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We have no seriously handicapped children now in Goresbrook or Chad well Heath,
but several are sent for behaviour problems which are more easily coped with in the
community of the nursery. This applies especially to the problems of only children in
the 3—5 year group whose mothers cannot manage to change their rather isolated life
at home. The nursery is the easiest and happiest way to prepare them for school life, and
many mothers realise this and make great sacrifices to send them to nursery at about
4 years.
Both nurseries continue to be recognised by the Ministry as training nurseries for
nursery nurses, and vacancies for students are always quickly filled.
The senior staff have on the whole been working for us for many years and this
probably accounts for the smooth efficiency with which the nurseries run. Both nurseries
are very alive and happy places, in which even the youngest children settle down with
the minimum of distress at being separated from their mothers, and that is surely the
best indication of success.
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