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Mae dosbarthiadau cyfan o blant cynradd ledled Cymru yn mwynhau prydau ysgol am ddim gyda’i gilydd am y tro cyntaf o ddechrau’r flwyddyn ysgol newydd.


Wrth i’r Prif Weinidog a Sian Gwenllian, Aelod Dynodedig Plaid Cymru, ymweld ag ysgol gynradd ddydd Mercher (Medi 7\), byddant yn cyhoeddi bod prydau ysgol am ddim yn cael eu hehangu i fwy na 6,000 o blant oedran meithrin mewn ysgolion.


Bydd disgyblion meithrin sy’n mynychu ysgol a gynhelir am o leiaf ddwy sesiwn lawn unrhyw ddiwrnod o’r wythnos yn gymwys i gael pryd ysgol am ddim.


Bydd £35m o gyllid cyfalaf newydd yn cefnogi’r cynllun. Darperir y cyllid i awdurdodau lleol i fuddsoddi mewn gwelliannau i gyfleusterau arlwyo ysgolion, gan gynnwys prynu cyfarpar, uwchraddio cyfleusterau ceginau a diweddaru systemau digidol.


Mae’r cyllid hwn yn ychwanegol at £25m o gyllid cyfalaf a gafodd ei roi i awdurdodau lleol yn 2021\-22\. Mae £200m o gyllid refeniw hefyd wedi’i neilltuo ar gyfer y ddarpariaeth bob dydd dros y tair blynedd nesaf.


Dywedodd y Prif Weinidog:



> “Ddylai yr un plentyn fynd heb fwyd. Mae teuluoedd ledled Cymru o dan bwysau aruthrol o achos yr argyfwng costau byw, ac rydyn ni’n gwneud popeth allwn ni i’w cefnogi. Mae ehangu prydau am ddim i bob ysgol gynradd yn un o nifer o fesurau rydyn ni’n eu cymryd i gefnogi teuluoedd drwy’r cyfnod anodd yma.
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> “Mae wir yn bleser gweld sut mae ein hysgolion wedi croesawu hyn, a pha mor gyflym y maen nhw a’n gwasanaethau cyhoeddus wedi gweithio gyda’i gilydd i ddechrau darparu prydau ysgol am ddim.
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> “Rydyn ni’n gwybod bod plant iau yn fwy tebygol o fod yn byw mewn tlodi incwm cymharol, a dyna pam mai ein dysgwyr ieuengaf fydd y cyntaf i elwa.”


Dywedodd arweinydd Plaid Cymru:



> “Wrth inni wynebu argyfwng costau byw, ‘dyw hi erioed wedi bod yn bwysicach cyflwyno prydau ysgol am ddim i bob plentyn cynradd, sicrhau dechrau cyfartal iddyn nhw mewn bywyd a helpu teuluoedd i wneud i’r gyllideb wythnosol fynd ymhellach.
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> “Drwy ein Cytundeb Cydweithio, rydyn ni’n cynnig cymorth y mae ei angen yn fawr ar deuluoedd, ac yn gwneud gwahaniaeth go iawn drwy fuddsoddi yn ein hysgolion i ddarparu’r prydau hyn.
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> “Dros y tair blynedd nesaf, fe fyddwn ni’n cyflwyno prydau ysgol am ddim ar draws holl grwpiau blwyddyn ein hysgolion cynradd, fel na fydd angen i un plentyn fynd heb fwyd tra byddan nhw yn yr ysgol. Drwy weithio gyda’n gilydd, rydyn ni’n gwneud gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol i fywydau pobl.”


Mae ehangu prydau ysgol am ddim i bob plentyn cynradd yn ymrwymiad allweddol yn y Cytundeb Cydweithio tair blynedd rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a Phlaid Cymru.


Bydd yn ymyriad sy’n trawsnewid y sefyllfa o ran tlodi plant a’r rheini sy’n mynd heb fwyd, yn ogystal â chefnogi cyrhaeddiad addysgol, maeth plant a chynhyrchu a dosbarthu bwyd yn lleol, gan sicrhau budd i economïau lleol.


Bydd y flwyddyn gyntaf yn canolbwyntio ar feithrin capasiti ysgolion, a’r nod yw sicrhau, erbyn dechrau tymor yr haf 2023, y bydd y rhan fwyaf o ddisgyblion, o’r dosbarth derbyn i flwyddyn 2, yn cael prydau ysgol am ddim. Bydd y rhan fwyaf o blant dosbarthiadau derbyn yn cael prydau ysgol am ddim o’r wythnos hon.


Bydd Mark Drakeford a Sian Gwenllian yn ymweld ag ysgol gynradd ddydd Mercher (Medi 7\) i gwrdd â phlant a gweld sut mae ysgolion cynradd ledled Cymru yn darparu prydau am ddim.







Translation:


 
Whole classes of children in primary schools across Wales are enjoying free school meals together for the first time from the start of the new school year.


As the First Minister and Sian Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru’s Designated Member, visit a primary school on Wednesday (September 7\) they will announce the expansion of free school meals to more than 6,000 nursery\-age children in schools.


Nursery\-age pupils attending a maintained school for at least two full sessions, on any one day per week, will be eligible for a free school meal.


£35m of new capital funding will support the roll\-out of the scheme. The funding will be provided to local authorities to invest in improvements to school catering facilities, including purchasing equipment, upgrading existing kitchen facilities and updating digital systems.


The funding is in addition to £25m of capital funding provided to local authorities in 2021\-22\. £200m of revenue funding has also been committed for the day\-to\-day provision over the next three years.


First Minister Mark Drakeford said:



> “No child should go hungry. Families throughout Wales are under huge pressure because of the cost\-of\-living crisis and we are doing everything we can to support them. Extending free school meals to all primary schools is one of a number of measures we are taking to support families through this difficult time.
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> “I’m really pleased to see how our schools have embraced this and the speed at which they and our public services have worked together to begin providing free school meals.
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> “We know younger children are more likely to be living in relative income poverty, which is why the youngest of our learners will be the first to benefit.”


Leader of Plaid Cymru Adam Price said:



> “As we face a cost\-of\-living crisis, introducing universal free school meals for primary children, giving children a more equal start in life and helping families make the weekly budget go further has never been more important.
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> “Through our Co\-operation Agreement we are delivering much needed support for families and making a real difference by investing in our schools to provide these meals.
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> “Over the next three years we will roll\-out free school meals across all year groups in our primary schools, meaning no child will need to go hungry while they are in class. By working together we are making a real difference to people’s lives.”


Extending free school meals to all primary school children is a key commitment in the three\-year Co\-operation Agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru.


It will deliver a transformational intervention in terms of child hunger and child poverty, as well as supporting educational attainment, child nutrition and local food production and distribution, to benefit local economies.


The first year will focus on building schools’ capacity and aims to ensure that, by the start of the summer term in 2023, most pupils from Reception to Year 2 will be receiving free school meals. Most children in Reception classes will start receiving school meals from this week.


Mark Drakeford and Sian Gwenllian MS will visit a primary school on Wednesday (September 7\) to meet children and see how primary schools across Wales are providing free school meals.