LEYF Early Years News & CEO Blog by June O’Sullivan OBE

I have not written a blog for a week because some of you said you could not keep up with my output.  Others have since asked ‘where is the blog?’…

This week has been rather a fest of networking, the most noteworthy of which was one evening and one day attending the Conservative Party Conference.   A Conference virgin, I was…

Last week I went to the Globe to see my favourite Shakespearean comedy; Much Ado About Nothing.  It was a sterling performance and the wit…

In the Evening Standard on Tuesday 16th August  (Ghetto grammar robs the young of a proper voice)  Lindsay Johns touched on something I have been passionate about for a long…

  Reflecting on the riots leads me to believe that the complexity of the situation which released such behaviour will need substantial intelligence, pragmatism and creativity to resolve. Like…

Chatting to my sister in the car the other evening, we were whished into silence by an indignant five year old in the back seat who, demanding our attention, said…

I read with a sinking feeling, an article in the Telegraph March 2011 entitled “Parents who shun fairytales miss chance to teach children morality“.  In essence, they…

The Department for Education and the Department of Health have published the Government’s vision for the foundation years.  In their own words… It is…

On Friday, 1st July, over 200 LEYF staff – now spread across Barking & Dagenham, Camden, Tower Hamlets and Westminster – came together in the beautiful garden…

This week I went to visit Dara Hogan at Fledglings Nurseries, part of An Cosán, a community organisation and charity in…

It’s always interesting to meet television journalists up close and personal – and that’s exactly what I did on Wednesday, when LEYF Chair of Trustees, Tim Willis…

I have just come back from a two day NDNA conference in Leeds, accompanied by two of our nursery officers – Audrey Grant from Lisson Green and…