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.

In our Eco Meeting today, we talked about: Our Action Plan for this year Schools Grounds and planting bulbs on the roundabout next Monday Cut Your Carbon Litter picking at lunchtimes and whether it is being done

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!

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 week, for Cut Your Carbon , we are focussing on "Device Free" and "Drop It Like It's Hot!" . Have a device free day  - this is a tricky one for many of us! However, electricity makes up about 25% of your home’s carbon footprint so not using your devices for a day can make a big difference to the environment as well as saving you money. To complete this action, simply power down non-essential devices for one day  — no gaming, no streaming — and rediscover the joy of offl

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.

Today we talked about our eco ideas for this year. Mrs Hoskins had a really good idea to litter pick on the way to swimming! We can't wait to get started on this! We are going to write a recipe book with Mrs B and plant some trees and flowers.

Keep pumpkins away from wildlife: Pumpkins are not a natural food source for most wildlife, and they can cause illness or fatal dehydration in animals like hedgehogs and deer. Use wildlife-safe decorations : Avoid artificial cobwebs and decorations that animals can get tangled up in. Turn off lights : Extinguish decorative lights when they are not in use to avoid disrupting nocturnal wildlife.

Thank you to everyone who brought bags in for yesterday’s collection!! Thank you also to everyone that helped move bags into the shed and out for collection!

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

Today was our second Eco Committee Meeting and we went through our annual Environmental Review which had been completed by classes. We made the decision to focus on the following topics this academic year: Healthy Living Marine School Grounds We are looking forward to gathering ideas for these topics. If you have any suggestions, please email our Eco-Coordinator, Miss Hargood: ecocoordinator@pdp.w-berks.sch.uk .

Newbury and Thatcham Repair Cafe - Sunday 28th September 2025 Newbury Methodist Church, 2:00-4:30pm This month, the Newbury and Thatcham...

Today was our first eco meeting and we talked about the topics we can choose this year. We also introduced ourselves and wrote our...

Despite a very hot and dry summer, The Pod Planters have continued to flourish with hydration from our newly installed water butt. The...

The Pod planters have really sprung to life with pupils using the newly installed water butt to keep plants happy in the heat! We have...

Today was our last eco assembly of the year. Mrs Bull, and our eco councillors, recapped all of our eco actions for the year. We also...

Great effort everyone! Thank you for helping us raise money for this amazing cause.

Today in our eco meeting, we talked about all the things we've done this year to help the environment. We answered 2 questions for our...