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Choosing a Native Language in Multicultural Families

When it comes to raising children, most families face similar challenges: how can they provide a safe and beneficial environment for their children, which is the best/ right choice of nursery or school, and how can they pass on the healthiest principles so that their children grow up confident and open minded?

In addition to these, […]

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Scottish Day and Scottish Dance Workshop

Our children love to dance and to express themselves through music and movements, so we organised a special dance workshop for both School Years groups with Alina Petrisan who leads our gym and dance club. The children had the opportunity to learn a specific Scottish dance while having fun, interacting with each other and learning […]

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Radu Manolescu – Story Teller

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life, as Brigham Young used to say.

We appreciate and support educational projects, so Radu Manolescu, the founder of Asociatia pentru Valori in Educatie, was Early Explorers special guest for their weekly story teller time. 

He […]

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Kindness Day / Non-teachers Day

In October we celebrated all the teachers and in November we have a special day to say thank you to all the staff who work behind the scenes in Acorns, on Non-Teachers Day. 

We celebrated World Kindness Day too, when children had the opportunity to focus on the importance of being kind to everyone, of being […]

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Early Explorers Trip to British Council Library

Augustine of Hippo used to say “the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page”. 

Thus, children in Early Explorers had the chance to travel around the world while visiting the British Council Library. 

They found out what a library is, that there are different types of resources there apart from […]

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Remembrance Day

Celebrated in the British community, Remembrance Day is an annual event in our nursery when we remember all those who have died serving their country in wars, by wearing poppies. On this special day, the children found out what it means to be brave, why it is important to be courageous. During circle time, they […]

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Costume Parade in Early Years

Each year we hold a special costume parade when the children love to come dress up and have a great time doing it.

Our nursery was visited by princesses, super heroes, cartoon characters and skeletons! It was a fun and lovely morning, and together we decorated the rooms, danced, sang and clapped for each other in […]

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Acorns Light Fair

What better way to understand the traditions and values of distinct cultures than to bring together light festivals from around the world in a unique, multicultural event held in our garden? Acorns Light Fair is our way to celebrate annually the United Nations Day under the pure symbol of #LIGHT.

Together with our partners, we recreated […]

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Early Explorers Trip to Metropolitan Hospital

To celebrate World Vision Day, Early Explorers went to visit Metropolitan Hospital. After learning in the nursery how important it is to look after their eyes, this trip was a great opportunity to find out how they can do it in simple ways and to have an eye test done, at the end. It was […]

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Count Your Buttons Day

We celebrated Count your Buttons Day for the first time; it was a great opportunity for all our children to count and sort buttons, to talk about colour, their shape and to be creative.

Baby Acorns made spaghetti buttons cupcakes, Rainbows created their own buttons tree by sticking them on as leaves, Shiny Stars had a […]

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