Early Years Conversations

A Colourful Life

Join Kate Moxley and Kerry Payne in a safe space conversation with Vanessa Belleau as we continue in our series of podcast conversations on race, ethnicity and cultural diversity in Early Years. 

A reflection on race

Join Kate Moxley and Kerry Payne in safe space of conversation as we begin to explore, understand and challenge our views and beliefs on race, ethnicity and cultural diversity in the Early Years. 

 

The practitioner I am today?

Join Kerry Payne and I in conversation for the seventh podcast in this series. In this episode we discuss the practitioners we were in our twenties and the practitioners we are now and how important it is not to expect ourselves from other people, understanding we are all imperfect and how this maybe useful to consider our expectations as we begin to reconnect and establish a new type of normal with our team.

How are you feeling?

Join Kerry Payne and I in conversation for the sixth podcast in this series. In this episode we decided to not to talk to one another before we started recording, usually we have a conversation and check in on how we are feeling before we record the content we had agreed upon. What transpired was this conversation, where we talk about anxiety, depression, ADHD, dyslexia, middle child syndrome, confidence and rejection to name a few! 

Leadership in Lock Down

Join Rachel Cannon & Francesca Evans and I in conversation for the fifth podcast in this series. In this episode we discuss the current reality of living in lockdown during covid-19  and like so many of our early years workforce who are on furlough whilst also trying to keep connected with staff, children & families.

Children's emotional wellbeing in an outdoor nursery

Join Rachel Macbeth Webb and I in conversation for the fourth podcast in this series. In this episode we discuss Rachel's approach at her outdoor nursery Beatle Woods Nursery in Warwickshire which is underpinned by wellbeing with the rights of the child at the centre of all they do. We discuss this around the experience of covid-19 and the possible return and reopening of our early years settings.

 

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership in the Early Years

Welcome to our podcast conversations for the Early Years Sector on Mental Health & Wellbeing. Join Kerry Payne and I in conversation for our third podcast together discussing our lived experience of mental health illness and our honest perspectives on the realities of working in the early years sector. In this episode we discuss the importance of emotionally intelligent leadership. 

What you really mean when you say, do you want a cup of tea?

Welcome to our podcast conversations for the Early Years Sector on Mental Health & Wellbeing. Join Kerry Payne and I in conversation for our second podcast together discussing our lived experience of mental health illness and our honest perspectives on the realities of working in the early years sector. In this episode we talk about how to support staff who maybe experiencing mental health issues. 

In conversation with Kerry Payne

Welcome to the very first in our series of podcasts for the Early Years Sector on Mental Health & Wellbeing. Join Kerry Payne and I in conversation for our first podcast together discussing our lived experience of mental health illness and our honest perspectives on the realities of working in the early years sector.