The Early Years Bottomless Brunch
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
40 episodes
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 Ch...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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37:35
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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40:55
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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38:18
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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38:48
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 E...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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38:53
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 freshes...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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32:31
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 t...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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40:17
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-t...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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33:40
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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28:07
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 loomi...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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40:33
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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32:29
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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42:41
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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38:47
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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35:44
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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37:06
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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46:48
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 gu...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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42:41
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 in...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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38:18
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 po...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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43:47
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 we...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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36:44
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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44:54
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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46:56
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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44:51
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 ep...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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34:50
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!Th...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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39:04