- Oct 11
Garden Makeover
On Friday 8th October, a hardworking team from Hewlett Packard Enterprise came to Parsons Down and transformed our garden space, and what...
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- Oct 4
Astounding Food Bank Total!
Thank you to all the families who donated to our Harvest Festival collection. The West Berkshire Foodbank collected the donations...
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- Sep 24
Recycle Week Assembly
This week, Miss Shepherd delivered an assembly about Recycle Week and the importance of recycling: The children have also been answering...
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- Sep 24
Eco-Schools Update
"On Tuesday 21st September, the new eco-council met for the first time. It was amazing to be able to get together rather than meet on...
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- Jul 18
Food Bank Collection Winners
Well done PDP! Look how many meals we provided for people in need this term! Thank you to everyone who helped with this, it's something...
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- Jul 14
Family Litter Picking Competition
Unfortunately, we haven't been able to organise a family litter pick this year, due to the risk of Covid. We will look at this again in...
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- Jul 2
A Year Of Eco-Schools Actions
is 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 11
Focus On Food Waste
As part of our eco initiative on food waste, we have started our weekly collections for the Food Bank. Year 6 went first and have...
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- May 21
Outdoor Classroom Day
Outdoor Classroom Day took place on Thursday 20th May and it was fantastic to see the whole Partnership engaged in their learning...
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- May 14
Food Bank Collaboration Update
Miss Shepherd has spoken to the Foodbank about the children's ideas for collecting food donations and they are happy to add us to their...
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- May 14
Outdoor Classroom Day And 30 Days Wild!
As an Eco-School, we are very passionate about making the most of our outdoor environment and we are currently trying to increase the...
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- May 7
Eco-Schools Update
In our Eco-Schools Assembly this week, the children watched a film about our local Food Bank: https://westberks.foodbank.org.uk/...
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- May 7
Young Photographer Of The Year Competition 2021
The Young Photographer Of The Year Competition this year is eco themed again! It is open to children in Years 5 and 6 and the deadline is...
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- Apr 26
Eco-Schools Update
Eco-Assemblies are taking place every fortnight now. These are either Zoom assemblies with Miss Shepherd hosting or class assemblies with...
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- Mar 19
Eco-Schools Update
On Wednesday 17th March, Miss Shepherd lead the eco-schools assembly and updated everyone on our Action Plan. After Easter, it is hoped...
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- Mar 8
Busta Bakes Competition
As part of Eco-Schools, and our focus on the topic of Waste, we will be teaching the children about the importance of not wasting food....
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- Feb 11
Eco-Schools Update
On Wednesday, we had our final Eco-Schools assembly before the February half term, and it was a cause for celebration! All the children...
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- Feb 2
Creative Earth Art Competition
"Creative Earth is an art competition for people aged 16 and under from across the UK, run by the UN COP26 Climate Change Conference in...
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- Jan 29
Celebration Assembly Friday 29th January
I hope that you've all had a lovely week, I know that you've been working hard because your teachers have been sharing some of the...
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- Jan 25
RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch
This weekend, the RSPB are launching their Big Garden Birdwatch - the world's largest wildlife survey. Taking part is simple and will...
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- Jan 21
Eco-Schools Update
Before the Christmas Holiday, we set each class the task of deciding on 1 action for each of our 5 Eco-Schools topics from the ideas that...
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- Jan 18
Ultimate STEM Challenge: A Home For Nature
The Ultimate STEM challenge is back and this year it aims to immerse pupils in the theme of biodiversity! The decline of biodiversity has...
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- Dec 17, 2020
Eco-Schools Update
Last Wednesday, we had another Eco-Schools Zoom Assembly where Miss Shepherd shared some eco news with the children and set a task to be...
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- Nov 26, 2020
Eco-Schools Update
The results are in! Our Eco-Committee have chosen Litter and School Grounds as the additional topics that we will cover over the next 2...
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- Nov 12, 2020
Eco-Schools Video Meeting - 11/11/20
In this week's Eco-Schools meeting, Miss Shepherd shared some eco facts and figures. Did you know it can take up to 80 years for a crisp...
