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OPAL Fun!
Thank you to the parents who completed our recent OPAL survey. We’re continuing to work with the children and staff to improve lunchtimes...
Oct 14, 2024

Food Bank Collection
Thank you so much for all of the donations for the West Berkshire Foodbank. The Eco Council helped box up the donations and they were...
Oct 14, 2024


Eco-Schools Update
The Eco Councillors have had their second meeting and have chosen 3 topics to cover this year: Healthy Living, School Grounds and Global...
Oct 10, 2024

Bikeability Training
We are incredibly proud of the 28 Year 6 children that completed their Level 2 Bikeability Training this week. Their behaviour was...
Oct 7, 2024


Welcoming our New Eco-Councillors
This morning, our Eco Councillors introduced themselves in our first meeting. After that, we talked about the Environmental Review, which...
Sep 26, 2024

Green Flag With Distinction!
Today was our last Eco Assembly of the year (and Miss Shepherd's last Eco Assembly at PDP)! 🥲 We recapped all of our eco actions for the...
Jul 23, 2024

Sensory Garden
"Our Sensory Garden is finally finished and I am so pleased with the final outcome. It has been a huge team effort. Special thanks to the...
Jul 19, 2024


Our Year of Eco Actions
Well, I think it's safe to say our Eco-Committee smashed it again this year! They've been an informed and enthusiastic bunch with lots of...
Jul 12, 2024

Glitter Amnesty
Boo! Down with glitter! This week, we collected up the jars of glitter left in reception for our Glitter Amnesty. There were 3 boxes...
Jul 9, 2024


Plastic Free July
On Tuesday, Miss Shepherd led an assembly about Plastic Free July, encouraging us to think about the amount of single-use plastic we...
Jul 5, 2024

Jonathan Jungle's Amazing Creatures!
Year 5 had a very exciting start to their week as Jonathan Jungle and his amazing collection of creatures came to visit. The children...
Jun 18, 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 24, 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 7, 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...
May 3, 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 26, 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 25, 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...
Apr 19, 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 25, 2024
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