We go to a local children's centre for their stay & play session which is free (but they appreciate a donation in the tea/snack pot as most do). It's got a small soft play, very small sensory room and a craft/play room.
Recently a local nursery has started bringing 8-10 children at a time with 2 helpers. They stay for the full time and all stick together as a group for obvious reasons but whichever room they're in is then full and there's no room for anyone else. At snack time they have a knack of pre-empting the time and all sit down so there are usually about 4 or 5 mums sitting on the floor with their children on their knees. Some of us bring in birthday cake/biscuits to share along with the fruit the centre provides but because the nursery children have the chairs they often finish it off and the other children go without. The nursery staff never bring anything to share despite their mindees sharing what others bring.
I know it's a children's centre and it's for children, none of us have to pay but surely this nursery is getting paid to mind the children, funded for some of them. It just seems a bit cheeky imo.
AIBU to think they're a bit out of order?
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to think nurseries shouldn't take over children's centres?
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Chulita · 07/12/2011 12:21
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