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.

The Eco Council led last Monday’s assembly and gave us some top tips for how to have a more environmentally friendly Christmas including: making homemade gifts and decorations, reusing decorations, shopping locally and trying to minimise food waste.

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

Year 4 have written some very passionate letters to Luiz da Silva, President of Brazil, about deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest. "I am writing you this letter because I am not very happy. I would like you to stop chopping down the trees." - Freddie "The rainforest is home to indigenous people - if you destroy it, where will they live? We are losing 5000 species a year due to deforestation. Cutting down trees creates more carbon dioxide, droughts and a rise in global temp

We are delighted to hear that some of our PDP families have been enjoying cooking Good Grub Club recipes and grateful to one of our Year 4 pupils, Edie, for sharing what she made! Edie says “It was really easy to make although it was a bit tricky to open the tins so my Mum had to help me. I had my hotpot with pasta and a bit of bread and butter. I wasn’t a big fan of the kidney beans but the sausages were really good! I put a bit of Worcester sauce in the hotpot and some grat

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.