Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
B. F. Skinner
Gradinita cu program prelungit "Perlutele marii"
The school is one of the best public early childhood insitutions in Constanta, Romania (with 8 classrooms and 230 children). It is a 10 hour, 5 day program that provides a creative, supportive, nurturing learning environment for children (three meals and sleep session available). The kindergarten provides extensive opening hours that take account of the needs of working parents. The kindergarten staff is interested in offering a high quality early childhood education and care to all children from age three to age five. There are 16 qualified teachers and one school psychologist.
Established in 1963 as Kindergarten with extended hours No 11, it has been moved from its original location to some other different places. One knowing its story can call it The Travelling Kindergarten. In 2007 it was again moved to its actual 56 Mihai Viteazu Street down town. In 2009 the kindergarten is named Perluţele mării which means Sea Pearls. The new name of the kindergarten was chosen by preschoolers after a brainstorming activity. Pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable and valuable. Children are the most precious and valuable treasure of mankind.
School programmes aim to develop the social and emotional competence and promote the cognitive, language, literacy and numeracy skills of pre-primary children to provide them with a fair start in primary school. Our educational programs have been trying to promote science learning and create multiple and varied opportunities to engage preschoolers in science exploration and discovery. Children have a natural proclivity to observe, experiment, explore, learn, and discover the world around them. We encourage and support these basic abilities for science learning among children in the early years. The annual educational offer of the kindergarten offers English as a second language (ESL) at early ages (optional activities included in School-based curriculum), which are highly requested by the parents for their children.
The School Council, the Head Teacher, the teaching staff and the school community are involved in the school life and they work together. The families support the staff and collaborate in the projects. The School Parents’ Association supports the carrying on of different projects initiated by school and our local community to develop at our students creative and free personalities.
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The kindergarten has been involved in many local and national projects and partnerships. It is also partner and founder in eTwinning projects (“Fight against obesity from early childhood”, “To be children playing again”, “Flags of Europe”, “Our parents professions”, "Christmas Cards exchange","Travelling Box", "I can be an artist too! Painting in Europe") and a few International ones. The kindergarten has initiated and set up several regional and county cultural contests, sports competitions, thematic fairs, educational projects and partnerships and school events. The kindergarten is the co-ordinator of a county project called “Christmas and Easter Traditions and Customs” – a multicultural project about Romanian customs and all other kind of ethnic groups. It contains two main activities, a festival of dances, carols and customs from around Dobrogea Distric and an art exhibition of children’s works.
