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English: Of course, Hefin, that dialogue continues every day in my department. Only last week, senior officials of the education department were meeting with the Association of School and College Leaders to discuss with them their concerns. I continue to challenge both regional consortia and local authorities with regard to ensuring that as much money as possible reaches the front line of our education system in individual schools. And I am always open to discussions as to how best we can ensure that more money makes it into individual school budgets. Of course, the vast majority of school budgets arrive out of the revenue support grant for individual local authorities, and I am aware that the distribution sub-group of local government are currently looking and have started a new stream of work to look at how indicator-based assessment levels of education are completed when determining levels of RSG, and I welcome that work indeed. Both myself and the previous local government Minister and the new local government Minister have said, if local authorities come forward with ideas of how to change the funding formula, we will work with them in good faith and we will continue to do that. It is confusing often for people to see how money gets to schools because of the different layers of funding that are available, but my aim always has been, when I was an opposition Member, and it certainly is now that I am the education Minister, to get as much money to the front line to individual school budgets as possible.
Welsh: Wrth gwrs, Hefin, mae'r trafodaethau hynny'n parhau bob dydd yn fy adran i. Yr wythnos diwethaf, cyfarfu uwch swyddogion o'r adran addysg gyda'r Gymdeithas Arweinwyr Ysgolion a Cholegau i drafod eu pryderon gyda hwy. Rwy'n parhau i herio'r consortia rhanbarthol a'r awdurdodau lleol i sicrhau bod cymaint o arian â phosibl yn cyrraedd rheng flaen ein system addysg mewn ysgolion unigol. Ac rwyf bob amser yn agored i drafodaethau ynglŷn â'r ffordd orau y gallwn sicrhau bod mwy o arian yn mynd i gyllidebau ysgolion unigol. Wrth gwrs, bydd y mwyafrif helaeth o gyllidebau ysgolion yn dod o'r grant cynnal refeniw ar gyfer awdurdodau lleol unigol, ac rwy'n ymwybodol fod yr is-grŵp dosbarthu llywodraeth leol yn ystyried ar hyn o bryd ac wedi dechrau ffrwd waith newydd i edrych ar sut y caiff lefelau'r asesiad wedi'i seilio ar ddangosyddion addysg eu cyflawni wrth bennu lefelau'r grant cynnal refeniw, ac rwy'n croesawu'r gwaith hwnnw'n fawr. Mae'r cyn-Weinidog llywodraeth leol, y Gweinidog llywodraeth leol newydd a minnau wedi dweud, os bydd awdurdodau lleol yn cynnig syniadau ynghylch sut y dylid newid y fformiwla ariannu, y byddwn yn gweithio gyda hwy gyda phob ewyllys da a byddwn yn parhau i wneud hynny. Mae'n aml yn ddryslyd i bobl weld sut y mae arian yn cyrraedd ysgolion oherwydd y gwahanol haenau o arian sydd ar gael, ond fy nod bob amser, pan oeddwn yn Aelod o'r wrthblaid, ac yn sicr bellach a minnau'n Weinidog addysg, yw sicrhau bod cymaint o arian â phosibl yn cyrraedd y rheng flaen i gyllidebau ysgolion unigol.
English: Minister, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, evidence suggests that differences in local funding models are causing concerns about unequal treatment of schools in similar circumstances. They went on to call on the Welsh Government to consider reviewing the school funding model if it is to realise its ambition for equity in education and student well-being. Minister, the National Association of Headteachers Cymru have said that the current funding system is not fit for purpose - their words, not mine. What action will you take to address these inequalities in the school funding formula in Wales, please?
Welsh: Weinidog, yn ôl y Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd, mae tystiolaeth yn awgrymu bod gwahaniaethau yn y modelau ariannu lleol yn achosi pryderon fod ysgolion mewn amgylchiadau tebyg yn cael eu trin yn anghyfartal. Aethant yn eu blaenau i alw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ystyried adolygu'r model ariannu ysgolion os yw am wireddu eu huchelgais i sicrhau tegwch mewn perthynas ag addysg a lles myfyrwyr ysgol. Weinidog, mae Cymdeithas Genedlaethol Prifathrawon Cymru wedi dweud nad yw'r system ariannu gyfredol yn addas i'r diben - eu geiriau hwy, nid fy rhai i. Pa gamau a gymerwch i fynd i'r afael â'r anghydraddoldebau hyn o ran y fformiwla ariannu ysgolion yng Nghymru, os gwelwch yn dda?
