English: I thank Heledd Fychan for those questions. There is nothing in the statement that I made that suggests that the important issues that she raised in her comments should be ignored. It is, of course, important that we tailor the way that we respond to these challenges according to the circumstances of individual pupils and the situations of the different families, and she gave many examples and there are several other valid examples that describe the complex relationship, perhaps, in various contexts between presence and absence and the different factors that she talked about. One of the main changes from the guidance in 2013 - there hasn't been any change to the guidance itself - is to support schools to be able to provide that more supportive approach, to collaborate with families to do what reflects the circumstances of that specific family. So, the additional investment has been made with the intention of creating more capacity and expertise and ability within our schools to be able to make that response. I just want to be clear: she said in her statement about the fact that we encourage local authorities to do this. That's not what I'm doing today, I'm just saying that there's an opportunity to go back to the guidance that we had pre COVID. It's very important that this happens as part of a range of steps that local authorities and schools can take. And as I said in my response to Laura Anne Jones, we have to support and collaborate, and that is the most constructive way for the majority of people to ensure that their children are present in school. She makes an important point in terms of the costs of the school day. The Member will know, of course, that we have taken several steps to support those families who have greatest difficulty in affording some of those main cost elements with regard to the school day, and we have also provided further guidance in collaboration with the third sector to ensure that schools do have specific guidance in terms of how to decrease the important risk that she talked about, and that that happens. The experience of knowing that you can't afford, as she said, a costume or to attend school on specific days, that is, of course, a concern to many families. So, it is important that schools do respond to those guidelines. Just to conclude, every part of the education system, I believe, has a role to play in this, and as she said in her questions, Estyn has an important role to play in ensuring that the relationship with schools is there to understand what the patterns are, to understand what the data are, but also to understand why this happens - that is part of the analysis and the response.
Welsh: Diolch i Heledd Fychan am y cwestiynau hynny. Does dim byd yn y datganiad y gwnes i ei wneud sydd yn awgrymu y dylai'r pethau pwysig y gwnaeth hi eu codi yn ei sylwadau gael eu hanwybyddu. Mae, wrth gwrs, yn bwysig ein bod ni'n teilwra'r ffordd rŷn ni'n ymateb i'r heriau yma yn ôl amgylchiadau dysgwyr unigol a sefyllfa'r teulu, ac mae wedi rhoi amryw o enghreifftiau ac mae llawer eraill o enghreifftiau dilys hefyd, sydd yn disgrifio'r berthynas gymhleth, efallai, mewn amryw o gyd-destunau rhwng absenoldeb a phresenoldeb a'r ffactorau eraill y gwnaeth hi sôn amdanyn nhw. Un o'r prif newidiadau, efallai, o'r canllawiau yn 2013 - does dim newid wedi bod i'r canllawiau eu hunain - yw i gefnogi ysgolion i allu darparu'r modd mwy cefnogol hwnnw, i gydweithio gyda theuluoedd i wneud hynny, sy'n adlewyrchu amgylchiadau penodol y teulu hwnnw. Felly, mae'r buddsoddiad ychwanegol, gyda'r bwriad o greu mwy o gapasiti a mwy o arbenigedd a mwy o allu yn ein hysgolion i allu gwneud hynny hefyd. Dwi eisiau jest bod yn glir: gwnaeth hi ddweud yn ei datganiad am y ffaith ein bod ni'n annog awdurdodau lleol i wneud hyn. Nid dyna rwy'n ei wneud heddiw, rwyf i jest yn dweud bod cyfle i fynd nôl i'r canllawiau a oedd gennym ni cyn y cyfnod COVID. Mae wir yn bwysig bod hyn yn digwydd fel rhan o ystod o gamau y gall awdurdodau lleol ac ysgolion eu cymryd. Ac fel y gwnes i ddweud yn fy ateb i gwestiynau Laura Anne Jones, mae'n rhaid cefnogi a chydweithio, a dyna'r ffordd fwyaf adeiladol i'r rhan fwyaf o bobl allu sicrhau bod eu plant nôl yn yr ysgol. Mae'n gwneud pwynt pwysig ynglŷn â chostau'r dydd ysgol. Bydd yr Aelod yn gwybod ein bod ni wedi, wrth gwrs, cymryd amryw o gamau i gefnogi'r teuluoedd sy'n ei chael hi'n fwyaf anodd i allu fforddio rhai o'r prif elfennau o gost y diwrnod ysgol, a rŷn ni hefyd wedi darparu canllawiau pellach drwy gydweithio â'r trydydd sector i sicrhau bod gan ysgolion ganllawiau penodol ynglŷn â sut i leihau'r risg pwysig y mae hi'n sôn amdano fe, a bod hynny yn digwydd. Mae'r profiad o wybod eich bod chi ddim yn gallu fforddio, fel yr oedd hi'n ei ddweud, gwisgo i fyny neu fynd i'r ysgol ar ddiwrnodau penodol, mae hynny, wrth gwrs, yn destun gofid i lawer o deuluoedd. Felly, mae wir yn bwysig bod ysgolion yn ymateb i'r canllawiau hynny. Jest i gloi, mae gan bob rhan o'r system addysg rôl i'w chwarae yn hyn, ac fel yr oedd hi'n sôn yn ei chwestiynau, mae rôl bwysig gan Estyn i sicrhau'r berthynas ag ysgolion i ddeall beth yw'r patrwm, i ddeall beth yw'r data, os hoffech chi, ond hefyd i ddeall pam fod hyn yn digwydd - mae hynny'n rhan bwysig hefyd o'r dadansoddiad ac o'r ymateb.