STAYING SAFE AT NURSERY
London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) is taking all the necessary steps to keep children, parents, and teachers safe as our nurseries open their doors to more children. We are following Government guidelines and have gathered valuable experience in our nurseries that remained open during the COVID-19 crisis to protect all of us.
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We recognise that this is a challenging and worrying time for all and that children pick up anxieties from the adults around them. Our booklet is designed to prepare children for nursery and the routines. This is free to download to all parents HERE.We hope to welcome you at one of our nurseries soon.
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Stand Tall for Early Years
London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has launched our Standing Tall for Early Years campaign. We are inviting all Early Years settings across the UK to join together in planting sunflower seeds with children, as nurseries reopen after a turbulent few months.
The sunflower is a symbol of positivity and we want to celebrate the power of kindness and empathy. Those in Early Years have an amazing opportunity to teach the next generation about love and friendship, values they will carry through school and into adulthood.
As the sunflowers grow and flower, nurseries across the country will be encouraged to post photos of their sunflowers tagging @LEYFonline #StandingTall4EY - alongside a tape measure to record the height.
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LEYF during Lockdown
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London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has been working hard during lockdown to keep 15 hub nurseries open across the capital for the children of key workers and vulnerable children. We also developed our Home Learning Service at speed to help parents at home.
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As a charitable social enterprise, we are strong on community engagement and our staff have been reaching out to vulnerable children and their families, delivering home learning bags and running two food banks. We feel this is the right thing to do.
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As we look to reopen our nurseries to more children we have conducted a thorough Risk Assessment. We look forward to seeing you all soon.
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CONTINUE YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING
HOME LEARNING
At London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), we know how important the Early Years are and we recognise how fast your children develop when they attend a LEYF Nursery. We want to make sure that while our nurseries remain closed, your child’s development continues. We also hope parents from other nurseries will enjoy these activities with their children and come to appreciate the LEYF way of teaching and learning.
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THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE VISITS OUR STOCKWELL GARDENS NURSERY & PRE SCHOOL
The Duchess of Cambridge chose to visit London Early Year Foundation’s (LEYF) Stockwell Gardens Nursery & Pre School to discuss her landmark survey ‘5 Big Questions on the Under Fives’ – a nationwide Ipsos MORI survey which aims to spark the biggest ever conversation on early childhood.
During her visit Her Royal Highness helped serve breakfast to the children and met apprentices at the LEYF’s Early Years Chef Academy based at our Stockwell Nursery to hear about the importance of nutrition for a child’s development
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Our 30 Hours Funded Childcare
LEYF is offering the Extended Entitlement (30 Hours of Funded Childcare) at the majority of our nurseries. As a working parent you may be entitled to the government's extended offer for 3 and 4 year olds, check the government 'childcare choices' website for more details.
Our approachLEYF PEDAGOGY
We've created our own unique pedagogy with 7 key strands
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Spiral Curriculum
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Enabling Environments
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Harmonious Relationships
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Safe, Fit and Healthy
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Home Learning
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Multigenerational Approach
Thank you to everyone who has sent us such kind messages of support during the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.
"We are not key workers but just wanted to say thank you for everything, your communication has been fantastic and there must be all such a lot to deal with. We LOVE Gumboots and if there’s anything we can do as parents to help please let us know"
Claire, parent at Gumboots
