The world is full of contradictions and here is a BIG one. I recently read in the...
Category: Early Years
Back to blogZooming to a National OBC Conversation
It was an OBC with a difference. We didn’t have to find a room and a suitable...
Chancellor Sunak: Be Brave and Invest in the Future By Starting with the Early Years
The other night I was watching my new late-night Netflix addiction, How to Get Away With Murder....
Walk into the Wild Side
I am constantly being asked about how we have responded to COVID-19. What are the problems, levels...
Standing Tall for Early Years
To mark Empathy Day (9 June), we are proud to be launching our Standing Tall for Early...
Returning to Nursery on 1st June
When we were told by the Prime Minster on the 10th May that we would be able...
Pause to Learn
Since I have been operating the LEYF business from home, I’ve increased my video conferencing to check-in...
Stepping Up to Prepare for a Return to the “New Normal”
The Covid -19 pandemic has introduced us to some new words such as furlough and serology which...
Doing What’s Best for the Health of our Nation and the Health of our Sector
The Covid-19 pandemic lockdown is posing many philosophical questions. Is the virus a response to our wasteful...
Can Nurseries Deliver the 4th Emergency Service and Remain Sustainable?
Perhaps when Boris has his new baby and needs childcare he will finally begin to realise what...
From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service
Who would have anticipated that a virus we had never heard of could take us from being...
What does it say about the value of care when low skills are aligned to low salaries?
Does our Home Secretary need to be quite so offensive to the 319,000 staff who provide Early...