English: Thank you very much, Lynne. The national advisory group on suicide and self-harm is consulting group members and other stakeholders on that guidance prior to its publication in April. We will work with the group to ensure that the guidance is promoted extensively amongst professionals, and that is professionals not just in schools but more widely amongst youth services and other people who work with our young people.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Lynne. Mae'r grŵp cynghori cenedlaethol ar atal hunanladdiad a hunan-niwed yn ymgynghori ag aelodau'r grŵp a rhanddeiliaid eraill ar y canllawiau hynny cyn eu cyhoeddi ym mis Ebrill. Byddwn yn gweithio gyda'r grŵp i sicrhau y caiff y canllawiau eu hyrwyddo'n helaeth ymhlith gweithwyr proffesiynol, ac mae hynny'n cynnwys gweithwyr proffesiynol nid yn unig mewn ysgolion ond yn fwy eang ymhlith gwasanaethau ieuenctid a phobl eraill sy'n gweithio gyda'n pobl ifanc.
English: Thank you, Minister. I really welcome the fact that the guidance recommended by 'Mind over matter' is due for publication in April. I also welcome your commitment to work with the advisory group to ensure the guidance is promoted extensively. However, as you know, for many teachers, for understandable reasons, they are reluctant to talk about suicide. It is therefore crucial not just that the Welsh Government works with the advisory group to promote the guidance but that the Welsh Government proactively leads on ensuring that this guidance is used in all schools in Wales. Several schoolchildren have died by suicide in Wales since 'Mind over matter' was published, and action on this is urgent. It cannot wait until the new curriculum and a whole-school approach to mental health is implemented in Wales. Will the Minister therefore commit to proactively leading on this with a view to ensuring that it is urgently rolled out in all schools, including ensuring it is incorporated into professional learning for teachers as a matter of urgency, so that they have the skills and confidence to use it?
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog. Rwy'n croesawu'r ffaith y bydd y canllawiau a argymhellwyd gan 'Cadernid Meddwl' yn cael eu cyhoeddi ym mis Ebrill. Rwy'n croesawu eich ymrwymiad hefyd i weithio gyda'r grŵp cynghori i sicrhau bod y canllawiau'n cael eu hyrwyddo'n helaeth. Fodd bynnag, fel y gwyddoch, i lawer o athrawon, am resymau dealladwy, maent yn amharod i siarad am hunanladdiad. Mae'n hanfodol felly nid yn unig fod Llywodraeth Cymru yn gweithio gyda'r grŵp cynghori i hyrwyddo'r canllawiau ond bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn mynd ati'n rhagweithiol i arwain ar sicrhau bod y canllawiau hyn yn cael eu defnyddio ym mhob ysgol yng Nghymru. Mae sawl plentyn ysgol wedi marw drwy hunanladdiad yng Nghymru ers cyhoeddi 'Cadernid Meddwl', a dylid gweithredu ar hyn fel mater o frys. Ni all aros tan i'r cwricwlwm newydd ac ymagwedd ysgol gyfan at iechyd meddwl gael eu gweithredu yng Nghymru. Felly, a wnaiff y Gweinidog ymrwymo i fynd ati'n rhagweithiol i arwain ar hyn gyda'r bwriad o sicrhau y caiff ei gyflwyno ar fyrder ym mhob ysgol, gan gynnwys sicrhau y caiff ei ymgorffori mewn dysgu proffesiynol ar gyfer athrawon fel mater o frys, er mwyn sicrhau bod ganddynt sgiliau a hyder i'w ddefnyddio?
