Eco-Schools

Eco-Schools Green Flag with Merit 2022-23

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Parsons Down Partnership takes part in Eco-Schools - a global environmental programme with 19.5 million involved. It is a pupil led programme, run by an Eco-Committee comprised of children and staff. There are ten Eco-Schools topics for the Eco-Committee to consider:

In 2022-23, we chose Biodiversity, Marine and Transport as our Eco-Schools topics.

To find out more about our eco achievements, please read our blog posts towards the bottom of the page.

Our Eco-Committee 2022-23

Our pupil Eco-Committee members are: Lottie C (Zebra Class), Oscar B (Kingfisher Class), Victoria B (Woodpecker Class), Kyla C (Elk Class), Owen P (Badger Class), Iris C (Hedgehog Class), Felicity R (Jaguar Class), Eva S (Wolf Class), Isla R (Eagle Class) and Shreyash P (Raccoon Class).

Our Deputy Eco-Committee members are: Oscar C (Zebra Class), Amelia B (Kingfisher Class), Marley W (Woodpecker Class), Kate M (Elk Class), Charlie S (Badger Class), Ruby-Leigh S (Hedgehog Class), Archie A (Jaguar Class), Layla H (Wolf Class), Alfie T (Eagle Class) and Chiara T (Raccoon Class).

Eco-Committee Meetings

8th June 2023 - Minutes

18th May 2023 - Minutes

4th May 2023 - Minutes

27th April 2023 - Minutes

23rd March 2023 - Minutes

9th March 2023 - Minutes

26th January 2023 - Plastic Free Schools Meeting - Objective 2

29th November 2022 - Plastic Free Schools Meeting - Objective 1

8th November 2022 - Minutes

1st November 2022 - Minutes

11th October 2022 - Minutes

20th September 2022 - Minutes

Paperwork

Environmental Review - 2022-23

Action Plan - 2022-23

Eco-Code 2023

Eco Action Suggestions

Class, Staff and Parent/Carer Ideas For Action Plan

Informing and Involving

General

Parents' Evening

(Also, please see blog posts.)

Biodiversity

School Newsletter - 17/03/23

School Newsletter - 03/03/23

Pollinators Assembly

Pollinators Quiz

Biodiversity Day Letter

Hedgehogs Assembly

Biodiversity Day Assembly

Newbury Weekly News article on Biodiversity Day

Top 10 Actions to Help Wildlife At Home

Marine

School Newsletter - 27/01/23

Microplastics Assembly

Letter to Laura Farris (MP for Newbury)

Our email to Kelloggs', Go Ahead and Fruity Packs

Class Ideas on what 3 single-use plastics to ban - Badger Class

Transport

School Newsletter - 18/11/22

Walk To School Week Homework

Walk To School Week Assembly

Walk To School Week Assembly - shared media

Air Quality Assembly - delivered by Public Protection Partnership Schools Engagement Project

Monitoring and Evaluation

Biodiversity

Top 10 Actions to Help Wildlife At Home

Marine

Trash Mob Tally

Brands litter tally

Reply From Laura Farris

Reply from Kelloggs'

Reply from Go Ahead

Lunchbox Spot-check - before

Lunchbox Spot-check - after

Transport

Walk To School Week Homework

Curriculum Links

Curriculum Links 22-23

Please let us know if you would like to help or contribute in any way to our Eco-Schools work. If you have any suggestions that you would like to share, please contact our Eco-Coordinator directly: EcoCoordinator@pdp.w-berks.sch.uk.

Eco-Blog

Jul 18

A Successful Year of Eco Actions

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...

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Jul 13

Single-Use Plastic at PDP

Our Eco-Council have been working hard to achieve Plastic Free Schools status this year and we’ve done it! As part of this, they would...

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Jun 9

Outdoor Classroom Day 2023

Thursday 25th May was Outdoor Learning Day and we were lucky to have a beautiful sunny day. The children enjoyed the sunshine and the...

