English: I'm delighted to tell you that all 22 of our local authorities have committed to their ambitious 10-year targets of increasing the provision of Welsh-medium education. These targets match the milestones of our Welsh language strategy, 'Cymraeg 2050: A million Welsh speakers'. Some local authorities have gone the extra mile and have set targets that exceed our expectations. We want 26 per cent of year 1 learners receiving their education through the medium of Welsh by 2026, rising to 30 per cent by 2031. This is a target that I have every confidence in achieving with these WESPs in place. I'd like to draw attention to some of the commitments set out in these plans. There are exciting developments on the horizon. There is a clear emphasis on increasing the number of primary school settings across Wales with commitments to establish 23 new Welsh-medium primary schools and to expand 25 Welsh-medium primary schools over the next 10 years. The revised plans show that a high percentage of these developments are to be realised during the first five years of the WESPs, and that more often than not, they are made possible with the support of capital funding from the Welsh Government. Cymraeg, the Welsh language, belongs to us all, and it's important to recognise that everyone has their own unique journey when it comes to learning and using the language. Working together to produce the WESPs has provided some great opportunities to see just what can be achieved. The Curriculum for Wales, which allows all schools and settings to introduces the teaching of Welsh from the age of three, has provided an opportunity for us to plan differently. It's wonderful to see so many local authorities taking advantage of these opportunities. One such example is the 10 authorities that have decided to focus on moving their schools along a language continuum by increasing the provision of Welsh available. Having said that, we must remind ourselves that the WESPs are a planning framework that cannot be implemented without cross-sector support. I know that there has been an army of individuals representing schools, parents, and organisations at all levels who have been actively involved over the last year in developing the WESPs and the draft plans of local authorities. I'd like to thank you all for that work, and also to thank you in advance for the work still ahead of us to support the implementation of the new plans from September. Your commitment is recognised and valued. I wish also to recognise and commend the officers at the local authorities for your commitment and perseverance through one of the most challenging times that we have faced in decades. It has been admirable. Your continued engagement with each other and with us has ensured that plans to grow Welsh-medium education over the next 10 years are as ambitious as they can be. Thank you to you all. On the political side, I recognise the need to have the support of all cabinets in Wales to realise the ambition of 'Cymraeg 2050', and that's why I will take the opportunity to meet all council leaders during the autumn term to discuss opportunities and challenges related to Welsh-medium education planning. As Minister for Education and the Welsh Language, I've also put in place steps to support the effective implementation of the WESPs. These include investment since 2018 of £76 million in dedicated Welsh-medium capital grants, creating over 3,700 additional childcare and school places and 285 places in additional late immersion centres or units; a commitment to investing £2.2 million annually until the end of this Senedd term to support late immersion provisions in all local authorities in Wales; support for Mudiad Meithrin to increase Welsh-medium nursery provisions each year by establishing 150 new provisions by 2026; publishing a 10-year Welsh in education workforce plan with additional funding to deliver it; ensuring free Welsh lessons for the education workforce through the National Centre for Learning Welsh from September this year; consulting on a draft Curriculum for Wales framework for Welsh in English-medium education - the supporting materials will be refined and published in September this year; increasing funding for the e-sgol scheme to £600,000 