The Early Years Bottomless Brunch

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 from Chris and the first Would You Rather that the two experts agree on. So join Laura, Chris and Edward and pour yourself a glass of wine ready for another fascinating pod.

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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!

This week, Edward and Laura make a brazen pitch for new consultants to come and join the family, Chris celebrates wins big and little, there's a story from the archive that starts off wrong and gets worse, and our experts answer another devilish poser from a listener.

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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 all cry happy tears!

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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, Chris gets angry at the prospect of more closures in the sector, and Laura has a spooky Story From The Archives that she probably should have saved for our Halloween episode.

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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 safeguarding judgements at inspection, Chris tells another story from deep in the Early Years trenches, and for the first time ever we might have agreement on Would You Rather!

The Early Years Bottomless Brunch is brought to you by Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy - the UK's premier source for pre- and post-Ofsted support, mock inspections, staff training and business commercial consulting for every Early Years provider and practitioner.

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 hyper-exhaustion-caused delerium that actually results in quite a humorous get-together. Doctors recommend we never do this again, but in the words of Barry from Eastenders...WE'RE GONNA DO IT ANYWAY!

The Early Years Bottomless Brunch is brought to you every week by the team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy - the UK's premier provider of Early Years support, mock inspections, pre- and post-Ofsted consultancy, staff training, business startup advice and much much more!

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 tale of woe and misery from the archives.

Luckily, Edward has something of a nice poser to finish off the episode for the gang to ponder!

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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 and Chris.

Nevertheless, Edward is here as the host with the most to raise spirits and ensure that there's the requisite quantities of mirth in the air - and the resulting show ends with everyone's happy faces back. We hope you enjoy!

The EYBB is brought to you by Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy, the UK's premier providers of mock inspections, pre- and post-Ofsted support, staff training and business expansion and acquisition services across the Early Years!

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 Edward keeps the wine flowing.

Also this week, we've got a story from deep inside Laura's vaults, and another devilish Would You Rather for the team to tackle. 

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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 regulations that wanted to follow, and Edward tasks the two with another bizarre Would You Rather.

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