English: Thank you for the statement and the update. In discussing twenty-first century schools, you continue to use this concept of a building to describe a school. New buildings, well designed, can contribute towards creating an environment that encourages creativity and learning, and I myself am familiar with a number of brand-new school buildings in Arfon that have been warmly welcomed and have been built as a result of the particular programme that we're discussing today. Welsh-medium schools need to be a central part of the long-term strategy in terms of educational infrastructure for the future, given the 1 million Welsh speakers strategy, and I don't think that they currently are at the heart of the strategy at the moment and that it's additional funding that is often used, rather than the programme including buildings for Welsh-medium education from the very outset. The pandemic has taught us that we must ensure that schools are safe places that help to reduce the risk of spread of disease, and therefore ventilation is crucially important, so we need to ensure that schools are fit for purpose by investing in technologies that allow effective and efficient ventilation in all of our schools. Do you agree that we need a particular work programme to ensure that problems of ventilation are properly addressed in the short term as well as the long term? To return to my first point on twenty-first century schools, a school is not a building; a school is a group of children and young people learning together, led by skilled teachers who can inspire future generations, and I believe that it's time for us to move towards a far broader definition as we discuss the meaning of the word 'school' in the modern world, and I will just look at one aspect of that new definition that we need to move towards. A school can happen outside of the four walls of a room. Some countries are already leading the way in terms of outdoor education - Denmark, Finland, Singapore and New Zealand - with these countries using outdoor education to enhance learners' connections with the natural world while promoting mental health and well-being too. So, I would like to know what funding your Government is allocating specifically for the development of open-air learning, so that a school in the twenty-first century can become a concept that can include this. The outdoor education sector, including residential centres, have an important contribution to make too, but this sector is on its knees at the moment, and it's very disappointing that they are not being adequately supported by the Government through this pandemic. Out of the 44 centres in Wales, there are five that have already closed in an industry that's worth some £40 million to the Welsh economy. I've had a number of meetings with representatives of the sector, and I also arranged for them to be able to make their case for support directly to the Minister for economy's officials, but it's very disappointing that they are still awaiting support. So, finally from me, do you accept that the sector needs support, and that the crisis provides an opportunity to give a new direction to outdoor education that will include strengthening links with schools and local colleges? I would be pleased to hear your comments on those two specific issues, namely ventilation and the importance of outdoor education.
Welsh: Diolch am y datganiad a'r diweddariad. Wrth drafod ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain, rydych chi'n parhau i ddefnyddio'r cysyniad o adeilad i ddisgrifio ysgol. Mae adeiladau newydd sydd wedi'u dylunio'n dda yn gallu cyfrannu at greu awyrgylch sy'n annog creadigrwydd a dysgu, a dwi innau hefyd yn gyfarwydd â sawl adeilad ysgol newydd sbon yn Arfon sydd wedi derbyn croeso brwd ac wedi cael eu codi yn sgil y rhaglen benodol rydyn ni'n ei thrafod heddiw. Mae angen bod ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg yn rhan gwbl ganolog o'r strategaeth hirdymor o ran is-adeiledd addysgol y dyfodol, o gofio'r strategaeth 1 miliwn o siaradwyr, a dwi ddim yn credu eu bod nhw yn greiddiol i'r strategaeth ar hyn o bryd ac mai arian ychwanegol sydd yn cael ei ddefnyddio yn aml iawn yn hytrach na bod y rhaglen yn cynnwys adeiladau ar gyfer addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg o'r cychwyn cyntaf. Mae'r pandemig wedi ein dysgu ni bod yn rhaid sicrhau bod ysgolion yn fannau diogel sydd yn helpu i leihau'r risg o ledaenu heintiau, ac felly mae awyru yn hollbwysig, ac mae angen sicrhau bod ysgolion yn addas i'r diben drwy fuddsoddi mewn technolegau sy'n caniatáu awyru effeithlon ac effeithiol yn ein hysgolion i gyd. Ydych chi'n cytuno bod angen rhaglen waith benodol i sicrhau bod problemau diffyg awyru digonol yn cael sylw priodol yn y tymor byr yn ogystal â'r hir dymor? I fynd yn ôl at fy mhwynt cyntaf am yr ysgolion unfed ganrif ar hugain, nid adeilad ydy ysgol; ysgol ydy criw o blant a phobl ifanc yn cyd-ddysgu, dan arweiniad athrawon medrus sy'n gallu ysbrydoli cenedlaethau'r dyfodol, a dwi'n credu ei bod hi'n bryd i ni symud at ddiffiniad llawer mwy eang wrth drafod ystyr 'ysgol' yn y byd modern, ac mi wnaf i edrych jest ar un agwedd yn unig o'r diffiniad newydd sydd angen inni symud tuag ato fo. Fe all ysgol ddigwydd tu hwnt i furiau ystafell. Mae rhai gwledydd eisoes yn arwain y ffordd o ran addysg awyr agored - Denmarc, y Ffindir, Singapore a Seland Newydd - efo'r gwledydd yma yn defnyddio addysg yn yr awyr agored i gryfhau cysylltiadau dysgwyr efo'r byd naturiol tra'n cefnogi lles a iechyd meddwl hefyd. Felly, hoffwn i wybod pa arian mae eich Llywodraeth chi yn ei glustnodi yn benodol tuag at ddatblygu dysgu yn yr awyr agored, fel bod ysgol yn yr unfed ganrif ar hugain yn dod yn gysyniad sydd yn cynnwys hyn yn ogystal. Mae'r sector addysg awyr agored, gan gynnwys y canolfannau preswyl, efo cyfraniad pwysig i'w wneud hefyd, ond mae'r sector yma ar ei gliniau ar hyn o bryd, ac mae'n hynod siomedig nad ydyn nhw'n cael eu cefnogi'n ddigonol gan y Llywodraeth yn sgil y pandemig. Allan o'r 44 o ganolfannau yng Nghymru, mae yna bump wedi cau yn barod mewn diwydiant sydd werth tua £40 miliwn i'r economi yma yng Nghymru. Dwi wedi cael nifer o gyfarfodydd efo cynrychiolwyr o'r sector, ac mi wnes i drefnu hefyd iddyn nhw gael rhoi eu hachos am gefnogaeth yn uniongyrchol i swyddogion y Gweinidog economi, ond siom o'r mwyaf ydy eu bod nhw'n dal i ddisgwyl am gefnogaeth. Felly, yn olaf gen i, ydych chi'n derbyn bod y sector angen cefnogaeth, a bod yr argyfwng yn rhoi cyfle i roi cyfeiriad newydd i addysg awyr agored fyddai'n cynnwys cryfhau'r cysylltiadau efo ysgolion a cholegau lleol? Mi fyddwn i'n falch o glywed eich sylwadau chi am y ddau fater penodol yma, sef awyru adeiladau a phwysigrwydd addysg awyr agored.