Three early years teachers from Acorns British Style Nursery in Bucharest met parents, played with children and discussed practice and training with staff during their visit to Blois Meadow Day Nursery in Haverhill.
Acorns was set up in Bucharest ten years ago and now owns two nurseries and a training centre. Staff and children all speak English and the nursery’s approach is based on the British model, creating learning programmes which stem from the capabilities of each individual child and which focus on developing the whole child.
Fiona Dutu, headteacher of Acorns, said, ‘UK nursery education has a good image in Romania, being seen as somewhere between the very strict, Victorian style Romanian state system and the American system, which is seen as too relaxed and lacking structure. We chose to visit Blois Meadow because of its outstanding Ofsted report and its reputation. It was an inspirational day and we have come away with lots of ideas.’
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