nyrsys, bydwragedd, parafeddygon, gweithwyr cymdeithasol, gweithwyr gofal, a staff rheng flaen arall ym maes iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, gan gynnwys gwirfoddolwyr; y staff cymorth ac arbenigol sydd eu hangen i gynnal sector iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol y DU; y rheini sy’n gweithio fel rhan o’r gadwyn gyflenwi iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, gan gynnwys cynhyrchwyr a dosbarthwyr meddyginiaeth ac offer diogelwch meddygol a phersonol. 


**Iechyd a gofal plant** – mae hyn yn cynnwys staff meithrinfeydd a staff addysgu, gweithwyr cymdeithasol a’r gweithwyr proffesiynol addysg arbenigol hynny y mae’n rhaid iddynt barhau’n weithgar wrth ymateb i COVID\-19 er mwyn i’r dull hwn fod yn effeithiol. 


**Gwasanaethau cyhoeddus allweddol** – mae hyn yn cynnwys y rheini sy’n hanfodol i gynnal y system gyfiawnder, staff crefyddol, elusennau a gweithwyr sy’n darparu gwasanaethau rheng flaen allweddol, y rheini sy’n gyfrifol am reoli’r ymadawedig, a newyddiadurwyr a darlledwyr sy’n darparu gwasanaeth darlledu cyhoeddus. 


**Llywodraeth leol a chenedlaethol** – mae hyn ond yn cynnwys y swyddi gweinyddol hynny sy’n hanfodol i’r ymateb i COVID\-19 neu i ddarparu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus hanfodol fel talu budd\-daliadau, gan gynnwys asiantaethau llywodraethol a chyrff hyd\-braich. 


**Bwyd a nwyddau angenrheidiol eraill** – mae hyn yn cynnwys y rheini sy’n ymwneud â chynhyrchu bwyd, prosesu, dosbarthu, gwerthu a chludo, yn ogystal â’r rheini sy’n hanfodol i ddarparu nwyddau allweddol eraill (er enghraifft meddyginiaeth hylendid a milfeddygol). 


**Diogelwch cyhoeddus a diogelwch gwladol** – mae hyn yn cynnwys yr heddlu a staff cymorth, dinasyddion y Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn, personél contractwyr a’r lluoedd arfog (y rheini sy’n hanfodol i gyflawni tasgau amddiffyn a diogelwch gwladol allweddol ac i’r ymateb i’r pandemig COVID\-19\), cyflogeion y gwasanaeth tân ac achub (gan gynnwys staff cymorth), staff yr Asiantaeth Troseddu Cenedlaethol, y rheini sy’n cynnal diogelwch ar y ffin, staff carchardai a’r gwasanaeth prawf, a rolau eraill sy’n berthnasol i ddiogelwch gwladol, gan gynnwys y rheini sydd dramor. 


**Trafnidiaeth** – mae hyn yn cynnwys y rheini a fydd yn cadw dulliau trafnidiaeth i fynd drwy’r awyr, ar ddŵr, ar yr heolydd a rheilffyrdd, a hynny i deithwyr a nwyddau, yn ystod yr ymateb i COVID\-19, gan gynnwys y rheini sy’n gweithio ar systemau trafnidiaeth y mae cadwyni cyflenwi’n eu defnyddio. 


**Gwasanaethau ariannol****, cyfleustodau, a chyfathrebu** – mae hyn yn cynnwys staff sydd eu hangen i barhau i ddarparu gwasanaethau ariannol hanfodol (gan gynnwys, ond heb eu cyfyngu i, weithwyr mewn banciau, cymdeithasau adeiladu a’r marchnadoedd ariannol), y sectorau olew, nwy, trydan a dŵr (gan gynnwys carthffosiaeth), y sector technoleg gwybodaeth a seilwaith data, a chyflenwadau diwydiant cynradd yn ystod yr ymateb i COVID\-19, yn ogystal â staff allweddol sy’n gweithio yn y sectorau niwclear sifil, cemegau, telathrebu (gan gynnwys ond heb ei gyfyngu i weithrediadau’r rhwydwaith, peirianneg maes, staff canolfannau galwadau, seilwaith TG a data, a gwasanaethau critigol 999 a 111\), gwasanaethau post a dosbarthu, darparwyr taliadau a sectorau gwaredu gwastraff. 


