Conker Tree Science

Introducing ‘Mission: pest controllers 2020’! Conker trees are under attack by ‘alien’ invaders - a small leaf-mining moth. Infected trees are weakened and produce smaller conkers. Take part in our new #CitizenScience at conkertreescience.org.uk and see how you can help [thread]

The group welcomes Tom Howell who has started a PhD examining the impacts of wildfire on ecological network assembly, supervised by ⁦@EcologicalKrc⁩ ⁦@kellylad⁩ ⁦@MJWhittingham1⁩ ⁦@DarrenMarkEvans⁩

Spotted in Alnmouth. Leafminer influenced?

A poster of British leaves to download for free: buff.ly/3z6YzUY

What an exciting “fiery” last forest schools session for P4-6 - searching for hanging wood, making mini fires with flint and steel, making a big campfire together, cooking baked apple crumble snack and making sustainable conker soap on the fire! #outdoorlearning

We love the conker season for an autumnal vibe in Mathematics learning - check out these Y1 children investigating the whole/part/part method 🤎🍂🙌🏼🙌🏼

This week's Conker competition has been full of skill, determination & fair play. All the children taking part were fantastic, ably supported by our Yr 6 Sports Leaders. Finals will be on Mon with finalists competing to be the champion of their respective classes, Dahl & Rowling.

EYFS went conker hunting today! 🍁🍂🐿

Conker soapy bubble fun.

Serious contender for world’s cutest conker 👇

It’s where legends are made ✅💪🌳 The World Conker Championships 2021 has crowned its winners! Ady Hurrell won the men’s title; Jasmine Tetley the women’s. Hear from them with @AmosAnnabel at Breakfast tomorrow, from 0600.

It's conker collecting season...

51 and still can't resist a conker! 🙈 🤣

The annual Wood/Dogsthorpe conker championships. No human were (seriously) hurt during proceedings.

Congratulations to our 2021 #keepriverlawngreen Conker Championship winners! Thank you to all who came along for some good old fashioned fun, it was great to see all generations enjoying games together #community #conkersnotconcrete

Do people still play conkers? We love this game, It’s free and provides hours of fun. We’re curious to know if people still play? If you do please share your pictures - we’d love to see your conker battles 🧡🌰

3B had a fun morning at Forest School yesterday. They learnt to put up a simple shelter using their knot skills, dug in the new mud pit and used palm drills to make conker necklaces.

Conker season is keeping us busy at lunchtimes this week….

Autumn roadside treasures 👌 Hope you’ve managed to make time for conker collecting, it’s incredibly therapeutic (and the perfect excuse to stop halfway up a hill 🚴🏻‍♂️)

My childish joy at collecting conkers is undimmable …. 🌰🌰🌰

We are delighted to welcome ecologist Professor Darren Evans to the Expert Committee on Forest Science forestresearch.gov.uk/news/expert-co…