The other night I was watching my new late-night Netflix addiction, How to Get Away With Murder....
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Back to blogStanding 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...
Another Step for Mankind into the COVID-19 Unknown
On the 23rd March, Boris Johnson put us in to lockdown to help address the unknown outcomes...
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...
Late Night Guidance Suggest Row Back on Furlough for Childcare
On Friday night, the DfE produced the guidance on furlough and funded children. A rather last-minute announcement...
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...
Homelessness
In October, one of the LEYF managers slept out to raise awareness about homelessness. Her observations prompted...
Can Early Years be the Bridge to Helping Combat Loneliness and Isolation in Local Communities?
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is not an education at all" An invitation to the...
Don’t’s Dump the EYFS, Just Tweak it
About a year ago, the Government suggested that it might need to refresh the EYFS and the...