English: I will start. Good afternoon. Thank you very much for the opportunity to give evidence to the committee this afternoon. In terms of the vulnerable children attending schools, I do think it's important that we give context to these particular issues. We are looking particularly at the most vulnerable children in our services: those on the child safeguarding register, those who are in care, those who are placed home with their parents under care orders, and disabled children too. I will speak very briefly about each of these. As statutory services, we have been encouraging all families who have children on the register and who are of school age to be attending schools. Many have chosen not to send - . I'm very sorry, I do have some feedback issues here. I seem to be hearing the interpretation for some reason. Therefore, in terms of those on the safeguarding register, many have chosen not to send their children to school because they fear their children becoming infected. We've had to respect those decisions taken by the majority of families because they truly are fearful. But because of that we, as social services, have been increasing the contact that we are having with those families. We've increased the number of visits, and we are using our resources to have contact online and on the telephone. We also have good relations with schools. In terms of my own authority, I know that the relationship is very good, and they are contacting families regularly too. In terms of the children in care and located with foster carers, foster carers have chosen to keep many of these children away from schools at the moment, and to be honest, we don't have huge concerns about that in the current climate. We are seeing that many of those children have benefited in terms of contact with their foster carers. They have been developing closer relationships and have been having excellent opportunities with foster carers during this period. The only time that my authority has been strongly encouraging school attendance is when there is a risk that certain placements will break down and the school is very important in terms of providing respite. And certainly, in terms of the most vulnerable placements with children, we have also been contacting schools and ensuring that those children are attending. I have to say, speaking personally, that we have had excellent communication and contact with schools. I don't know if any of my colleagues, Jan or Sally, want to add anything to that.
Welsh: Gwnaf i gychwyn. Prynhawn da. Diolch yn fawr i chi am y gwahoddiad i gael cyfle i roi tystiolaeth i'r pwyllgor heddiw yma. O ran y plant bregus sy'n mynychu'r ysgolion, dwi yn credu ei bod hi'n bwysig i roi cyd-destun i'r materion penodol hynny. Rydym ni'n edrych yn benodol ar y plant mwyaf bregus sydd yn agored i'n gwasanaethau ni: y plant hynny sydd ar y gofrestr diogelu plant, plant sydd mewn gofal, y rhai sydd wedi eu lleoli adref gyda'u rhieni o dan orchmynion gofal, ac yna plant anabl hefyd. Mi wnaf i siarad yn fyr iawn am bob un o'r rhain. Rydym ni, fel gwasanaethau statudol, wedi bod yn annog pob un teulu sydd â phlant ar y gofrestr diogelu plant ac sydd o oed ysgol i fod yn mynychu'r ysgolion, felly. Mae nifer ohonyn nhw wedi dewis peidio â gyrru - . Mae'n ddrwg iawn gen i, mae gen i feedback mawr yn dod i mewn trwy'r clustffonau. Dwi'n meddwl mai clywed y cyfieithiad ydw i am ryw reswm. Felly, o ran y plant sydd ar y gofrestr diogelu, mae nifer fawr o deuluoedd wedi dewis peidio â gyrru plant i'r ysgolion oherwydd eu bod nhw ofn i'r plant ddal haint. Rydym ni wedi gorfod parchu'r penderfyniadau hynny gan y mwyafrif o'r teuluoedd oherwydd eu bod nhw yn wirioneddol ofn hynny, mewn ffordd. Ond oherwydd hynny, rydym ni fel gwasanaethau cymdeithasol wedi bod yn cynyddu'r cyswllt rydym ni wedi ei wneud efo'r teuluoedd hynny - wedi cynyddu'r nifer o ymweliadau â'r teuluoedd ac yn defnyddio ein hadnoddau ni drwy wneud cysylltiad dros y we a dros y ffôn. Mae gennym ni hefyd gysylltiadau da efo'r ysgolion - dwi'n siarad o ran fy awdurdod fy hyn - ac maen nhw hefyd yn cysylltu efo nifer o'r teuluoedd hynny yn rheolaidd. O ran y plant sydd mewn gofal ac wedi eu lleoli gyda rhieni maeth, mae rhieni maeth wedi dewis cadw'r plant hyn i ffwrdd o'r ysgol ar hyn o bryd. Ac i ddweud y gwir, does gennym ni ddim pryderon mawr am hynny yn y cyd-destun presennol, ond rydym ni'n gweld bod nifer o'r plant hynny wedi cael budd o fod yn aros efo'u gofalwyr maeth. Maen nhw wedi bod yn datblygu perthnasau agosach ac wedi bod yn cael cyfleoedd ardderchog gyda'u gofalwyr maeth yn ystod y cyfnod. O ran fy awdurdod fy hun, yr unig amser rydym ni wedi bod yn mynnu, neu'n annog yn gryfach, mynychu ysgolion ydy pan mae yna beryg i rai lleoliadau fod yn torri i lawr a bod yr ysgol yn gyswllt pwysig iawn i roi ysbaid i'r lleoliad hwnnw. Ac yn sicr, o ran rhai o'r teuluoedd neu'r achosion mwyaf bregus o dan leoliadau gyda rhieni, rydym ni hefyd wedi bod yn cysylltu efo'r ysgolion ac yn sicrhau bod y plant hynny'n mynychu'r ysgolion. Mae'n rhaid imi ddweud, yn bersonol, rydym ni wedi cael cyfathrebiad a chyswllt ardderchog efo'r ysgolion. Dwi ddim yn gwybod os ydy fy nghydweithiwr i, neu Jan, neu Sally eisiau ychwanegu rhywbeth yn ychwanegol i hynny.