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The Early Years Bottomless Brunch
by Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy
The podcast for every hard-working, dedicated, professional Early Years practitioner who knows that by Wednesday all they crave is an afternoon of prosecco and yummy nibbles with their friends! The team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy trade their best war stories, discuss everything happening in the sector and offer advice for the REAL problems that you face every day in nurseries and schools!
Episodes
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Episode #40: He's Your Son, I'm Your Mid-Life Crisis
The team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy are back for their weekly look at the wide wide world of Early Years! This week, Laura, Chris and Edward cover the usual housekeeping, there is a sense of desperation at the Wheel Of Chance, and we have a very special (and forthright) guest…
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Episode #39: We've Got Toothpaste, Do We Not Need Dentists?
It's another week and another episode of the Brunch, recorded live at Hopscotch HQ. Covering everything happening in the Early Years world every episode, the team from Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy make keeping up with the latest trends in the sector as fun as a night out with your besties!...
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Episode #38: The Ofsted Report Card - A Nod To Nandos?
The team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy are back for their regular sideye at all things Early Years! This week, Laura, Chris and Edward (well, mainly Edward) talk about big boy band news (we also cover the Early Years, don't worry); there are more SERIOUS WAYS TO BE A GREAT PRACTITIONER in...
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Episode #37: A Sex Shop & A Sofa Fart
The team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy are back for their, *ahem*, weekly look at the wide wide world of Early Years! This week, Laura, Chris and Edward go deep into the latest changes mandated by our Robot Ofsted Overlords before taking you, dear listener, for your EYFS Glow Up! Finally,...
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Episode #36: That's Because They've All Been Buying Biscuits For The Staff Room
Edward, Laura and Chris are back with another deep dive into the bottomless pool of the Early Years! This week, we ask whether the US election means anything at all for Early Years, Laura gets to the heart of another key issue in Early Years Glow Up, and Chris comes up with jingles at…
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Episode #35: Twit Twatters
The team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy are back for their, ahem, weekly look at the wide wide world of Early Years! This week, Laura, Chris and Edward reveal where they've been since before Christmas, we hit only the freshest Early Years news, and it's back into the salon for your EYFS…
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Episode #34: There's A Whale In The Corner
Edward, Laura and Chris are back with another deep dive into the bottomless pool of the Early Years! This week is the final time that you'll have to listen despite some audio issues (sorry, at least Edward's done his best to make the whole thing listenable-to), but we've got a packed podcast, as…
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Episode #33: TITLE HAS BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PRIVACY
Edward, Laura and Chris are back with another deep dive into the bottomless pool of the Early Years! This week, we're still dealing with some audio issues (sorry, at least Edward's done his best to make the whole thing listenable-to), but we've got a packed podcast, as Laura gives you a tune-up...
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Episode #32: Not All The Segments Are Gonna Work
It's another week and another episode of the Brunch, recorded live at Hopscotch HQ. Covering everything happening in the Early Years world every episode, the team from Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy make keeping up with the latest trends in the sector as fun as a night out with your besties!...
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Episode #31: I Just Jingled The Ass Out Of This
The team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy are back for their weekly look at the wide wide world of Early Years! This week, Laura, Chris and Edward give up and finally talk about the massive changes to inspections that are looming before taking you, dear listener, for your first ever EYFS Glow...
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Episode #30: I Feel Like You've Put The Chili On My Breakfast
We're back! After a well-earned summer break, Edward, Laura and Chris return to the Brunch Bar to catch up with everything Early Years. On our first episode of Season 2, we talk about a truly ludicrous summer before doing the bidding of our sales and marketing overlords to make everyone excited...
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Episode #29: Sh*t, They're Talking About Fisheries Or Something
It's Brunch o'clock again! The dream team of Edward, Chris and Laura are back for another slice of news, views, mirth and righteous anger, covering all things Early Years. There's definitely an end of term feel to the Brunch this week as we prepare for our school holidays break - but fear not,...
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Episode #28: The Pecking Order Of The Food Chain
Edward, Laura and Chris are back with another deep dive into the bottomless pool of the Early Years! This week, we're not mentioning the General Election at all, Laura comes in strong with a Top Five Worst Things Ever, and there's probably way too much about carpets. The Early Years Bottomless...
