February 7, 2023

National Storytelling Week

Are you all sitting comfortably? We’d like to tell you a tale about the wonderful world of stories! National Storytelling Week takes place every year and is a celebration of the power of sharing stories. Stories teach us about the world, they allow us to step into someone else’s shoes and feel empathy, they help us to relax and escape and they can help develop essential literacy skills. To celebrate […]
February 3, 2023

A is for Amazing Animals

Animals are just amazing.  And whether it’s cute fluffy ones, giant prehistoric ones, mythical ones or famous ones – they never fail to excite our children and inspire our learning here at Footsteps! At Footsteps Maple Cross we have been lucky enough to have the real thing with our very own Footsteps pets – Eddie and Hopper.  Our new guinea pig friends have been very popular with regular opportunities for […]
January 24, 2023

Count the ways we love to learn at Footsteps

As part of preparing our children for the more formal learning of Primary School, we aim to equip them with the skills to take forward with them.  Numeracy is of course high on our agenda. But it is our aim to incorporate all the learning objectives which meet the early curriculum requirements in a way which make them accessible to every child, as well as, filled with passion, fun, laughter […]
December 21, 2022

Season’s Greetings from Footsteps

As we come to the end of a very busy term, our festive preparations have been in full swing – and it has been truly magical! Christmas is fast approaching and we have been learning all about our different traditions through fantastic shared experiences. With themed arts and crafts, Forest School sessions, songs and festive food, we are full of Christmas spirit! Christmas Jumper Day for Save the Children On […]
December 1, 2022

November kicks off with a bang!

With the dark evenings drawing in we have found some brilliant ways to light up our activities across our Footsteps sites by celebrating and learning about some big events in the Calendar. 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 recently, we enjoyed lots of different activities which have brightened up our walls […]
November 21, 2022

Footsteps Watermead Ofsted

OFSTED report praises children’s learning progress! “Parents speak positively about the pre-school. They praise staff’s good communication and feel that children develop high levels of confidence. Regular exchanges of information between staff, parents and carers support children in settling in. Parents speak positively about the setting, saying that they feel staff are kind and caring. Children say that ‘Footsteps is fun! “ Following an inspection in October, Footsteps Watermead is […]
October 12, 2022

Watermead: Our Autumn stay and play

The fun we have at Footsteps is never reserved solely for our Children.  And the new term is a great way for our families to come and join us to see what we get up to! So on the 3rd October we had our Autumn Stay and Play! The weather was on our side and there was plenty on offer for our parents to get involved in together. We enjoyed […]
September 20, 2022

Remembering Our Queen at Footsteps

The passing of our monarch Queen Elizabeth II was a huge loss to the Royal family and to the Nation. We felt it was important that we helped the children within our settings to make sense of this national event, its importance in History and also to help them negotiate any feelings around the events that might arise. But as you can imagine, this is something that needs to be […]
August 19, 2022

Giant Steps taken for local childcare

Due to increasing demand, Footsteps Chalfont St Peter is expanding. The popular setting next to Chalfont St Peter AFC, will now be able to cater for up to 64 children. Running 51 weeks of the year from 7.45am – 6pm, this will now include a baby room from 3 months to 19 months, a toddler room from 20 months to 2.5 years and a pre-school from 2.5-5 years. Footsteps Chalfont […]
July 18, 2022

Feeling the heat at Footsteps

As you are all probably aware, a red weather warning has been issued in our region for extreme heat. We wanted to reassure you that at present nursery will be open as usual and we will be taking steps to keep children as cool and comfortable as possible during this time. Please dress your children in light coloured, loose clothing and ensure you pack plenty of extras, Please also ensure […]
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