English: Thank you very much, Lynne. Let me assure you, we're not sitting back and simply waiting for the implementation of the new curriculum, although the health and well-being area of learning and experience does give us a profound opportunity to change the way in which we talk about health and well-being in our schools. You'll be aware that £2.5 million is being made available in the new financial year, through the education budget, targeted at improving mental health services for young people, informed by youth work pedagogical approaches. Because those professionals working with our youth service often feel sometimes more comfortable and more able and more confident about talking about these very sensitive issues, and we want to use the learning from our youth-work colleagues actually to help inform the professional learning of our school-based colleagues. I can assure you that only yesterday I had a discussion with the official that is leading on professional learning to impress upon him that schools should be able to access professional learning opportunities around this guidance, and health and well-being overall, as part of the funding that we're making available to schools to support improved teacher confidence in this area, which can be really, really challenging for many people to talk about, not least teachers in our schools.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Lynne. Gadewch imi eich sicrhau nad ydym yn eistedd yn ôl ac yn aros tan y rhoddir y cwricwlwm newydd ar waith, er bod y maes dysgu a phrofiad iechyd a lles yn rhoi cyfle aruthrol i ni newid y ffordd rydym yn sôn am iechyd a lles yn ein hysgolion. Fe fyddwch yn gwybod y bydd £2.5 miliwn yn cael ei ddarparu yn y flwyddyn ariannol newydd, drwy'r gyllideb addysg, wedi'i dargedu at wella gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl ar gyfer pobl ifanc, yn seiliedig ar ddulliau addysgeg gwaith ieuenctid. Oherwydd mae'r gweithwyr proffesiynol hynny sy'n gweithio gyda'n gwasanaeth ieuenctid yn aml yn teimlo'n fwy cyfforddus ac yn fwy abl ac yn fwy hyderus i siarad am y materion sensitif iawn hyn, ac rydym yn awyddus i ddefnyddio'r dysgu gan ein cydweithwyr mewn gwaith ieuenctid i helpu i lywio dysgu proffesiynol ein cydweithwyr yn yr ysgolion. Gallaf eich sicrhau fy mod wedi cael trafodaeth ddoe gyda'r swyddog sy'n arwain ar ddysgu proffesiynol i bwysleisio wrtho y dylai ysgolion allu cael mynediad at gyfleoedd dysgu proffesiynol mewn perthynas â'r canllawiau hyn, ac iechyd a lles yn gyffredinol, fel rhan o'r cyllid rydym yn ei ddarparu i ysgolion i gefnogi gwella hyder athrawon yn y maes hwn, a all fod yn heriol iawn i lawer o bobl allu siarad amdano, yn enwedig athrawon yn ein hysgolion.
English: Minister, I'm sure you'll want to join me in commending the work the Assembly has done in this area, particularly under the leadership of Lynne Neagle in 'Mind over matter', but also Dai Lloyd in the health committee. The simple message is: far, far too many people die as a result of suicide. It's hundreds a year in Wales. We must set targets to radically reduce the number of people who tragically die in those circumstances. Unfortunately, in terms of younger people, it is a major cause of premature death. It needs joint working across Government. I do also commend the work that Samaritans Cymru have done, again emphasising the need to train teachers so that they do have that level of confidence, at least, to address these very important issues. The skills we get at school, 10 or 20 years later - that can be the difference between someone seeking help and unfortunately completing suicide.
Welsh: Weinidog, rwy'n siŵr y byddwch yn awyddus i ymuno â mi i ganmol y gwaith y mae'r Cynulliad wedi'i wneud yn y maes hwn, yn enwedig o dan arweinyddiaeth Lynne Neagle yn 'Cadernid Meddwl', ond Dai Lloyd hefyd ar y pwyllgor iechyd. Y neges syml yw: mae gormod lawer o bobl yn marw o ganlyniad i hunanladdiad. Mae'n gannoedd bob blwyddyn yng Nghymru. Mae'n rhaid inni osod targedau i leihau nifer y bobl sy'n marw yn yr amgylchiadau trasig hynny yn sylweddol. Yn anffodus, o ran pobl iau, mae'n un o brif achosion marwolaethau cyn pryd. Mae angen gwaith ar y cyd ar draws y Llywodraeth. Rwyf hefyd yn canmol y gwaith a wnaed gan Samariaid Cymru, gan bwysleisio unwaith eto yr angen i hyfforddi athrawon er mwyn sicrhau bod ganddynt y lefel honno o hyder fan lleiaf i fynd i'r afael â'r materion pwysig hyn. Mae'r sgiliau a gawn yn yr ysgol, 10 neu 20 mlynedd yn ddiweddarach - gallant wneud y gwahaniaeth rhwng rhywun yn gofyn am gymorth a rhywun, yn anffodus, yn cyflawni hunanladdiad.
