Footsteps Preschool Oving

A very big thank you to all our parents, friends and familes that came to wish our school leavers a happy Graduation Day! 🧑‍🎓
It is always bitter sweet - we are so proud of them, excited for their next adventures but sad to see them go! The children had a great time with cake, ice-cream and their friends!

Keeping cool 😎 in the sun ☀️ 💦 📖 🎨

Its been fun inside and out this week as we enjoy the early sunshine, cool off with some water 💦 play, take shelter inside in boxes 📦 and get creative around fever! ⚽️

⚽️ Football Fever hits Footsteps ⚽️ Come on England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Its been a sensory sensation so far this week! We have planted carrots and talked about healthy eating, shaped play-dough, splashed in water, enjoyed messy play and cooked up a storm in our mud kitchen!

As we jump into June and a new season of adventures, learning and fun, we look back on a marvelous and just a few of the things we got up to across the Footsteps family.

May-time, Play-time! What a wo derful mo th May has bee at Footsteps! The rece t warm weather a d su shi e have give us ple ty of opportu ities to take our lear i g outdoors a d e joy all the be efits that bei g outside ca bri g. Lear i g About Road Safety Keepi g childre safe is always a priority, a d this mo th we hav...

Its been another busy week at Footsteps! We have been doing lots of activities focusing on numeracy and having plenty of outside adventures too! Can you spot the difference in clothing at the start and end of this week 🧥 🥶 ☀️ 🥵 🧢

Another as we look at exploring feelings, practiced our mark making, and made pictures using glue and different shapes. We played outside with our friends, checked our cress seeds to see if they are growing and had different textures in the tuff tray, all whilst having fun following the EYFS (early years foundation stage) framework.

As we approach half way through May we have certainly been reaping the benefits of our Outside play ethos, with some brighter and warmer weather making our outdoor spaces, mud kitchens, forest school areas, allotments, football pitches and nature walks across our settings come alive. There are so many ways to explore the world around us. Why not share in our in our latest news article

The Importance of Outdoor Play: Growing, Exploring and Thriving Outdoor play is at the heart of life at Footsteps. Our outdoor spaces at every setti g are co sta tly evolvi g, offeri g childre ew opportu ities to explore, discover a d lear through ature. A Space That Grows With the Seaso s As the year cha ges, so do our outdoor e viro me ts: Spri g bri gs pla ti...

This week we learnt about road safety and traffic lights 🚦 , planted cress seeds 🌱 and have watched them grow (learning about what plants need to survive 💦 ☀️ ) We also created a mud area and explored different textures for the diggers 🚜 using mud and shaving foam.