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 18, 2022

Feeling the heat at Footsteps

As you are all probably aware, a red weather warning has been issued in our region for extreme heat. We wanted to reassure you that at present nursery will be open as usual and we will be taking steps to keep children as cool and comfortable as possible during this time. Please dress your children in light coloured, loose clothing and ensure you pack plenty of extras, Please also ensure […]
July 8, 2022

It’s great to be in the garden at Footsteps Farnborough!

As the sun has come out to play this June we have had plenty of opportunity to enjoy the newly developed garden area at Farnborough. Over the Easter holidays the garden had been totally transformed with new AstroTurf and new grass which the children have been enjoying over this summer term. But that’s not all that’s been going on in our outside space! Aside from the setting for our wonderful […]
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 27, 2022

Footsteps Celebrate The Jubilee!

We love to teach our children about traditions, celebrations, history and culture – from the UK and around the world.  Celebrating 70 years of our Queen on the throne gave us some amazing opportunities for learning, conversation, activities and most of all lots of fun as we finalised our celebrations with a party.  At every Footsteps site, flags were flying high as we found exciting ways to celebrate! It was […]
May 6, 2022

Down at the Bottom of the Garden……

At Footsteps our ethos is based around getting lots of fresh air, Forest School principles and lots of fun physical activities in our surrounding space.  As such, our Footsteps locations have always been very important.  They all have been chosen to ensure our children have access to lots of outside space, and opportunities for managed risk, learning and of course plenty of fun So other than looking for eggs left […]
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 […]
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