LEYF News and CEO Blog

Last week I went on a Pedajolly to Birmingham to the Nursery World Conference with two colleagues. Ben who leads the LEYF Training Academy and Jean who manages a…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day eight of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on the power of books… https://leyf.org.uk/enjoy-books-on-world-book-day-dont-worry-too-much-about-dressing-up/ Which of the books that were on…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day seven of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on reclaiming the outdoors for children… https://leyf.org.uk/reclaim-the-outdoors-for-children/ In the education world, outdoors was hijacked…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day six of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on FABULOUS early years teachers… https://leyf.org.uk/dont-call-me-sweet-i-am-a-fast-furious-and-fabulous-early-years-teacher/ I am always so proud of…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day five of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on Social Enterprise… https://leyf.org.uk/time-out-to-reflect-on-social-enterprise/ Back in January I attended a social enterprise conference in…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day four of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on the the different types of play… https://leyf.org.uk/messy-play-not-messi-plays/ Do you know the different types…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day three of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on the importance of partnerships… https://leyf.org.uk/the-importance-of-partnership/ In this blog post from January, I discussed…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day two of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on funding for quality childcare provision… https://leyf.org.uk/quality-childcare-it-starts-with-meaningful-investment/ If nurseries are central to society, we…

While there are children apparently in tears because their chocolate advent calendars are empty, perhaps I can help to bring a bit of extra Christmas cheer by reflecting on…

In October, one of the LEYF managers slept out to raise awareness about homelessness. Her observations prompted this blog. I felt vulnerable and rather lonely in the early hours…

What do we mean by multigenerational practice?  Here at LEYF we are now very clear.  It is how we ensure our nurseries are active community catalysts. Ten years ago,…

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is not an education at all”  An invitation to the annual Margaret Horn Debate. Over ten years ago, we started the annual…