Nursery World - A welcome man

As a 22-year-old man working in childcare I read the letter 'Men, the ugly ducklings of childcare' (16 January) with great interest. I started my HNC course in childcare at Falkirk College in August 2001 and my first placement was a nursery class. I was very much encouraged by my tutors at college and by parents who were pleased to see a man within the setting.

I started my HNC course in childcare at Falkirk College in August 2001 and my first placement was a nursery class. I was very much encouraged by my tutors at college and by parents who were pleased to see a man within the setting.

Last June I started my first job at the Meadows Nursery School, a private sector nursery, where I am one of four staff looking after 23 children aged three to five. Here the management and staff are very pleased with me and have accepted me within the setting.

James Carberry. Grangemouth, Stirlingshire

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