to extend the e-learning programme to all areas of Wales by 2023. I've been lucky to have been able to visit a number of the projects that we've invested in. There are so many innovative examples and inspiring stories from Anglesey to Monmouthshire, from late immersion provisions in Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy to innovative projects taking place at Pen y Dre school in Merthyr to increase the use of Welsh in an English-medium school. However, we must acknowledge the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, which we're still processing. There must be a period for reflection, particularly in terms of supporting families and increasing understanding of what Welsh-medium education offers. We'll continue to closely monitor the longer term implications of the pandemic on the choices of parents and carers regarding Welsh-medium education. But my message is clear: I want Welsh-medium education to be an option for everyone, and I want everyone to have the opportunity to be bilingual citizens in Wales. Some will say that the strategic plans are not ambitious enough, but we must remember the journey that we've been on and what we've learnt. We've achieved a lot, but I know there's more that can and needs to be done to ensure better access to Welsh-medium education in areas where it's needed most. There are still too many barriers to Welsh-medium education and too many children missing out on opportunities to be educated through the medium of Welsh and become confident bilingual speakers and more. We've gone as far as we can within the current WESP framework, and further improvements to that framework will be considered as part of scoping work on a Welsh language education Bill. Before concluding, I would like to thank everyone once more and underline the importance of working together, to be open together, to support each other. It's a crucial decade, but an exciting opportunity for the Welsh language and for Wales.
Welsh: Mae'n bleser gen i ddweud wrthych fod pob un o'n 22 awdurdod lleol wedi ymrwymo i'w targedau 10 mlynedd uchelgeisiol o gynyddu'r ddarpariaeth addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg. Mae'r targedau hyn yn cyfateb i gerrig milltir ein strategaeth iaith Gymraeg, 'Cymraeg 2050: Miliwn o siaradwyr'. Mae rhai awdurdodau wedi mynd ymhellach hyd yn oed ac wedi gosod targedau sy'n rhagori ar ein disgwyliadau. Rŷn ni am i 26 y cant o ddysgwyr blwyddyn 1 gael eu haddysg drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg erbyn 2026, gyda hynny'n codi i 30 y cant erbyn 2031. Mae hwn yn darged y mae gen i bob hyder y gallwn ni ei gyrraedd gyda'r cynlluniau strategol Cymraeg mewn addysg hyn ar waith. Dwi am dynnu sylw at rai o'r ymrwymiadau a nodir yn y cynlluniau hyn. Mae datblygiadau cyffrous ar y gorwel. Mae pwyslais clir ar gynyddu'r nifer o leoliadau ysgol cynradd ar draws Cymru gydag ymrwymiadau i sefydlu 23 ysgol gynradd Cymraeg newydd ac ehangu 25 ysgol gynradd Gymraeg dros y 10 mlynedd nesaf. Mae'r cynlluniau diwygiedig yn dangos bod canran uchel o'r datblygiadau hyn i'w gwireddu yn ystod pum mlynedd cyntaf y CSCA a'u bod yn amlach na pheidio yn cael eu cefnogi gan gefnogaeth cyfalaf Llywodraeth Cymru. Mae'r Gymraeg, Ddiprwy Lywydd, yn perthyn i ni i gyd, ac mae'n bwysig cydnabod bod gan bawb eu taith iaith eu hunain o ran dysgu a defnyddio'r iaith. Mae gweithio gyda'n gilydd i gynhyrchu'r cynlluniau strategol wedi cynnig cyfleoedd gwych i weld beth yn union y gellir ei gyflawni. Mae'r Cwricwlwm i Gymru, sy'n galluogi ysgolion a lleoliadau i gyflwyno'r Gymraeg o dair oed, wedi rhoi cyfle i ni gynllunio'n wahanol ac mae'n wych gweld cynifer o awdurdodau lleol yn manteisio ar y cyfleoedd hyn. Un enghraifft o hyn yw'r 10 awdurdod lleol sy'n canolbwyntio ar symud eu hysgolion ar hyd continwwm iaith drwy gynyddu'r ddarpariaeth Gymraeg sydd ar gael. Wedi dweud hyn, rhaid i ni gofio mai fframwaith cynllunio yw'r cynlluniau strategol a ni ellir eu gweithredu heb gymorth ar draws y sectorau. Dwi'n gwybod bod byddin o unigolion yn cynrychioli ysgolion, rhieni, sefydliadau lleol, rhanbarthol a chenedlaethol wedi bod wrthi'n ddiwyd dros y flwyddyn diwethaf yn trafod ac ymateb i gynlluniau drafft yr awdurdodau lleol. Hoffwn ddiolch i chi i