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Acorns Donation for the play room in Fundeni Hospital

Helping others is one of the values that children in Acorns are taught about 
For#WrongTrousersDay, they had the chance to bring a ray of hope for the ill children in Fundeni Hospital. Their donations supported Touched Romania to equip the play room in the Pediatric Oncology Department
THANK YOU!

By |July 27th, 2017|BLOG, Acorns Journal|Comments Off on Acorns Donation for the play room in Fundeni Hospital

Acorns Staff Evaluation

In Acorns we value all our staff and place a strong focus on encouraging each one’s professional development through training, feedback and team building. At the end of each school year each member of staff has an evaluation meeting during which they have the opportunity to reflect on what they have learnt and how they […]

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Early Explorers Summer Show & Graduation

Summer Show in Acorns Nursery are planned by the teachers according to the children’s interests and qualities and they are good opportunities for the children to share with their parents some of the things that they have learnt during the year, through story, dance and song – all in a happy and relaxed summer atmosphere […]

By |July 3rd, 2017|BLOG, Acorns Journal|Comments Off on Early Explorers Summer Show & Graduation

Story tellers

Early Explorers met singer Monica Anghel, when she came to read Farmer Joe, about a band of animal musicians. She told the children about how she loves to sing and tell stories to her son and that they too should follow their passions in life!

After singing a song to Early Explorers, they sang “I am […]

By |May 30th, 2017|BLOG, Acorns Journal|Comments Off on Story tellers

How to support a child – freedom vs. direction

Parents want their child to be successful in as many areas as possible, while children want very much to please their parents – so much so that they sometimes end up doing things that they really don’t like yet are afraid to say so. They can end up taking subjects that they don’t identify themselves […]

By |May 25th, 2017|BLOG, Resources for parents|Comments Off on How to support a child – freedom vs. direction

Shy children: 10 tips for parents

Each person has their own temperament and their own way of seeing the world. This characteristic is inate and you can discover from the first interaction with a child whether they are shy or outgoing.
Outgoing personalities are noisy, make friends easily and share toys with others while shy children are timid, preferring to spend time […]

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One teacher to every 4 children

As in industry and technology, trends also exist in education – some come and go while others have a longer life depending on the principles on which they are based.

One such principle which meets with a lot of approval from specialists is “a teacher to 4 children”. In short, this strategy means that the days […]

By |March 13th, 2017|BLOG, Resources for parents|Comments Off on One teacher to every 4 children

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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Acorns Book Week

Acorns Book Week is one of our most popular and successful annual events!

During Book Week we joined with other nurseries and schools around the world in celebrating World Book Day – a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) of reading. The main aim of World Book Day is to encourage children to explore the […]

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Acorns Aviatiei Christmas Party

Our event started with both children and parents enjoying a party snack and had the chance to spread Christmas cheer.

Next, the children and parents enjoyed Christmas related activities: they decorated Christmas trees with a selection of glitter and sparkling resources, they made their own Santa masks, they danced to jolly Christmas music and sang special […]

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