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Bydd yr ystafelloedd dosbarth newydd yn cael eu darparu i ysgolion sydd â’r dosbarthiadau babanod mwyaf ac sydd â lefelau uchel o amddifadedd a/neu anghenion ychwanegol hefyd.

 Mae’r gronfa £36 miliwn yn cynnwys £16 miliwn o refeniw i gynorthwyo awdurdodau lleol i recriwtio athrawon ychwanegol, ac £20 miliwn o gyfalaf a fydd yn galluogi awdurdodau lleol i adeiladu ystafelloedd dosbarth a gofod dysgu ychwanegol sydd eu hangen i leihau maint dosbarthiadau babanod.

 Cyhoeddwyd elfen refeniw'r grant fis Ebrill y llynedd a bydd yn ariannu dros 90 o athrawon ychwanegol a thros 20 o gynorthwywyr addysgu ychwanegol mewn ysgolion ledled Cymru, gan osod y seiliau i leihau maint dosbarthiadau babanod.

 Heddiw, bu’r Gweinidog Addysg yn ymweld ag Ysgol Gynradd Llanharan yn Rhondda Cynon Taf lle mae gwaith i adeiladu estyniad dwy ystafell ddosbarth i fod i ddechrau ym mis Ebrill, gan roi mwy o le i ddisgyblion ddysgu. Mae’r ysgol yn elwa o gael athro ychwanegol a chynorthwyydd addysgu drwy’r cyllid hefyd.

 Roedd Ysgol Gynradd Llanharan yn un o’r ymgeiswyr cryfaf am y cyllid, gan fod ganddi ddau ddosbarth babanod gyda thros 29 o ddisgyblion a lefelau uwch na’r cyfartaledd cenedlaethol o brydau ysgol am ddim.

 Dywedodd Kirsty Williams:


> “Mae maint dosbarthiadau wedi bod yn destun pryder i rieni ac athrawon erioed. Felly, mae’n bleser gen i gyhoeddi cyllid cyfalaf ar gyfer 54 ystafell ddosbarth ychwanegol i leihau maint dosbarthiadau.
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> “Law yn llaw â’r £16 miliwn rydym wedi’i fuddsoddi eisoes i benodi dros 90 athro newydd, bydd y cyllid hwn o fudd i dros 100 o ysgolion ledled Cymru.
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> “O ystyried hyn yng nghyd\-destun ein diwygiadau ehangach i gryfhau hyfforddiant cychwynnol athrawon a dysgu proffesiynol, a chael gwared ar fiwrocratiaeth ddiangen, bydd hyn yn gwneud gwahaniaeth go iawn ar y rheng flaen; gan sicrhau bod pob plentyn yn cael y dechrau gorau mewn bywyd.
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> “Trwy ddarparu ystafelloedd dosbarth newydd ac athrawon ychwanegol i ysgolion, gallwn alluogi athrawon i neilltuo mwy o amser a sylw i ddisgyblion unigol.
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> “Mae hyn nid yn unig yn fuddiol i’r disgybl a’r athro, ond i allu’r ysgol i wella drwyddi draw; sy’n rhan ganolog o’n cenhadaeth genedlaethol i godi safonau, lleihau’r bwlch cyrhaeddiad a sicrhau system addysg sy’n ffynhonnell balchder a hyder cenedlaethol.”







Translation:


 
The new classrooms will be provided to schools that have the largest infant class sizes, and also which have high levels of deprivation and/or additional needs.

 The £36m fund is made up of £16m of revenue to assist local authorities in recruiting additional teachers, and £20m of capital which will allow local authorities to build additional classrooms and learning space that are needed to reduce infant class sizes.

 Announced in April last year, the revenue element of the grant is funding over 90 additional teachers and over 20 additional teaching assistants in schools throughout Wales, laying the groundwork to reduce infant class sizes.

 Today, the Education Minister visited Llanharan Primary School in Rhondda Cynon Taff where work to build a two classroom extension is due to begin in April, giving pupils more space to learn.  The school is also benefiting from an additional teacher and a teaching assistant through the funding.

 Llanharan Primary school was a prime candidate for the funding, as it has 2 infant classes with over 29 pupils, and has above the national average levels of free school meals.

 Kirsty Williams said:


> “The issue of class sizes has always been a cause for concern for parents and teachers.  I’m therefore delighted to announce capital funding for an additional 54 classrooms to reduce infant class sizes. 
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> “Combined with the £16m we have already invested in appointing over 90 new teachers, this funding will benefit over a 100 schools across Wales.
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> “Taken into context with our wider reforms of strengthening initial teacher training and professional learning, and doing away with unnecessary bureaucracy, this will make a real difference on the front line; ensuring that every child gets the best start in life.
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> “By providing schools with new classrooms and additional teachers we can allow teachers to devote more time and attention to individual pupils.
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> “Not only is this beneficial for the pupil and the teacher, but to the school’s ability to improve as a whole; a central part of our national mission to raise standards, reduce the attainment gap, and deliver an education system which is a source of national pride and confidence.