English: Thank you, David. I think it is absolutely right that we recognise the campaigning work that has been done by colleagues, such as Dai Lloyd, Lynne Neagle and Jack Sargeant, on these issues. I can assure you that we are discussing with our initial teacher education providers to ensure that, through initial teacher education, our future practitioners will have the appropriate skills. I was hugely encouraged by the recent vote here of the Youth Parliament, which as their top priority have voted to look to work on the issue of young people's mental health. It demonstrates how important this issue is to them, and across the country I know that young people and youth groups are working really, really hard to address the issue of resilience. Presiding Officer, on Sunday morning, I was at the Hafren theatre in Newtown watching the YFC Wales's drama festival, and the winning club from Carmarthenshire, the YFC club of Llandovery, put on an incredibly sophisticated and moving entertainment on the subject of suicide in rural areas. And to see young people, aged 10 to 26, engaging in such a sophisticated way to spread these messages is something that would put some older people to shame.
Welsh: Diolch, David. Credaf ei bod yn gwbl iawn ein bod yn cydnabod y gwaith ymgyrchu a wnaed gan gyd-Aelodau, fel Dai Lloyd, Lynne Neagle a Jack Sargeant, ar y materion hyn. Gallaf eich sicrhau ein bod yn trafod gyda'n darparwyr addysg gychwynnol i athrawon i wneud yn siŵr, drwy addysg gychwynnol i athrawon, y bydd gan ein haddysgwyr sgiliau priodol yn y dyfodol. Roedd pleidlais ddiweddar y Senedd Ieuenctid yma yn hynod o galonogol, gan iddynt bleidleisio i weithio, fel eu prif flaenoriaeth, ar fater iechyd meddwl pobl ifanc. Mae'n dangos pa mor bwysig yw'r mater hwn iddynt, a ledled y wlad, gwn fod grwpiau ieuenctid a phobl ifanc yn gweithio'n galed iawn i fynd i'r afael â mater gwytnwch. Lywydd, fore Sul, roeddwn yn Theatr Hafren yn y Drenewydd yn gwylio gŵyl ddrama Clybiau Ffermwyr Ifanc Cymru, a chafwyd adloniant rhyfeddol o soffistigedig a gwefreiddiol gan y clwb buddugol o sir Gaerfyrddin, clwb CFfI Llanymddyfri, ar bwnc hunanladdiad mewn ardaloedd gwledig. Ac roedd gweld pobl ifanc, rhwng 10 a 26 oed, yn ymgysylltu mewn ffordd mor soffistigedig er mwyn lledaenu'r negeseuon hyn yn rhywbeth a fyddai'n codi cywilydd ar rai pobl hŷn.
English: Thank you, Llywydd. Headteachers the length and breadth of Wales are warning that there is a funding crisis facing our schools and that this will have far-reaching impacts - larger class sizes, fewer teachers, the condition of buildings deteriorating, reduction in the support for additional learning needs, cuts to pastoral services and well-being services. We are losing hundreds of our most experienced teachers and mid-level leaders from our schools as a result of early retirement. The Children, Young People and Education Committee inquiry has placed a focus on the need to increase the quantum being spent on education, and it's also started to discuss what measures could be put in place even within the existing budget in order to ensure that more funding reaches our schools. There is one teaching union, with the support of the Conservatives, that recommends moving towards a system of direct school funding, creating a system similar to the academies in England. What's your view on direct funding?
