Gruffalo Room (age 3 - 4 Years)

Welcome to the Gruffalo Room 

In this room we cater for the older children who attend our setting. We work to a ratio of 1 adult to 8 children, and focus on supporting the children to become as independent as possible to support them moving into school. 

We have 5 staff who work in this room all of which are qualified at level 2 or level 3 or working towards their qualifications in Early Years. 

Gruffalo Staff

***** Important Notice *****

Can parents who have a child registered with the nursery please check their emails and respond by the end of today, Thursday 21st May.   This letter is also available under the nursery section of the website.  If we receive no response we will assume that you do not intend to send your child back to the nursery from 1st June.  Thank you.

Laura and Tash

somersetbridgenursery@educ.somerset.gov.uk 

20.05.2020

Hi everyone,

We are currently in the process of emailing you all regarding the wider opening from June 1st.

Below is a copy of the letter with the FAQ's.

Please could you email the nursery at somersetbridgenursery@educ.somerset.gov.uk  by midday on Thursday 21st May with confirmation on whether your child will or will not be returning from June 1st.

Thank you,

Laura and Tash

18.05.2020

Hello Gruffalo room!!

I hope that you enjoyed another sunny week at home with your families 

Here is this weeks home learning plan- it is full of things for you to make and do.

It's so lovely to hear from you, if you would like to contact me, please email me at EYFSlearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk and just pop 'Laura' in the subject.

Have a great week, keep safe and keep smiling,

Laura 

14.05.2020

Good morning Gruffalo room!

I hope that you are all enjoying your week so far and have been keeping as busy as you can be.

I have received lots of photos from you all and I can see all the amazing things that you are doing at home.

I am also happy to tell you that we will be having another Gruffalo room Zoom 

Our next one will be on Monday 18th May at 10am and will last around half an hour.

If you have already attended a Gruffalo room Zoom, I will email you the link for the next one.

If you haven't attended one yet and would like to, please email me at EYFSlearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk by 3pm tomorrow afternoon (Friday 15th May)

Don't forget, there are a couple of rules about our Zoom catch ups that we all need to follow:

The meeting must not be recorded.

• You will need to think carefully about where you are when you join the meeting and what you are wearing so that you are ready to meet with all of your classmates.

• Your parents need to be present in the room where you have the meeting.

• Teachers will lock the meeting once everyone has joined so that no-one can join who hasn’t been invited.

• Teachers will be able to remove or mute people who do not follow the rules.

• Parents need to read Zoom’s terms and conditions, so they are sure of what Zoom is all about.

I look forward to seeing you all on Monday 

Laura 

Maggie

Maggie has been very busy completing activities from her home learning pack and has made these wonderful bird feeders!!

Looking after the birds is so important and I'm sure they are going to be very thankful for the treats.

I think that they look amazing and Maggie looks so proud of her work?

What do you think?

Laura 

Good Morning Gruffalo room!

I have been so lucky to receive so many pictures from you all that I can't post them all quick enough!

Here is a slide show of some of the pictures I have received.

Can you find yourself?

Can you find your friends?

Enjoy 

Laura 

11.05.2020

Happy Monday Gruffalo room!!

Robert has sent me some photos of what he has been up to whilst he has been at home.

Robert has enjoyed making some muffins with his brother and completing some of his home learning packs. It looks like Robert enjoyed learning about VE Day as he made the glider and designed a medal. Great job Robert, it looks like you have done a fantastic job 

Laura 

11.05.2020

Hello Gruffalo room!

What beautiful weather we are having at the moment!

I hope that you have had the chance to enjoy some of the sunshine.

Below is your next weeks activity plan that is full of fun things for you and your family to do.

Don't forget you can contact me through the week to show and tell me what you have been doing.

I love receiving messages from you 

Have a fantastic week, Gruffalo room.

Keep smiling and keep safe,

Laura 

08.05.2020

Happy Friday, Gruffalo room!!

I hope you are all having a wonderful sunny Friday.

