Chalfont St Peter Archives - Footsteps Nursery & Pre-School

November 24, 2020

Chalfont’s Winter Wonders

Chalfont St Peter, Footsteps News

What a busy month! We hope you enjoy our whistle-stop tour through November as we tell you about just some of our highlights! Lighting up the darker skies this month were some of our amazing creations. We have had lots of fun with colour as we learnt about Fireworks night. For fireworks, we made some stunning glittery pictures, Catherine wheels with tissue paper, rockets with shapes, collages with pom-poms and […]

November 16, 2020

Footsteps support Children In Need

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Farnborough, Footsteps News, Maple Cross, Watermead

On Friday 16th November all Footsteps Nurseries and pre-schools took part in lots of exciting fundraising activities and events to raise money for Children in Need. All staff and children joined in and there were lots of different ways we showed our support. At Farnborough it was all about the crazy hair and pyjamas, whilst Maple Cross and Watermead opted for yellow or spots. There was an array of amazing […]

November 9, 2020

Spooktacular fun at Footsteps Chalfont

Chalfont St Peter

It’s a ghastly tale of ghoulish goings on as Halloween week is in full swing. We have some terrible stories of creaky craft, monstrous maths, freaky forest school, and witches potions. We have loved putting the children’s talents to full effect – as well as the creativity of our amazing team – who we want to thank for all their dedication. Never too young for spooky fun, our battastic baby […]

October 15, 2020

Continuous Development: Training at Footsteps

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Farnborough, Maple Cross

We place huge value on our staff and it is in the interests of our nurseries and pre-schools, the children, families and the individual, that each staff member is given the opportunity to develop their skills to their maximum and to broaden their knowledge and skills in caring for children. Personal and professional development is essential to maintaining the quality and delivery of high quality care and education for young […]

July 27, 2020

Chalfont News – Graduation 2020

Chalfont St Peter, Footsteps News

It has been a strange last few months and not the end of term we would have predicted for our pre-schoolers. We have been so proud of how everyone has adapted – we expected nothing less from our dedicated team and brilliant children! With graduation 2020 now upon us we now say goodbye to some of our children as they move on to Big School in September. It is a […]

June 3, 2020

Chalfont’s Lockdown Diaries

Chalfont St Peter

So we haven’t posted any news in a while and we hope you understand why – it is now a slightly longer update! We have been busy caring for and having fun with all the children of our very special keyworker parents who we want to firstly take the opportunity to thank for all that they do! Thank you. We also can’t miss this opportunity to thank our very special […]

March 11, 2020

World Book Day at Footsteps 2020

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Farnborough, Maple Cross

On Thursday 5th 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 including […]

November 19, 2019

Chalfont News Roundup

Chalfont St Peter, Footsteps News

It’s been a busy few weeks at Footsteps Chalfont with lots of fun, laughter and learning to share. The children (and staff) have been exceptionally busy! Children In Need We want to say a huge thankyou to all the parents and children who supported Children In Need on the 15th November. For a £1 donation the children could come to Nursery in their pyjamas – we think the parents enjoyed […]

October 15, 2019

The Home Learning Environment

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

Our amazing team of practitioners at Footsteps undergo continual training, mentoring and share best practice so that they can provide the best environment for children’s learning, development and well-being. A recent course threw up some worrying statistics that they felt parents should be aware of. Did you know: One fifth of parents believed communication with babies is only beneficial after 3 months One in eight parents believe the responsibility for […]

September 30, 2019

Pirate Adventures on the Chalfont Seas

Chalfont St Peter, Footsteps News

Oooooo Aaaaaargh me hearties this news has just arrived via a message in a bottle from faraway shores. It was news of a band of (smaller than usual) pirates, from Footsteps Chalfont. It started with a treasure map …. Where X marked the spot and the final destination on our very special treasure hunt. The first step was to of course dress the part. The children made spectacular pirate hats […]