To think that if parents can't come inside nurseries, there needs to be more engagement with parents?

[Blueyandbingosmum]

It feels like Covid rules have gone from everywhere except nurseries, where parents are still not allowed in the settings.

I get why they are doing this, yet I feel deeply uneasy sending my daughter every day to a place I have barely seen with staff I have hardly met. She is probably autistic and does not talk much and I feel like she is hugely vulnerable.

AIBU to think that if nurseries are going to carry on having outside drop offs/ collections, they need to find new ways to engage with parents?

I don't need to go inside every day...but I need to be able to come inside sometimes, even if it's just a monthly pre arranged visit.

Two separate things.

nurseries have never just let parents wander is as unsettling for the children.

However, if there are specific concerns and issues then they should be addressed through a meeting. Not a monthly visit but a proper meeting with the senco or the child key worker

I'm in central Scotland and most things are back to normal with the council having a review of the remaining restrictions over the holidays. Our head is confident everything will be back to normal after the summer break.

Maybe take it up with your council. It's the local councils that makes the decisions where I live not the schools themselves. The schools just do what they're told apparently.

Drop at the door rather is better for a lot of kids. Other parents are just strange adults to all but their own child and it can be very off putting and confusing. What I would expect though is good daily updates of activities, food, toileting plus weekly photos and bringing home arts and crafts. If you need specific meetings relating to your daughter’s SEN then I’d request these too. More communication is definitely a reasonable ask, spending time in her class every month isn’t.

They aren't doing this for covid reasons. It's been kept as it works better for them, covid is a cover you've been given

I have to admit when mine were little I loved dropping off in the classroom and seeing what activities were laid out and chatting to the teachers.