Acorns Journal

Story Teller – Nigel Bell

Nigel Bell, Chief Executive at Property Management Services, Romania was our story teller in March.

As well as reading to the children, Nigel explained about how the UK is made up of 4 countries, showed the map of these and talk about traditions which are commonly associated with each one, including Ireland.

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Sign Language Anniversary

In March, we celebrated the 14th anniversary of when British Sign Language became officially recognised by the British government.
We use Early Years Sign Language in both our nurseries from Baby Acorns onwards.

At first, signing helps ease frustration for babies before they are able to communicate all their needs verbally but we continue its use in the […]

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Acorns Nest Box Week

This week was Acorns Nest Box Week! Based on a UK event, it was an excellent opportunity for the children to learn about birds, how they make nests and lay eggs (in connection to the topic changes in animals), different types of birds and where they live and the importance of trees and forests.

Our special […]

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Environment Day

This week we celebrated Environment Week in Acorns, by including both World Forest Day and World Water Day! From now on, we will focus very much on nature, the environment and its effect on people and vice versa. This focus will include the Green Fair on 12th April when you will be able to join […]

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Bake Sale

Our first Bake Sale was a great success! Each group in the nursery made delicious cakes during this wonderful activity which was also linked to the theme of reading, in addition to our Book Week event!

Baby Acorns made banana muffins related to the Monkey Puzzle story, Shiny Stars prepared Ginger Biscuits while being inspired by […]

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St. Patrick’s Day

Last Friday, we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with typical Irish music, dance, symbols and stories and we invited our children to come dressed in green on this special day! All the activities were based on the green colour, leprachauns, Irish symbols, music and dancing.

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Changes in the Weather

Last week we began our new topic for March, which is on Changes, starting with Changes in the Weather.

Baby Acorns learnt the song What is the Weather Today? and signs from EYSL for the words associated with this time of year: sun, rain, yellow, green, blue, cold, warm etc. They used headphones to listen to sounds of […]

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International Women’s Day

On behalf of all the team, a big thank you for all the lovely flowers, Spring gifts and chocolates that we received for the 1st of March! We really appreciate your thoughtfulness and wish you all a very Happy Spring!

Last weeks’ special day was International Women’s Day! The aim of this day was to celebrate […]

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The Month of Love in Acorns Aviației

During Ballet Day, all children were introduced to Angelina Ballerina, watched her stories and painted the main characters. They danced to music and played many physical games, learning through play the regular practices of the ballerinas!

Chinese New Year was a great opportunity for children to learn new things about a different culture. The children had […]

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Visit from French students

We had a visit from four students from a school of Pedagogy in Paris. In the final year of their study, they have the opportunity to go abroad in order to meet childcare/early childhood professionals, to discuss professional practice and education policy.

Alisson, Mélani, Tiphaine and Katia were very impressed with everything they saw in Popa […]

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