June 14, 2021

Super themes and colourful celebrations

Here at Footsteps we love to acknowledge celebrations from around the world – respecting cultures, exploring beliefs and practices and appreciating the different celebrations of the families in our setting.  We also love to acknowledge National days and celebrations that we feel add value as well as appeal to the interests of all of our children. We have had a busy few weeks and have had a wide range of […]
June 14, 2021

Our Amazing Emergency Services

This month we have been looking at People Who Help Us.  A very popular topic with so many creative ways to explore the world around us, as well as the people in it.  We take our children’s interests to help drive our planning, and this was a wonderful way to learn all about our amazing emergency services.  Here at Footsteps Watermead, we have been taking every opportunity to utilise some […]
June 14, 2021

Our First Few Weeks

As another member of the Footsteps family opens its doors in the lovely village of Oving, we have been taking advantage of our new location at Oving Village Hall. The new children have settled beautifully, and we have been taking lots of time to develop friendships and relationships with staff and peers as well as the daily routine – allowing the children to feel like this new environment is a […]
June 10, 2021

COVID Policy

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

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

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 […]
April 27, 2021

Watermead March Round-up

March Madness at Footsteps Watermead It has been a busy month at Footsteps Watermead, and we are really egg-cited to let you know about all the fun things we have been up to. A time to celebrate Whilst we have still been in Lockdown, there has been plenty to celebrate this month! It was a top o’ the morning as we celebrated St Patricks day with a fun filled day […]
March 24, 2021

Fantastic Footsteps Charity Support

At Footsteps one of our most important lessons is to think about how we can be kind to other people, consider what they need and to learn about those in different situations to us.  As such our charity and fundraising days are invaluable in promoting great discussion, vocabulary, understanding and compassion. It’s been a busy time and we thought this update might make you smile as much as us. Sponsored […]
March 5, 2021

Ready, Steady, Listen

This week at Footsteps the children are taking part in Ready, Steady, Listen. This is in partnership with Usborne Books. The aim is to allow children to develop a passion of reading and listening for pleasure. So this week the children will be sponsored to listen for an amount of time per day with their parent, an adult or older child. Usborne books will then offer up to 60% of […]
February 23, 2021

National Storytelling Week

Children make sense of the world around them through stories. Creative storytelling involves children making up their own stories based on their interests, experiences and imagination.  At Footsteps we celebrated National Storytelling Week 2021 which runs from 30 January to 6 February and provides a fantastic opportunity to focus on supporting children in our early years settings to explore their creativity, try out new vocabulary and build confidence in speaking. Providing […]
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