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Mae penaethiaid ar draws Cymru yn rhybuddio bod argyfwng cyllido yn wynebu ein hysgolion, ac y bydd gan hyn ganlyniadau pellgyrhaeddol - dosbarthiadau mwy, llai o athrawon, cyflwr adeiladau'n dirywio, lleihad mewn cefnogaeth i anghenion dysgu ychwanegol, toriadau i wasanaethau bugeiliol a lles. Dŷn ni'n colli cannoedd o'n hathrawon mwyaf profiadol ac arweinwyr canol o'n hysgolion yn sgil ymddeoliadau cynnar. Mae ymchwiliad y Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg wedi rhoi ffocws ar yr angen i gynyddu'r cwantwm sy'n cael ei wario ar addysg, ac mae o hefyd wedi dechrau trafod pa fesurau y gellid eu cymryd hyd yn oed o fewn y gyllideb bresennol i sicrhau bod mwy o arian yn cyrraedd yr ysgolion. Mae yna un undeb athrawon, gyda chefnogaeth y Torïaid, yn argymell symud tuag at system o ariannu ysgolion yn uniongyrchol, gan greu system debyg i'r academies yn Lloegr. Beth ydy eich barn chi am ariannu uniongyrchol?
English: Thank you very much, and I'm very pleased to hear that last announcement. I know that my colleague in Westminster, Ben Lake, has been pursuing this issue, so I'm very grateful to hear that - that'll be good news for our schools. But, to return to direct funding, just to put it on the record, Plaid Cymru is willing to consider any proposals that would deliver better outcomes for our children. We are not of the view, however, that direct school funding is an option that should be considered here in Wales, and that's for a number of reasons. You've mentioned one issue regarding having one sum of money, but there's more to it than that. We need to keep democratic accountability at a local level in terms of funding, and central services provided in support are crucially important - for example, for children in care and children with additional needs. There is a risk that the most vulnerable children could be forgotten in a system where funding would be provided directly. It's one thing to provide direct funding for a large urban school, but very many of our schools are small, they are rural and they are in disadvantaged areas, and they need support from a central source. So, I'm very pleased that we're agreed on that, and that you too are rejecting the calls for direct school funding. Do you therefore feel that it's time for the discussion to move towards finding less damaging solutions for school funding and ensuring fairer school funding? Should that work be where the focus sits now?
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, ac rwy'n falch iawn o glywed y cyhoeddiad diwethaf yna. Dwi'n gwybod bod fy nghydweithiwr yn San Steffan, Ben Lake, wedi bod yn mynd ar ôl y mater yma yn ddyfal hefyd, felly rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn o glywed hynny - bydd hynny'n newyddion da i'n hysgolion ni. Ond, i fynd yn ôl at yr ariannu uniongyrchol, jest i'w roi fo ar y record, mae Plaid Cymru yn barod i ystyried unrhyw gynigion a fyddai'n gwella canlyniadau addysgol ein plant. Dŷn ni ddim, fodd bynnag, o'r farn bod cyllido ysgolion yn uniongyrchol yn opsiwn y dylid ei ystyried yng Nghymru, a hynny am nifer o resymau. Dŷch chi wedi sôn am un mater ynglŷn â chael un swm o arian, ond mae yna fwy iddo fo na hynny. Mae angen cadw rheolaeth ddemocrataidd leol ar ariannu, ac mae'r gwasanaethau canolog sy'n cael eu darparu fel cefnogaeth yn hollbwysig - er enghraifft, ar gyfer plant mewn gofal a phlant efo anghenion ychwanegol. Mae peryg i'r plant mwyaf bregus gael eu hanghofio mewn system lle byddai'r ariannu'n mynd yn uniongyrchol. Un peth ydy cyllid uniongyrchol i ysgol drefol, fawr. Mae llawer iawn o'n hysgolion ni'n fach, maen nhw'n wledig, maen nhw mewn ardaloedd difreintiedig, ac maen nhw angen cefnogaeth ganolog. Felly, dwi'n falch iawn ein bod ni'n gytûn ar hynny a'ch bod chithau hefyd yn diystyru'r galwadau am gyllido ysgolion yn uniongyrchol. Ydych chi felly'n teimlo ei bod hi'n bryd i'r drafodaeth symud tuag at ganfod atebion llai niweidiol ar gyfer ariannu'n hysgolion ni'n fwy teg? Ai dyna lle ddylai'r ffocws fod rŵan?
