Translate the text from English to Welsh.



 
Following publication of Aled Roberts’ Rapid Review Report in August 2017, an Advisory Board was set up in order to advise Welsh Government on plans to strengthen the planning infrastructure for Welsh\-medium education.


The Board have now concluded their work and have presented a report to me outlining how they have responded to the recommendations of the Rapid Review and the changes needed to improve the process. The report also identifies areas where future work is needed.


I am grateful to the Board for their work and I would also like to thank all stakeholders for participating in the process. I am certain that the proposed amended regulations which will be subject to a public consultation process in May, will improve Welsh\-medium Education Planning.


During the Advisory Board’s work it became clear that there was a need to take a fresh look at the way schools are categorised according to their linguistic nature and language provision as it has not been looked at for over 10 years. It was agreed that this should be done in the context of the new curriculum.


As a result I have asked Meirion Prys Jones to lead a research project to review the current definitions and categories of schools in Wales according to their linguistic nature and language provision so that this will further support the planning of Welsh\-medium and bilingual provision.


We therefore propose to consult on a new approach to categorisation in the autumn, and a final proposal presented by December 2019 in time to support the commencement of consultations on the new WESPs.


I would like to thank Aled Roberts for his guidance and would like to thank the Board for their commitment and professionalism in advising on the changes required and next steps. I would also like to thank Dylan Foster Evans for being so ready to chair the Board in Aled’s absence.


The recommendations of the Welsh in Education Strategic Advisory Board can be found at:


**https://gov.wales/improving\-planning\-welsh\-medium\-education**







Translation:


 
Yn dilyn cyhoeddi adroddiad ar Adolygiad Brys Aled Roberts ym mis Awst 2017, sefydlwyd Bwrdd Cynghori i roi cyngor i Lywodraeth Cymru ar gynlluniau i gryfhau'r seilwaith cynllunio ar gyfer addysg Gymraeg.


Mae'r Bwrdd wedi cwblhau eu gwaith bellach, ac wedi cyflwyno adroddiad i mi yn amlinellu sut maent wedi ymateb i argymhellion yr Adolygiad Brys a'r newidiadau sydd eu hangen er mwyn gwella'r broses. Mae'r adroddiad hefyd yn nodi meysydd lle mae angen gwneud gwaith yn y dyfodol.


Rwy'n ddiolchgar i'r Bwrdd am ei waith a hoffwn ddiolch hefyd i bawb sydd wedi cymryd rhan yn y broses.  Rwy'n sicr y bydd y rheoliadau diwygiedig arfaethedig a fydd yn destun ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus ym mis Mai yn gwella'r broses o gynllunio addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg.


Yn ystod gwaith y Bwrdd Cynghori, daeth yn eglur bod angen edrych o'r newydd ar y ffordd y caiff ysgolion eu categoreiddio yn ôl eu natur ieithyddol a darpariaeth iaith gan nad oedd hyn wedi’i ystyried ers dros 10 mlynedd.  Cytunwyd y dylid gwneud hyn yng nghyd\-destun y cwricwlwm newydd.


Rwyf wedi gofyn, felly, i Meirion Prys Jones i arwain prosiect ymchwil i adolygu y diffiniadau presennol a chategorïau o ysgolion yng Nghymru yn ôl eu natur ieithyddol a’u darpariaeth iaith er mwyn i'r rhain gefnogi ymhellach y gwaith o gynllunio darpariaeth cyfrwng Cymraeg a dwyieithog.


Rydym felly yn bwriadu ymgynghori ar ddull newydd o gategoreiddio ysgolion yn yr hydref, a chyflwyno cynnig terfynol erbyn Rhagfyr 2019 mewn pryd i gefnogi'r ymgynghoriadau ar y Cynlluniau Strategol newydd ar gyfer Cymraeg mewn Addysg.


Hoffwn ddiolch i Aled Roberts am ei arweiniad a hoffwn ddiolch i'r Bwrdd am ei ymrwymiad a’i broffesiynoldeb wrth gynghori ynghylch y newidiadau gofynnol a'r camau nesaf.  Hoffwn ddiolch hefyd i Dylan Foster Evans am fod mor barod i gadeirio'r Bwrdd yn absenoldeb Aled.


Gellir dod o hyd i argymhellion y Bwrdd Cynghori Strategol y Gymraeg Mewn Addysg ar:


**https://llyw.cymru/gwellar\-broses\-cynllunio\-addysg\-gymraeg**