We were incredibly fortunate not to have any cases of Covid during the first and second lockdowns. However, since coming back in September it has been never-ending.
What has made the situation very difficult, is that parents continuously bring children with symptoms into nursery despite our numerous requests for them not to. Some of these children have gone on to test positive and within days staff have tested positive too. Not only has this impacted on our ability to operate in our usual way, but it has put a great deal of strain on the staff who are covid free and double vaccinated. They have had to carry the burden of extra shifts and a greater workload. There has not been a week this term where we have not had someone in our nursery community test positive.
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