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May 22

30 Days Wild 2023

30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts' annual challenge, encouraging everyone to do one wild thing a day throughout the month of June....

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May 5

Eco-Schools Update

At our meeting this week, the Eco-Committee wrote our new Partnership Eco-Code. This is a whole school promise to protect the planet...

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Apr 28

Walk To School Week

It has been lovely to see families and staff walking to school! Well done to all of the children who have completed the Walk to School...

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Apr 28

No Mow May

As part of our Eco-Schools work on Biodiversity, the Eco-Committee would like to encourage parents and carers to take part in No Mow May....

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Apr 20

Help Our Hedgehogs!

This week, Miss Shepherd delivered an Eco Assembly all about hedgehogs: Sadly, it is estimated that over the past 2 decades, hedgehog...

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Mar 30

Young Photographer of the Year 2023

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Mar 30

How to Help Wildlife in Your Garden

In our most recent Eco-Committee Meeting, we talked about the things we learned on Biodiversity Day. We also discussed how we could use...

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Mar 24

Money Raised for BBOWT

Thank you to everyone who donated to the Wildlife Trusts for our Biodiversity Day. We raised an impressive £178.91!

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Mar 16

Hedgehog Minstead Day 2 😊

Sleep deprivation hasn't slowed the troops down and they've had an action packed day. The day began with a three hour walk exploring the...

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Mar 16

Biodiversity Day

On Tuesday, the children enjoyed all sorts of wonderful activities for Biodiversity Day. The day started off with an assembly by the...

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Mar 15

Hedgehog Minstead Day 1

A very excited Hedgehog class arrived at Minstead safe and sound mid morning 🦔 They've learnt how to make a bed, unpacked cases and made...

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Mar 14

Badger Minstead Day 2 🤩

We've had another action packed day exploring the New Forest. Today's theme was Biodiversity (to link with Biodiversity Day in school)...

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Mar 13

Badger Minstead Day 1 😊

We've had an action packed first day full of learning. We've learnt how to make a bed and our own lunch, how to navigate our way around...

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Mar 10

Eco-Schools Update

At our most recent Eco-Schools meeting, on Thursday morning, we discussed our next objective in the Plastic Free Schools programme -...

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Mar 10

Please Don't Leave Engines Idling

Our Eco-Committee are very passionate about reducing pollution - especially around our school. Iris and Victoria worked really hard...

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Mar 2

Recipes for plastic free snacks

As part of our involvement in Plastic Free Schools, we are trying to focus on ways to cut down on single use plastics. There are many...

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Feb 20

Eco-Schools Update

As part of our Marine topic, Miss Shepherd and the Eco-Committee have been leading assemblies about plastic waste and plastic free...

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Feb 10

Eco-Schools Display At Parents Evening

You may have seen some of our Eco-Councillors at Parents' Evening on Wednesday or Thursday. They were busy manning our Eco-Schools stand,...

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Jan 30

Eco-Schools Update

On Thursday, Eco-Councillors from Years 4-6 took part in a "Trash Mob" - our second objective for Plastic Free Schools. This was a quick...

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Jan 23

Reducing Our Single-use Plastic

One of our Eco-Schools actions this year is to reduce our single use plastic in school. While plastic is long-lasting, cheap to produce...

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Jan 19

The Big Winter Wander

The climate crisis is threatening the places we love. Take action by joining the Big Winter Wander this February. Organise a 10-mile...

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Jan 6

Big Garden Birdwatch 2023

We are covering the topic of Biodiversity for Eco-Schools this year and the Big Garden Birdwatch is a great way to expand your child's...

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Dec 16, 2022

Take the 12 Days Wild Challenge

A post-Christmas dinner stroll, spotting robins in the park, recycling your Christmas tree – your #12DaysWild activities don’t have to be...

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Dec 9, 2022

Tree Planting

On Monday, members of our Eco-Committee helped Mr Vincent to plant ten trees on our Partnership field. The trees were donated by West...

