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An inspiring, outspoken speaker, author, podcaster and regular media commentator, June O'Sullivan MBE is Chief Executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), one of London’s largest...
Is giving a young child unrestricted access to digital technology like handing them a vape? In my latest podcast, I sat down with digital sa...
Social justice can sound lofty. Abstract. Something discussed in policy papers or parliamentary chambers. But the truth is, the seeds of fai...
An inspiring, outspoken speaker, author, podcaster and regular media commentator, June O'Sullivan MBE is Chief Executive of the London Early...
Learning by Living: Barbara Rogoff on Sociocultural Learning Listen now In this episode of Talking Early Years , I’m in conversation with on...
This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Howard Roberts, a creative strategist whose superpower is curiosity. The real kind—the kind that ask...
I’ve just finished recording a podcast with Professor Sam Wass, and I’m still buzzing. He is Director of the Institute for the Science of Ea...
Why Nursery Chefs Are Our Unsung Food Champions I recently spoke with Catherine Lippe, a registered nutritionist with more than 18 years’ ex...
Early childhood education is not a neutral or technical service—it is a deeply political space and this is the focus of my podcast guest Pro...
Risky Play or Not Risky Play - That is the Question! Ellen Sandseter is a well-known professor at Queen Maud University College for Early Ch...
The Power of Intergenerational Nurseries In this podcast, I speak to Sue Egersdorff, co-founder of the intergenerational Ready Generations N...
Are children deprived of the opportunity to play?... ...is not a new question, but one that continues to be tackled on many levels. Greg Bot...
If you have been frog marched through books, why would you ever read for pleasure? asks Frank Cottrell-Boyce, the Children’s Book Laureate....
Professional Love: The Beating Heart of Early Years Education and Care On Valentine’s Day, there is much talk about romantic love, but we ar...
Unpacking The Twoness of Twos The Government has agreed to continue the roll out of funded places for two-year-olds, with talk of putting th...
A Right to be Children: The Importance of the Design Architecture The importance of architecture to Early Years is often misunderstood. The...
Sarah Ronan is the director of the Early Education and Childcare Coalition (EECC) – an organisation made up of 35 members which represent ch...
There is a lot of concern about recently qualified staff who appear to find adjusting to the workplace a challenge and seem to have emerged...
It seems strange that in 2024 parents feel the need to lead a campaign about healthy food, but with the help of the Children’s Food Campaign...
Getting into your Ofsted Groove! In this podcast I talk to Wendy Ratcliff and Sam Sleeman-Boss from Ofsted about the Big Listen, refreshed h...
Slow Pedagogy Slow pedagogy calls for compassion where we actively do something to address suffering. During Covid, the LEYF staff running o...
Baby, It’s Time Do you think babies are a focus of care and education policy enough? Do we have a baby policy blind spot? We think so! This...
It’s fitting that this podcast is being aired on International Children’s Day because Sir Al is a huge advocate for children over his very b...
In this podcast with Prue Leith, we discover that Prue’s approach to life is summed up by her autobiography, “I'd Try Anything Once” an...
“I see myself as the Benjamin Button of Education” In conversation with Dr Ger Graus. The power of play is recognised within the Early Years...
According to Barnardos, it is estimated that there are up to 310,000 children every year with a parent in prison in England and Wales. And f...
My first Podcast of 2024 is an interview with the very delightful Matt Arnerich, Director of Brand & Comms at Famly – an Early Childhood Pla...
Workout to Help with Salas… and Bring Kindness to the World Life is very serendipitous and leads to meeting some very engaging people who wa...
As an organisation, we have always been involved with issues of poverty and it was interesting to find that back in 1926 we were involved wi...
My guest, Stuart Lewis , CEO of Rest Less, began to think about another response after conversations with his dad about the length of retire...
For International Men’s Day on the 19th November 2012, I invited as many men as I could find who worked in Early Childhood Education and Car...
It is not every day you get to talk to the Mayor’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner, but this is exactly who I am talking to in this podcast....
Solitaire Townsend is a remarkable woman. She is one of the leading international voices on communicating sustainability. In 2001, she co-fo...
Sarah Ronan , Director of the recently formed Early Education and Care Coalition (EECC) joined me to talk about the EECC. As a fellow Cork w...
The Year That is 2023 – This year, we are proud to celebrate 120 years of LEYF. It’s been fascinating to reflect back on what has changed ov...
I was introduced to coaching by Stephen Gribben many years ago. It was an interesting experience, and one I was not too sure how to make the...
What have Food Banks got to do with the Early Years? This year, LEYF is celebrating 120 years of history. In doing so, we are reflecting on...
June kicked off this year’s podcast chatting to the well-informed Krupesh Hirani , London Assembly Member for Brent and Chair of the London...
Listen as Teresa Heaney , CEO of Early Childhood Ireland, explains how the Irish government has agreed to a number of positive actions follo...
June has been using the word, ‘ pedagogy ’ for many years and is now beyond delighted that LEYF can employ Pedagogy Coaches to support its n...
Celebrating the publication of their new book: Social Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care: An Introduction, June and Mona sit d...
Do you enjoy listening to an honest, funny, down to earth conversation? That sums up June's chat with serial social entrepreneur Karen...
Why is child poverty not on the agenda? It’s a horrible situation that doesn’t just affect the child but the wider society. In this podcast...
Whilst filming on-set with her newborn son, Charlotte Riley became very aware of how the lack of childcare was detrimental to the careers of...
Time to Put Empathy at the Heart of Pedagogy June got to know Helen Garnett when she met her at an Empathy Lab event and was enthralled by h...
It was when June was talking at a conference about community engagement where she met Professor Norma Raynes. She is a lively, impassioned s...
Leslee Udwin is a film maker and founder of the organisation Think Equal. She is on a mission to achieve a global system change In Early Chi...
We all agree that child obesity is a complex issue and addressing it can seem overwhelming. Therefore, partnering and learning from others i...
It was a chance conversation with Jim Blakemore that led to the beginning of what has now become a strong relationship between LEYF and Bike...
Gill and June became friends under the most usual circumstances. June was very fed up with Ofsted and the attitude they had towards the Earl...
Children's mental health: In conversation with Kate Silverton Mum to two young children, journalist and children's mental health a...