English: Thank you for that. I am always very conscious, Deputy Presiding Officer, when answering questions from either Rhianon or Vikki, that they have a professional expertise and experience in the classroom that I've never had and I'm always in danger of teaching grandmas to suck eggs, and I wouldn't want to do that. But, like Vikki says, for many teachers this is an issue, because we know that, if class sizes are smaller, that gives that teacher the ability to introduce new pedagogical approaches to teaching a class that may be cut off to them if their class is of a certain size. So, that is the basis and many of the reasons why we've decided to take this forward. I would be delighted to visit the school that the Member has mentioned. I don't think I've had the opportunity to visit a school in your constituency since taking up this offer, and I'm always very particularly keen to meet schools that are willing to go above and beyond for the pupils of their own school. We need a self-improving school system where people are able to work across schools to drive standards forward. I welcome very much the commitment of teachers in those schools that are willing to do that. What strikes me is that they recognise that not only do they have a responsibility to their children but they have a responsibility to the education system of Wales. If the Member would be good enough to arrange an opportunity to visit, I would be very pleased to go with her to look at the good practice that is on offer there. You're quite right; as Llyr Huws Gruffydd mentioned, sometimes the issue around class sizes has arisen because of the sheer physical constraints of a building. The people there know it's not ideal, but they don't know what else they can do. That's why we have listened to that. This budget has a revenue line, as well as a capital line. It will work in conjunction with the twenty-first century schools programme, but we also recognise that some of those projects may have to sit slightly outside, but we will be again looking to make sure that there is sustainability built into that. We don't want to be putting in classrooms if that school is shortly to be replaced by perhaps a new build. Even more importantly, we build this in conjunction with the childcare offer. We know that's coming. It's not a surprise to anybody; and therefore we need to use the resources to build facilities that will help us achieve both policy objectives in a way that is helpful, reinforces the good pedagogical standards that we have in the foundation phase, that they can be replicated and built upon in the childcare offer, as well as providing sites where parents have ease of access so that they can take advantage of both the foundation phase and childcare.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am hynny. Rwyf i o hyd yn ymwybodol iawn, Ddirprwy Lywydd, wrth ateb cwestiynau gan naill ai Rhiannon neu Vikki, fod ganddyn nhw arbenigedd a phrofiad proffesiynol yn yr ystafell ddosbarth. Nid wyf i erioed wedi cael y profiad hwnnw ac rwyf bob amser mewn perygl o ddysgu pader i berson, ac ni fyddwn i eisiau gwneud hynny. Ond, fel y dywed Vikki, mae hon yn broblem i nifer o athrawon, oherwydd gwyddom, os yw maint dosbarthiadau yn llai, bod hynny'n galluogi athrawon i gyflwyno dulliau addysgeg newydd o addysgu dosbarth efallai na fyddan nhw ar gael os yw eu dosbarth o faint penodol. Felly, dyna'r sail, a dyna'r rhesymau pam yr ydym wedi penderfynu bwrw ymlaen â hyn. Byddwn i wrth fy modd yn ymweld â'r ysgol y mae'r Aelod wedi ei chrybwyll. Nid wyf yn credu fy mod i wedi cael cyfle i ymweld ag ysgol yn eich etholaeth chi ers dechrau'r cynnig hwn, ac rwyf i bob amser yn arbennig o awyddus i gwrdd ag ysgolion sy'n fodlon mynd gam ymhellach er lles y disgyblion yn eu hysgol eu hunain. Mae angen system ysgol sy'n gwella ei hunan arnom, lle gall pobl weithio ar draws ysgolion i roi hwb i safonau. Rwy'n croesawu'n fawr iawn ymrwymiad athrawon yn yr ysgolion sy'n fodlon gwneud hynny. Yr hyn sy'n fy nharo i yw eu bod yn cydnabod bod ganddynt gyfrifoldeb i'w plant ond hefyd bod ganddynt gyfrifoldeb i system addysg Cymru. Pe byddai'r Aelod gystal â threfnu cyfle i ymweld â'r ysgol, byddwn i'n falch iawn o fynd gyda hi i edrych ar yr arferion da sydd ar waith yno. Rydych chi'n hollol iawn; fel y crybwyllodd Llyr Huws Gruffydd, weithiau mae'r mater ynghylch maint dosbarthiadau wedi codi oherwydd cyfyngiadau ffisegol yr adeilad. Mae'r bobl yno yn gwybod nad yw'n ddelfrydol, ond nid ydyn nhw'n gwybod beth arall y gallant ei wneud. Dyna pam rydym wedi gwrando ar hynny. Mae gan y gyllideb hon linell refeniw, yn ogystal â llinell gyfalaf. Bydd yn gweithio ar y cyd â rhaglen ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain. Rydym hefyd yn cydnabod efallai y bydd yn rhaid i rai o'r prosiectau hynny fod ychydig ar y tu allan, ond byddwn yn edrych unwaith eto i sicrhau bod cynaliadwyedd yn rhan o hynny. Nid ydym eisiau ychwanegu ystafelloedd dosbarth os bydd ysgol newydd yn cael ei hadeiladu yn ei lle yn fuan wedyn. Yn bwysicach fyth, rydym yn datblygu hyn ar y cyd â'r cynnig gofal plant. Rydym yn gwybod bod hynny ar fin digwydd. Nid yw'n syndod i unrhyw un; ac felly mae angen i ni ddefnyddio'r adnoddau i adeiladu cyfleusterau a fydd yn ein helpu i gyflawni amcanion y polisi mewn ffordd sy'n ddefnyddiol, sy'n atgyfnerthu'r safonau addysgeg da sydd gennym yn y cyfnod sylfaen, y gellir eu hefelychu a'u datblygu yn y cynnig gofal plant, yn ogystal â darparu safleoedd lle mae mynediad rhwydd i rieni fel y gallan nhw fanteisio ar y cyfnod sylfaen a gofal plant.