Eco-Schools

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:

Biodiversity

Energy

For 2024-25, we have chosen ..... 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 2024-25

Our pupil Eco-Committee members are:

Our Deputy Eco-Committee members are:

Eco Action Suggestions

Topics

Eco-Committee Meetings

Eco Assemblies

Paperwork

Curriculum Links

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 23

Green Flag With Distinction!

Today was our last Eco Assembly of the year (and Miss Shepherd's last Eco Assembly at PDP)! 🥲 We recapped all of our eco actions for the...

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Jul 19

Sensory Garden

"Our Sensory Garden is finally finished and I am so pleased with the final outcome. It has been a huge team effort. Special thanks to the...

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Jul 12

Our Year of Eco Actions

Well, I think it's safe to say our Eco-Committee smashed it again this year! They've been an informed and enthusiastic bunch with lots of...

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Jul 9

Glitter Amnesty

Boo! Down with glitter! This week, we collected up the jars of glitter left in reception for our Glitter Amnesty. There were 3 boxes...

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Jul 5

Plastic Free July

On Tuesday, Miss Shepherd led an assembly about Plastic Free July, encouraging us to think about the amount of single-use plastic we...

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Jun 18

Jonathan Jungle's Amazing Creatures!

Year 5 had a very exciting start to their week as Jonathan Jungle and his amazing collection of creatures came to visit. The children...

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May 24

No Mow May

During the month of May, Parsons Down has left areas of grass to grow wild to support wildlife. Our wildflower meadow is starting to look...

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May 24

30 Days Wild

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 24

Outdoor Classroom Day 2024

It was so lovely to to see all of our children making the most of our outdoor spaces yesterday for Outdoor Classroom Day! The children...

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May 7

Hedgehog Awareness Week 2024

This week is Hedgehog Awareness Week and the children have been learning, in assembly, about how to help them: Take a look at the British...

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May 3

Eco-Schools Update

"We were very proud of ourselves and everyone at school for being awarded an Eco Champion Award from Thatcham Town Council. We were quite...

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Apr 26

No Mow May Challenge

It's No Mow May very soon and our Eco-Committee would like to challenge you to take part in any way you can this year....

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Apr 25

PDP Wins Environmental Champion Award

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

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Apr 19

Single-Use Plastics and Micro Plastics

Our Eco-Committee have been working hard this year to raise awareness of the effect single-use plastics and micro plastics can have on...

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Mar 25

Scooter Heroes Training Programme

West Berkshire Council is in the process of developing a new scooter training programme called Scooter Heroes and Parsons Down has been...

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Mar 15

Loose Parts Play Area

Our new Loose Parts area is starting to take shape under the trees. This will eventually be available at lunchtimes but, as it is still...

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Mar 12

Ocean Protectors Day

Today was our Ocean Protectors Day. Everyone came to school dressed in blue and donated money to the Marine Conservation Society. We...

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Feb 1

Eco-Schools Update

In our Eco Committee Meeting today, we wrote letters to our MP and local paper to ask them to join us on our Ocean Protectors Day. We...

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Jan 25

Mass Unwrap At Co-op - Single Use Plastic Demonstration

Plastic Free Thatcham would like to invite our families to join in a Mass Unwrap at the Co-op this Saturday. Mass Unwrap is an awesome...

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Jan 11

Eco-Schools Update

Today, the Eco-Committee met to discuss our progress. We came up with ideas for our marine non-curriculum day and decided to write...

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Dec 18, 2023

Bottle Top and Sweet Wrapper Donations

For Eco-Schools this year, we will be working on a piece of artwork made from single use plastics. We will need plenty of donations for...

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Dec 7, 2023

How to Have an Eco Friendly Christmas

On Tuesday, Miss Shepherd did an assembly about being more sustainable at Christmas: Being eco-friendly can be challenging at this time...

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Nov 30, 2023

Eco-Schools Update

Today, the Eco-Committee met to write their Action Plan. We have chosen to do the following: Energy Have an energy saving outdoor...

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Nov 24, 2023

Second Hand Sale - Christmas Jumpers and Uniform

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Nov 23, 2023

Cut Your Carbon Challenge

As part of our work with Eco-Schools this academic year, we would like to challenge all of our families to take part in the Cut Your...

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Nov 14, 2023

Harvest Festival Donation Total

Thank you so much to all the families who were able to donate food for our Harvest Festival this year. Together, we contributed 163.8kg...

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Nov 10, 2023

Eco-Schools Update

On Thursday 2nd November the eco-council met to gather the ideas from their classes about our new Eco-Schools Topics. We then voted on...

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Oct 13, 2023

Eco-Schools Update

At our latest Eco-Schools meeting, the Eco-Committee went through our Environmental Review. Each section had been completed by a...

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Oct 12, 2023

Eco-Schools Update

On Thursday 5th October the eco-committee had their first meeting of the year. We reflected on what we would bring to the role of...

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Jul 18, 2023

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 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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Jul 2, 2021

A Year Of Eco-Schools Actions

This year, the staff and children have been working hard on their topic actions for Eco-Schools. Out of the 10 Eco-Schools topics, our...

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Jun 9, 2020

Our Eco Story So Far...

We are coming to the end of our first year registered with Eco-Schools and we have come such a long way in a such a short time! I am...

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Oct 4, 2019

Eco Assembly

This week, we formally launched the Eco-Schools programme at Parsons Down Junior School in a special assembly (the Infant School assembly...

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Sep 30, 2019

Eco-Schools

Recently, we have started the journey to becoming an international Green Flag Award Eco-School. The programme is designed to raise...

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