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Six Lessons for Early Years Education in the 21st Century

It is true that more and more educators and parents are aware of the need to develop skills in children that are very important later on, in their adult life, such as: critical thinking, problem solving, creativity and emotional intelligence.

A quality early education, in line with children’s needs and day-to-day reality, respects principles applied by […]

By |March 5th, 2019|BLOG, Resources for parents|Comments Off on Six Lessons for Early Years Education in the 21st Century

The importance of an emotional connection between teacher and child

Teachers, parents, grandparents and friends all agree on the importance of academic success, even from the first years of nursery. In the rush towards achieving good grades and favorable comparison with others, adults tend to forget one aspect which is just as important in a child’s development: his/her emotional well being.
According to a study published […]

By |January 14th, 2019|Resources for parents|Comments Off on The importance of an emotional connection between teacher and child

(Română) Modul în care orarul și schimbările de rutină pot influența procesul de învățare

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By |October 25th, 2018|Resources for parents|Comments Off on (Română) Modul în care orarul și schimbările de rutină pot influența procesul de învățare

Staff annual 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 […]

By |July 23rd, 2018|Acorns Journal|Comments Off on Staff annual evaluation

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 […]

By |November 28th, 2016|BLOG, Acorns Journal|Comments Off on Kindness Day / Non-teachers Day

Science Day – Science in Action

We all know children love to explore, to discover, in one word they love SCIENCE. Each year we encourage the children’s passion for science with special activities involving all their senses (touching, smelling, listening, feeling) aiming to boost their confidence and curiosity to try new things.  Baby Acorns were mesmerized when the teachers created a […]

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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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Rainbows Trip to Interactive Museum

Who doesn’t love science experiments, to explore and to discover new things? Rainbows love science so they had a great time on their trip to Oraselul Cunoasterii where they had a lot of fun exploring all the areas of the Interactive Museum.

It was the perfect chance to discover how different phenomena take place, how different […]

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