English: Yes, I agree very much with Buffy Williams's point about the role, the essential role, that teaching assistants play in our schools today and, certainly, will play in fulfilling the potential of the new curriculum, as well the range of other reforms, by the way, in relation to our additional learning needs reforms and a range of others as well. I think I mentioned in the statement that I gave in March in relation to the ambition of high aspirations and standards for all, that we will be looking at some of the guidance available about how to make full use of the support that teaching assistants can give in order to help us make sure that each learner, including those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds, gets the best possible opportunities in school. So, that work is currently under way. And in relation to the other set of announcements that I made earlier in the year, as the Member will be aware, there are a range of work streams, if you like, being taken forward in that space. So, one is around making sure that we understand how teaching assistants are employed in different authorities across Wales. There is high level of variability in relation to job specification and deployment, if I can use that term, of teaching assistants, and that will enable us to have a more coherent, more consistent picture across Wales, which will then support our shared ambitions across the system of improving terms and conditions for teaching assistants. I'm also in a position to say that the national entitlement for professional learning, to which teaching assistants will themselves be entitled, will be launched in advance of the next school year, which I think will be a significant step forward in terms of access to professional learning. In addition to that, the work that we are doing to make sure that the voice of teaching assistants is heard on the governing bodies of schools, the guidance in relation to that is also currently being developed. So, I think we're making steady and good progress in that area. There's obviously much more to do, but as she knows, I've set out a very ambitious agenda in this area, and we're working towards that.
Welsh: Ydw, rwy'n cytuno yn llwyr â phwynt Buffy Williams am y rôl, y rôl hanfodol, y mae cynorthwywyr addysgu yn ei chwarae yn ein hysgolion heddiw ac, yn sicr, y bydd yn ei chwarae wrth gyflawni potensial y cwricwlwm newydd, yn ogystal â'r ystod o ddiwygiadau eraill, gyda llaw, mewn cysylltiad â'n diwygiadau anghenion dysgu ychwanegol ac amrywiaeth o rai eraill hefyd. Rwy'n credu imi grybwyll yn y datganiad a roddais ym mis Mawrth ynglŷn ag uchelgais dyheadau a safonau uchel i bawb, y byddwn ni'n edrych ar rai o'r canllawiau sydd ar gael ynghylch sut i wneud defnydd llawn o'r cymorth y gall cynorthwywyr addysgu ei roi er mwyn ein helpu i sicrhau bod pob dysgwr, gan gynnwys y rhai o'r cefndiroedd mwyaf difreintiedig, yn cael y cyfleoedd gorau posibl yn yr ysgol. Felly, mae'r gwaith hwnnw ar y gweill ar hyn o bryd. Ac o ran y set arall o gyhoeddiadau a wnes i yn gynharach yn y flwyddyn, fel y gŵyr yr Aelod, mae amrywiaeth o ffrydiau gwaith, os mynnwch chi, yn cael eu datblygu yn y gofod hwnnw. Felly, mae un yn ymwneud â sicrhau ein bod yn deall sut y caiff cynorthwywyr addysgu eu cyflogi mewn gwahanol awdurdodau ledled Cymru. Mae lefel uchel o amrywioldeb o ran manyleb swyddi a defnyddio, os caf ddefnyddio'r term hwnnw, cynorthwywyr addysgu, a bydd hynny'n ein galluogi ni i gael darlun mwy cydlynol a mwy cyson ledled Cymru, a fydd wedyn yn cefnogi ein huchelgeisiau cyffredin ar draws y system o wella telerau ac amodau ar gyfer cynorthwywyr addysgu. Rwyf hefyd mewn sefyllfa i ddweud y bydd yr hawl genedlaethol i ddysgu proffesiynol, y bydd gan gynorthwywyr addysgu eu hunain hawl iddi, yn cael ei lansio cyn y flwyddyn ysgol nesaf, a fydd, yn fy marn i, yn gam sylweddol ymlaen o ran mynediad at ddysgu proffesiynol. Yn ogystal â hynny, mae'r gwaith yr ydym ni'n ei wneud i sicrhau bod llais cynorthwywyr addysgu yn cael ei glywed ar gyrff llywodraethu ysgolion, mae'r canllawiau mewn cysylltiad â hynny hefyd yn cael eu datblygu ar hyn o bryd. Felly, rwy'n credu ein bod yn gwneud cynnydd cyson a da yn y maes hwnnw. Mae'n amlwg bod llawer mwy i'w wneud, ond fel y gŵyr hi, rwyf wedi gosod agenda uchelgeisiol iawn yn y maes hwn, ac rydym yn gweithio tuag at hynny.