One of our favourite things to do in the sun is to play with bubbles. Did you know that you can make your own bubble mixture?!

All you need is:

• 12 cups of water
• 1 cup of washing up liquid
• 1 cup of cornflour
• 2 tablespoons of baking powder

Why don't you have a go and see if you can make some? I'd love to see some pictures of how they turn out

Keep safe,

Laura  

07.05.2020

Good morning Gruffalo room 

I have some exciting news- we are going to be holding another Zoom catch up!!

Our next one will be on Monday 11th May at 10am and will last around half an hour.

If you have already attended a Gruffalo room Zoom, I will email you the link for the next one.

If you haven't attended one yet and would like to, please email me at EYFSlearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk by 3pm tomorrow afternoon (Friday 8th May)

Don't forget, there are a couple of rules about our Zoom catch ups that we all need to follow:

The meeting must not be recorded.

• You will need to think carefully about where you are when you join the meeting and what you are wearing so that you are ready to meet with all of your classmates.

• Your parents need to be present in the room where you have the meeting.

• Teachers will lock the meeting once everyone has joined so that no-one can join who hasn’t been invited.

• Teachers will be able to remove or mute people who do not follow the rules.

• Parents need to read Zoom’s terms and conditions, so they are sure of what Zoom is all about.

I look forward to seeing you all on Monday 

Laura 

Holly has sent me some pictures of what she has been up to at home.

Holly has been busy doing lots of painting, she's been enjoying the outdoors and she has been baking.

I think that her pictures are beautiful and her cookies look good enough to eat. What do you think?

Laura 

06.05.2020

Hello Gruffalo room!!

This morning Archie sent me some pictures of what he has been up too and I wanted to share them with you.

Archie has been busy baking with his mummy, going for lovely sunny walks and he has been doing some home learning.

Look at how well Archie can write his name, and how is was able to put his cars into groups next to the correct number.

You can also see that he is concentrating so hard on his cutting out.

Great job Archie! Keep it up 

Laura 

05.05.2020

Hello Gruffalo room!

Penny has sent me some pictures of what she has been up to at home and it looks like she has been very busy!!

Penny has been helping to look after her plants, she has been baking, been for some lovely sunny walks and she's been practising writing her name.

I think that Penny has done a fantastic job, what do you think?

Laura 

04.05.2020

Hello Gruffalo room!!

It was so lovely to see some of you at our Zoom catch up. You all look so happy and look like you are enjoying being at home.

Those of you who couldn't make it- I hope to be able to do another Zoom catch up so please keep your eye out for any updates 

I have set your friends the task of designing their own Elmer. If you would like to join in I would love to see your pictures!

Please email the to me at EYFSlearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk with 'Laura' in the subject.

Enjoy the rest of your Monday!!

Laura 

04.05.2020

Hi Gruffalo's!!

I hope that you have all had lots of fun and enjoyed the activities and the story last week.

It has been lovely hearing from some of you this weekend an finding out what wonderful adventures you are all having at home. I am missing seeing you all at nursery but hopefully we will all see each other soon.

If you would like to contact me, please just send an email to EYFSlearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk and just pop 'Laura' into the subject box.

Hopefully this week the weather will be a bit better and we can enjoy being out in the garden again. One of my favourite things to do when it is sunny is go on bike rides. What's your favourite thing to do in the sun?

Below there are some more activities for you to enjoy this week. Don't forget to send me pictures of your completed work 

Stay safe, stay happy and enjoy your week.

Laura 

30.04.2020

Good morning Gruffalos!!!

I hope you are all ok?

As it’s still raining outside, I thought I would share with you one of our favourite books from story time. I hope you all enjoy it 😊

Don’t forget! If you want to join in with our Zoom catch up on Monday, it’s at 11am. 
All you need to do is send me an email to EYFSlearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk and I will send you the invitation. 
 

Enjoy the story,

Laura ❤️

28.04.2020

Exciting news!

