Nursery return

[Pickles31]

Can I just ask if people are sending their little ones back to nursery on 1st June?

[MummBraTheEverLeaking]

We've been sent an email saying back on 1st June and further details soon. Had nothing yet, no details about how it will work. Email was signed off see you all on the 1st June, so I read that as everyone back.

I'm not happy about sending her back tbh, for me it's a bit too soon even if DH and I are struggling to get our working days done in between childcare. DH is working on trying to get more money in after being let go from a position right after lockdown and is working on various projects but yet to see any money coming in.

But they'll be expecting payment so we would be paying a LOT of money just to keep her place, it's a very popular nursery and if we pull her out there's no guarantee her place will be there later, the other nurseries around here don't compare and she loves it and her friends. We'll have to suck it up!

I'm also on a immunosuppressant and a small dose of steroids for arthritis, if it strikes and she brings it back with her it may hit me hard which is a worry too.

[MeadowHay]

@DappledThings same here. The only changes at our nursery are parents can't enter so drop off and collection is done outside the building, the children are having more regular handwashing, and comprehensive handovers are no longer done in person, they will be communicated electronically via an app that the nursery already use that we have access to. The only noticeable difference for my DD has been changing in which staff are on at any one time and much reduced numbers of children, but she doesn't seem bothered by either of these and happily trots off through the door without a backwards glance at me!

[Abouttimemum]

DS is 13 months and was due to start nursery prior to this happening. He hasn’t completed his settling in yet.
Nothing has changed since 8 weeks ago when all this started so if I can keep him at home then I will, however when DH is back at work I’ll have to send him as I can’t work and look after him all week.

[Sunshinegirl82]

There was a very clear agenda with that post in my view - to discourage parents from sending their DC to school.

[FoxtrotSkarloey]

What a delightful teacher! I'd missed that on the news. It's certainly not in the DfE guidance and fortunately not at all what my nursery is proposing.

[Bollss]

Wow. That sounds like a really lovely school. They really care about the welfare of their children.

[MrsG010814]

Children being left in soiled clothes was actually announced by a head teacher on the schools official Facebook page. The post has since been removed. They would expect a 4 year old to only go to the toilet at an allocated time. If they soiled themselves or tripped and hurt themselves they would be expected to change themselves, if not, a parent would have to collect them.

[AllsortsofAwkward]

No I'm not sending my 4 year old to nursery I've seen the pictures of empty classrooms, they dont understand the situation and can social distance. I feel hes safer and happier at home for the time being.

[Viviennemary]

I'm sure it's absolute nonsense children returning to nursery will be left in wet clothes. It would amount to child neglect in any case.

[Rainbowb]

I work at a nursery, we are taking small groups from 1st June and there will be no social distancing because it’s impossible. I’m absolutely astounded that there are nurseries even attempting it.

[emptyplinth]

Yes, definitely.

[Sunshinegirl82]

Mine will go back unless things take a dramatic turn for the worse (in which case I suspect it would all be delayed anyway).

Our nursery have already been in touch to say there will be no social distancing but extra cleaning and hand hygiene, lots of outdoor play etc.

For us the benefits outweigh the risks.

[JustStayHome]

@TrustTheGeneGenie
@FoxtrotSkarloey

This was actually said by a school.
About nursery children.

Children will not be changed, or comforted / cleaned up if they fall over, the parent will have to be called and come in

This has been on the news

[DappledThings]

Mine never left. From their point of view nothing has changed except they now have packed lunches and get dropped off and picked up in the lobby not in their rooms.

There is absolutely no attempt to do any social distancing between children or between staff and children. They play together as normal and get all the cuddles, care and comfort they should do.

[MeadowHay]

My DD has been going to nursery throughout.

[DorotheaHomeAlone]

Similar to pp. We’ll send dd back into y1 and ds into preschool (same school) providing they’re not going to traumatise the kids by trying to force them apart constantly. No concern about cv as we’re relatively young and healthy. The health risk is low and the mental health and socialisation benefits are high.

[saylor]

Not full time nursery but DD1 is at nursery school / preschool 5x mornings a week. She will be going back on June 1st.

I did tell the school if they insist on social distancing then forget about it, it's either back to normal, or nothing at all.

[jasmine867]

I think the news should stop scaremongering and I would hope no respectable setting would do this the same as I'd hope they'd take a reasonable approach to social distancing.

We can only wait and see what the risk assessments show.

[FoxtrotSkarloey]

@jasmine867 Do you seriously think any respectable childcare setting is going to leave children in a soiled nappy all day?!?

I've said yes to 1st June. I'm nervous, but I've seen the plan and it feels like nursery are doing what they can.

If things have taken a turn for the worse by then, we might delay. I've been tearing myself apart questioning if I would do this if I wasn't so bloody knackered and needing to work more, and I've concluded that I don't see how waiting another two weeks or a month will make a lot of difference. He needs to see other children. He was SO excited to be away out for a walk on Saturday.

[wintertravel1980]

It depends.

DD is 3. I am personally not worried about COVID. The benefits of socialisation provided by schools and nurseries for me and my family by far outweigh very small risks posed by C19.

I am, however, concerned that some nurseries seriously think about "socially distancing" toddlers and pre-schoolers. If our nursery starts doing anything of this sort, I am keeping DD at home.

[Eminybob]

Yes, I have a toddler and a Y1. The toddler has had his place confirmed for 1st June, and I’m sending DS1 back on 1st June too, all being well.
I have no choice. At the moment DH and I are both using some paid emergency dependents leave to juggle child care. Our employers are paying us as we have no choice. As soon as it becomes a choice not to send the dc in, we would stop getting paid. And we are struggling as it is.
So, yes both ds’s will be going back. I implicitly trust the nursery and the school to do what they need to do to ensure the dc are safe, and happy.

[Bobbiepin]

I'm struggling with the same thing. If we don't send DD back by 1st august she'll lose her place but I'm vulnerable. I'm a teacher so will have to go back at some point but don't know when!

[sunnie1992]

Yes. My preschool aged child is stuck at home while I try go home school two primary aged kids and work.

They have been on top of each other for 10 weeks by 1 June and they are bickering like crazy.

They are getting the worst parts of me at the moment.

So they'll go back ASAP. It gives them structure. Plus nursery are intending to be outside with them a lot, and paint etc.

We are all healthy and low risk. So no reason for them not to go back.

[Scruffyoak]

No

[happymummy12345]

I will not be sending my son back. He loved nursery and it helps with his development as he is behind in some areas. And he starts reception in September. But I just don't feel it's safe.
They sent an email asking parents if we would or would not be happy to send them back. We think they will make a decision about reopening based on that.
As much as it hurt dh and I to do and we feel awful about it, but we said no we wouldn't send him back as we feel it's too soon