gyd am y gwaith hwnnw, a hefyd diolch i chi ymlaen llaw am y gwaith sydd o'n blaenau i gefnogi'r gwaith o weithredu'r cynlluniau newydd o fis Medi ymlaen. Mae eich ymrwymiad yn cael ei gydnabod a'i werthfawrogi. Hoffwn hefyd gydnabod a chymeradwyo swyddogion yr awdurdodau lleol. Mae eich ymrwymiad a'ch dyfalbarhad drwy un o'r cyfnodau mwyaf heriol yr ydym wedi'u hwynebu ers degawdau wedi bod yn ganmoladwy. Mae eich ymgysylltiad parhaus gyda'ch gilydd a gyda ni wedi sicrhau bod cynlluniau i dyfu addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg dros y 10 mlynedd nesaf mor uchelgeisiol ag y gallant fod. Diolch i chi hefyd. Ar yr ochr wleidyddol, dwi'n cydnabod yr angen i gael cefnogaeth pob cabinet yng Nghymru i wireddu uchelgais 'Cymraeg 2050', a dyna pam y byddaf i'n manteisio ar y cyfle i gwrdd â holl arweinwyr y cynghorau yn ystod tymor yr hydref i drafod cyfleoedd a heriau sy'n gysylltiedig â chynllunio addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg. Fel Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg, dwi hefyd wedi rhoi camau yn eu lle i gefnogi gweithrediad effeithiol y CSCA. Mae'r rhain yn cynnwys buddsoddi ers 2018 £76 miliwn mewn grantiau cyfalaf cyfrwng Cymraeg penodedig sydd yn creu dros 3,700 o lefydd gofal plant ac ysgol ychwanegol a 285 o lefydd mewn canolfannau neu unedau trochi hwyr ychwanegol; ymrwymo i fuddsoddi £2.2 miliwn yn flynyddol hyd nes diwedd cyfnod y Senedd hwn i gefnogi darpariaethau trochi hwyr ym mhob awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru; cefnogi Mudiad Meithrin i agor mwy o ddarpariaethau meithrin cyfrwng Cymraeg bob blwyddyn er mwyn cyrraedd 150 o ddarpariaethau newydd erbyn 2026; cyhoeddi cynllun gweithlu Cymraeg 10 mlynedd gyda chyllid ychwanegol i'w wireddu; sicrhau gwersi Cymraeg am ddim i'r gweithlu addysg drwy'r Ganolfan Dysgu Cymraeg Genedlaethol o fis Medi eleni; ymgynghori ar fframwaith drafft Cwricwlwm i Gymru ar gyfer y Gymraeg mewn addysg cyfrwng Saesneg - bydd y deunyddiau ategol hyn yn cael eu mireinio a'u cyhoeddi ym mis Medi eleni; cynyddu'r cyllid i gynllun e-sgol i £600,000 er mwyn ehangu'r rhaglen e-ddysgu i bob ardal o Gymru erbyn 2023. Dwi wedi bod yn ffodus fy mod i wedi gallu ymweld â nifer o'r prosiectau rŷn ni wedi buddsoddi ynddyn nhw. Mae cymaint o enghreifftiau arloesol a straeon ysbrydoledig o Fôn i Fynwy, o ddarpariaethau trochi hwyr yn Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy i brosiectau arloesol sy'n digwydd yn ysgol Pen y Dre ym Merthyr i gynyddu'r defnydd o'r Gymraeg mewn ysgol cyfrwng Saesneg. Fodd bynnag, Dirprwy Lywydd, rhaid inni gydnabod sgileffeithiau pandemig COVID-19, effeithiau rŷn ni'n dal i brosesu'n llawn. Rhaid cael cyfnod i fyfyrio, yn enwedig o ran cefnogi teuluoedd a chynyddu dealltwriaeth o'r hyn y mae addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg yn ei gynnig. Byddwn yn parhau i fonitro'n ofalus oblygiadau tymor hwy'r pandemig ar ddewisiadau rhieni a gofalwyr o ran addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg. Ond mae fy neges i yn glir: rwyf am i addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg fod yn opsiwn i bawb ac rwyf am i bawb gael y cyfle i fod yn ddinasyddion dwyieithog yng Nghymru. Bydd rhai fydd yn dweud nad yw'r cynlluniau strategol yn ddigon uchelgeisiol, ond rhaid cofio'r siwrnai rŷn ni wedi bod arni, beth rŷn ni wedi'i ddysgu. Rŷn ni wedi cyflawni llawer, ond dwi'n gwybod bod mwy y gellir ac y mae angen ei wneud i sicrhau gwell mynediad at addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg mewn ardaloedd lle mae ei angen fwyaf. Mae gormod o rwystrau o hyd i addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg ac mae gormod o blant yn colli cyfleoedd i gael eu haddysgu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a dod yn siaradwyr dwyieithog hyderus a mwy. Rŷn ni wedi mynd mor bell ag y gallwn o fewn fframwaith presennol y cynllun strategol Cymraeg mewn addysg. Bydd gwelliannau pellach i'r fframwaith hynny yn cael eu hystyried fel rhan o waith cwmpasu ar Fil addysg y Gymraeg. Cyn cloi, gaf i ddiolch i bawb eto, a thanlinellu'r pwysigrwydd o weithio gyda'n gilydd, i fod yn agored gyda'n gilydd, i gefnogi ein gilydd? Mae'n ddegawd dyngedfennol, ond yn gyfle cyffrous i'r Gymraeg ac i Gymru.