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Dec 2, 2022

Eco-Schools Update

On Tuesday, the Eco-Committee held their first Plastic Free Schools meeting. Isla and Shreyash did an amazing job of chairing the...

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Dec 1, 2022

Big Christmas Jumper Swap!

Each year, 1 in 4 Christmas jumpers end up thrown away or never worn again. We can change this! We are taking part in the Big Christmas...

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Nov 18, 2022

Anti-idling Policy

One of our Eco-Schools topics this year is Transport and the Eco-Committee are looking at ways to reduce pollution caused by the traffic...

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Nov 11, 2022

Eco-Schools Update

The eco-committee have been very busy over the last few weeks. We have decided on our actions for this year and ran our own class...

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Nov 2, 2022

Foodbank Collection

Our Harvest Festival collection for the Foodbank in September weighed in at 244kgs, which equates to 512 meals that our school has...

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Nov 2, 2022

Looking After Hedgehogs on Bonfire Night

As part of Eco-Schools, we are covering the topic of Biodiversity this year. This short film explains how we can help protect our prickly...

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Oct 21, 2022

Eco-Schools Update

Back in September, our eco-committee entered the council's "Name a Food Waste Truck" competition. This was to promote the new food waste...

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Oct 21, 2022

The Wildlife Trusts Big Wild Walk

Big Wild Walk starts on the 24th October! With only a few days left to go, sign up today to take part in The Wildlife Trusts' annual...

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Oct 7, 2022

Eco-Schools Update

In our last Eco-Schools class assembly, each class worked on filling in a section of the Environmental Review. The Eco-Committee will...

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Oct 3, 2022

Eco-Schools Update

We have had our first eco-schools meeting of the year and had a chance to get to know each other. We are all very proud to have achieved...

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Jul 8, 2022

Eco-Schools Green Flag with Merit!

I am absolutely delighted to let you know that our Eco-Schools application was successful and we have been awarded a green flag with...

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Jul 5, 2022

An Impressive Year of Eco-Schools Actions!

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...

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Jun 20, 2022

Eco-Schools Update

In our last Eco-Schools meeting, we evaluated our litter topic actions. The children mentioned that sometimes the litter picking at...

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May 20, 2022

Outdoor Classroom Day 2022

The children and staff thoroughly enjoyed Outdoor Classroom Day yesterday. It was so lovely to see the children enjoying the outside...

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May 19, 2022

Eco-Schools Update

This week, the Eco-Committee met to discuss the impact of our Energy Experts Afternoon. We evaluated our pre and post learn...

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Apr 29, 2022

Energy Experts

Yesterday, the whole Partnership took part in Energy Experts afternoon, where they learnt lots about different types of energy and...

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Mar 28, 2022

The Great British Spring Clean

Thank you so much to all the families who came to join in with the Great British Spring Clean on Saturday! It was so lovely to see you...

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Mar 18, 2022

Sowing A Wildflower Meadow At Rivar

On Thursday 17th March we went to RIVAR to help them plant their new wild flower meadow. We planted eleven types of seeds and then we...

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Feb 10, 2022

Eco-Schools Half Term Challenge

As an Eco-School, there is nothing we enjoy more than seeing our Eco-Committee’s environmental action spreading beyond our school...

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Feb 10, 2022

Eco-Schools Update

Before Christmas we held a Waste Warriors Week and focused on food waste. Each class did different projects to find out about the impact...

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Dec 9, 2021

Eco-Schools Video

We are so pleased with this video by West Berks Council. It is a great celebration of everything we have done so far. Well done Parsons...

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Dec 3, 2021

Iron Man Survival Blankets

This term, we have been collecting our crisp packets as usual but instead of sending them off to be recycled, we have donated them to...

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Nov 26, 2021

Waste Warriors Week

This week we have had a Waste Warriors Week and we have been exploring different ways we can reduce food waste. During the week, children...

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