Nursery World - Northern light

I trained at the Norland College in the 1980s, when it was still providing a busy residential nursery service. There was a need for overnight care then, and there is even more so now. Here in Norway where I live now, there is a 24-hour daycare centre near Oslo airport. It provides all kinds of hours to suit shiftworkers - occasional regular absences, such as long-haul flight staff, and babysitting occasions that are one-offs. The children can do any mixture of care, providing the numbers are kept within specific totals.

Here in Norway where I live now, there is a 24-hour daycare centre near Oslo airport. It provides all kinds of hours to suit shiftworkers - occasional regular absences, such as long-haul flight staff, and babysitting occasions that are one-offs. The children can do any mixture of care, providing the numbers are kept within specific totals.

I think that if the staff are well selected and are long-term employed so that the children feel secure with familiar carers, this solution can be better than an assortment of temporary arrangements with friends, family, teenage babysitters or whoever is available on the nights when care is needed.

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