Os bydd gweithwyr yn meddwl eu bod yn perthyn i’r categorïau hanfodol uchod, dylent gadarnhau bod eu rôl benodol yn angenrheidiol er mwyn parhau â’r gwasanaeth cyhoeddus hanfodol hwn. 


Rydym yn cydnabod y bydd hyn yn her i deuluoedd ledled Cymru, ac ar gyfer lleoliadau addysg a gofal plant. Fel cymaint o bobl mewn llawer o sectorau, mae gan athrawon ac ymarferwyr mewn ysgolion a lleoliadau gofal plant ran allweddol i’w chwarae i alluogi Cymru i ymateb i’r feirws.   


Rydym yn cydnabod hefyd bod heriau penodol yn achos lleoliadau gofal plant yn y sector preifat a’r trydydd sector.    


Bydd cyllid o dan y Cynnig Gofal Plant yn parhau i gael ei dalu i leoliadau gofal plant perthnasol sy’n cau neu’n lleihau eu gwasanaethau o ganlyniad i’r coronaferiws. Rydym hefyd yn gweithio gydag awdurdodau lleol o ran taliadau ar gyfer gofal plant o dan Dechrau’n Deg ac addysg gynnar o dan Darpariaeth Feithrin y Cyfnod Sylfaen. 


Mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi cadarnhau y gall cyflogwyr adennill Taliadau Salwch Statudol ar gyfer gweithwyr sydd angen hunanynysu am 14 diwrnod. Gall busnesau ohirio taliadau i Gyllid a Thollau EM, a chaiff llinell gymorth newydd ei sefydlu. Mae nifer o newidiadau dros dro hefyd wedi eu cyflwyno i gefnogi pobl o dan y Lwfans Cyflogaeth a Chymorth.   


Ers mis Ebrill 2019, rydym wedi ymrwymo i ddarparu rhyddhad ardrethi busnes o 100% i gefnogi cynaliadwyedd lleoliadau gofal plant yma yng Nghymru. Cafodd manylion ein cymorth ehangach i fusnesau yng Nghymru sydd wedi eu heffeithio gan y coronafeirws eu cyhoeddi gan Weinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth a’r Gweinidog Cyllid a’r Trefnydd ar 19 Mawrth: Datganiad Ysgrifenedig: Cefnogaeth ychwanegol i fusnesau sy’n delio â COVID\-19. 


Rydym yn cyhoeddi atebion i gwestiynau cyffredin. Byddwn yn diweddaru’r rhain yn rheolaidd, a dylech gyfeirio atynt i gael y canllawiau diweddaraf  







Translation:


 
Earlier this week, in response to the escalating COVID\-19 outbreak we advised schools in Wales should close for children and young people, with the exception of making provision for children who are vulnerable, or whose parents are critical to the COVID\-19 response, so they can continue to work, where alternative childcare arrangements cannot be made. 


The most recent scientific advice on how to further limit the spread of COVID\-19 is clear. It is imperative that, as far as possible, we minimise social contact. This means if children can stay safely in their home, they should, to limit the chance of the virus spreading. 


Childcare and play settings, schools, colleges and other educational establishments are safe places for children. However, to reduce mixing between different groups or settings we need to minimise the number of children making the journey to school or a childcare setting, and keep to the minimum possible the number of children in educational or childcare and play settings. 


The smaller the numbers, the more we can lower the risk that the virus can spread and infect vulnerable people across our communities.


Quite simply the fewer people having social contact, the more effective the overall impact of the current measures will be. 


