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…
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Another Consultation… This time, it’s Space
Just as the ink dries on the Ofsted consultation, up pops another. This time it’s about space, equally important and not to be overlooked. The Department for Education (DfE) has…
Christmas Advent Blog – December 6th
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…
Christmas Advent Blog – December 5th
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…
Christmas Advent Blog – December 4th
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…
Christmas Advent Blog – December 3rd
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…
Christmas Advent Blog – December 2nd
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…
Christmas Advent Blog – December 1st
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…
Homelessness
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…
Using a Multi-Generational Approach to Reach into Our Communities
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,…
Can Early Years be the Bridge to Helping Combat Loneliness and Isolation in Local Communities?
“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…
Join BrewEY and build the Early Years Grassroots Movement
The grassroots movement is when the ordinary people get together and use collective action from the local level to affect change at the local, regional, national, or international level. In…
Don’t’s Dump the EYFS, Just Tweak it
About a year ago, the Government suggested that it might need to refresh the EYFS and the Early Learning Goals. This elicited limited support from the sector. We were worried…
Volunteering is good for our social purpose
I am always happy to support staff who want to volunteer with organisations around the world especially when they are helping children. We have encouraged staff who wanted to use…