February 1, 2021

Australia Week at Footsteps Chalfont St Peter

G’day Readers,  Come and kangaroo jump on over and join us as we explore “Down Under”. Our topic for the last week of January is Australia to tie in with Australia Day on Tuesday 26th Jan. The week may have started with fun in the snow but we used our imaginations to whisk us off to the Australian sunshine. We have looked at the different native animals, culture, geography and […]
February 1, 2021

After storms come rainbows at Footsteps Watermead

At Footsteps, we love to take a theme for our learning and see just how many ways we can incorporate it into our huge range of activities.  As ever our amazing team of staff have come up with a whole host of ways to bring a little colour into what has been a cold and wintry week at Footsteps. Colour is an incredible topic as there are just so many […]
January 14, 2021

A New Year at Footsteps

2021 didn’t start as we had all hoped or expected.  With another National Lockdown we were thrilled for our families and children that Early Years settings have been allowed to remain open this far, and we hope have retained some sense of normality, reassurance and routine for parents and children.  We of course have been taking the highest possible measures to keep our staff and families safe too, and we […]
November 24, 2020

Watermead November Roundup

Can you believe we are at the end of November?  It has been an action packed month with so many celebrations helping to pick us up and brighten up Lockdown. We have been so pleased to remain open and support our families. We started the month with a bang as we celebrated fireworks night.  There may not have been any big displays but we certainly made our setting light up […]
November 24, 2020

Chalfont’s Winter Wonders

What a busy month!  We hope you enjoy our whistle-stop tour through November as we tell you about just some of our highlights! Lighting up the darker skies this month were some of our amazing creations. We have had lots of fun with colour as we learnt about Fireworks night.  For fireworks, we made some stunning glittery pictures, Catherine wheels with tissue paper, rockets with shapes, collages with pom-poms and […]
November 24, 2020

Maple Cross November News

As Autumn days turn to winter, we are enjoying the last of the Autumn season, we have spent many days in November still enjoying playing in the falling leaves.  Our new outside investigations area has given the children lots of tools and ideas for exploring our lovely outside area.  We have a couple of lovely video tours of both our garden and inside areas so do go and take a […]
November 18, 2020

Footsteps Farnborough Recruiting

Job Title: Nursery Practitioner (Full time / Part-Time) Job Setting: Footsteps Farnborough Job Role: Early Years Practitioner Date Posted: November 2020 Hours: Term time only 8-3.30pm Are you looking for a new role in 2021?! If so, come and join us at Footsteps Farnborough. We are recruiting for Early Years Practitioners to join the Footsteps family at our friendly preschool focused on outdoor learning. You will be responsible for helping to provide […]
November 16, 2020

Footsteps support Children In Need

On Friday 16th November all Footsteps Nurseries and pre-schools took part in lots of exciting fundraising activities and events to raise money for Children in Need. All staff and children joined in and there were lots of different ways we showed our support. At Farnborough it was all about the crazy hair and pyjamas, whilst Maple Cross and Watermead opted for yellow or spots. There was an array of amazing […]
November 9, 2020

Spooktacular fun at Footsteps Chalfont

It’s a ghastly tale of ghoulish goings on as Halloween week is in full swing. We have some terrible stories of creaky craft, monstrous maths, freaky forest school, and witches potions. We have loved putting the children’s talents to full effect – as well as the creativity of our amazing team – who we want to thank for all their dedication. Never too young for spooky fun, our battastic baby […]
November 9, 2020

Maple Cross Autumn News

With half term and a deep clean in full swing, we have been reflecting on all the fun we have been having so far this October. Our Autumn activities have kept us very busy. With a focus on spending time in our gorgeous outside space and watching the changes to our garden as the leaves fall and change colour. The children have loved exploring our Autumn topic. With crafts, wreaths, […]
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