This means parents need to keep their children at home, wherever possible and schools and childcare and play settings should be open only for those children who absolutely need to attend. Residential special schools, boarding schools and special settings should continue to care for children wherever possible.


For schools this means, they should continue to provide care for as small a number of children as possible – children who are vulnerable and children whose parents are critical to the COVID\-19 response and cannot be safely cared for at home. 


We will continue to provide for all pupils who are entitled to free school meals. Further details will be available shortly.


Vulnerable children include those with safeguarding needs and supported by social care, which include children with care and support or support plans, children on the child protection register and looked after children, young carers, disabled children and those with Statements of special educational needs. The most vulnerable of these should be prioritised.


Further details about parents whose work is critical to the COVID\-19 response are outlined below.  Every child who can be safely cared for at home should be and only where there is no safe alternative should provision be made in schools or other settings.


For childcare and play settings, including Flying Start settings, this means that, where a child cannot be kept at home in line with the guidance set out in the statement and needs to be in some form of childcare provision, this should be in settings where numbers are kept low.


* For all childcare and child\-minding services (nurseries, creches etc) this means limiting access to the children of critical workers or vulnerable children;
* We would ask them to work in coordination with local authorities in their areas, to maximise efficiency.


Local authorities will maximise the use of private and third sector childcare providers for continued critical provision ensuring financial support for that sector and to make use of existing expertise and resources.


Teachers and practitioners in schools and childcare and play settings are playing a critical role in the response to the virus and we want to thank them for the continued work and contribution to their national effort. They require the support of parents and carers and the understanding of the wider community to fulfil this role.    


In summary, from Monday March 23:


* If it is at all possible for children to be at home, they should be
* If a child needs specialist support, is vulnerable or has a parent who is critical to the COVID\-19 response, then provision in an educational or childcare setting should be available for them
* Parents should not rely anyone who has been advised to be following social distancing guidance, such as grandparents, friends, or family members with underlying conditions, for childcare
* Parents should do everything they can to ensure children are not mixing socially in ways, which could contribute to spreading coronavirus. Children should observe the same social distancing guidance as adults
* Residential special schools and special settings should continue to care for children wherever possible.


If your work is critical to the COVID\-19 response, or if you work in one of the critical sectors listed below, you should make arrangements for your child to be safely cared for at home. If there is no safe alternative, provision should be made in schools or other settings.


**Health and social care** – this includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributers of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.


**Education and childcare** – this includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals who must remain active during the COVID\-19 response to deliver this approach.


**Key public services** \- this includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.


**Local and national government** \- this only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID\-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies.


**Food and other necessary goods** \- this includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).


**Public safety and national security** \- this includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID\-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.


**Transport** \- this includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID\-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.


**Utilities, communication and financial services** \- this includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID\-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.


If workers think they fall within the critical categories above they should confirm their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service.


We recognise this will represent a challenge to families across Wales and for education settings and childcare settings. Like so many people in many sectors, teachers and practitioners in schools and childcare settings, have a crucial role in enabling Wales to respond to the virus outbreak. 


We recognise there are particular challenges for childcare settings in the private and third sector.  


Funding for the childcare offer will continue to be paid to relevant childcare settings who close or reduce their services as a result of coronavirus. We are also working with local authorities regarding payments for childcare under Flying Start and early education under Foundation Phase Nursery.


The UK Government has confirmed employers can reclaim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for employees who need to self\-isolate for 14 days. Businesses can defer payments to HMRC and a new helpline will be set up. A number of temporary changes have also been introduced to support people under the Employment Support Allowance. 


Since April 2019, we have committed to provide 100% business rate relief to support the sustainability of childcare settings here in Wales. Details of our wider support for businesses in Wales affected by Coronavirus were announced by the Minister Economy and Transport and the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd on 19 March.


We are publishing frequently asked questions which will be updated regularly. Please refer to these for the latest guidance.