When Santa got stuck up the chimney He began to shout, 'I’ll tell Mr Gove and...
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Back to blogMore Great Childcare? Don’t think so…
The delayed response to More Great Childcare (or ‘More Great Childcages’ as coined by Penny Tassoni) filled me with...
Sing-along to Bob Marley as you prepare for International Children’s Day on 1st June
Thank you all who responded to my blog 'Colleagues, it’s time we finally took control’ calling us...
Dear Colleagues, it’s time we finally took control.
Our Minister has done us a favour, although she may not have realised it. She has thrown...
A visit from our Minister
This week LEYF hosted a visit for our Minister Elizabeth Truss MP. We were pleased to welcome her...
Can President Obama supply the Haribo needed to bang out an Early Years investment proposition?
UK politicians and policy makers oscillate between venerating Europe and the US. We all now know of...
A Happy Valentine’s date in Paris with French nurseries!
Valentine’s Day in Paris. Yep, there I was. Not arm in arm with my beloved, but trudging across...
Remember the lessons of Stafford Hospital and listen to Florence Nightingale: don’t let the same happen to two year olds!
The Francis Report on the scandals of Stafford Hospital was published last week, and unless you have never been...
Politics is not welcome in the nursery
I write this blog with a sense of anger and despair. Even playing Verdi very loudly and...
Asking Robin Van Persie to kick the childcare football straight into the Equalities net
Childcare is flavour of the week and quickly becoming a political football. I wish we had an...