Conker Rolling

The Ladybirds went to the forest to collect conkers. 

They selected conkers and took part in a conker rolling activity in the forest. 

Dipping the conkers in paint and rolling them across the paper. 

making marks with natural resources. 

Looking at the changes to the marks when it rolled further. 

On return to nursery the children used the guttering slops to roll conkers down the slope.

Investigating how far each conker rolled at the bottom and what marks were left in the paint. 

Learning about positioning and introducing mathematical language such as fast, slow, long, short etc.