December 1, 2022

November kicks off with a bang!

With the dark evenings drawing in we have found some brilliant ways to light up our activities across our Footsteps sites by celebrating and learning about some big events in the Calendar. 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 recently, we enjoyed lots of different activities which have brightened up our walls […]
November 21, 2022

Footsteps Watermead Ofsted

OFSTED report praises children’s learning progress! “Parents speak positively about the pre-school. They praise staff’s good communication and feel that children develop high levels of confidence. Regular exchanges of information between staff, parents and carers support children in settling in. Parents speak positively about the setting, saying that they feel staff are kind and caring. Children say that ‘Footsteps is fun! “ Following an inspection in October, Footsteps Watermead is […]
October 12, 2022

Watermead: Our Autumn stay and play

The fun we have at Footsteps is never reserved solely for our Children.  And the new term is a great way for our families to come and join us to see what we get up to! So on the 3rd October we had our Autumn Stay and Play! The weather was on our side and there was plenty on offer for our parents to get involved in together. We enjoyed […]
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 […]
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