I cannot begin to say how brilliant this nursery is I have one child that is leaving this year to start school, she was very shy of people she did know when she started there and to look at her now, what a difference, she's confident, bubbly, happy, eager to learn, loves all her teachers, she kind and considerate and she is more than ready to go to school, because of the nurturing, loving, safe and inviting environment that this little nursery has created over the many years that it has been open. Everyone in the class talks to everyone else in the class, and it's a fun place to be. When I have to tell her there is no school today I get the biggest tears I have ever seen, and for a child to talk about her school constantly even at the weekend it must be a good place to be, I have to drag her away when it is time to go home.
Her little Sister has done her first year with Doversgreen Playgroup and she is one of the children directly affected by this closure if it happens. She has just started to come out of her shell after spending nearly 8 months standing and watching the other children most of the time rather than joining in and being herself. Outside of school it's a different matter but again around people she doesn't know she too is very shy. Just lately I have noticed a difference in her behaviour, she's talking about school more now and what she has done there and she loves doing the art projects. I also have a big problem with her not wanting to get messy, and finally I have noticed she's happier to play in sand and paint now. When I told her that she might only be there until December this year(after having told her earlier in the year that she would be starting mornings in September she cried so much and asked me where was she going to go instead, and I had to tell her that there are no more places in the local area....and only being 3 years old I'm not sure she understood, but she cried lots more.
I would also like for my son when he is old enough to be able to attend this nursery, I want him to have the best start in life and I believe with all my heart that this nursery is the best around. I believe very strongly that this little nursery should not be closed down, I think that it would be bad for the local children and for the local parents. Not forgetting that it will leave the girls there without a job to go to and that is a waste of a well working group of very caring, fun and imaginative people that have a way with children that brings out the best in every one of them. It's a crime to close them down!