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(6) Seven Kings Day Nursery.—A tender of £5,980 was accepted in
May, 1949, for the erection of the new Nursery on the site in Goodmayes
Lane, which will replace the present Nursery in Green Lane. Formal
approvals to proceed were, however, awaited at the end of the year.
In April, 1950, a further tender of £1,486 was accepted for the carrying
out of additional works to comply with certain variations requested by the
Ministry of Health.
(c) The charge of 1s. per day for the care of children in the Nurseries
was continued during the year.
(d) With the exception of the Sunshine House Day Nursery, the
Nurseries were closed on Saturday mornings as from 29th August, 1949,
and the hours of opening at all the Nurseries altered to 7.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(e) The training of Students at the Nurseries for the certificate of
the National Nursery Examination Board continued. Six Students (two
from the Becontree Avenue Nursery, one from the Ley Street Nursery, one
from the Sunshine House Day Nursery and two from the Green Lane Day
Nursery) entered for the examination during the year, five of whom obtained
the certificate.
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