December 17, 2018

Aylesbury Partners with Lewin House

I’m sure many of you have been intrigued by the recent documentary series “Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds” showing the benefits of combining nursery activities with residential settings. This is the first time that inter-generational care has been publicised this way in the UK and many watchers praised the experiment and the show for its results. The current epidemic we are facing with loneliness in old age is […]
November 14, 2018

Lest We forget: Footsteps Commemorates Remembrance Day

Armistice Day was commemorated on the 11th November. Also known as Remembrance Day, it marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. This year also marked 100 years since the end of WW1. In the week before this important day of remembrance, we used lots of different ways and activities to talk to the children about what it meant. We also explained why leading up to […]
November 12, 2018

Lighting up November at Footsteps

The beginning of November has been a whirlwind as we celebrated a world of colour. With fireworks and Diwali taking top spots on the calendar, we enjoyed lots of different activities which have brightened up our walls (and sometimes our clothes too). Glitter, paint, sponges, hand printing, glue, coloured blocks and tissue paper were out in full force as we enjoyed our firework themed paintings and shakers. We also put […]
September 30, 2018

Footsteps spread the joy to local Children’s Ward

Following the success of Footsteps Aylesbury’s 1st Birthday party, the team were able to purchase some items on the wish-list of Stoke Mandeville’s Children’s Ward with the proceeds. High on that wish-list was new playdough. A few of the children were able to go down to the hospital to personally take the items and see their impact which was an incredible experience for them. Team member Karen said “We were […]
September 6, 2018

Footsteps Aylesbury celebrates their first year

On Sunday 2nd September Footsteps Aylesbury celebrated their 1st Birthday with a Funday for children and their parents. The lovely weather was an added bonus as the event enabled full use of Aylesbury’s fantastic outdoor facilities to offer a great selection of stalls and activities.  From hook a duck to the bottle tombola, guess the name of the dog to local beauty and trade businesses, there was something for everyone […]
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 […]
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