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May 24, 2024
No Mow May
During the month of May, Parsons Down has left areas of grass to grow wild to support wildlife. Our wildflower meadow is starting to look...
May 24, 2024
30 Days Wild
30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts' annual challenge, encouraging everyone to do one wild thing a day throughout the month of June....
May 24, 2024
Outdoor Classroom Day 2024
It was so lovely to to see all of our children making the most of our outdoor spaces yesterday for Outdoor Classroom Day! The children...
May 7, 2024
Hedgehog Awareness Week 2024
This week is Hedgehog Awareness Week and the children have been learning, in assembly, about how to help them: Take a look at the British...
May 3, 2024
Eco-Schools Update
"We were very proud of ourselves and everyone at school for being awarded an Eco Champion Award from Thatcham Town Council. We were quite...
Apr 26, 2024
No Mow May Challenge
It's No Mow May very soon and our Eco-Committee would like to challenge you to take part in any way you can this year....
Apr 25, 2024
PDP Wins Environmental Champion Award
We were so proud to be joined today by councillor Mark Lillycrop, Mayor of Thatcham. The Mayor joined us for a special assembly to...
Apr 19, 2024
Single-Use Plastics and Micro Plastics
Our Eco-Committee have been working hard this year to raise awareness of the effect single-use plastics and micro plastics can have on...
Mar 25, 2024
Scooter Heroes Training Programme
West Berkshire Council is in the process of developing a new scooter training programme called Scooter Heroes and Parsons Down has been...
Mar 15, 2024
Loose Parts Play Area
Our new Loose Parts area is starting to take shape under the trees. This will eventually be available at lunchtimes but, as it is still...
Mar 12, 2024
Ocean Protectors Day
Today was our Ocean Protectors Day. Everyone came to school dressed in blue and donated money to the Marine Conservation Society. We...
Feb 1, 2024
Eco-Schools Update
In our Eco Committee Meeting today, we wrote letters to our MP and local paper to ask them to join us on our Ocean Protectors Day. We...
Jan 25, 2024
Mass Unwrap At Co-op - Single Use Plastic Demonstration
Plastic Free Thatcham would like to invite our families to join in a Mass Unwrap at the Co-op this Saturday. Mass Unwrap is an awesome...
Jan 11, 2024
Eco-Schools Update
Today, the Eco-Committee met to discuss our progress. We came up with ideas for our marine non-curriculum day and decided to write...
Dec 18, 2023
Bottle Top and Sweet Wrapper Donations
For Eco-Schools this year, we will be working on a piece of artwork made from single use plastics. We will need plenty of donations for...
Dec 7, 2023
How to Have an Eco Friendly Christmas
On Tuesday, Miss Shepherd did an assembly about being more sustainable at Christmas: Being eco-friendly can be challenging at this time...
Nov 30, 2023
Eco-Schools Update
Today, the Eco-Committee met to write their Action Plan. We have chosen to do the following: Energy Have an energy saving outdoor...
Nov 23, 2023
Cut Your Carbon Challenge
As part of our work with Eco-Schools this academic year, we would like to challenge all of our families to take part in the Cut Your...
Nov 14, 2023
Harvest Festival Donation Total
Thank you so much to all the families who were able to donate food for our Harvest Festival this year. Together, we contributed 163.8kg...
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