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Episode #27: You Have A Picture Of Ave Maria & Jesus At The Front
It's another week and another episode of the Brunch, recorded live at Hopscotch HQ. Covering everything happening in the Early Years world every episode, the team from Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy make keeping up with the latest trends in the sector as fun as a night out with your besties!...
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Episode #26: As A Space Enjoyer, I'd Love To Go To The Moon
The team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy are back for their weekly look at the wide wide world of Early Years! This week, Laura, Chris and Edward tackle party manifestos as the election race heats up, we hear how the Hopscotch team are fighting fires in every corner of the country and we…
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Episode 25: No-One Ever Said "You Don't Have Good Face Cream"
The Bottomless Brunch team get together again to give a bombastic side-eye to everything Early Years! This week, Laura, Chris and Edward get their teeth into the first chunk of election manifestos to work out what it means for the Early Years. They also discuss bribery and corruption (honestly,...
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Episode #24: You've Only got Six D*cks
Edward, Laura and Chris reconvene around the Brunch table with a couple of bottles of fizz for your weekly dose of all things Early Years! This week, the gang came here for two things - to chew gum and kick ass. And they're all out of gum. Edward tries to inject some animal-based fun into...
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Episode #23: He's Been On A Journey And Now He's Singing With Children
It's an X-Factor special here on the Brunch as Chris somehow transforms into Simon Cowell for a bit. Meanwhile, Edward and Laura try to keep the show on the road despite the fact that Laura spent last week on a hen do in Spain. We dip into a little General Election talk in News News News before...
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Episode #22: She's Saying 'Vroom Vroom' To An Empty Room
It's Brunch o'clock again! The dream team of Edward, Chris and Laura are back for another slice of news, views, mirth and righteous anger, covering all things Early Years. This week we've got auditions for a movie, some fairly serious political discussion and a joke about Mr Steven Mulhern, so I...
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Episode #21: After Birth, Replenish Your Body With A Chinese Takeaway
We're back! After an unscheduled two-week hiatus, the Brunch returns with all guns blazing to get you up to speed with everything happening at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy and of course in the wider world of early education. This week we've got a new customer offering something absolutely...
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Episode #20: We Need A Three-Way
Another week and another chance to check in with all things Early Years courtesy of the Brunch team! This week, the gang have gathered at Hopscotch HQ after a week where News News News has made us angry and sad, but we try to keep smiles on our faces with another cracking Story from the Archives...
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Episode #19: People Who Speak Swahili...I'm Coming To A Nursery Near You
It's another week and another episode of the Brunch, recorded live at Hopscotch HQ. Covering everything happening in the Early Years world every episode, the team from Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy make keeping up with the latest trends in the sector as fun as a night out with your besties!...
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Episode #18: We're Going On A Bear Hunt...The Answer Is 'Breast Ironing'
After an unscheduled week off, the Hopscotch team is back together to catch up on all things Early Years! Edward tried to hold everything together amid a maelstrom of clutter, Laura gets extremely passionate about something that isn't wine, and Chris tells a story from the archives that makes us...
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Episode #17: Creme Eggs, Followed By Caramel Eggs, Followed By Mini Eggs
There's no such thing as an Easter break when it comes to the Brunch! Edward, Laura and Chris are back in the studio to podcast about everything happening in the world of Early Years (and quite a lot about food this week too). In this episode, we talk more about our Nursery Managers Conference,...
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Episode #16: We've Got This Nursery...But We Can't Quite Put Our Finger On Where It Is
The Easter holidays may have started for schools and nurseries across the country, but our intrepid trio are still smashing out podcast content as well as travelling the country in search of the most memorable Early Years experiences! This week, Edward, Laura and Chris discuss withholding...
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Episode #15: You've Just Twanged My Wire
Edward, Laura and Chris have somehow managed to be in the same place at the same time for a completely unplanned and unscripted episode this week. Listen along as Edward tries desperately to keep some kind of consistency and order in the Brunch while Laura and Chris are suffering some sort of...
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Episode #14: Can We Send Little Chris In?
The team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy are back for their weekly look at the wide wide world of Early Years! This week, Laura, Chris and Edward tackle everything the DfE and Ofsted can throw at them, the Hopscotch team are fighting fires in every corner of the country and Chris has another...
