English: Thank you for your statement, Minister. It's really encouraging to see you focusing on recruiting Welsh-speaking teachers and progressing the Welsh language skills of the current teaching workforce. If we're to achieve our ambitious goal of 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050, then investing in our teaching workforce is absolutely vital. Minister, you recently announced a scheme to boost the recruitment of Welsh-speaking childcare professionals for our growing network of meithrins. Can I ask whether you've considered a similar scheme in order to attract Welsh speakers into the key role of teaching assistants for our Welsh-medium schools? Secondly, turning to the issue of ALN provision, Rhondda Cynon Taf council recently announced the opening of its first Welsh-medium discrete additional learning needs class. This is a really important step to ensure equality of access to Welsh-medium education, but I understand that recruiting Welsh-speaking ALN specialist teachers can be a challenge. What work is Welsh Government doing to ensure that more Welsh-speaking teachers are trained in ALN delivery, or that more ALN teachers are encouraged to undertake Welsh language training to become proficient in teaching through the medium of Welsh? And finally, turning to the issue of transition from Welsh language childcare to an education setting, in my constituency of Cynon Valley, I've seen first-hand how the work of a thriving meithrin sharing key information with the local Welsh language primary school and holding really well organised transition events has led to a steady increase in parents deciding to take that next step and enrol their children into Welsh-medium primary provision. What work is the Welsh Government doing to ensure that this best practice is upscaled and that staff from meithrins and Welsh language primary schools are encouraged to work closely together so that more parents decide upon Welsh-medium education for their children?
Welsh: Diolch am eich datganiad, Gweinidog. Mae'n galonogol iawn eich gweld yn canolbwyntio ar recriwtio athrawon sy'n siarad Cymraeg a datblygu sgiliau Cymraeg y gweithlu addysgu presennol. Os ydym ni am gyflawni ein nod uchelgeisiol o filiwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050, yna mae buddsoddi yn ein gweithlu addysgu yn gwbl hanfodol. Gweinidog, fe wnaethoch chi gyhoeddi cynllun yn ddiweddar i hybu'r broses o recriwtio gweithwyr gofal plant proffesiynol sy'n siarad Cymraeg ar gyfer ein rhwydwaith cynyddol o gylchoedd meithrin. A gaf i ofyn a ydych chi wedi ystyried cynllun tebyg er mwyn denu siaradwyr Cymraeg i'r gwaith allweddol o fod yn gynorthwywyr addysgu ar gyfer ein hysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg? Yn ail, gan droi at fater darpariaeth anghenion dysgu ychwanegol, cyhoeddodd cyngor Rhondda Cynon Taf yn ddiweddar y byddai ei ddosbarth anghenion dysgu ychwanegol ar wahân cyfrwng Cymraeg cyntaf yn agor. Mae hwn yn gam pwysig iawn i sicrhau mynediad cyfartal i addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg, ond deallaf y gall recriwtio athrawon arbenigol anghenion dysgu ychwanegol Cymraeg eu hiaith fod yn her. Pa waith y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei wneud i sicrhau y caiff mwy o athrawon sy'n siarad Cymraeg eu hyfforddi mewn darpariaeth anghenion dysgu ychwanegol, neu y caiff mwy o athrawon anghenion dysgu ychwanegol eu hannog i ymgymryd â hyfforddiant iaith Gymraeg i ddod yn hyfedr wrth addysgu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg? Ac yn olaf, gan droi at y mater o drosglwyddo o ofal plant Cymraeg i leoliad addysg, yn fy etholaeth i yng Nghwm Cynon, rwyf wedi gweld drosof fy hun sut mae gwaith cylch meithrin ffyniannus yn rhannu gwybodaeth allweddol gyda'r ysgol gynradd Gymraeg leol a chynnal digwyddiadau pontio trefnus iawn wedi arwain at gynnydd cyson yn nifer y rhieni sy'n penderfynu cymryd y cam nesaf hwnnw a chofrestru eu plant ar gyfer darpariaeth gynradd cyfrwng Cymraeg. Pa waith y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei wneud i sicrhau ehangu'r arferion gorau hyn a bod staff o gylchoedd meithrin ac ysgolion cynradd Cymraeg yn cael eu hannog i gydweithio'n agos er mwyn i fwy o rieni ddewis addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg i'w plant?