English: I too would like to pay tribute to Meilyr Rowlands who I have known for over a decade since I was a humble lay inspector, and Meilyr was always there for all of us, and he's particularly always been there for the children of Wales to focus on the quality of the pedagogy required to ensure that all our learners achieve to the best of their ability. But also that commitment to the well-being of all our children. So, I think he's been fantastic, and I think some of the things that he says in his foreword are particularly pertinent to the challenges we face at the moment. He mentions the importance of Hwb, which is the envy of colleagues across the border, and also the importance of the framework of the new curriculum, where I think he talks about the importance of thinking from first principles about what learners really need, and how we have to think afresh about how pupils learn and how these can be best provided, taking into account their home contexts. The early years chapter is a very poignant report because it reminds us of what wonderful experiences children have had in early years and which is very, very difficult to replicate at home. However committed you are as a parent, it just isn't the same as enabling children to learn through play with each other, ably supported by their pedagogues. But I really do think that, as Meilyr says, this has forced teachers to have a much closer relationship with parents because they have to. So, hopefully, that will strengthen the way we take forward the curriculum to ensure that it really does work for everybody. I just want to ask, Minister, how you think the inspection regime is keeping pace with the challenges, which are so much greater in schools that have high levels of disadvantage as opposed to some schools, which are in leafy suburbs and can easily achieve high grades of GSCEs and A-levels, because they've always got the extra resources that many families are able to give their children, but some simply aren't able to. So, how do you think we can move towards a much greater focus on the value added by individual schools, bearing in mind the baseline from which children arrived at that school, so that we can really see the -
Welsh: Fe hoffwn i hefyd dalu teyrnged i Meilyr Rowlands yr wyf wedi'i adnabod ers dros ddegawd ers imi fod yn arolygydd lleyg di-nod, ac roedd Meilyr yno bob amser i bob un ohonom ni, ac mae wedi bod yno i blant Cymru yn arbennig i ganolbwyntio ar ansawdd yr addysgeg sydd ei hangen i sicrhau bod ein holl ddysgwyr yn cyflawni hyd eithaf eu gallu. Ond hefyd yr ymrwymiad hwnnw i lesiant ein holl blant. Felly, rwy'n credu y bu yn wych, ac rwy'n credu bod rhai o'r pethau y mae'n eu dweud yn ei ragair yn arbennig o berthnasol i'r heriau sy'n ein hwynebu ar hyn o bryd. Mae'n sôn am bwysigrwydd Hwb, sy'n destun cenfigen i gyd-Aelodau dros y ffin, a hefyd am bwysigrwydd fframwaith y cwricwlwm newydd, lle credaf ei fod yn sôn am bwysigrwydd meddwl o'r egwyddorion cyntaf am yr hyn y mae ar ddysgwyr ei angen mewn gwirionedd, a sut mae'n rhaid inni feddwl o'r newydd am y ffordd y mae disgyblion yn dysgu a'r ffordd orau o ddarparu'r rhain, gan ystyried eu sefyllfaoedd gartref. Mae pennod y blynyddoedd cynnar yn adroddiad ingol iawn gan ei fod yn ein hatgoffa o'r profiadau gwych y mae plant wedi'u cael yn y blynyddoedd cynnar ac sy'n anodd iawn eu hefelychu gartref. Pa faint bynnag yr ydych chi wedi ymrwymo fel rhiant, nid yw'r un peth â galluogi plant i ddysgu drwy chwarae gyda'i gilydd, gyda chefnogaeth fedrus gan y rhai sy'n eu dysgu. Ond rwy'n credu mewn gwirionedd, fel y dywed Meilyr, fod hyn wedi gorfodi athrawon i gael perthynas lawer agosach â rhieni oherwydd bod yn rhaid iddyn nhw wneud hynny. Felly, gobeithio, bydd hynny'n cryfhau'r ffordd yr ydym ni'n bwrw ymlaen â'r cwricwlwm i sicrhau ei fod yn gweithio i bawb mewn gwirionedd. Hoffwn ofyn, Gweinidog, sut y credwch chi fod y gyfundrefn arolygu'n cyd-fynd â'r heriau, sydd gymaint yn fwy mewn ysgolion lle mae llawer o anfantais yn hytrach na rhai ysgolion, sydd mewn maestrefi deiliog ac sy'n gallu cyflawni graddau uchel mewn TGAU a Safon Uwch yn hawdd, oherwydd mae ganddyn nhw bob amser yr adnoddau ychwanegol y gall llawer o deuluoedd eu rhoi i'w plant, ond nid yw rhai'n gallu gwneud hynny. Felly, sut ydych chi'n meddwl y gallwn ni symud tuag at bwyslais llawer mwy ar y gwerth a ychwanegir gan ysgolion unigol, o gofio'r llinell sylfaen y cyrhaeddodd plant yr ysgol honno arni, fel y gallwn ni mewn gwirionedd weld y -