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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

On Wednesday 10th May, Tasha is back to Footsteps. Tasha is our local friendly hairdresser who will be providing childrens hair dressing services whilst at the nursery. Tasha has been a mobile hairdresser for many years (with children of her own) is very experienced providing this excellent service; even to the youngest or nervous cliente. From the first cut, Tasha’s magic scissors will be able to put your child at […]

“Staff use their knowledge of the children effectively to support the next steps in their learning. They plan challenging activities based on the children’s interests and needs.“ Following an inspection in February, Footsteps Nursery is proud to receive a “Good” Ofsted report across all areas. The overall effectiveness of the early years provision at Footsteps was described as “effective and positive” by the inspectors. The report stated that children are […]

On 2nd March staff and children entered into the spirit of World Book day to celebrate World Book day.  Book lovers all over the country were celebrating their favourite stories once again as World Book Day is back and marking its 20th anniversary. The annual celebration of authors, illustrators and reading is marked in more than 100 countries around the world to mark the wonder of reading. There was fun and laughter […]

Helping local wildlife Now that we are all back from our Christmas break we have been very busy at Footsteps Chalfont St Peter. Over the last couple of weeks, we have been helping our feathered friends by making bird feeders.  This involved the children mixing lard and bird seed and getting our hands really messy by moulding them into shapes. Once the bird feeders were set, the children adding string […]