Nurseries

Please keep nurseries and any other pre school buildings closed till at least august
I need clear reassurance that my risk of contracting this virus is exceptionally low before I would return,
You cannot social distance pre schoolers
No matter how low the numbers!
And these buildings still need admin,janitors, catering staff along with staff
Not to mention the risk from parents gathering at the gates.

Why the contribution is important

We risk transmitting this virus to family members ,,if we go back to soon plus
I have an underlying health condition which puts me at greater risk

by Tinkerbell72 on May 05, 2020 at 05:45PM

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  • Posted by HMW1956 May 05, 2020 at 17:55

    Re-open as soon as practicable and ahead of the summer holidays. No masks required but parents asked to wait outside to collect their children.

  • Posted by Aham25 May 05, 2020 at 17:59

    Totally agree

  • Posted by LanarkshireResident May 05, 2020 at 18:12

    This may not be as serious a risk as we think. We should wait but see what happens in Switzerland who are allowing U10s to mix with grandparents ( reported by sky but requires verification)

  • Posted by ProtestTheHero May 05, 2020 at 18:14

    Our son is struggling badly in the absence of his nursery, and has regressed around six months in many key aspects of his development during lockdown. I completely accept some parents may choose to keep their children out of nursery whrn they reopen due to specific health-related circumstances, but this should be a personal choice in the weeks and months ahead, not a national blanket ban.

    Everyone else's children should not be made to miss out on months of absolutely critical development, companionship and education (quite apart from their parents being unable to work in the absence of nursery support) because of specific individual circumstances.

  • Posted by RitaH1981 May 05, 2020 at 19:00

    I think nurseries should be allowed to re open providing their measures such as no parents in the buildings, possbile staggering of drop off times etc are appropriate. Nurseries will need time to implement measures amongst their staff too before they open their doors, so the sooner they are told that they can start working on these measures the better. Parents can be given the option to send their children in or not. From a purely cost perspective, and fees coming in from parents who are sending their children in can go some way to offsetting fees lost where parents are choosing to not send children in. This allows nursery staff to get back to work if they are willing and able (many of them miss the kids they used to see daily and most people would rather work and earn a wage than be paid to sit st home and do not much), and it will allow nurseries to still be here as we move towards a ‘re opened’ society. One size doesn’t fit all, we should be allowed to choose.

  • Posted by Boggart1234 May 05, 2020 at 19:51

    There are many parents in the country who are unable to successfully work from home or return to work if there is no childcare provision. So, for the economy to be restarted and for any sort of new normal to return, education and child care services need to be on offer (not everyone has extra family on hand to help).
    Whilst I wouldn’t want my children to catch the virus, the reality is that we cannot all stay at home forever and expect to have any sort of life or any sort of world to return to. As long as there were sensible measures such as staggered drop off, no parents in the building etc this would make sense to me. Also, there is a chance many of us and our children have had this illness and just don’t know it. Also, all these risks existed before social distancing and before lockdown, and everyone was happy to carry on as normal then.

  • Posted by Pandamamma May 05, 2020 at 21:29

    I understand the concerns regarding the safety and the difficulty in applying social distancing to a nursery environment, however there are a lot of parents either working from home and struggling to juggle childcare and work (to the point where they risk disciplinary action from employers or have been placed on a furlough scheme due to the need to provide full time childcare) or who are likely to be asked to return to work in the coming weeks who would need childcare support to facilitate this. I have a 2 year old and this is an important time in their development to establish peer relationships and start structured learning, I am already seeing a detrimental affect on both behaviour and development at this point in the lockdown

  • Posted by scarlett1309 May 05, 2020 at 21:33

    If the Government is considering allowing P7s to return to allow a transition to S1 then why should pre-schoolers not allowed to return in order to allow a transition to P1. Moving to P1 ( even if it's in the same building if at a school nursery) can be a scary time for them and a proper transition in place for them can do wonders for their P1 experience. They were abruptly stopped from going to nursery and for their next experience education to be starting P1 may be too much for many.

  • Posted by Laura89 May 06, 2020 at 01:20

    Why would it make a difference if parents didnt enter the building .The parents have been in the same house as the children and had the same exposure .

  • Posted by ollybeak77 May 06, 2020 at 14:50

    I work in an early years establishment and we are currently providing a service for key workers children and also to vulnerable children. At present we are operating on reduced hours and on a one in and one out drop off/collection for parents.
    I would like to see our pre schoolers back before they go to school. Would just give them a bit of extra support before starting primary 1.
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