LEYF News and CEO Blog

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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? …

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…

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…

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…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day nineteen of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on volunteering and why it is good for social purpose… https://leyf.org.uk/volunteering-is-good-for-our-social-purpose/ I am always…

Dear Prime Minister Welcome, and I wish good fortune as you build the right team around you to deliver your election promises. While I realise there are big issues that…