Farnborough Archives - Footsteps Nursery & Pre-School

September 28, 2021

Recycling Week At Footsteps

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Community, Farnborough, Footsteps News, Forest School, Maple Cross, Oving, Watermead

National Recycling Week took place from 20-24th September 2021. Now in its 18th year, Recycle Week is a celebration of recycling, organised by WRAP via Recycle Now. The aim of the week is to encourage the public to recycle more, by demonstrating the benefits of recycling items from all around the home. This year, the theme focuses on climate change, under the banner ‘Step It Up this Recycle Week’. “We […]

September 21, 2021

Talking About Speech and Language at Footsteps Farnborough

Farnborough, Footsteps News

Our focus area of development this term is speech and language. Communication and language skills are crucial for every child’s overall development and their future into big school and beyond. We can help build these skills with simple daily interactions. Our staff are always on hand to act as a positive role model, talking with them slowly and clearly, while showing interest in everything they have to say. But we […]

September 2, 2021

Forest School at Footsteps

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Charity, Community, Farnborough, Footsteps News, Forest School, Maple Cross, Oving, Watermead

It’s a sad truth of modern life that kids are spending less time outside than ever before. The average child spends just five hours a week playing outside, compared to a staggering 45.5 hours in front of a screen. This is having a knock-on effect on children’s learning and development. A recent survey found that only one in three can name a single herb, and 50% struggle to name five […]

August 3, 2021

Fun and Fitness at Footsteps

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Charity, Community, Farnborough, Footsteps News, Maple Cross, Oving, Watermead

Physical Activity in Early Years Settings Daily activity is important for children as it supports healthy growth and development. Physical activity needs to be incorporated from very early on, so that it becomes part of children’s normal everyday routine. Trends show that if this happens, children are more likely to be physically active adults and to maintain this throughout their life. At Footsteps we ensure that physical activity is incorporated […]

August 3, 2021

Two Year Old Funding

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Charity, Community, Farnborough, Footsteps News, Maple Cross, Oving, Watermead

2-Year-Old Funding – Are you eligible? Here at Footsteps we want to help our families make access to our setting as easy and affordable as possible. Our team are always on hand to advise and support parents with all the latest information. Your 2-year-old may be able to attend funded early education and childcare giving you the chance to do some training or study or take a part-time job. Or […]

July 26, 2021

Summer fun in the sun at Farnborough

Farnborough

Its finally come to the end of the summer term – and what a last few weeks we have had! We love to have fun at Footsteps Farnborough and come rain or shine that never stops. We have both extremes over the past few weeks and have gone from basking in the sun enjoying our outside spaces to dancing in the torrential rain – whatever the weather there ARE amazing […]

June 15, 2021

Sensory sensations

Farnborough

Sight. Touch. Hearing. Taste. Smell. Every learning experience is through at least one of these senses. Young children are naturally curious about the world around them and often use their senses to explore and learn. Here at Footsteps Farnborough we give children the opportunity to play, learn and discover in a way that is exciting, hands-on and developmentally appropriate! We pride ourselves on the creativity of our team to provide […]

June 10, 2021

COVID Policy

Chalfont St Peter, Farnborough, Maple Cross, Watermead

Statement of Intent Footsteps Day Nursery and Preschools intend to use this policy to provide precautionary measures to minimize transmission risks of disease in the setting during the COVID19 pandemic. Legislation and leading authorities which have guided and influenced this policy are: Coronavirus Act 2020, Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Government Briefings, Public Health England (PHE) and World Health Organization (WHO). Advice from […]

April 27, 2021

Watermead March Round-up

Chalfont St Peter, Farnborough, Maple Cross, Watermead

March Madness at Footsteps Watermead It has been a busy month at Footsteps Watermead, and we are really egg-cited to let you know about all the fun things we have been up to. A time to celebrate Whilst we have still been in Lockdown, there has been plenty to celebrate this month! It was a top o’ the morning as we celebrated St Patricks day with a fun filled day […]

March 24, 2021

Fantastic Footsteps Charity Support

Chalfont St Peter, Farnborough, Maple Cross, Watermead

At Footsteps one of our most important lessons is to think about how we can be kind to other people, consider what they need and to learn about those in different situations to us. As such our charity and fundraising days are invaluable in promoting great discussion, vocabulary, understanding and compassion. It’s been a busy time and we thought this update might make you smile as much as us. Sponsored […]