English: John, you will be aware - because we have discussed this previously - that our twenty-first century schools programme will only gain a sign-off by Welsh Ministers if there is a significant community element in all of those proposals that are brought forward. We know, from looking at the evaluation of the pupil deprivation grant, that with schools that use that grant effectively, much of that grant is used on building strong relationships between families and the school to get buy-in into their children's education. On the announcement that we have made with regard to food and fun clubs in the summer, one of the most successful elements of those clubs is that, on the final day, parents come into the food and fun club to participate in the lunch and activities in the afternoon, again to bind parents into those programmes. So, we are working as a Welsh Government on a number of fronts - both on the physicality of the building of the school, as well as the ethos of what goes on in those buildings - to build strong relationships between parents and schools, because we know that that is when children do best. They don't even have to go to school to be a focus for Welsh Government. We have spent considerable resource last year, and we will do so again this year, on developing resources for parents to help their children get ready for life in school, and what they can do as parents to make the transition from home into school as successful as it can be. So, we will continue to work on a number of programmes to support families to support their children be the best that they can be in school.
Welsh: John, fe fyddwch yn gwybod - gan ein bod wedi trafod hyn o'r blaen - na fydd Gweinidogion Cymru yn cymeradwyo ein rhaglen ysgolion yr 21ain Ganrif oni bai bod elfen gymunedol sylweddol ym mhob un o'r cynigion sy'n cael eu cyflwyno. O edrych ar y gwerthusiad o'r grant amddifadedd disgyblion, gydag ysgolion sy'n defnyddio'r grant yn effeithiol, gwyddom fod llawer ohono'n cael ei ddefnyddio ar adeiladu perthynas gref rhwng teuluoedd a'r ysgol i sicrhau eu cefnogaeth i addysg eu plant. Ar y cyhoeddiad a wnaed gennym mewn perthynas â chlybiau bwyd a hwyl yn yr haf, un o elfennau mwyaf llwyddiannus y clybiau hyn yw bod y rhieni yn dod i mewn i'r clwb bwyd a hwyl ar y diwrnod olaf i gymryd rhan yn y cinio a gweithgareddau yn y prynhawn, unwaith eto er mwyn sicrhau ymrwymiad rhieni i'r rhaglenni hynny. Felly, fel Llywodraeth Cymru rydym yn gweithio mewn sawl ffordd - ar elfen ffisegol adeilad yr ysgol, yn ogystal ag ethos yr hyn sy'n digwydd yn yr adeiladau hyn - i adeiladu perthynas gref rhwng rhieni ac ysgolion, oherwydd ein bod yn gwybod mai dyna pryd y bydd plant yn gwneud orau. Nid oes raid eu bod yn mynd i'r ysgol hyd yn oed i fod yn ffocws ar gyfer Llywodraeth Cymru. Gwariwyd arian sylweddol gennym y llynedd, a byddwn yn gwneud hynny eto eleni, ar ddatblygu adnoddau i rieni helpu eu plant i baratoi ar gyfer bywyd yn yr ysgol, a'r hyn y gallant ei wneud fel rhieni i wneud y pontio o'r cartref i'r ysgol mor llwyddiannus ag y gall fod. Felly, byddwn yn parhau i weithio ar nifer o raglenni i gefnogi teuluoedd i gynorthwyo eu plant i fod y gorau y gallant fod yn yr ysgol.