English: Well, I thank Joyce Watson for her positive review of the publication this morning. As her question implied, one of the key areas of focus for the Government in the 'Renew and reform' proposals, which I've published this morning following my statement in the Chamber before the half term recess, is indeed a focus on disadvantaged and vulnerable learners, because everything we know from the experience of COVID suggests that they have suffered disproportionate impacts from perhaps not being in the customary educational setting. Amongst the things we'll want to be doing with the funding that I've announced this morning - and I should stress that this has all been done in conjunction, of course, with schools and with education professionals; it's very much a question of co-designing, if you like, the interventions that this funding is intended to support. But whether that's around reviewing the use of the pupil deprivation grant to make sure that's targeted in the way it can be; whether it's the provision of extra coaching support, personalised learning programmes; whether it's supporting practitioners through additional professional learning to understand better how best to support disadvantaged learners to deal with the impact of COVID; whether it's additional funding for the additional learning needs transformation scheme programme that we have. There's a range of specific ways in which this funding will be deployed. And I echo the point that she made: I was very pleased to hear that the EPI acknowledged specifically that the funding we've been investing in Wales has had a beneficial impact. That is designed to have that sort of impact on our disadvantaged learners.
Welsh: Wel, diolch i Joyce Watson am ei hadolygiad cadarnhaol o'r cyhoeddiad y bore yma. Fel yr awgrymai ei chwestiwn, un o'r meysydd allweddol i'r Llywodraeth ganolbwyntio arnynt yn yr argymhellion 'Adnewyddu a diwygio', a gyhoeddwyd gennyf y bore yma yn dilyn fy natganiad yn y Siambr cyn y toriad hanner tymor, yw ffocws, yn wir, ar ddysgwyr agored i niwed a difreintiedig, gan fod popeth a wyddom o brofiad COVID yn awgrymu eu bod wedi dioddef effeithiau anghymesur o ganlyniad efallai i fod y tu allan i'r lleoliad addysgol arferol. Ymhlith y pethau y byddwn yn awyddus i'w gwneud gyda'r cyllid a gyhoeddais y bore yma - a dylwn bwysleisio bod hyn oll wedi'i wneud ar y cyd, wrth gwrs, ag ysgolion ac addysgwyr proffesiynol; mae'n fater o gyd-gynllunio, os mynnwch, yr ymyriadau y bwriedir i'r cyllid hwn eu cefnogi. Ond boed hynny'n ymwneud ag adolygu'r defnydd o'r grant amddifadedd disgyblion i sicrhau ei fod yn cael ei dargedu yn y ffordd y gellir ei dargedu; boed hynny'n golygu darparu cymorth hyfforddi ychwanegol, rhaglenni dysgu wedi'i bersonoli; boed hynny'n gefnogi addysgwyr drwy ddysgu proffesiynol ychwanegol i gael gwell dealltwriaeth o'r ffordd orau o gynorthwyo dysgwyr difreintiedig i oresgyn effaith COVID, neu'n gyllid ychwanegol ar gyfer rhaglen y cynllun trawsnewid anghenion dysgu ychwanegol sydd gennym. Mae ystod o ffyrdd penodol y bydd y cyllid hwn yn cael ei ddefnyddio. Ac rwy'n adleisio'r pwynt a wnaeth: roeddwn yn falch iawn o glywed bod y Sefydliad Polisi Addysg wedi cydnabod yn benodol fod y cyllid y buom yn ei fuddsoddi yng Nghymru wedi cael effaith fuddiol. Fe'i cynlluniwyd i gael effaith o'r fath ar ein dysgwyr difreintiedig.