Some of our children have been growing a variety of vegetables in our new pod planter this year. They have already picked some radishes. One of our Year 4 children was delighted to take some of them home and made this delicious looking salad with them! Great work!

It's that time of year again. Say goodbye to your lawnmowers for (at least) a month. No Mow May is here! At Parsons Down, we have dedicated areas in our school grounds that remain unmown during May and beyond - our roundabout, the back of the playing field and, of course, our wildflower meadow. Allowing natural wildflowers (such as, dandelions, daisies and clover) to grow during the month of May provides a great boost to our pollinators. Our Eco-Council would love it if our f

Harrison and Freddie enjoyed planting radish seeds in our raised beds. They made shallow holes in the soil with their fingers, dropped a small, round, radish seed in each hole, waited 4 weeks, watering the soil when it hadn't rained, and then pulled DELICIOUS radishes! They had to top and tail the radishes, wash the mud off them and then they were ready to eat. The perfect healthy, plastic free snack.

Just before the Easter holidays, we held our annual Infant School Easter parade. The hats on display were fantastic! We were also thrilled with the fantastic entries to this year’s PDSA Easter Plate competition. The creativity on display was exceptional! Our School Council had the difficult task of judging and awarded: KS1 Winner: Jasmine (Year 2) KS1 Runners-up: George & Christopher (Year 1) KS2 Winner: Nicola (Year 6)  KS2 Runners-up: Charles (Year 5) & Erica (Year 4) Both