English: I think the Member makes a very good point: a point that was made, actually, very eloquently by Andrew R.T. Davies, who's not in his seat today, when he recently addressed the school funding budget debate that we had here. He recognised that there are some services that are best delivered and organised and planned at either a local authority level or a regional level, because that's where we can get the best type of service for individual children. What is absolutely clear to me, in the absence of a commitment from the Westminster Government to end the damaging era of austerity, is that we have to work collectively to find more ways in which we can avoid duplication and get more money to the front line, and I'm more than happy to meet with the Member, or, indeed, other Members who have ideas on how that can be achieved, and I continue, as I said in an earlier answer, to challenge our local authorities, regional consortia, and other middle tier to ensure that they're not hanging on to budgets that could be delegated to individual schools.
Welsh: Credaf fod yr Aelod yn gwneud pwynt da iawn: pwynt a wnaed, mewn gwirionedd, yn huawdl iawn gan Andrew R.T. Davies, nad yw yn ei sedd heddiw, wrth annerch yn y ddadl a gawsom yma'n ddiweddar ar y gyllideb ariannu ysgolion. Roedd yn cydnabod bod rhai gwasanaethau'n cael eu darparu a'u trefnu a'u cynllunio orau naill ai ar lefel awdurdod lleol neu ar lefel ranbarthol, gan mai dyna lle gallwn sicrhau'r math gorau o wasanaeth ar gyfer plant unigol. Yr hyn sy'n gwbl glir i mi, yn niffyg ymrwymiad gan Lywodraeth San Steffan i ddod ag oes niweidiol cyni i ben, yw bod yn rhaid inni weithio ar y cyd i ddod o hyd i fwy o ffyrdd o osgoi dyblygu a chael mwy o arian i'r rheng flaen, ac rwy'n fwy na pharod i gyfarfod â'r Aelod, neu'n wir ag Aelodau eraill sydd â syniadau ynglŷn â sut y gellir cyflawni hynny, ac rwy'n parhau, fel y dywedais mewn ateb cynharach, i herio ein hawdurdodau lleol, consortia rhanbarthol ac eraill yn yr haen ganol i sicrhau nad ydynt yn dal gafael ar gyllidebau y gellid eu dirprwyo i ysgolion unigol.
English: To help with that discussion, therefore, may I suggest that there are a number of questions that you and the education department within Government could be asking? Are there too many layers in our education system? Do these create unnecessary bureaucracy? Is there too much duplication of work? And is that a good use of the scarce funding in the education pot? For example, are there too many bodies supporting schools? Do we need to tighten up the system substantially? Another question that should be asked is whether there is a better way of funding sixth forms in schools. Another for your consideration, if you would: could we hasten the process of distributing funding from the Welsh Government, avoiding financial announcements being made very late in the day? I do look forward to having a constructive discussion in light of this important committee inquiry.
Welsh: I helpu'r drafodaeth, felly, gaf i awgrymu bod yna nifer o gwestiynau y gallwch chi a'r adran addysg yn y Llywodraeth fod yn eu gofyn? Oes yna ormod o haenau yn ein system addysg ni? Ydy'r rhain yn creu biwrocratiaeth diangen? Oes yna ormod o ddyblygu gwaith? Ac ydy hynny'n ddefnydd da o arian prin y pot addysg? Er enghraifft, oes yna ormod o gyrff yn cefnogi ysgolion? Oes angen tynhau'r system yn sylweddol? Cwestiwn arall i'w ofyn ydy: oes yna well ffordd i ariannu'r chweched dosbarth mewn ysgolion? Ac un arall i chi ei ystyried, os gwelwch yn dda: oes modd cyflymu'r broses o ddosbarthu arian allan o Lywodraeth Cymru ac osgoi cyhoeddiadau ariannol sy'n dod yn hwyr iawn yn y dydd? Dwi'n edrych ymlaen at gael trafodaeth adeiladol yn sgil yr ymchwiliad mae'r pwyllgor pwysig yma'n ei wneud ar hyn o bryd.