daycare centre

British

noun

Also called (esp in Britain): day nursery. an establishment offering daycare to preschool children, enabling their parents to work full time or have extended relief if child care is a problem

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Instead volunteers and church staff, such as Ann Hotz, who works at the church's daycare centre, handed out coffee, snacks and hand warmers to those who stopped by.

From BBC

Israeli doctors declared the babies dead after medics evacuated 55 children from the daycare centre in an area of Jerusalem inhabited by members of the ultra-Orthodox community, though they have not yet specified a cause of death.

From Barron's

Israeli doctors declared a second baby dead after medics evacuated 55 children from a daycare centre in Jerusalem on Monday, as local media reported the incident may have been linked to the facility's heating system.

From Barron's

Earlier, a baby girl was declared dead at another hospital after she was evacuated along with dozens of other children from the daycare centre, which media reports said had been operating without a license.

From Barron's

An investigation has been launched after a grandfather mistakenly took home the wrong child from a daycare centre in Sydney, Australia.

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