English: Well, Siân Gwenllian is right: this period has certainly led to a real boost to developing everybody's digital competence skills - children, teachers, indeed, Members of the Senedd. We're all, I'm sure, much more digitally competent today than we were 10 weeks ago even though some of us, from time to time, still struggle with our mute buttons. It is a real concern to me that everybody has an opportunity to be able to learn online. That's why the Member will be aware of the financial support that we have put in place to address the digital exclusion of pupils. To date, as a result of direct support from the Welsh Government, some 10,849 Wi-Fi units have been distributed. That is support that has been made available across and utilised by all 22 local authorities, and requests for additional support keep coming in and we are meeting those requests. With regard to repurposed devices, I can say that we have issued licences for some 8,966 devices. Those are devices being distributed across 14 local authorities that have benefited from the Welsh Government's central arrangements, but the actual total number of devices that have been lent out is higher than that because some local authorities very proactively gave those devices out at the very beginning of the crisis, and so have not necessarily availed ourselves. So, we know that a significant amount of support has been made available with regard to digital exclusion. And that's why, Siân, we do need everybody to have a check in or at least give people the opportunity of a check in because, you're right, I cannot guarantee you that every child has been engaging in their learning, and that might be for a whole variety of reasons, whether that be digital exclusion, whether that be because mums and dads are working very hard from home and are struggling to be able to provide that support. For some, the motivation of not being amongst their classmates might be very difficult. And that's exactly why we do have to not pick year groups, but actually provide an opportunity for all students to be seen by their teachers so these discussions can be had so we can find out what's been going on in children's lives; we can find out why maybe they have not been engaging and what we all need to do to support them better. Live lessons are a matter for individual practitioners and schools. Welsh Government has provided guidance on how practitioners can do that safely and appropriately, so they may be able to do that and I can assure the Member that there is nothing in the forthcoming curriculum Bill that prevents or undermines the practice of immersion; indeed, the very opposite: for the first time there will be a legal underpinning to the practice of immersion.
Welsh: Wel, mae Siân Gwenllian yn iawn: mae'r cyfnod hwn yn sicr wedi bod yn hwb gwirioneddol i ddatblygu sgiliau cymhwysedd digidol pawb - plant, athrawon, yn wir, Aelodau'r Senedd. Rydym ni i gyd, rwy'n siŵr, yn llawer mwy cymwys yn ddigidol heddiw nag yr oeddem ni 10 wythnos yn ôl er bod rhai ohonom ni, o bryd i'w gilydd, yn dal i frwydro gyda'n botymau distewi. Mae'n bwysig iawn i mi fod pawb yn cael cyfle i ddysgu ar-lein. Dyna pam y bydd yr Aelod yn ymwybodol o'r cymorth ariannol yr ydym ni wedi'i roi i fynd i'r afael ag allgáu digidol disgyblion. Hyd yma, o ganlyniad i gymorth uniongyrchol gan Lywodraeth Cymru, mae tua 10,849 o unedau wi-fi wedi cael eu dosbarthu. Mae hynny'n gymorth a ddarparwyd ac a ddefnyddiwyd gan bob un o'r 22 awdurdod lleol, ac fe barheir i wneud ceisiadau am gymorth ychwanegol ac rydym yn bodloni'r ceisiadau hynny. O ran dyfeisiau sydd wedi'u haddasu at ddibenion gwahanol, gallaf ddweud ein bod wedi rhoi trwyddedau ar gyfer tua 8,966 o ddyfeisiau. Mae'r rheini'n ddyfeisiau sy'n cael eu dosbarthu ar draws 14 o awdurdodau lleol sydd wedi elwa ar drefniadau canolog Llywodraeth Cymru, ond mae cyfanswm nifer y dyfeisiau sydd wedi'u benthyca yn uwch na hynny gan fod rhai awdurdodau lleol wedi bod yn rhagweithiol iawn wrth ddyrannu'r dyfeisiau hynny ar ddechrau'r argyfwng, ac felly nid ydynt o anghenraid wedi manteisio ar hyn. Felly, gwyddom fod cryn dipyn o gymorth wedi'i ddarparu o ran allgáu digidol. A dyna pam, Siân, mae angen i bawb ddod i'r ysgol neu o leiaf gael y cyfle i ddod i'r ysgol oherwydd, rydych chi'n iawn, ni allaf eich sicrhau bod pob plentyn wedi bod yn dysgu, a gallai hynny fod am amryw byd o resymau, boed hynny'n allgáu digidol, boed hynny am fod mamau a thadau yn gweithio'n galed iawn o gartref ac yn cael trafferth i ddarparu'r gefnogaeth honno. I rai, gallai'r cymhelliant o beidio â bod ymhlith eu cyd-ddisgyblion fod yn anodd iawn. A dyna'n union pam y mae'n rhaid i ni beidio â dewis grwpiau blwyddyn, ond mewn gwirionedd rhoi cyfle i'r holl fyfyrwyr weld eu hathrawon fel y gellir cael y trafodaethau hyn fel y gallwn ni ddarganfod beth sydd wedi bod yn digwydd ym mywydau plant; gallwn ddarganfod pam nad ydynt wedi bod yn ymgysylltu, a'r hyn y mae angen i ni i gyd ei wneud i'w cefnogi'n well. Mae gwersi byw yn fater i ymarferwyr ac ysgolion unigol. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi darparu canllawiau ar sut y gall ymarferwyr wneud hynny'n ddiogel ac yn briodol, felly efallai y byddant yn gallu gwneud hynny a gallaf sicrhau'r Aelod nad oes dim yn y Bil cwricwlwm sydd ar y gweill sy'n atal neu'n tanseilio'r arfer o drochi; yn wir, i'r gwrthwyneb: am y tro cyntaf bydd sail gyfreithiol i'r arfer o drochi.