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To: Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
Keep Merthyr Tydfil Nursery Education
This petition is calling on Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council to review the decision on part-time nursery funding. Please reconsider the funding cuts of our full time nursery provision in Merthyr Tydfil. The effects of this will have repercussions for decades. From the ages of 2-5 our children's brains are like sponges, we only get one chance to get it right.
Why is this important?
These nurseries are the foundation of our communities, our history and development. Some of these nurseries have been in our communities for over fifty years, giving 3 generations in some families of education with well trained, dedicated staff.
These important years a child develops :-
Physical development
Cognitive development
Emotional and social development
Language development
Sensory and motor development
Not only will the development of the above be affective, but also the parents will be too. This will result in more mother's giving up work, because of childcare issues,and more people staying on benefits longer. Also the most vulnerable children in our society, `Children with Special Educational Needs` (SEN). Most of these children don't get a diagnosis until the problems are picked up at school, especially our nursery provision, as social and emotional disabilities don't begin to surface until a child starts school.
There will be other issues effected by this, such as teacher's, LSAs and other support staff, including dinner and kichen staff all are at risk of job loss, reduction of hours and redundancies.
Please support our petition and campaign to save our nurseries.
