English: I thank Vikki Howells for those questions. I think that the relationship between Mudiad settings and early years in particular around the deployment and recruitment of teaching assistants who are able to provide their services and the important work that they do through the medium of Welsh is a really exciting possibility, actually. So, it's quite a complex area and it's one where there's private sector provision, there's obviously local authority provision and there's Mudiad Meithrin provision, all employing staff. And what I'm hoping that we can achieve through the plan is for us to look at whether there are opportunities for there to be recruitment together, on a kind of joint contract basis, between different settings and schools so that it can be more attractive, perhaps, for people to come into the support professions by looking at that as a kind of joint enterprise, if you like. It's quite complex, but we have been talking to our partners about how we could explore the possibility of doing that. And I think that that will support the point that she was making in her question about transition from nursery settings into early years and then through to primary in that seamless way. It's an important part of this plan, as she was indicating in her question, to also be looking at the recruitment of teaching assistants. I think it's important to look at the landscape of recruitment as a whole, because one part impacts on the other. And I was with Huw Irranca-Davies in a school in his constituency this morning talking to the head about exactly this, about how important it is to focus on Welsh language recruitment across the entire school workforce, if you like. And there are some, I think - I hope - creative suggestions in the plan that we will take forward. One is around providing work experience for learners to undertake work experience in schools as teaching assistants, the other is an idea that we're piloting at the moment around funding a gap year for those leaving sixth form before they go on to whatever stage they might consider next to provide them with the opportunity of a funded gap year, if you like, between other stages in their careers to encourage them, perhaps, to consider teaching, being a teaching assistant through the medium of Welsh, and I think a significant increase in the professional learning available to teaching assistants through the medium of Welsh so that they can make sure that their language skills are what they wish them to be. So, I think that there is a range of ways in which we are trying to think imaginatively about recruiting this important part of the school workforce.
Welsh: Diolch i Vikki Howells am y cwestiynau yna. Rwy'n credu bod y berthynas rhwng lleoliadau'r Mudiad Meithrin a'r blynyddoedd cynnar yn arbennig ynghylch defnyddio a recriwtio cynorthwywyr addysgu sy'n gallu darparu eu gwasanaethau a'r gwaith pwysig a wnânt drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn bosibilrwydd cyffrous iawn, mewn gwirionedd. Felly, mae'n faes eithaf cymhleth ac mae'n un lle mae yna ddarpariaeth sector preifat, mae'n amlwg bod yna ddarpariaeth awdurdod lleol ac mae darpariaeth Mudiad Meithrin, pob un yn cyflogi staff. A'r hyn yr wyf i'n gobeithio y gallwn ei gyflawni drwy'r cynllun yw i ni ystyried a oes cyfleoedd i recriwtio gyda'n gilydd, ar ryw fath o gyd-gontract, rhwng gwahanol leoliadau ac ysgolion fel y gall fod yn fwy deniadol, efallai, i bobl ymuno â'r proffesiynau cymorth drwy edrych ar hynny fel math o fenter ar y cyd, os hoffech chi. Mae'n eithaf cymhleth, ond rydym ni wedi bod yn siarad â'n partneriaid ynghylch sut y gallem ni archwilio'r posibilrwydd o wneud hynny. Ac rwy'n credu y bydd hynny'n cefnogi'r sylw yr oedd yn ei wneud yn ei chwestiwn am drosglwyddo o leoliadau meithrin i'r blynyddoedd cynnar ac yna i'r ysgol gynradd yn y ffordd ddi-dor honno. Rhan bwysig o'r cynllun hwn, fel yr oedd yn nodi yn ei chwestiwn, yw edrych hefyd ar recriwtio cynorthwywyr addysgu. Rwy'n credu ei bod hi'n bwysig edrych ar y sefyllfa recriwtio yn ei chyfanrwydd, oherwydd mae un rhan yn effeithio ar y llall. Ac roeddwn gyda Huw Irranca-Davies mewn ysgol yn ei etholaeth y bore yma yn siarad â'r pennaeth am hyn yn union, ynghylch pa mor bwysig yw canolbwyntio ar recriwtio staff cyfrwng Cymraeg ar draws holl weithlu'r ysgol, os mynnwch chi. Ac mae yna rai - rwy'n credu - rwy'n gobeithio, awgrymiadau creadigol yn y cynllun y byddwn yn bwrw ymlaen â nhw. Mae un yn ymwneud â darparu profiad gwaith i ddysgwyr ymgymryd â phrofiad gwaith mewn ysgolion fel cynorthwywyr addysgu, a'r llall yw syniad yr ydym ni'n arbrofi gydag ef ar hyn o bryd ynghylch ariannu blwyddyn i ffwrdd i'r rhai sy'n gadael y chweched dosbarth cyn iddyn nhw fynd ymlaen i ba bynnag gam y gallen nhw ei ystyried nesaf i roi cyfle iddyn nhw gael blwyddyn i ffwrdd wedi'i hariannu, os mynnwch chi, rhwng cyfnodau eraill yn eu gyrfaoedd i'w hannog, efallai, i ystyried addysgu, bod yn gynorthwyydd addysgu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, ac rwy'n credu bod cynnydd sylweddol yn y dysgu proffesiynol sydd ar gael i gynorthwywyr addysgu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg fel y gallant sicrhau bod eu sgiliau iaith yr hyn yr hoffent iddyn nhw fod. Felly, rwy'n credu ein bod yn ceisio meddwl yn ddychmygus am yr amryfal ffyrdd y gellir recriwtio'r rhan bwysig hon o weithlu'r ysgol.