 Christianity |
 Hinduism |
 Islam |
 Judaism |
 Sikhism |
History
  Prehistory The Celts
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Tudors Stuarts
Industrial Revolution Space Race |
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Eco-school
Cradoc is a Platinum Eco-School.
Being an eco school means being green in as many ways as possible.
We have litter picks, we compost our food waste, we recycle our paper, we save energy and we take care of our school environment.
Each class has Eco-reps who often come together to take part in special Eco events.
Mr Aldridge, supported by all the other staff, works with children across the school.
To find out more about being an eco-school (and have some fun!) have a look at the links below:
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Geography
Featured
 Wales |
 Platinum Eco-School |
 Fair Trade |
 Water Cycle |
 Rivers |
 Travel and Transport |
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Humanities
The Humanities Area of Learning and Experience provides fascinating contexts for children to learn about people, place, time and belief. It gives them an understanding of historical, geographical, political, economic and societal factors and provides opportunities to engage in informed discussions about ethics, beliefs, religion and spirituality.
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 Geography |
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Religious Education |
Social and Business Studies |
We help the pupils develop an understanding of how these different factors interrelate, to learn about themselves and other people, our own locality, Wales and the world in a range of times, places and circumstances. We enable pupils to understand different forms of religion over time and in different societies, supporting them to develop respect of different and diverse faiths and belief systems.
Healthy Schools
Cradoc is a Healthy School.
We work hard to ensure that our children have a healthy start to their educational career.
 Powys Healthy Schools |
 Designed to Smile |
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 Drink Water |
 Have your Say |
 Emotional Health |
 Healthy Packed Lunches |
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Health and Well-being
Children and young people need to experience social, emotional and physical well-being to thrive and engage successfully with their education. This Area of Learning and Experience draws on subjects and themes from PE, mental, physical and emotional well-being, sex and relationships, parenting, healthy eating and cooking, substance misuse, work-related learning and experience, and learning for life.
 Physical Education |
 Emotional Well-being & Mental health |
 Physical Well-being |
 Healthy Eating and Cooking |
 Relationships and Sex Education |
 Parenting |
 Learning for life |
 Substance Misuse |
 Work Related Learning |
The Health and well-being Area of Learning and Experience helps pupils to build the knowledge, understanding and skills that enable them to develop positive and appropriate relationships, deal with the difficult issues and decisions they will face and learn to live independently. It helps pupils develop an enjoyment of physical activity and helps them gain knowledge and practical skills for healthy eating.
Expressive Arts
The Expressive arts Area of Learning and Experience will span art, drama, music, dance, film and digital media, encompassing wider creative aspects such as improvisation.
 Art |
 Drama |
 Music |
 Dance |
 Film and Digital Media |
 Improvisation |
The expressive arts provide inspiration and motivation as they bring pupils into contact with the creations and performances of others and stimulate their own experimentation and creativity. The expressive arts provide opportunities to explore thinking, refine, and communicate ideas, engaging thinking, imagination and senses creatively. They also promote exploration of issues of personal and cultural identity. Engagement with the expressive arts develops livelong skills as it requires application, perseverance and close attention to detail.
Podcasts
Podcasts
Welcome to the Cradoc Podcast Zone! Come here every few weeks to see how well the children are getting on with their podcasting! See you soon.
Parodies
Dosbarth Oak have been working very hard to produce their own parodies.They’ve been very brave and have recorded some for you to listen to. 
Poetry Corner
Have a listen to some of our creativeness.
Cradoc fm
Well here it is, our first attempt at creating a podcast. All the work has been planned, recorded and edited completely by the children. We hope you enjoy and keep a look out for news and updates regularly.
Here’s our second podcast with all the latest news and gossip. Well done to all those involved, so much hard work went into producing this recording for you.
The children are learning new skills every day and enjoying trying them out. Hope you enjoy.
Pupil Voice
The Year 6 pupils of the School become the Prefect and Buddies every September. They have a number of duties around the School including being responsible for the care and attention of certain parts of the School environment e.g. library area. The Prefects also have a duty day every week when they will have a part to play in the delivery of the daily Collective worship and the organisation of the Play Pod.
The Buddies take an active role in caring for other members of the school community and play games and activities with younger children, helping them to enjoy playtimes and resolve minor friendship issues.
The Prefects and Buddies are certainly looked up to by members of the school community and are expected to provide good examples of behaviour and attitude at all times.
Thank you Prefects and Buddies for all your hard work.
CONGRATULATIONS to our Headboy and Headgirl.
After excellent presentations from the candidates from Year 6 (the hustings), all of the pupils voted for their preferred candidates for headboy and headgirl. Miss Roberts (the returning officer) made sure the votes were properly counted and announced the winners. Congratulations to Rhys and Alysha who were elected.
However, very well done to all of the candidates who clearly worked extremely hard on their presentations and made some excellent speeches. We appear to have quiet a few politicians and public speakers in the making!
The School Council is made up of representatives from Elm Class upwards. The School Council meets regularly and plays a positive role in school life.
This year the School Council has been keen to improve the amount of equipment available to pupils at break times and has organised fund raising to buy new equipment. They are currently working towards purchasing a Buddy Bench for the playground.
The elections for new School Councillors take place each September. If you would like to be a Councillor, now is an ideal time to think about why you think you would do a good job, so that you have lots of ideas to put forward during the election campaign. Well done to the following children who have been elected our School Councillors 2016 – 2017
| Foundation Phase | Peter and Noa |
| Hazel Class | Alfred and Holly |
| Lime Class | Zac and Grace |
| Oak Class | Joel and Daisy |
They are all very thrilled. Thank you to our Councillors for all the hard work they do for us!
CONGRATULATIONS to Nia and Finn, our Super Ambassadors.
This is a comparatively new role in school and our Super Ambassadors have three jobs. These are to:
- Inform other pupils in their school about the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and her powers
- Make sure other pupils know about about children’s rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- Do special missions in school which help to inform the work of the Commissioner and have a real impact on children’s rights in Wales
The Eco Committee Reps 2016 – 2017 have been elected and are as follows:
| Foundation Phase | Oliver and Darcy |
| Hazel Class | Michael and Louise |
| Lime Class | Roshan and Zoe |
| Oak Class | Jamie and Kiera |
Well done to you all and we look forward to your advice in continuing to improve our school now that we have our Platinum Award.