The week began with wind-fall apples galore, brought in by Dan on the way in to work. After a little bit of explaining that these were for playing with rather than eating, the fruit was being used in numerous games and activities around the field.

As the season visibly changes, a raft of new things to play with pepper the floor around us. Sweet chestnut husks wrapped over pinecones make rather authentic looking hedgehogs, and this week we made many snug homes for these cute critters.

The swings at both the forest and the field always prove to be a big hit and at the start of the week, educators adjusted the set up so that we could have two log swings instead of one tyre swing.