Thank you to all families who took part in Cut Your Carbon this year. We had 12 children complete the checklist, resulting in 143.71 kgCO2 e of carbon savings. This is roughly equivalent to driving an average car about 350-400 km (around 220-250 miles), powering an average UK home's electricity for 1-2 months or making 14,000 cups of tea! We would love to encourage even more families to take part next year. Please let us know, via our Facebook page , if you have any ideas to

Come join us for the PDSA Christmas Fair, after school on Friday 12th December. The fair will be spread across the hall, Seal Club and The Pod. There will be refreshments, games, gifts and much more! We hope to see you there!

The School Council have been busy this term. In Monday’s assembly they shared their trip to the launch of the West Berkshire Toy Appeal: https://toyappeal.co.uk/ They’ve also volunteered their services at next Friday’s PDSA Christmas fayre and to be this year’s Christmas post box elves. It’s really lovely to see them embracing community spirit.

Our U11 Boys’ football team braved the wet and windy weather this afternoon in a mini tournament at Long Lane Primary. They battled hard but lost 3 games and drew one which unfortunately means they don’t go through to the next stage. Great effort boys!

Congratulations to the girls on making the ESFA finals! The team had an amazing afternoon of football, involving 6 schools. Up against some tough competition, in the pouring rain and muddy conditions, Parsons Down lost 1 game, drew 2 games and won 2 games, coming in third overall in the District, a fantastic achievement! Thank you to the parents for your support.

Pupils have really enjoyed cooking Sausage & Bean hotpot this term and have been excited to take the ingredients home to re-create the same recipe! Our next recipe is Tuna & Tomato pasta bake which, again, is budget friendly, easy to make and provides a good balance of vegetables, protein and carbohydrates. You can substitute the sweetcorn for fresh veggies or other tinned vegetables. We would LOVE to see what children are making at home so please send any photos through to..

The PDSA are hosting a pre-loved Christmas Jumper Sale on Friday 5th December, after school. The sale will take place on the playground, near the field. All jumpers will be just £2 each!

The PDSA will be hosting a Second-hand Christmas jumper sale on Friday 5th December. Please bring in any jumper donations to reception before this date. Many Thanks.

The U11 girls were back in action tonight, away match at Westende, Wokingham. The opposition battled hard , a tough match which could have gone either way, but it was Parsons Down who came away with an impressive 5-0 win. Go Girls!!!! Thank you to parents for your support and for travelling the distance.

This week, for Cut Your Carbon, we are focussing on "Veggie Vibes". Make 3 evening meals plant-based across the month. Meat production is responsible for around 14% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, so make three evening meals plant-based and discover how delicious cutting carbon can be!

Sporting fixtures are continuing at pace. This week it was the turn of U9 Boys. We were only expecting to play one game and an additional match did come as a surprise! We are so proud of this group of boys. They battled hard, played their hearts out and grew as a team as each game went on. Unfortunately, they lost both matches but they should be very proud of rising to Wednesday afternoon’s challenge.

We had a last-minute football fixture for our U11 girls on Thursday 6th November. They took on a very strong side from the Coombes Primary School in Arborfield. They battled hard, didn’t give up and showed an enormous amount of resilience. The final score was 4-0 to Coombes. Well done girls!

West Berks Foodbank Reverse Advent Calendar This is a lovely idea that is great for teaching the value of giving at Christmas. Pick one item a day to donate to the Foodbank and deliver to them on or before Monday 22nd December. See the West Berks Foodbank website for further details: https://westberks.foodbank.org.uk/2025/11/02/reverse-advent-calendar-challenge/ West Berks Foodbank 12 Gifts Of Christmas The Foodbank are also asking for Christmas food parcels to make sure ever

Is your child due to start school in September 2026? We would like to invite you to one of our open day events to find out more about life and learning at Parsons Down. Our second set of dates are: Wednesday 26th November at 10.00am We are planning to start each session with a short presentation by the Headteacher, followed by a tour of the Partnership including our school grounds. Access to the school is via the main gate on Herons Way. We are asking anyone who would like to

This half term sees the official launch of The Good Grub Club, a joint initiative delivered by Parsons Down and supported by the West Berks Foodbank designed to educate, empower and inspire pupils to get cooking!    Our first recipe is Sausage & Bean hotpot:    All our recipes use budget-friendly ingredients and are nutritionally balanced, often providing 2 or 3 portions of vegetables. Ingredients usually come dried, in tins or jars, which means they are PERFECT for the days 

Our Upper School swimmers had noticed a lot of litter on their route to swimming every week. This prompted one of our Year 5 Eco Councillors to do something about it. He raised the issue with Mrs Hoskins and she agreed that the group could litter pick on their way home from swimming in the week before half term. We are really proud of everyone who took part and of Lennox for having this great idea to clean up our environment.

The Eco Council would like to challenge families to take part in "Cut Your Carbon" during the month of November. This is a carbon-cutting challenge encouraging young people and their families to complete six simple actions to raise awareness and reduce their carbon footprint. Children from years 1-6 will be provided with the following checklist as a 2Do on Purple Mash: This can either be filled in on Purple Mash or printed out (please let us know if you would like a paper cop

I am delighted to let you know that our Harvest Festival collection for West Berks Foodbank weighed in at 106.8kgs . More importantly, it represents the equivalent of 224 meals that Parsons Down Partnership has provided for local people who are currently experiencing extreme hardship. It was so kind of you and our support was very much appreciated by the team at West Berks Foodbank.

Last Saturday, a team of Year 1 and 2 pupils took part in a football tournament organised by Thatcham Tornadoes. I am so proud of all of them. They played brilliantly and considering they haven’t played together as a team they did a magnificent job. We clearly have some very talented footballers. Well done to everyone who took part and thank you to everyone who supported them.

A huge thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Harvest Appeal for the West Berkshire Foodbank. Your generosity will make a huge...