November 12, 2018

Lighting up November at Footsteps

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 […]
September 30, 2018

Footsteps spread the joy to local Children’s Ward

Following the success of Footsteps Aylesbury’s 1st Birthday party, the team were able to purchase some items on the wish-list of Stoke Mandeville’s Children’s Ward with the proceeds. High on that wish-list was new playdough. A few of the children were able to go down to the hospital to personally take the items and see their impact which was an incredible experience for them. Team member Karen said “We were […]
June 27, 2018

Aylesbury gets a garden makeover!

Over the coming months Footsteps Aylesbury will be undergoing a significant garden renovation.  Development is well underway on making some significant changes to 3 of our nursery outdoor areas. As well as the front garden we are adding provisions to both the side garden and new allotment.  We are creating lots of new structures for play and learning which we are really excited about! This includes: Loose parts play – Using […]
March 23, 2018

Science Week at Footsteps

Last week staff at Footsteps Nursery & Preschool Nursery at Chalfont and Aylesbury introduced children to the wonderful world of science during National Science Week. The nursery ignited children’s interest in this fascinating subject by hosting a week full of science experiments. Director Kelly Carter says: “All children are natural scientists and explorers given the right opportunities and resources. We felt that National Science Week was the perfect time to […]
February 7, 2018

A Special Visit From People Who Help Us

As a nursery we are always looking at ways of developing the children’s knowledge and understanding of the World around us.  Last week at Chalfont St Peter, we were looking at the topic of ‘People who help us’ and being part of the community which contributes to this area of learning. This is a wide ranging topic with plenty of opportunity to make connections between people and places. It includes […]
November 16, 2017

An exciting day with ZooLab

Working in nurseries is all about creating a fun learning environment.  Our team at Footsteps are skilled at doing just this – and we are always looking at new ways of gaining the immediate interest of the children, exciting their curiosity and covering many subject areas within the national curriculum.  We were thrilled recently, to welcome Zoolab to Chalfont St Peter. ZooLab is a mobile animal handling company who are […]
October 6, 2017

Recycling

At Footsteps we take great pride in our local area and we feel it is very important to teach all the children in our came the same.  We offer lots of activities which make the most of our fantastic setting and green spaces and we always ensure we are imparting the importance of respecting our environment. As part of this important area of our curriculum we teach our children about […]
October 6, 2017

Walking in an Autumn Wonderland

At our Chalfont site we are exceptionally lucky to have access to lots of open space to undertake our forest school activities.  Autumn brings an abundance of nature for the children to explore, inspiring colours and wildlife.  We have been busy making the most of some if the Autumn sunshine, and the children have been enjoying our nature walks. They have been busy collecting lots of items for our nature […]
June 2, 2017

Footsteps Aylesbury – Now Open

Footsteps Nursery are thrilled to announce that Footsteps nursery Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire is now open.  The facilities at Aylesbury Football club are undergoing a major transformation, significantly changing both inside and outside to transform it into a fabulous nursery for local Aylesbury families.  The nursery will cater for around 50 children from babies through to school age and will also offer before and after school care. The Aylesbury site will be located […]
May 8, 2017

All welcome at our Open day!

On Saturday 15th July, we will once again be holding our annual open day. Both prospective and existing parents alike are invited to join us at Footsteps Chalfont St Peter between 11.30am and 1.30pm for our family fun day. This community event is held within the grounds of Chalfont St Peter FC, located conveniently next the nursery, is ideal for our annual event. So why not come along whether it […]
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