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

We were delighted to welcome PC Caine and PC Downes from the Thatcham Neighbourhood Policing Team, who led an informative assembly. They spoke to pupils about the role of the police, staying safe online, anti-social behaviour, and basic bike and scooter safety.

On Tuesday 17th March, 27 pupils all tried their best in the Cross Country Championships representing our school. It was very brave of everyone who participated to run with lots of pressure and people spectating. There were 4 races overall, each race having around 400 people running in a 4.35 kilometre track. Rosie, Melissa and Theo all had an amazing run, with Theo getting 67th in the year 5 and 6 boys’ race, Rosie getting 26th in the year 3 and 4 girls race and Melissa gett

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.