We are offering you the opportunity to meet with your teacher and your classmates using Zoom. The meetings will take place next week on:

Monday 11am – Rainbow fish, Gruffalo and Reception

Monday 2pm – Year one classes

Tuesday 11am – Year two classes

Tuesday 2pm – Year three classes

Wednesday 11am – Year four classes

Wednesday 2pm – Year five classes

Thursday 11am – Year six classes

The meetings will last for a maximum of 30 minutes, the focus of the meeting will be to say hello and share what you’ve been learning at home.

If you would like to join in with a meeting you need to ask your parents to send an email to EYFSlearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk 

 I will then send them an invitation to join in. I would like to know if you want to join the meeting by Thursday 30^th April. I will then send you your invitation.

On Monday you will need to click on the link in the email I send you so that you can join the meeting at 11am. At the meeting you will need to know that;

• The meeting must not be recorded.
• You will need to think carefully about where you are when you join the meeting and what you are wearing so that you are ready to meet with all of your classmates.
• Your parents need to be present in the room where you have the meeting.
• Teachers will lock the meeting once everyone has joined so that no-one can join who hasn’t been invited.
• Teachers will be able to remove or mute people who do not follow the rules.
• Parents need to read Zoom’s terms and conditions, so they are sure of what Zoom is all about.

Hopefully see you there!

Laura 

27.04.2020

Good morning Gruffalo room,

This morning Alfie sent me some pictures of what he has been doing at home.

Alfie created some shields for St George's Day, helping to water the plants and he's been enjoying listening to his Brother read stories.

Look at his amazing work- great job Alfie!!

Laura 

EYFSlearning.spb@educ.somerset.gov.uk 'Laura'

27.04.2020

Hello again, Gruffalo room!!

Another week has gone by and I hope yours has been filled with lots of fun things!!

This week it is supposed to be raining, so I have filled your lesson plan with lots of activities to keep you busy. If you do want any more activities whilst you are hiding away from the rain, please contact me and I can find you some more 

I would love to hear from you  all and see how you are getting on with your activities.

Please email at EYFSlearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk. Just remember to pop 'Laura' in the subject.

Enjoy your week and remember, keep smiling and keep safe.

Laura ❤️

22.04.2020

Happy Wednesday Gruffalo room!!

I hope you are having a lovely week so far. 

Myself and the rest of the Gruffalo grown ups have been very busy the beginning of this week preparing a photo collage to let you all know how much we are missing spending our days with you- we hope that you like it!

It would be lovely to hear from you all. If you would like to send me an email and some pictures of what you have been up to whilst you have been at home, the email address is EYFSlearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk. Just remember to pop 'Laura' in the subject before you send 

Enjoy our picture and I hope to hear from you all soon!!

Laura 

20.04.2020

Hello Gruffalo's!

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are ready to see what new challenges I have set for you.

We've got some good news!!

We have an email address where you can send me messages about the learning that you have been doing. 

Perhaps this week you would like to send me an email about something you have enjoyed doing?

Each week I'll make suggestions about something you could send me from the home learning.

I can't wait to see what you have been up to!

Here is the email address, please use it to get in touch. Just pop my name in the subject;

EYFSlearning.sbp@educ.somerset.gov.uk

I know that some of you have had a big week and found out what school you will be going to in September!

I'd love to hear which school you got in to 

Laura 

16.04.2020

Hi Gruffalo room!!

We hope that you have had a lovely Easter and have been enjoying the sunshine!

The Gruffalo team have been keeping very busy the past couple of weeks;

Jess has been busy at home playing with her son, Lucian, and doing lots of learning and baking cakes.

Mandy has been doing homework, making things and playing in the garden. She is also enjoying spending some time with her family.

Iwona had her Birthday (Happy Birthday Iwona!) She has also been spending time with her family, painting rocks and enjoying lots of arts and crafts.

Rose has been busy spending time with her family and has been learning how to play basket ball.

I have also been spending time with my family and going on little adventures on my bike.

We are all missing you very much and we are hoping that we get to see you all very soon. 

Keep safe, be happy and have lots of fun!!

Laura