Maple Cross Archives - Footsteps Nursery & Pre-School

March 11, 2020

World Book Day at Footsteps 2020

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Farnborough, Maple Cross

On Thursday 5th March, children and teachers across the United Kingdom celebrated the magic of literature as they donned costumes and undertook themed activities to mark World Book Day. The annual global event celebrates reading and is marked in more than 100 countries all over the world. With reading topping the list of some of their favourite activities, children dressed as their favourite literary character. Characters from fictional favourites including […]

February 11, 2020

Footsteps Maple Cross Wraps up eco-friendly commitment!

Maple Cross

Footsteps Maple Cross is committed to sustainability – recycling and reusing and re-purposing materials to not only protect our environment, but also to teach our children about its importance. Respecting and protecting the environment is an important part of our commitment to securing the best possible future for our children. Alongside the eco-friendly initiatives at Footsteps like our allotment, reduction in plastics and educational activities, we support an organisation called […]

January 29, 2020

Fire Drills at Footsteps

Maple Cross

We recently had a fire drill at Footsteps Maple Cross. We were so impressed with the children’s behaviour we thought we would explain a little more about our Fire Drill and safety practices. Explaining in a Simple Way The loud noise and hurried activity of a fire drill can upset a child, particularly one that is unaware of what is happening. That’s why, where possible in regards to age and […]

November 14, 2019

A sign of the times as Makaton is introduced at Footsteps Maple Cross

Footsteps News, Maple Cross

We support the needs of every child at Maple Cross, as well as encourage development in communication techniques and understanding of the world around us. We are pleased to be introducing Makaton sessions into our setting. Here are a few frequently asked questions we hope will help: What is Makaton and why do we use it? Makaton is a language programme. It aims to teach communication, language and literacy skills. […]

October 15, 2019

The Home Learning Environment

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Farnborough, Footsteps News, Maple Cross

Our amazing team of practitioners at Footsteps undergo continual training, mentoring and share best practice so that they can provide the best environment for children’s learning, development and well-being. A recent course threw up some worrying statistics that they felt parents should be aware of. Did you know: One fifth of parents believed communication with babies is only beneficial after 3 months One in eight parents believe the responsibility for […]

September 17, 2019

Footsteps Maple Cross is very excited to share our big news!!

Footsteps News, Maple Cross

Following the success of our nursery and preschool, as well as local demand, we are pleased to announce we will be opening all year from January 2020. In addition we will be opening a brand new Baby Room where we will be accepting children from 3 months. We will be offering a real home from home which will emphasise a nurturing environment and dedicated to learning through play. Our fantastic […]

September 6, 2019

Footsteps Maple Cross Offers Breakfast and After School Club Provision to Maple Cross JMI

Footsteps News, Maple Cross

Being based at Maple Cross JMI gives Footsteps Maple Cross an amazing opportunity to share the use of some fantastic facilities and open space. It also provides us with an opportunity to give back to parents at the school with the extension of our Early Years Breakfast Club and brand new After School Club. Our fully qualified staff are all first aid and DBS checked and passionate about working with […]

July 21, 2019

Good grounding for future learning – French and Spanish lessons

Footsteps News, Maple Cross

At Footsteps we are committed to a learning through play ethos which we feel helps the children develop skills, experience new things at a pace to suit them and create friendships and all the foundations for future learning. In addition to this method we also like to ensure that our children have a well-rounded provision and opportunities to learn about their wider surroundings. Teaching our children the foundations of modern […]

July 1, 2019

Royal Celebrations at Footsteps

Footsteps News, Maple Cross

As we come to the end of the month we wanted to reflect on some of the wonderful things we have done at Footsteps Maple Cross. With the arrival of a very exciting piece of post this morning, one of the highlights was certainly our Royal Tea Party we had in honour of the Queen’s Birthday. With our colourful bunting hung and birthday banners on full display, the children got […]

July 1, 2019

Creative fun with Hartbeeps

Chalfont St Peter, Footsteps News, Maple Cross

At Footsteps we have the most amazing team that are always looking for new opportunities to offer creative, fun and unique ways for the children to explore the world around them. Sometimes these opportunities come from our external suppliers who bring their own unique stamp on learning and stimulation. We are pleased that Hartbeeps is able to join us to offer their experience in working with children from babies to […]