Good News: Apprenticeships are Back in the Spotlight
All three main parties used their conferences this year to talk about apprenticeships, which is good news for businesses like LEYF where apprentices are the rightful pipeline of future Early…
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Talking Early Years: In converation with Catherine Lippe
Why Nursery Chefs Are Our Unsung Food Champions We talk endlessly about phonics, play, and pedagogy in Early Years — but how often do we talk about peas, pulses,…
The London OBC May 2024
The London OBC meeting will be back on the 23rd of May, held at Bain & Company, London. The OBCs continue to demonstrate the benefits…
Talking Early Years: In Conversation with Prue Leith
We are all in a terrific conspiracy, we are all making money from it! Listen to Prue Leith’s take on obesity… In this podcast…
The impact of the mobile phone
It is Good to Talk! The signs of things going wrong in society are usually first evident in small children. The widespread dependence on Smartphones is…
“I see myself as the Benjamin Button of Education”
Talking Early Years – In Conversation with Dr Ger Graus The power of play is recognised within the Early Years sector as essential to children’s development. Playing is…
Locked Out
How Early Years staff can help children cope with imprisonment of a loved one In my life many of my connections have been made through serendipity. In this case…
What has Prison got to do with Early Years?
Many of you will have heard me say that the Early Years is a highly political space. We find ourselves addressing poverty, social services, education and housing and now I…
Let’s celebrate National Apprentice Week!
I love apprentices… …especially the LEYF apprentices. They are the next generation of Early Years teachers and, in my experience, they are amongst some of the best new…
Should Social Enterprise Deliver Public Services?
Social enterprises are driven by social justice and deliver a range of public services including health, social care, children, services, education, homelessness, housing, domestic abuse, public health, leisure, culture, employment,…
Talking Early Years: In Conversation with Matt Arnerich
We Are Famly! My first Podcast of 2024 is an interview with the very delightful Matt Arnerich, Director of Brand & Comms at Famly – an…
Making More Waves in 2024 with Talking Early Years
Welcome to 2024! I’m currently planning my Podcast schedule for this year and, in doing so, reflecting on the most popular and engaging interviews from 2023, in accordance…
All I want for Christmas is staff!
Release your inner Mariah and sing this in the staff room! Ahhh Ahh, I don’t want a lot for Christmas …
Talking Early Years: In conversation with Salas Balde
Workout to Help with Salas… and Bring Kindness to the World Life is very serendipitous and leads to meeting some very engaging people who want to do something helpful…