We celebrated National Day of Romania with traditional music, crafts and creative activities. Children were invited to come dressed in traditional clothes. We believe it is important for the children to learn about and appreciate the qualities of the country in which they all live and for most of them, to learn about their Romanian heritage and […]
The aim of this week is to give the children opportunities to find out about different countries, cultures, languages and customs from around the world. They heard about different types of music, traditional songs, saw pictures of animals, people with different skin colours, read books about far away places.
The activities were aimed to help the children to […]
️For #SpainNationalDay, Elisabet – Gerard’s mum and Rafael – Sara and Noah’s dad visited the nursery and helped children find out about Spain.
On Wednesday 4th October, Rainbows and Early Explorers met Gigica, a therapy dog who has worked with more than 1000 children. Gigica came with some human friends from the Utility Dogs Association who train search-and-rescue dogs and those used in therapy to help children who have experienced trauma or who have disabilities.
The children heard about Gigica’s story, […]
World Animal Day definitely is one of the happiest days in the nursery each year. Children are invited to bring their small pets or a photo of them and they are so excited to find out how to look after different types of animals
This month’s Story Teller in Early Explorers was Ian Tilling, founder of Casa Ioana, an NGO supporting homeless people and women who have experienced domestic abuse.
Ian was returning for the second time as a story teller and he chose a special story about animals to go with the Animal theme.
Thank you, Ian Tilling for accepting our invitation […]
World Teachers Day is an annual UNESCO event, which aims to draw attention to the important role that teachers have all over the world.
In Acorns, we have celebrated Teachers Day in various ways over past years – with a special cake for the team, unique T shirts bearing a special message and other tokens of […]
Rainbows went on their first trip this term to the Train Museum. They learnt how engines have changed over time, they saw old tools which were used to fix the railway, looked at pictures of train stations and equipment, illustrating the beginning of railway transportation in Romania. The most exciting part was actually going on […]
Adelina, representing Asociatia Inima Copiilor was our first Story teller this September. Adelina read the story Avocado Baby to Early Explorers – about a baby who grew very strong because he loved eating healthily. She also told them how she helps look after babies and children in hospital who have sick hearts. The children found […]
World Heart Day is always an opportunity for the children to learn how to keep their heart healthy: serve healthy snacks with fruits and vegetables and exercise. The older children learnt about the importance of kind words and the effect they have on their heart.
Acorns supports again Asociatia Inima Copiilor, who do wonderful work with babies […]
