Chalfont St Peter Archives - Footsteps Nursery & Pre-School

July 15, 2019

Superhero Numberbugs at Footsteps Chalfont

Chalfont St Peter, Footsteps News

Loving numbers is as easy as 1.2.3 with our specialist approach at Footsteps Chalfont. We believe strongly in learning through play, and when it comes to equipping our children with the number skills they can take forward into future learning, this remains the foundation. We are delighted at the positive impact that our extra-curricular scheme from partners Numberfit is having. The programme is delivered in line with the Early Years […]

July 1, 2019

Creative fun with Hartbeeps

Chalfont St Peter, Footsteps News, Maple Cross

At Footsteps we have the most amazing team that are always looking for new opportunities to offer creative, fun and unique ways for the children to explore the world around them. Sometimes these opportunities come from our external suppliers who bring their own unique stamp on learning and stimulation. We are pleased that Hartbeeps is able to join us to offer their experience in working with children from babies to […]

June 21, 2019

Anyone for tennis?

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Footsteps News, Maple Cross

Our ethos at Footsteps Nurseries has always been crystal clear and our sites have been specifically chosen to allow access to plenty of outside space, Forest school opportunities and free-flow inside/outside play. Combined with our nutritious lunches and use of our own home-grown vegetables we are committed to encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle. Children of pre-school age should be physically active daily for at least 3 hours, spread throughout […]

March 13, 2019

World Book Day at Footsteps

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Footsteps News, Maple Cross

On Thursday 7th 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.

February 11, 2019

Footsteps Nurseries celebrate Chinese New Year

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Footsteps News

Footsteps Nurseries at Chalfont, Aylesbury and Maple Cross enjoyed Chinese New Year celebrations on Tuesday February 5 and these will continue until 12th February as part of their Understanding of the World, for EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage). The wide range of activities put on by the Footsteps teams allowed the children numerous opportunities to discuss and participate in a variety of traditions and experiences that they may not experience in […]

November 14, 2018

Lest We forget: Footsteps Commemorates Remembrance Day

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Community, Footsteps News, Maple Cross

Armistice Day was commemorated on the 11th November. Also known as Remembrance Day, it marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. This year also marked 100 years since the end of WW1. In the week before this important day of remembrance, we used lots of different ways and activities to talk to the children about what it meant. We also explained why leading up to […]

November 12, 2018

Lighting up November at Footsteps

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Community, Footsteps News, Maple Cross

The beginning of November has been a whirlwind as we celebrated a world of colour. With fireworks and Diwali taking top spots on the calendar, we enjoyed lots of different activities which have brightened up our walls (and sometimes our clothes too). Glitter, paint, sponges, hand printing, glue, coloured blocks and tissue paper were out in full force as we enjoyed our firework themed paintings and shakers. We also put […]

June 27, 2018

Bug Week at Footsteps: Mini Adventures With Our Mini-beast Friends

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter

Footsteps are situated in fantastic surroundings which allow us to offer our children access to Forest School, allotments and wide open spaces for running and playing. By the very nature of the environment, we are often joined by various creepy crawlies. This is to the great delight of the children. Last week we celebrated our outdoor friends with bug week. We were fortunate enough to have visits from both Zoolab […]

June 27, 2018

Tackling obesity in children: Footsteps meets Governments 10 year plan

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter

It is a worrying statistic, that today nearly a third of children aged 2 to 15 are overweight or obese. It is well documented that younger generations are becoming obese at earlier ages and staying obese for longer. The Government have launched a new initiative which aims to significantly reduce England’s rate of childhood obesity within the next ten years. However, long-term, sustainable change will only be achieved through the […]

May 24, 2018

Wedding Fever Hits Footsteps

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter

Footsteps Nursery at both Chalfont St Peter and Aylesbury have enjoyed a Royal celebration of their own in the lead up to last weekend’s big event as Prince Harry wed Meghan Markle. Excitement filled the air as bunting was put up, crafts took a definite British theme with baking, printing and painting dominating the preparations. Staff really got into the spirit of the occasion, with parents generously donating food for […]