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Mae’n ofynnol i ysgolion ddarparu 5 niwrnod o Hyfforddiant Mewn Swydd (HMS) statudol ar gyfer athrawon ym mhob blwyddyn ysgol. Caiff yr ysgolion eu cau i ddisgyblion ar y diwrnodau hyn er mwyn i athrawon gymryd rhan mewn gweithgareddau hyfforddi yn rhan o’u datblygiad proffesiynol parhaus.Yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf caniatawyd i ysgolion gynnal diwrnodau HMS ychwanegol. Caiff y diwrnodau ychwanegol hyn eu caniatáu yn unol â disgresiwn y Gweinidog er mwyn galluogi ysgolion i ganolbwyntio ar flaenoriaethau arbennig. Ar gyfer blwyddyn ysgol 2011/12 cytunwyd i hyn ar yr amod bod ysgolion yn trefnu’r diwrnodau ychwanegol yn ystod tymor yr haf. Hefyd, caiff y defnydd a wneir o’r diwrnodau hyn ei gwtogi ar sail pro\-rata yn unol ag unrhyw gyfnodau addysgu a gâi eu colli yn yr ysgol oherwydd tywydd garw yn ystod y ddau dymor blaenorol.

Nid wyf yn bwriadu cymeradwyo diwrnodau HMS ychwanegol ar gyfer blwyddyn ysgol 2012/13\.

Dylai’r 5 diwrnod HMS y darparwyd ar eu cyfer gan Gyflogau ac Amodau Athrawon Ysgol fod yn ddigon i ysgolion ymgymryd â’r hyfforddiant, y gwaith cynllunio a datblygiad proffesiynol sy’n ofynnol i gefnogi camau i wella ysgolion a chodi safonau.

Fy mlaenoriaethau yw llythrennedd, rhifedd a lleihau effaith tlodi ar gyrhaeddiad addysgol. Credaf mai dyma yw blaenoriaethau ysgolion hefyd. Disgwyliaf i bob ysgol neilltuo o leiaf un o’r 5 niwrnod HMS statudol er mwyn canolbwyntio ar lythrennedd a rhifedd. Yn ystod y diwrnodau HMS sy’n weddill, dylid ystyried sut y gall gweithgareddau datblygu proffesiynol adlewyrchu’r angen am gyflwyno sgiliau llythrennedd a rhifedd ym mhob agwedd ar y ddarpariaeth addysg.

Gwn fod hyn oll eisoes ar waith mewn nifer o ysgolion ac rwy’n awyddus i weld ysgolion yn rhannu dulliau effeithiol o gynnal gweithgareddau i hybu datblygiad proffesiynol a fydd yn canolbwyntio ar lythrennedd a rhifedd. Byddaf yn ystyried y ffordd orau o fynd ati i gasglu enghreifftiau o arferion gorau yn hyn o beth er mwyn eu rhannu yn ehangach rhwng ysgolion ym mhob cwr o Gymru.







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Schools are required to provide teachers with 5 statutory In\-service Training (INSET) days during each school year. On these days schools are closed to pupils so that teachers may participate in training activities as part of their ongoing professional development.


In recent years schools have been allowed to take additional INSET days. These additional days are made available at Ministerial discretion to enable schools to focus on particular priorities. For the 2011/12 school year this provision was conditional on schools scheduling the additional days during the summer term. The use of these days is also reduced pro\-rata if any school teaching time has been lost due to bad weather during the previous two terms.


I do not intend to allocate additional INSET days for the 2012/13 school year.


The 5 INSET days provided for within School Teachers Pay and Conditions should be sufficient for schools to undertake the training, planning and professional development necessary to support school improvement and raising standards.  


My priorities are literacy, numeracy and reducing the impact of poverty on educational attainment.  I believe these are school priorities too.  I expect all schools to focus at least one of the 5 statutory INSET days on literacy and numeracy. In the remaining INSET days, regard should be given to how professional development activities reflect the need to embed literacy and numeracy skills in all aspects of education provision.


I am aware that this already reflects the approach taken by many schools and I am keen for schools to share effective approaches to professional development activities that focus on literacy and numeracy. I will be considering how best practice in this respect can be gathered so that it can be shared more widely between schools throughout Wales.