June 27, 2018

Bug Week at Footsteps: Mini Adventures With Our Mini-beast Friends

Footsteps are situated in fantastic surroundings which allow us to offer our children access to Forest School, allotments and wide open spaces for running and playing.  By the very nature of the environment, we are often joined by various creepy crawlies.  This is to the great delight of the children. Last week we celebrated our outdoor friends with bug week.  We were fortunate enough to have visits from both Zoolab […]
June 27, 2018

Aylesbury gets a garden makeover!

Over the coming months Footsteps Aylesbury will be undergoing a significant garden renovation.  Development is well underway on making some significant changes to 3 of our nursery outdoor areas. As well as the front garden we are adding provisions to both the side garden and new allotment.  We are creating lots of new structures for play and learning which we are really excited about! This includes: Loose parts play – Using […]
June 27, 2018

Tackling obesity in children: Footsteps meets Governments 10 year plan

It is a worrying statistic, that today nearly a third of children aged 2 to 15 are overweight or obese. It is well documented that younger generations are becoming obese at earlier ages and staying obese for longer. The Government have launched a new initiative which aims to significantly reduce England’s rate of childhood obesity within the next ten years. However, long-term, sustainable change will only be achieved through the […]
May 24, 2018

Wedding Fever Hits Footsteps

Footsteps Nursery at both Chalfont St Peter and Aylesbury have enjoyed a Royal celebration of their own in the lead up to last weekend’s big event as Prince Harry wed Meghan Markle. Excitement filled the air as bunting was put up, crafts took a definite British theme with baking, printing and painting dominating the preparations.  Staff really got into the spirit of the occasion, with parents generously donating food for […]
May 1, 2018

Footsteps step-up to raise funds for Crackerjacks

Footsteps are proud supporters of Crackerjacks charity. Sharing similar values, Crackerjacks Children’s Trust believes that every child, whatever their needs, has the right to participate fully in their community and to have the same choices, opportunities and experiences as other children, to make local friends, and to access, play, leisure and recreational facilities. On the 24th April, Footsteps held a fundraising pyjama day as just one of the planned annual […]
March 23, 2018

Science Week at Footsteps

Last week staff at Footsteps Nursery & Preschool Nursery at Chalfont and Aylesbury introduced children to the wonderful world of science during National Science Week. The nursery ignited children’s interest in this fascinating subject by hosting a week full of science experiments. Director Kelly Carter says: “All children are natural scientists and explorers given the right opportunities and resources. We felt that National Science Week was the perfect time to […]
February 7, 2018

A Special Visit From People Who Help Us

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 […]
December 22, 2017

Christmas preparations at Footsteps

At Footsteps Nursery we have had a wonderful month of Christmas preparations, themed activities and learning opportunities. Christmas is always a time of year that we like to teach the children about the importance of giving, of community and celebration. One of our favourite trips as part of our festive calendar is to visit Woodland Manor Care home to sing carols with the children and residents. Nursery Manager Kelly Carter said: […]
November 16, 2017

An exciting day with ZooLab

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 […]
October 6, 2017

Recycling

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 […]
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