English: Schools, including learners, have designed these activities, and we have also worked closely with the WLGA to provide an on-the-ground adviser to support the schools involved, to provide expertise and to help lessen the workload. The last two years have shown how important the school environment is and continues to be, as the place where children and young people learn, grow and feel safe. The importance of the connection between the school and the wider community has also been highlighted. Through these trials, schools are able to expand their links with local and national partners, to create the space and opportunities for activities and experiences that are wide ranging and that are culturally accessible. As we move forward, it is these connections with the wider community, the even stronger engagement with families, and the co-location of key services that will support our mission to tackle the impact of poverty on educational attainment, and ensure that everyone has high aspirations. But as well as supporting learners, this is also an opportunity to gather insight and gather evidence. So, we will be evaluating these trials, and we expect to have the initial findings in early summer. The aim is to further develop our thinking about how we use and structure time at school, and to consider how additional sessions might improve well-being and academic progression, and increase social and cultural capital. I have made up to £2 million available to support this enrichment activity, and I will update Members on the progress of this work in the coming months. Decades have passed since we had a serious conversation in Wales about how we structure the school day and school year. That is far too long. We are, therefore, delivering on our manifesto, our programme for government and our commitment in the co-operation agreement to explore options for reform and to think anew, so that we can reduce educational inequalities, support the well-being of learners and staff, and create a system that better aligns with with contemporary patterns of family life and employment.
Welsh: Ysgolion, gan gynnwys dysgwyr, sydd wedi dylunio'r gweithgareddau, ac rydym ni wedi cyd-weithio gyda'r WLGA i ddarparu ymgynghorydd ar lawr gwlad i gefnogi'r ysgolion, cynnig arbenigedd ac i leihau llwyth gwaith. Mae'r ddwy flynedd diwethaf wedi dangos mor bwysig yw amgylchedd yr ysgol fel y lle y mae plant a phobl ifanc yn dysgu, yn tyfu ac yn teimlo'n saff. Mae pwysigrwydd y cysylltiad rhwng yr ysgol a'r gymuned ehangach wedi cael ei bwysleisio hefyd. Drwy'r rhaglen dreialu yma, mae ysgolion yn gallu ehangu eu cysylltiadau â phartneriaid lleol a chenedlaethol, i greu'r lle a'r cyfle ar gyfer gweithgareddau a phrofiadau eang, sy'n gydnaws â'n diwylliannau. Wrth inni symud ymlaen, y cysylltiadau hyn â'r gymuned ehangach, yr ymgysylltiad cryfach nag erioed â theuluoedd, a'r gwaith o gydleoli gwasanaethau allweddol fydd yn cefnogi ein hymgyrch i fynd i'r afael ag effaith tlodi ar gyrhaeddiad addysgol, a sicrhau bod pawb yn anelu'n uchel. Ond yn ogystal â chefnogi dysgwyr, mae hwn yn gyfle hefyd i ddod i ddealltwriaeth well a chasglu tystiolaeth. Fe fyddwn ni'n gwerthuso'r rhaglen dreialu, felly, ac rydyn ni'n disgwyl gweld y canfyddiadau cyntaf erbyn dechrau'r haf. Y nod yw datblygu ymhellach ein hystyriaeth o sut rydyn ni'n defnyddio ac yn strwythuro amser yn yr ysgol, a sut y gallai sesiynau ychwanegol wella lefelau lles a datblygiad academaidd, a chynyddu cyfalaf cymdeithasol a diwylliannol. Dwi wedi neilltuo hyd at £2 filiwn i gefnogi'r gweithgarwch cyfoethogi yma, ac fe fyddaf i'n rhoi mwy o wybodaeth i'r Aelodau ar hynt y gwaith yn ystod y misoedd i ddod. Mae degawdau wedi mynd heibio heb inni gael sgwrs yng Nghymru o ddifrif am y ffordd rydyn ni'n strwythuro'r diwrnod a'r flwyddyn ysgol. Mae hynny'n llawer rhy hir. Rydyn ni, felly, yn gweithredu ar sail ein maniffesto, ein rhaglen lywodraethu a'r ymrwymiad yn ein cytundeb cydweithio i ymchwilio i'r opsiynau diwygio ac i feddwl am hyn o'r newydd, fel y gallwn ni leihau anghydraddoldeb addysgol, cefnogi lles dysgwyr a staff, a chreu trefn sy'n cyd-fynd yn well â phatrymau bywyd teuluol a gwaith modern.