Swansea, UK - Nursery & Early Years News April 2021

Lateral Flow Tests Available for all Nursery Staff as of 21st March 2021

As of 22nd March 2021, all staff from private voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries will have access to twice-weekly Lateral Flow Device/Tests (LFD) to use at home before they travel to work. The team at The Flowers are taking advantage of this and are all now taking an LFD test twice a week which will help prevent the spread of coronavirus within our nursery and our local community.

A lateral flow device (LFD) is a quick and easy way for people to test themselves even if they don’t have any COVID-19 symptoms. The tests give results in just 30 minutes and are key to stopping the spread of the virus within our communities. If you have a positive test result from an LFD you must immediately self isolate to prevent the spread of the virus and arrange a full COVID-19 test to be delivered to your home, or attend an official test centre to be tested.

This is a welcome breakthrough for the Early Years Sector (EYS) who have been campaigning for all settings to be treated in the same way as nurseries that are linked to schools that have been provided with Lateral Flow Testing kits for their staff since December 2020.

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The Early Years Alliance and the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has called on the government for early years workers to be prioritised for vaccinations as part of the next phase of the vaccination delivery plan. However, Health Secretary Matt Hancock took advice from The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI and has said that to ensure the pace of the rollout is maintained, vaccinations will continue to be offered by age group, starting with those aged 40-49. As a result of this, the government has made the decision not to offer vaccinations to nursery staff as part of phase 2 of the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout which has been widely condemned within the sector.

The Flowers Nursery

The Flowers Day Nursery is committed to keeping their children, staff and parents safe and we are taking all the steps necessary to reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19.

At the Flowers Nursery, we offer exceptional and flexible childcare from 3 months through to preschool age, including local school pick-ups and drop-offs. We accept all major Childcare Vouchers and have full-day and half-day places available.

We have an exceptional team of fully qualified and experienced childcare professionals and we believe in teaching social skills and values, compassion and understanding and an appreciation of the world in which we live, learning through play and a more structured environment in our pre-school classes.

Contact us today on 01792 46 44 45 and we can answer any questions you may have.