For their last eco action of the year, our Eco-Committee would like to encourage everyone to take part in Plastic Free July. https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/ Thank you for all your support this year!

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

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

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..

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.

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

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 yo

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...

Do you have a child at Parsons Down who has a younger, pre-school aged sibling? If so, we would LOVE to welcome you to one of our new...

Today, we took members of the eco-council to the lakes to plant trees in the area next to the car park. This area was affected by ash dieback and the ash trees sadly had to be taken down. The children behaved beautifully and were very proud to be giving back to nature. With help from BBOWT Senior Learning Officer, Grace, as well as volunteers Mark, Steve and Kevin, the children helped to plant 21 hazel, apple and dogwood trees. There's a chance this weekend for members of the

We were so proud to be joined today by councillor Mark Lillycrop, Mayor of Thatcham. The Mayor joined us for a special assembly to...

Wow! What a year for our Eco-Committee and what superstars they've all been! Back in September last year, our new Eco-Committee were formed and we got to work quickly, choosing Biodiversity, Marine and Transport as our Eco-Schools topics. One of our first actions was to share our Anti-Idling Policy with parents and carers. This was further reinforced by Iris and Victoria's fabulous poster that was displayed at Parent's Evening. We also got to work planting 10 trees which now

This year, our Eco-Committee selected Energy, Litter and Waste as their Eco-Schools topics and we have had a truly action-packed year! We...