Archive for category Training

The Power of Good Old Fashioned Care: Love, Chat and Adele

Posted by juneosullivan in Early Years, Education, Research, Training on April 8, 2013

A few weeks ago Wave Trust in partnership with the DfE published its report Conception to Age 2 – The Age of Opportunity. I was part of the Special Interest Group that helped shape the report, along with an eclectic group of colleagues representing a variety of areas affecting babies – such as mental health, training, […]

Adele, Babies, Child Poverty, Communication, Disadvantage, Early Intervention, Home Learning, Language, Parenting, Staff, Training, Two Year-Olds, Wave Trust

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Can the Genie of the Lamp help us find the best staff in Early Years?

Posted by juneosullivan in Early Years, Training on April 2, 2013

There was a flurry of activity at our Central Office last week because we were interviewing for new staff. We need new staff because we have increased our capacity to accommodate more two-year-olds. The morning saw the arrival of the interview team of LEYF nursery managers and deputies expressing great hope and enthusiasm: new staff, […]

Careers, Child Development, Core Values, Level 3, Literacy, Nutbrown Review, Qualifications, Recruitment, Schools, Staff, Two Year-Olds

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The childcare cost mystery: is it time for Monsieur Poirot to visit the Treasury?

Posted by juneosullivan in Early Years, Education, Training on January 14, 2013

We are all aware that the cost of childcare is too expensive for many parents. Yet the Government says it spends £7billion a year on pre-school support? What is the money being spent on? If it’s not going to parents and it certainly isn’t going to providers, then where is it? The case for affordable […]

affordable child care, £7 billion of expenditure by government, Child care, child care costs, Employer childcare vouchers, Hercule Poirot, Nursery Grants Funding, Tax Credits, Treasury, Two year old funding

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