
Talking Early Years: In Conversation with Ellen Sandseter
Risky Play or Not Risky Play – That is the Question! Ellen Sandseter is a well-known professor at Queen Maud University College for Early Childhood Education in Trondheim, Norway…
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Risky Play or Not Risky Play – That is the Question! Ellen Sandseter is a well-known professor at Queen Maud University College for Early Childhood Education in Trondheim, Norway…
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A letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt
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Here at London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) we are so proud to share that on the 19th January we won the award in the ‘Employee Engagement’ category at The…
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