Conkers/Horse Chestnuts. You could substitute acorns or other nuts (foraged or otherwise) if conkers aren’t readily available in your area. We have lots of ideas on our outdoor hub to engage with conkers - and hopefully give you even more reason to use the word each autumn. Why not plant a conker?" What Conker equipment is needed to play conkers? The key equipment need to play conkers is as follows:

You can grow a horse chestnut tree by planting a conker - however you need to make sure that the conker is fresh and hasn’t dried out.The best tools to hole a really hard conker (for example an old conker) is to use an electric drill (only to be used with a clamp), or a gimlet.

This section sets out our data retention policies and procedures, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal information. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data: What makes a conker poisonous are the toxins in them called glycosides and saponins. The only animal that can and do eat conkers are deer - which have chemicals in their stomachs that can digest these toxins. Spring clamps typically have two jaws, two handles, and a sprung pivot that can apply a significant amount of pressure despite their small size. These clamps usually have plastic or rubber pads to prevent damage to the workpiece.

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We will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party's direct marketing. Yes. It is possible buy conkers with holes in them already. If you don’t want to hole and prepare a conker yourself, then you can buy pre-holed conkers - so you don’t have to worry about skewering your hand?!

Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person's consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with the terms of this policy. We will only provide communication about the eSchools platform to school staff/governors who can manage their preferences at any time through their eSchools dashboard. We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. The Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner is an invasive moth larvae that burrows into leaves turning them brown and preventing the full photosynthesis process to occur. A huge number of Horse Chestnut trees in the UK are infected.The best indication of whether a Horse Chestnut tree is going to grow lots of conkers is whether the tree in Spring has lots of white ‘conker blossom’ covering it - as the more blossom, the more and bigger the conkers will be by Autumn-time. Stampsies (or stamps) is where if a conker ends up on the floor, a player shouts ‘stampsies’ and then races to try to stamp and crush their opponents conker.

Orchar Park – There are a few horse chestnut trees around the perimeter of this Broughty Ferry park. There are no specific UK laws that ban conkers from being played at schools, however schools have the powers to ban any activity within their domain that theydeem dangerous / to contravene school rules based on heath and safety grounds. Tangles is where if the string of two conkers end up getting tangled together, each can pull the other out of the other’s hands - and when on the floor stamp on it - thus winning! What equipment is needed to play conkers? Goggles and arm guard: for safety, if you don’t want to risk your eyes or forearm a pair of goggles and arm guard are key!Scoring in conkers is very straight-forward. In every game you basically win the points of your opponent’s conker. So for example, if your conker has 2 points (i.e. a is a ‘two-er’) and your opponent’s conker has 3 points (i.e. is a ‘three-er’) then then winner’s conker will become a ‘five-er’. Important things to remember when you’re making a hole in a conker is that you don’t use a BBQ skewer, as if you do you’re likely to not only put a hole in the conker but also your hand! What’s the safest way to hole a conker? Conkers are very rich in starch however, and extracts are used in natural shampoos and body washes. How big do conkers grow? As you’re getting close to drilling through the other side of the conker, make sure you move the fingers of the hand grasping the conker, so they’re position to let the gimlet exit without drilling your hand! The best way to make a hole in a conker is to use a sharp screw-type device. It’s important to use a screw-type method rather than trying to punch a hole in the conker, as if you try to punch a hole (for example, using a kebab skewer or bradawl) then it’s highly dangerous and your likely to put the the skewer through your hand - as the conker is so small and hard.