This week’s forest school activity in the Burrow is pine cone painting. So last Friday we set off around the nursery grounds looking for a pine tree. We started our adventure in the paddock having a sneaky go on the assault course, we climbed and crawled up our mud hill, searching for the pine tree at the top!

Potty training is a big step for our children (and of course parents!!). Each and every child is different and will be ready at different times. Potty training depends on your child's emotional and physical readiness.

I have recently become a new and obsessive customer of Pinterest. Pinterest is a visual discovery tool that people use to collect ideas for their different projects and interests. People create and share collections (called “boards”) of visual bookmarks (called “Pins”) that they use to do things like plan trips and projects, organize events or save articles and recipes.

Whilst I was busy with the burrowers playing in our sand tray, I wondered how I could change the original, grainy wet sand into something more exciting. In the past in a previous setting; washing up liquid was accidently added to the sand and water, which produced an unusual feel and texture.

I sat down on the carpet with a group of children, along with a whiteboard and a pen! Firstly I started off by drawing some shapes that I saw on the puzzle nearby. I brought the puzzle into the middle of the circle.