With half-term approaching you may be considering taking your child/children on a farm visit

All animals naturally carry a range of micro-organisms, some of which can be transmitted to humans, where they may cause ill health. Some of these, such as E. coli O157 or Cryptosporidium (Crypto), have the potential to cause serious illness which may be particularly severe in young children  We see many cases of Crypto each year in the Health Protection Hub, particularly among children, and it’s a miserable experience for them and their parents.

Follow these practical steps to help keep your child safe and healthy:

• avoid touching faces or putting fingers in mouths while in farm environments
• don’t kiss farm animals or allow children to put their faces close to animals
• wash hands thoroughly with soap and water after touching animals, fences or other surfaces in animal areas
• don’t eat or drink while touching animals or walking round the farm and only eat and drink in picnic areas or cafes
• wash hands thoroughly with soap and water before eating or drinking
• remove and clean boots or shoes that might have become soiled and clean pushchair wheels, then wash hands thoroughly with soap and water
• don’t use gels or wipes instead of washing hands with soap and water – gels and wipes don’t remove E. coli O157 or Crypto
• supervise children closely to make sure they wash their hands thoroughly

• if someone in the family has diarrhoea or vomiting after visiting a farm or animal visitor attraction, wash all dirty clothes, bedding and towels in the washing machine on the hottest wash cycle possible. Encourage good hand hygiene after using the toilet, washing hands thoroughly with soap and running water. Clean toilet seats, toilet bowls, flush handles, taps, hand basins and any other areas that might have been soiled with detergent and hot water, rinsing with household disinfectant.  Visit the doctor and explain that they have had recent contact with animals.  Please also contact the attraction you visited and inform them of the illness

13^th July 2023

Dear Parent / Carer

Nursery Family Lunch Wednesday 19^th July

Following on from our successful Family Lunches we have decided to continue these events with a Nursery Family Lunch on Wednesday 19^th July.  Parents/carers of children who stay for lunch in Mighty Oaks and Ladybugs on a Wednesday are welcome to come along and eat lunch with their child in the nursery.  A hot lunch is not available for parents to order, we ask that you bring in your own packed lunch from home. Please do not bring in takeaways.  A hot lunch is still available for your nursery child to order in the normal way.

We ask that you arrive to have lunch with your child in the nursery at 11.30am.  If you would like to collect your child from nursery to eat lunch with their sibling/s in school could you also pick them up at 11.30am.  Entry for the Mighty Oaks lunch is via the nursery garden (next to the school hall), for Ladybugs it is at the usual entrance for dropping off and collecting.

Kind regards

Newdale Nursery