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Coronavirus: Nurseries use hi-tech systems to reassure parents sending children to settings is safe

As lockdown eases, early years settings are finding that they need to adapt to stay open in a changing environment.
Fennies Nurseries has adopted virtual, guided tours in order to attract prospective parents
Fennies Nurseries has adopted virtual, guided tours in order to attract prospective parents

Nurseries are embracing new technology to reassure parents their settings are safe and secure to return to during the Covid-19 outbreak, and to attract new parents through the door.

Nursery World looks at some of the ways nurseries are adapting their systems and how they work to future-proof their businesses in ‘the new normal’.

Thermal screening cameras

Danielle Dixon, owner of Kinderhaven Nurseries, with one of several thermal screening cameras the nursery group has bought for its settings

At the start of lockdown, Kinderhaven Nurseries in Bradford installed thermal screening cameras in the four nurseries it kept open as hubs and is expanding the technology across its nine settings in Bradford.

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