On Friday night, the DfE produced the guidance on furlough and funded children. A rather last-minute announcement...
Tag: Early Years
Back to blogKindness is Contagious and Its worth Us All Catching it Early
As early years’ teachers, we need to continually reflect on the purpose of education. This is crucial...
Be Kind, Be Courteous and Remember Your Manners
Last week, I spent a morning with staff from two nurseries talking about pedagogy. Kindness and what...
Become an Early Years Teacher and Beat the Robots
I recently read a piece about the growth of artificial intelligence and the impact it will have...
Take the Christmas Quiz and See if You Can Remember Anything From 2016!
Many of you have broken up this weekend (or broken down!) and the rest of us continue...
Can We Top Trump’s Childcare Policies?
Last week the US electorate put two fingers up to the neoliberal establishment and voted in Donald...
Margaret Horn 2016 : The London Childcare Challenge
[caption id="attachment_3804" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Margaret Horn[/caption] Every year during the November Global Enterprise Fortnight we host the...
Encouraging Women to the top
Are you a feminist from the 1970s ? Did you look forward to reading the monthly Spare...
May the Force Be With You : The Rallying Cry in Dublin at the 26th EECERA Conference
The EECERA Conference is an annual event and I always try and attend accompanied by LEYF staff...
Parents, your childcare could be in jeopardy
Dear Parents Do you know that your childcare could be in jeopardy? Why? Because a decision made...
Dear Justine Greening MP
Congratulations on your appointment as Secretary of State for Education. It is quite a Brief so l...
Cleaning my teeth with Laura Henry & other surprises from a Trip to Froebel’s Birthplace
Recently, I wrote about the importance of visiting other nurseries so I was delighted when I was...