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		<title>Sing-along to Bob Marley as you prepare for International Children’s Day on 1st June</title>
		<link>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/sing-along-to-bob-marley-as-you-prepare-for-international-childrens-day-on-1st-june/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>June O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Truss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you all who responded to my blog &#8216;Colleagues, it’s time we finally took control’ calling us to stand up together and Reclaim Early Years from the toxic grip of our politicians. I was overwhelmed by the response. The Government plans to loosen the ratios of adults to children as well as various changes including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Colleagues, it’s time we finally took control.</title>
		<link>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/dear-colleagues-its-time-we-finally-took-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/dear-colleagues-its-time-we-finally-took-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>June O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Childcare costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Truss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ofsted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Return to work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sir Michael Wilshaw]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our Minister has done us a favour, although she may not have realised it. She has thrown down the gauntlet by challenging the sector, so now we need to take control of our own destiny. Her ill-informed and contradictory facts beg us to tell our story, so every individual &#8211; especially parents &#8211; is left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An inspector calls… and the sector arrives to listen and ponder.</title>
		<link>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/an-inspector-calls-and-the-sector-arrives-to-listen-and-ponder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/an-inspector-calls-and-the-sector-arrives-to-listen-and-ponder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>June O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ofsted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sir Michael Wilshaw]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday morning I traipsed up to Camden to hear Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills announce his plans for Early Years at a Press Conference. I was determined to hear it from him directly, given the realities of what is happening on the ground at the moment. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get on the train to Brussels and make new friends.</title>
		<link>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/get-on-the-train-to-brussels-and-make-new-friends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/get-on-the-train-to-brussels-and-make-new-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>June O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Enterprise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disadvantage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E3M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reading documents from the European Commission require some preparation: firstly a cup of tea and a packet of Fig Rolls; secondly some good music (in this case my favourite Sharon Shannon); and finally a comfortable cushion. As those of you who read this blog (thank you all very much, by the way), I am quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Good Old Fashioned Care: Love, Chat and Adele</title>
		<link>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/the-power-of-good-old-fashioned-care-love-chat-and-adele/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/the-power-of-good-old-fashioned-care-love-chat-and-adele/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>June O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disadvantage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Two Year-Olds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wave Trust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago Wave Trust in partnership with the DfE published its report Conception to Age 2 &#8211; The Age of Opportunity. I was part of the Special Interest Group that helped shape the report, along with an eclectic group of colleagues representing a variety of areas affecting babies &#8211; such as mental health, training, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can the Genie of the Lamp help us find the best staff in Early Years?</title>
		<link>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/can-the-genie-of-the-lamp-help-us-find-the-best-staff-in-early-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/can-the-genie-of-the-lamp-help-us-find-the-best-staff-in-early-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>June O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Core Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Level 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutbrown Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qualifications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recruitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Two Year-Olds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was a flurry of activity at our Central Office last week because we were interviewing for new staff. We need new staff because we have increased our capacity to accommodate more two-year-olds. The morning saw the arrival of the interview team of LEYF nursery managers and deputies expressing great hope and enthusiasm: new staff, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr Osborne, go to Ireland and talk Early Years over a cup of tea and a Kimberley</title>
		<link>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/mr-osborne-go-to-ireland-and-talk-early-years-over-a-cup-of-tea-and-a-kimberley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/mr-osborne-go-to-ireland-and-talk-early-years-over-a-cup-of-tea-and-a-kimberley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>June O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apprenticeships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Childcare Vouchers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer childcare vouchers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://juneosullivan.wordpress.com/?p=1761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(While I am desperate to blog about our work with Europe and the recent Wave Trust report Conception to age 2 &#8211; the age of opportunity, which I will do next week, I feel first of all obligated to comment on last week&#8217;s budget.) I am no economist, but as an ordinary citizen I remain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Inveraray for an Early Years Conference with Paul Brannigan&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/to-inveraray-for-an-early-years-conference-with-paul-brannigan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/to-inveraray-for-an-early-years-conference-with-paul-brannigan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>June O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Impact]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://juneosullivan.wordpress.com/?p=1714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Alice Sharp,  Mrs Patterson and Mr Patterson &#8211; but not Mrs Patterson Mr Patterson &#8211; also along for the ride!) It seems like a long way to go to talk about Leadership and Home Learning, but nothing can underestimate the quality thinking time offered when attending conferences (even as the speaker); and Scotland is always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurseries cost more than private schools. Well of course they do &#8211; duh..!!</title>
		<link>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/nurseries-are-costlier-than-private-schools-well-of-course-they-are-duh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/nurseries-are-costlier-than-private-schools-well-of-course-they-are-duh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>June O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bankers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Childcare costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Impact]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am breaking my rule of one blog post a week, because tweeting simply cannot give credibility to the confusion in the media elicited by the annual childcare cost survey. The survey tells us what parents pay for childcare. It does not address either the actual cost to provide childcare or who should bear that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A visit from our Minister</title>
		<link>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/a-visit-from-our-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leyf.org.uk/blog/a-visit-from-our-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>June O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apprenticeships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Truss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Men in childcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutbrown Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qualifications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratios]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week LEYF hosted a visit for our Minister Elizabeth Truss MP.  We were pleased to welcome her and ensured she spent time in the Baby Room with 14 under 2s and 5 members of staff!  As expected, the children were all complete angels, behaving like well-briefed civil servants; chuckling, smiling and engaging the Minister and her [...]]]></description>
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