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Episode #13: The Room Leaders Don't Even Know Who They Are
It's time for a rare Sobercast here at the Brunch, as the team convene with mugs of tea rather than gallons of prosecco. That doesn't dampen the mood, however, as the mood has already been completely soaked by the worst combination of train cancellations and tough days in the field for both Laura...
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Episode #12: The Jalfrezi Was Graded Outstanding
It's a special week for the Brunch this episode, as not only do we go on tour for the first time, setting up camp in Chris's kitchen, but also welcome our first actual live guest onto the pod, in the form of educator and SEND expert Lyndsey. The guys grill her on all things SEND-related while...
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Episode #11: But We've Already Cut Up The Fish Fingers
Edward, Laura and Chris are back with another deep dive into the bottomless pool of the Early Years! This week, Laura has incredibly come prepared with three discussion pieces she found on Google, Chris relates a traumatic experience inspecting a nursery who preferred to cherry-pick which...
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Episode #10: I Couldn't Care What An Ant Thinks
We're back after an enforced break of a week (Chris and Laura were just too busy south of Finland but north of Spain) with a fun-packed show taking in not only precisely ZERO scanning but an absolute ton of opinions on some major changes to the inspection process as well as our first ever…
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Episode #9: Rrrrrr...I'm A Lion
This week's pod starts with the best of intentions, but after we give the floor to Chris to give us an update on how his week's been, the entire format is turned on its head. Chris takes us on a harrowing - and yet hilarious - journey through a day in the life of a practitioner in 2024, which…
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Episode #8: Chicken Balala Fish
We're fully back in the swing of things as January rolls on - this week we try not to make Laura angry when talking about the status of Early Years inspections, the grand reveal of hardly any of the LA funding, and just general incompetence in the industry. Meanwhile, Chris tells a wonderful…
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Episode #7: Wet & Warm
Happy 2024 everybody! After a well-earned Christmas break (not because of the podcast, but because of the actual real work we do), Edward, Chris and Laura are back to continue the Early Years mirth into the New Year. This week the dynamic duo tell us all about their first joint-visit of the year,...
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Episode #6: The Golden Egg Of Inadequate
It's our Christmas special episode before we go off for a couple of weeks to recharge the batteries and definitely stay sober through the festive period! This week, Chris tells a story that will undoubtedly get signed up to be made into a major Disney Pixar motion picture, Edward apologises for...
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Episode #5: Just Get Through December
Edward, Chris and Laura are feeling 50% festive, 50% completely destroyed by the unique demands of December in the Early Years! This week, we discuss some VERY EXCITING NEWS from Hopscotch HQ, and it's Laura's turn to tell another story from the archives. So tune in, uncork a bottle of something...
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Episode #4: Outstanding Isn't Good Enough!
Edward, Laura and Chris are back in the studio for the latest slice of news, views and giggles from the Early Years! This week we discuss writing and delivering training, there's some strong advice and the start of a discussion that will run and run around 30 hours funding, and Chris gives us a…
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Episode #3: I've Definitely Got My Pants On
Edward, Laura and Chris are back in the Brunch Bar for another episode! This week, Laura tells all about her grilling by Ofsted while Chris takes it back to basics as a room practitioner. The team discuss the latest news on Early Years funding and the minimum wage, before Laura tells us all a…
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Episode #2: But...You've Got A Shower Cap On Your Head
Edward, Laura and Chris are back with more tales from the trenches in the Early Years, discussion on what's happening in the sector, sage advice on outstanding practice and hilarious stories that will make your jaw drop and your areas of learning tingle. This week we discuss navigating through...
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Episode #1: That's Not My Clown!
Edward, Laura and Chris are around the EYBB brunch table to welcome you to the funniest, most informative and life-affirming slice of the Early Years going! In this episode we tackle the dangers of a site visit to a new nursery, the challenges of recruiting staff without resorting to TikTok and...
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The podcast for every hard-working, dedicated, professional Early Years practitioner who knows that by Wednesday all they crave is an afternoon of prosecco and yummy nibbles with their friends! The team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy trade their best war stories, discuss everything happening in the sector and offer advice for the REAL problems that you face every day in nurseries and schools!
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The podcast for every hard-working, dedicated, professional Early Years practitioner who knows that by Wednesday all they crave is an afternoon of prosecco and yummy nibbles with their friends! The team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy trade their best war stories, discuss everything happening...
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