English: Thank you very much for raising these issues relating to the children's commissioner's report. I can hardly believe I have to say that, yes, schools should be providing opportunities for children to drink free, fresh drinking water at any point during the school day, should they wish. Schools should be signposting water stations throughout the schools, providing younger children with a cup or glass of water, or allowing them to carry water bottles, and ensuring that dining room supervisors are encouraging children to drink available water at school times and promoting water right throughout the school - and certainly making the pupils aware also that things such as taps in the toilet areas aren't an appropriate source of drinking water. These are all things that you could think would be basically understood by schools. Certainly with regard to the standards, we have the Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2013, which apply to all food and drink served to pupils at breakfast, break times, lunchtimes, afternoon break or in after-school clubs. But I will certainly ask the education Minister to write to you with regard to the monitoring of those regulations and how we can be satisfied that those regulations are delivering healthy food and drink to children throughout the school day. FootnoteLink The Minister for local government has indicated that she would be happy also to write to local authorities regarding the quality of the food that is being presented to children in schools and how the local authorities themselves are satisfying themselves of that requirement for healthy food and drink.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn am godi'r materion hyn sy'n ymwneud ag adroddiad y comisiynydd plant. Prin y gallaf gredu bod rhaid imi ddweud y dylai ysgolion fod yn darparu cyfleoedd i blant yfed dŵr yfed ffres am ddim yn ystod unrhyw adeg o'r diwrnod ysgol, pe bydden nhw'n dymuno. Dylai'r ysgolion fod yn codi arwyddion sy'n cyfeirio at orsafoedd dŵr drwy'r ysgolion, yn rhoi cwpanaid neu wydraid o ddŵr i'r plant, neu'n caniatáu iddyn nhw gario poteli dŵr, ac yn sicrhau bod goruchwylwyr yr ystafell fwyta yn annog plant i yfed dŵr sydd ar gael yn ystod amseroedd ysgol ac yn hyrwyddo'r hawl i ddŵr drwy'r ysgol - ac yn sicr yn gwneud y disgyblion yn ymwybodol hefyd nad yw'r tapiau yn ardaloedd y toiledau yn ffynonellau priodol o ddŵr yfed. Mae'r rhain oll yn bethau y byddech chi'n credu y byddai'r ysgolion yn y bôn yn eu deall. Yn sicr, o ran y safonau, mae gennym Reoliadau Bwyta'n Iach mewn Ysgolion (Gofynion a Safonau Maeth) (Cymru) 2013, sy'n berthnasol i'r holl fwyd a diod sydd ar gael i ddisgyblion yn ystod amser brecwast, amser egwyl, amser cinio, egwyl y prynhawn neu mewn clybiau ar ôl yr ysgol. Ond byddaf yn sicr yn gofyn i'r Gweinidog ysgrifennu atoch chi ynghylch monitro'r rheoliadau hynny a sut y gallwn fod yn fodlon bod y rheoliadau hynny'n darparu diod a bwyd iach i blant drwy gydol y diwrnod ysgol. FootnoteLink Mae'r Gweinidog llywodraeth leol wedi nodi y byddai hi'n hapus hefyd i ysgrifennu at awdurdodau lleol ynglŷn ag ansawdd y bwyd sy'n cael ei roi i blant mewn ysgolion a sut mae'r awdurdodau lleol eu hunain yn bodloni eu hunain o ran y gofyniad hwnnw ynghylch diod a bwyd iach.