The Travelling Book Fair will be at Parsons Down between Wednesday 18th March and Wednesday 25th March 2026 from 3:15-3:30. As a school, we get a percentage from the book sales to spend on books. Last year, the money that was raised was used to purchase the new class books. We are grateful for any contributions you can make through purchasing a book and we will look to buy more books based on pupil voice with any money we have to spend. Thank you for your continued support wi

This morning, with some help from the office team, the Eco-Council sowed wildflower seeds on our roundabout. As you can see, the daffodils are now doing really well and we have some tulips coming on too! Well done eco warriors! Fingers crossed for a beautiful display of wildflowers this Summer!

Yesterday afternoon, we planted 5 fruit trees in the meadow area at PDP - one cherry, 2 apples and 2 pears. We're already looking forward to harvesting from them in a few years time! Thank you so much to George, a past PDP pupil, Mrs Dickie and some very helpful Twilighters, for their hard work digging and planting.

Everyone woke up far more refreshed this morning and ready for our final day of our fabulous adventure. Beds were stripped, bags were packed and hopefully everyone's belongings are with them! We checked our mammal traps and were so lucky to have caught a bank vole, a wood mouse and a yellow necked mouse. We then levelled up our orienteering skills with control points and played the much loved Minstead Goshawk game! We are now safely on the coach on our way home, ready to sha

After a night of very mixed levels of sleep, we tucked into a hearty breakfast. Towers of toast, bulging bowls of cereal and mountains of melon were consumed in preparation for our full adventure day. We ventured off in the gorgeous sunshine for a 3 hour walk to fully explore the New Forest. There were some very tired legs but we had so much fun! We were treated to lots of nature and wildlife, including the highly anticipated New Forest ponies. We enjoyed celebrating World B

What a wonderful first day in the beaming New Forest sunshine we have had! After our first challenge of learning to make our beds and a delicious picnic lunch we spent the afternoon exploring the Minstead site and venturing into the river. We were so lucky to be greeted by some donkeys which was very exciting. We found lots of interesting creatures in the river and had fun identifying them. Dinner was sausages which was gobbled up quickly and we have spent the evening being a

Come and join us for our World Book Day Bake Off Sale, after school this Friday. There will be lots of yummy cakes to buy, as well as second hand books and school uniform.

World Book Day is on Thursday 5th March. Once again, we are collaborating with the PDSA and have organized a World Book Day Bake Off. To enter, bake your favourite book character or find your favourite recipe book and have fun baking together! Entries need to be brought to the school office on Thursday 5th March. The School Council will be judging entries. There will be prizes for the winners, who will receive book vouchers to spend at the upcoming book fair. All your goodies

Thank you to everyone who supported our NSPCC Number Day. It was so lovely to welcome so many of our PDP community into school to share maths games with the children. It brought maths learning into real life contexts, brought our community together, was fun and raised a fantastic £190 in the process. Thank you!

Today, in our Eco-Schools meeting, we talked about the bulbs we planted on the roundabout back in November. They are starting to come through and hopefully it won't be long until we have lots of lovely flowers! Great for pollinators and also to remind us spring is on the way! Mrs B joined us for the meeting and she talked to the councillors about the upcycled planters she commissioned to go opposite the Pod. These have been filled with peat-free compost and some planting has

Mrs Bull led assemblies today about the RSPB Great British Bird Watch which takes place across the country over the weekend. Some of our younger pupils were so inspired they started at lunchtime! We didn’t find many birds in our school grounds but hopefully you’ll have more luck this weekend! Happy twitching!

We had our final OPAL audit this week and I am delighted to share that we have been accredited with a gold standard! We are the first school in West Berkshire to receive OPAL accreditation and I am delighted with the outcome. The journey continues and your input will help us plan the next steps.