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- Oct 22, 2020
First Eco-Schools Video Meeting
Last Wednesday, we had our first Eco-Committee meeting, with the whole school involved in a live video assembly. Each of the committee...
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- Jul 14, 2020
Daily Challenge - Tuesday 14th July
Can you grow a plant from seed? There are lots of things that you can grow from kitchen scraps. Take a look at the following resource for...
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- Jul 2, 2020
30 Days Wild Certificate
Well done to everyone who took part in the 30 Days Wild Daily Challenges last month. Today, we got a certificate for our involvement in...
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- Jun 29, 2020
Help Create A Lockdown Wood
Would you like to see something positive come out of the Coronavirus pandemic? Would you and your family like to help increase the number...
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- Jun 22, 2020
Eco-Schools Green Flag Award!
It is an absolute delight and pleasure for me to announce that the school has been awarded the Green Flag Award! Thank you to all of the...
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- Jun 19, 2020
Daily Challenge Friday 19th June
For Friday's Daily Challenge we invite you to count how many species of wildlife you can find today. Mrs Hayward spotted ducks, geese,...
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- Jun 18, 2020
Big Wild Weekend by The Wildlife Trusts
We hope you have all been enjoying our wild Daily Challenges, inspired by the Wildlife Trusts 30 Days Wild! We've loved seeing your...
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- Jun 18, 2020
Daily Challenge Thursday 18th June
Go Wild and make a collage out of natural materials! For this activity, you only need something flat to place your materials on and...
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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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- Jun 8, 2020
Bug Hotel Competition
To encourage children to learn about the importance of biodiversity, AWE are launching a competition for children to design and create a...
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- Jun 8, 2020
Daily Challenge Monday 8th June
Today is World Oceans Day and our Daily Challenge is to go on a litter pick to prevent rubbish getting into our waterways.
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- Jun 5, 2020
World Oceans Day 2020
Monday 8th June is World Oceans Day, when people around the world come together to celebrate, honour and protect our oceans. The focus...
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- Jun 1, 2020
Daily Challenge Monday 1st June 2020
Welcome to the start of a new term! We hope you all enjoyed a lovely week with your families and are keeping safe and well. This month,...
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- May 30, 2020
30 Days Wild
We're taking part in the Woodland Trust's 30 Days Wild and encouraging our pupils to do a random act of wildness every day in June. Every...
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- May 22, 2020
Daily Challenge Friday 22nd May
This will be the last Daily Challenge of this half term. We look forward to seeing what you come up with and can't wait to challenge you...
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- May 14, 2020
Our Eco-Code
Thank you to all the children who entered the competition to create an Eco-Code for Parsons Down. We were really impressed with each and...
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- May 5, 2020
Share Your Eco Work
I thought it would be nice to share some of the photos of the eco work that has been done so far. There are more on the Eco-Schools From...
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- May 5, 2020
Daily Challenge Tuesday 5th May
Let's hope that the weather forecast is right and we have some sun this morning (at least). We hope that you can all get outside (even if...
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- Apr 29, 2020
Daily Challenge Wednesday 29th April
It's one week since we celebrated Earth Day. What could your 'Eco Pledge be? Also, don't forget about the Eco Code challenge we set you...
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- Apr 27, 2020
Young Photographer of the Year 2020
The Newbury Weekly News have launched this year's Young photographer of the Year competition - open to all children aged between 9-18....
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- Apr 23, 2020
Eco-Schools Silver Award!
We have now achieved our Silver Award for Eco-Schools! Next step, Green Flag!
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- Apr 22, 2020
Earth Day Challenge - Create an Eco-Code
Happy Earth Day! As part of our ongoing work towards the Eco Schools Green Flag, we need to write an Eco-Code. This is a mission...
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- Mar 31, 2020
The Crisp Count Is In!
Today children have been busy at school continuing on the great Eco-work. This afternoon, children collected the crisp boxes from each...
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- Mar 31, 2020
Well Done Water Warriors!
Well done all you Water Warriors! Together, we managed to raise a whopping £379.79 for Water Aid! This money will go towards making sure...
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- Mar 6, 2020
Water Warrior Day
As part of our Eco project in school, we organised an exciting Water Warrior Day across the Partnership. Children were encouraged to wear...
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