D is for Disadvantaged: What Does that Mean?
“Disadvantage” is one of those terms we bandy about in policy papers and conference keynotes, but what do we mean by it? Do we understand the lived reality behind the…
LEYF News and CEO Blog
Read the latest news and updates from our CEO and the wider LEYF team.
The Power of Intergenerational Nurseries
Talking Early Years: June O’Sullivan and Sue Egersdorff The world is changing fast. Technology is accelerating how we live, work and even care, but in that rush, you…
The March of the Mothers in March
March is the yellow month. The month of daffodils and watery sun. March brings a sense of hope, energy and optimism; the winter is behind us and there is a…
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 Childhood Education and Childcare to parents every day to enable them to work…
Kindness 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 given the pressures we face to deliver what many would describe as a…
So the Results are in….
The consultation has closed and we now await the Government’s response to our feedback about the proposed changes to the EYFS and the Early Learning Goals. Do you remember…
Breakfast with The Duchess
We all know that the Tiger comes to Tea but we have never had a Duchess come to Breakfast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6hzbLzcprE The Duchess of Cambridge lightened up our…
The Male Only Apprentice Group
Can we do this? Will we break the law? The HR Director rolled his eyes and said Ohhhhh, let me double check! I said “Make it happen, It is hugely…
Make 2020 the Decade of Kindness by Opening Both Your Eyes and Your Heart
Given this is the beginning of a new decade, I glanced at some previous New Year blogs. Not my best idea! The world of Early Years is still Groundhog Day…
What will Santa do now the presents are delivered?
The boots are off, Santa is snuggled on a big comfortable sofa and he reaches for his book. Santa loves a book. He loves it because it brings him to…
Christmas Advent Blog – December 23rd
Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day twenty-three of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on multi-generational approaches to community engagement… https://leyf.org.uk/using-a-multi-generational-approach-to-reach-into-our-communities/ What do we mean by multigenerational practice? …
Christmas Advent Blog – December 22nd
Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day twenty-two of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on homelessness…. https://leyf.org.uk/homelessness/ Homelessness is an issue that has become very prevalent across the…
Christmas Advent Blog – December 21st
Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day twenty-one of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on loneliness and taking a multi-generational approach to combat it… https://leyf.org.uk/can-early-years-be-the-bridge-to-helping-combat-loneliness-and-isolation-in-local-communities/ Here’s a video…
Christmas Advent Blog – December 20th
Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day twenty of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on the EYFS… https://leyf.org.uk/donts-dump-the-eyfs-just-tweak-it/ About a year ago, the Government suggested that it might…