CHILDREN and staff at a farm-based nursery have paid their own special tribute to NHS staff and other keyworkers who have worked on the front-line throughout the whole of the Covid-19 pandemic.
To mark one year since the re-opening of High Bank Day Nursery following the initial lifting of the first Covid-19 restrictions in June 2020, the children and staff came into the Stapleton-based nursery wearing rainbow colours.
The seven-stripe rainbow, which has been used as a symbol of hope and gratitude for key workers during the coronavirus crisis, was also used in a banner painted especially for the ‘Rainbow Day’ by pre-school children.
High Bank Day Nursery deputy manager Jackie McCreath said: “Like all children’s nurseries, we were able to re-open on 1st June 2020 following Government guidance relating to the pandemic.
“We wanted to mark this anniversary by saying thank you to NHS staff and other key workers who worked throughout the pandemic providing vital services, whether that was in hospitals, care homes or driving public transport.
“The children loved coming into nursery in their rainbow colours and undertaking a range of activities related to our rainbow day. They are the first children to experience a global pandemic since 1918 and it’s important they remember."
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