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Breakfast with The Duchess

Monday, February 3, 2020

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We all know that the Tiger comes to Tea but we have never had a Duchess come to breakfast.

Standing tall for early years

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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To mark Empathy Day (9 June), we launched our Standing Tall for Early Years campaign – with a call for all early years settings across the UK to join together in planting sunflower seeds with children and celebrate the sector’s move towards a fresh new chapter – especially after a turbulent few months.

Lockdown has highlighted the benefits of getting outdoors

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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I am constantly being asked about how we have responded to Covid-19.

Kindness is contagious and it's worth us all catching it early

Monday, February 24, 2020

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As early years’ teachers, we need to continually reflect on the purpose of education.

What does it say about the value of care when low skills are aligned to low salaries?

Friday, March 6, 2020

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Does our Home Secretary need to be quite so offensive to the 319,000 staff who provide early childhood education and childcare to parents every day to enable them to work and contribute to the economy?

Stay professional, control the virus, improve lives

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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Like schools, early years settings were asked to open from 1 June - it was and is a big ask and full of difficult decisions, contradictions and risks.

Supporting families of deaf children online during coronavirus pandemic

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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We are experiencing a phenomenon that few of us have experienced before. Having our daily routines altered and limited for an unknown period of time. We are adapting and learning every day and getting used to doing things differently.

Pause to learn

Friday, May 15, 2020

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Since I have been operating the LEYF business from home, I’ve increased my video conferencing to check-in everyday with the 15 nursery hubs that still remain open.

Can nurseries deliver the 4th emergency service and remain sustainable?

Friday, April 3, 2020

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Perhaps when Boris has his new baby and needs childcare he will finally begin to realise what we do as a sector and how we operate as an essential business.

How childminders can demonstrate they are operating 'Covid-secure'

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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Many jobs including childminding include visiting other people's homes, but maintaining social distancing and good hygiene in such intimate settings can be particularly challenging.

Zooming to a national OBC conversation

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

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It was an Ofsted Big Conversation (OBC) with a difference.

Childcare providers and councils must continue to work together to solve pandemic problems

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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I’ve noticed better relationships between local authority early years teams and childcare providers as a result of the impact of Covid-19.

The march of the mothers in March

Friday, March 13, 2020

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March is the yellow month. The month of daffodils and watery sun. March brings a sense of hope, energy and optimism; the winter is behind us and there is a sense of rebirth as spring begins to unfold.

Another step for mankind into the Covid-19 unknown

Thursday, May 21, 2020

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On the 23 March, Boris Johnson put us into lockdown to help address the unknown outcomes from the coronavirus (Covid-19).

Fight against child obesity must start in the early years

Monday, August 10, 2020

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Being overweight or obese is one of the biggest health crises the country faces.

Recovery will not be like flicking a light switch

Monday, May 4, 2020

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The past few weeks have occupied the early years sector with getting to grips with the immediate practical challenges arising from the pandemic and lockdown.

A route map for childcare recovery

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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Sitting in isolation in an empty office for weeks wasn’t exactly how I expected to celebrate my 20th year in business.

It’s like putting a towel on a sun lounger

Thursday, August 13, 2020

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Summer is still here, as the title of this blog reminds us, but autumn term is fast approaching, a fact that is very much occupying minds in the early years world.

The Birmingham Pedajolly on the Pedagogy Fun Train

Monday, December 16, 2019

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Last week, I went on a "pedajolly" to a conference in Birmingham with two colleagues - Ben who leads the LEYF Training Academy and Jean who manages a super three times "outstanding" nursery in Bayswater.

Late night guidance suggests row back on furlough for childcare

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

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On Friday night, the DfE produced the guidance on furlough and funded children.

Stepping up to prepare for a return to the 'new normal'

Monday, May 4, 2020

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The Covid -19 pandemic has introduced us to some new words such as furlough and serology which describe specific action.

Leicester lockdown: the risks it poses to the early years sector

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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Here in Leicester we feel under the national and international spotlight as we enjoy the accolade of being the first lockdown city.

Chancellor Sunak must be brave and invest in the future by starting with the early years

Thursday, July 9, 2020

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The other night I was watching my new late-night Netflix addiction, How to Get Away With Murder.

Double standards or just don’t care?

Friday, September 11, 2020

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The world is full of contradictions and here is a BIG one. I recently read in the Financial Times that the global management consultants, McKinsey & Company earned a whopping £560,000 for giving ‘vision’ to a new English pandemic body.

Like the summer of 76

Friday, March 27, 2020

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The effects of the coronavirus on children’s wellbeing needs careful attention and considered behaviours from all of us. We need to support children with safety and trust. As adults, workers or parents we should offer simple information, by being honest, available and present, and answering questions.

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