On Wednesday 2 February, the Talent Day Winter Edition started at a school in Gaasperdam: with three groups of 3/4, each for an hour, outside around the school for 11 weeks. This gave the teachers the opportunity to catch up on work and to focus for a while on the organisation of education: teacher support. Besides nature experiences, the kids could choose between digi, boot camp, weaving and ironing beads. Next to the school is a beautiful piece of city green, even a park, in the middle of the enormous residential buildings. Amsterdam Zuid-Oost has understood that very well. And the Gaasperplas is just a stone's throw away, great for the lessons to come. My attention was now focused on discovering the surroundings together, what does Mother Nature offer just around the corner? Pigeons scurry among the barren leaves, blackbirds toss them aside in search of surprised insects, while the woodpecker rumbles and the robin sings his famous song. But my goal was the rhododendrons, where the bud-eaters were to be found (a fungus). The spores are spread by the rhododendron cicada. They are not difficult to find, because the infected buds are brown or even black. Healthy buds are nice and green. Fortunately, there were enough bud-eaters for everyone, and the kids busily searched with their magnifying glasses. And much more was discovered. Proudly I was drawn to all corners of the park: "Master, look what I've found! Along the way, we found some nice spring flowers, and especially the winter mushrooms were in demand, which caused a lot of amazement.