Maple Cross Archives - Footsteps Nursery & Pre-School

October 7, 2021

Igniting inspiration at Footsteps Maple Cross

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As we get further into our new term we are really enjoying finding out what fires our children’s imaginations and letting their interests and natural curiosity shape our activities, play, learning, and creativity. Our focus area of All About Me has allowed us to get to know the children and create individual opportunities for development. As talking about Dinosaurs was a roaring success, we created a whole week of focus […]

September 28, 2021

Recycling Week At Footsteps

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Community, Farnborough, Footsteps News, Forest School, Maple Cross, Oving, Watermead

National Recycling Week took place from 20-24th September 2021. Now in its 18th year, Recycle Week is a celebration of recycling, organised by WRAP via Recycle Now. The aim of the week is to encourage the public to recycle more, by demonstrating the benefits of recycling items from all around the home. This year, the theme focuses on climate change, under the banner ‘Step It Up this Recycle Week’. “We […]

September 2, 2021

Forest School at Footsteps

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Charity, Community, Farnborough, Footsteps News, Forest School, Maple Cross, Oving, Watermead

It’s a sad truth of modern life that kids are spending less time outside than ever before. The average child spends just five hours a week playing outside, compared to a staggering 45.5 hours in front of a screen. This is having a knock-on effect on children’s learning and development. A recent survey found that only one in three can name a single herb, and 50% struggle to name five […]

August 3, 2021

Fun and Fitness at Footsteps

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Charity, Community, Farnborough, Footsteps News, Maple Cross, Oving, Watermead

Physical Activity in Early Years Settings Daily activity is important for children as it supports healthy growth and development. Physical activity needs to be incorporated from very early on, so that it becomes part of children’s normal everyday routine. Trends show that if this happens, children are more likely to be physically active adults and to maintain this throughout their life. At Footsteps we ensure that physical activity is incorporated […]

August 3, 2021

Two Year Old Funding

Aylesbury, Chalfont St Peter, Charity, Community, Farnborough, Footsteps News, Maple Cross, Oving, Watermead

2-Year-Old Funding – Are you eligible? Here at Footsteps we want to help our families make access to our setting as easy and affordable as possible. Our team are always on hand to advise and support parents with all the latest information. Your 2-year-old may be able to attend funded early education and childcare giving you the chance to do some training or study or take a part-time job. Or […]

July 26, 2021

Moving on at Maple Cross

Maple Cross

So we have come to our last week of term and the time to say goodbye to many of our children going onto Big School in September. But the sun is out to help make our last week full of sunshine and smiles with lots of lovely activities to celebrate our amazing group of children. We have had a fantastic last few weeks of term, jam-packed with fun and learning, […]

June 15, 2021

Wonderful Weather

Maple Cross

Well it has certainly been a month of 2 halves when it comes to the weather – from extreme wind and rain to beautiful sunshine. With our brand new covered garden area and gorgeous outside space – we have been enjoying our free-flow play whatever the weather! As part of our weather topic we set up a weather station in our role-play area. The children could help choose what the […]

June 10, 2021

COVID Policy

Chalfont St Peter, Farnborough, Maple Cross, Watermead

Statement of Intent Footsteps Day Nursery and Preschools intend to use this policy to provide precautionary measures to minimize transmission risks of disease in the setting during the COVID19 pandemic. Legislation and leading authorities which have guided and influenced this policy are: Coronavirus Act 2020, Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Government Briefings, Public Health England (PHE) and World Health Organization (WHO). Advice from […]

June 9, 2021

Oral health and your child

Maple Cross

Here at Footsteps we are committed to supporting our parents, carers and families in looking after the health and happiness of all the children. Oral health is an important part of every child’s physical and emotional wellbeing. It impacts on the ability for children to eat and sleep, to socialise with confidence and to concentrate. However, many children experience problems with their oral health. Tooth decay affects around a quarter […]

April 27, 2021

Garden makeover at Maple Cross

Maple Cross

At Footsteps, we place a huge value on outside space, and our plans to continually offer new learning experiences are based around the great facilities we have. But there is always more to be done. With the Easter holidays in full swing, the dedicated footsteps team pulled up their sleeves and set to work creating a brand new decking and bark play area. Turning their attention to creating the covered […]