The Early Years Bottomless Brunch

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 auditioning to become a regular Expert on our panel! You'll also have to turn the volume up as Edward bodge...

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, Laura and Chris catch up with the latest both from their own busy lives but also...

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 the EYFS Glow Up, and the Wheel of Chance throws up one of the most hilarious segments yet! The E...

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, Edward spins the Wheel Of Chance to see what tricky tester the experts will face this week. And all wi...

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 inappropriate times. Get it in your ears! The Early Years Bottomless Brunch podcast is brought to you by the team...

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 Glow Up! Finally, Edward spins the Wheel Of Chance to see what tricky tester the experts will f...

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 we have the longest What's Your Week on record, our experts almost get into a figh...

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 when it comes to complaints, Chris refreshes his vodka coke a record number of times and...

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, the team are beset by technical difficulties that make both Laura and Chris sound like t...

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 Up! Finally, Edward spins the Wheel Of Chance to see what tricky tester the experts will face this we...

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 about NMC '24, before tackling a BRAND NEW SEGMENT of the show that has Laura and Chis in a ta...

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, we've got Chris feeling particularly inspired, Laura reminiscing about a trip to Parl...

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 Brunch podcast is brought to you by the team at Hopscotch Early Years Consultancy - the UK&apo...

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, the team tackle the rest of the political parties' Early Years policies just in tim...

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 have a very special (and forthright) guest who turns up half way through the episode! The Early Years Bot...

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, it's funnier than it sounds), and as always there's a devilish Would You Rather? question for...

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 proceedings, whilst Laura sheds some light on how Ofsted's brain works, and Chris goes deep undercov...

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 Laura takes her turn to regale us with another classic Story From The Archives, and before we know...

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 would say that we've covered all the bases. Settle in with a glass of what you fanc...

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 mindblowing for new mums, a story about possibly the oddest thing we've ever been asked to...

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 Edwar...

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, Ch...

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! The Early Years Bottomless Brunch is brought to you by Hopscotch Early Years...

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 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 fo...