has given extensive guidance and significant financial support to providers during the pandemic. but the industry says it s too little too late. here s our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. who needs some ice? the penguins. it s the morning session at this nursery. what is your favourite thing about nursery? my car. i m usually in the playground. ilike painting. do you like my shoes? yeah! forjen and lottie, it s a busy morning getting to nursery and then work and it s all the more stressful when covid could disrupt the whole day. i might get a phone call in the morning to say, we ve not got enough staff, we re going to have to shut , you know, because they ve got staff isolating. so it is a massive concern obviously for me ringing work and then it s notjust nursery, it s me being in work as well. jane deals with the day to day running of the nursery and it s becoming increasingly difficult when staff are off with covid. we ve shut more rooms, the preschool has been shut a co
what is your favourite thing about nursery? my car. i m usually in the playground. ilike painting. do you like my shoes? yeah! forjen and lottie, it s a busy morning getting to nursery and then work and it s all the more stressful when covid could disrupt the whole day. i might get a phone call in the morning to say, we ve not got enough staff, we re going to have to shut , you know, because they ve got staff isolating. so it is a massive concern obviously for me ringing work and then it s notjust nursery, it s me being in work as well. jane deals with the day to day running of the nursery and it s becoming increasingly difficult when staff are off with covid. we ve shut more rooms, the preschool has been shut a couple of times and the room downstairs, the toddler room downstairs has also been shut a couple of times. at the moment, we re really in crisis, we may have to start looking at prioritising places for some of the children. young children don t have to be tested or isolate