September 20, 2022

Remembering Our Queen at Footsteps

The passing of our monarch Queen Elizabeth II was a huge loss to the Royal family and to the Nation. We felt it was important that we helped the children within our settings to make sense of this national event, its importance in History and also to help them negotiate any feelings around the events that might arise. But as you can imagine, this is something that needs to be […]
August 19, 2022

Giant Steps taken for local childcare

Due to increasing demand, Footsteps Chalfont St Peter is expanding. The popular setting next to Chalfont St Peter AFC, will now be able to cater for up to 64 children. Running 51 weeks of the year from 7.45am – 6pm, this will now include a baby room from 3 months to 19 months, a toddler room from 20 months to 2.5 years and a pre-school from 2.5-5 years. Footsteps Chalfont […]
July 1, 2022

Celebrating 10 Years of Service: Our Top Team!

As well as celebrating 10 years of Chalfont St Peter this year, we are also celebrating our members of staff that have been with us from the very beginning!  We are so proud that these dedicated practitioners have chosen to spend all this time with us, and the impact that they have had on the hundreds of children that have passed through our doors. Kathy Reynolds Kathy started her career […]
June 15, 2022

Footsteps Chalfont St Peter Celebrate in Style: 10 years and counting

On Sunday 12th June 2022 Footsteps Chalfont St Peter celebrated turning 10.  Our official Birthday was in January, but we were hoping the sun would have his party hat on so we could celebrate our double digits in the incredible outside space that is part of our wonderful setting.  He did not disappoint and we were blessed with amazing sunny weather for our Sunday Funday! We loved seeing old faces, […]
May 23, 2022

Footsteps Chalfont St Peter Ofsted

OFSTED report praises children’s learning progress in safe and secure environment. “Children enjoy their time at this homely and welcoming nursery“ Following an inspection in October, Footsteps Chalfont St Peter is proud to receive a “Good” Ofsted report across all areas. The report stated that “In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, staff have prioritised children’s personal, social and emotional development. Staff identified that babies would need more support to settle […]
April 20, 2022

Chalfont Foot-Steps into Spring

We love springtime and all the amazing opportunities and themes it gives us to make learning fun and inspiring for our little chicks. With Spring comes new life, and we have been busy enhancing our outside areas by planting seeds for new flowers and for vegetables.  We were so proud of all the lovely growing language used by the children and the responsibility they have taken to keep them well […]
April 20, 2022

Footsteps and our Mad Scientists!

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that took place between 11-20 March 2022! The theme for the 2022 British Science Week was ‘Growth’ which is very apt as we watch our children grow in understanding, maturity, communication and friendship. Always looking at every opportunity to get in on the action to enhance our learning, some of our Footsteps sites took the opportunity to […]
March 8, 2022

World Book Day at Footsteps 2022

On Thursday 3rd March, children and teachers across the United Kingdom celebrated the magic of literature as they donned costumes and undertook themed activities to mark World Book Day. The annual global event celebrates reading and is marked in more than 100 countries all over the world. With reading topping the list of some of their favourite activities, children dressed as their favourite literary character. Characters from fictional favourites like […]
January 9, 2022

Gong hei fat choy

Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. At Footsteps we loved celebrating the Year of the Tiger in the lead up to the Lunar New Year on the 1st of February. We place huge importance on recognising traditions, festivals and religious celebrations from a wide range of cultures and faiths to extend their knowledge of the world […]
December 7, 2021

Footsteps November News

November is one of the busiest month’s in the Footsteps calendar and 2021 has been no exception.  We round up what’s been going on in our Footsteps family this November! Diwali Diwali is a fantastic opportunity to explore culture and celebrations. The festival of light certainly lit up our children’s faces with smiles as we experienced food tastings like onion bhajis, Bombay potatoes and naan bread, colourful artwork, designing mehndi […]
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