Educational offer September 2018 - June 2019

In 2018 - 2019 we will have 3 kindergarten groups with Romanian teaching language. The groups have a maximum of 10 children, so that educators can devote enough time to developing educational relationships with each of the children.

In the K-groups we learn in thematic weeks, in an emerging curriculum inspired by children, educators or nature. Each week comes with a theme that children explore in various workshops and activities after they have gone through morning activities (each team has its own routine that can mean: yoga, mindfulness, nature calendar, songs, music, dances, greeting customs). The program start at 8.00, and at the begging we play and eat together (if we did not eat breakfast at home). At 09.00 we start the team's activities, and at 10.00 we equip ourselves for the garden. At 10.30 we serve a snack, and then we go to what workshops we want, of those proposed by the educators. If one or more children do not want to participate in any of these workshops, it is ok to do so. They can create their own activities in which to involve 100% and educators can help them making them more interesting. At 12.30 we serve lunch (we usually eat out - no matter the season), we brush our teeth, and then we join a second activity (some of us go to sleep or home). In Green School we do not have "hours" and "breaks," "rewards," or "punishments," or "must," or "you are not allowed to." At Green School we take care of ourselves, our colleagues, of nature and home. We learn to communicate non-violently with patience; we learn to know ourselves and so let others know us. Green School is ours, your family's and our town's. We can provide feed-back, offer ideas, help it grow and spend our birthdays here.

In Green School:

• we have mild accommodation - a parent can participate in activities (not as an observer, but as a participant, friend of his/her child) up to 2 weeks to help the child trust Green School, its educators, activities and new colleagues;
• we pay attention to the development of multiple intelligence, focusing on developing attitudes, values ​​and behaviors and not knowledge - we help children learn to be, to do, to think;
• we educate with love, empathy, firmness and gentleness, and our educators constantly learn this with Alexandra Ilies from Parenting through Love and with other trainers in dedicated projects;
• we have a medical health care package for each enrolled child - at any time the family can go to Medicover for medical tests or check ups, and the family can also use the Helpline number (the subscription is included in our services, it should not be paid separately);
• we do not have video cameras (it would be hard and expensive to mount in the 2700 square meters of garden on the hill and throughout the building), but we have confidence and openness, so any parent can stay, anytime, on a garden day, take the pulse of activity either to see your child with colleagues or simply to have a play day in nature;
• we have a menu designed by a nutritionist specifically for Green children (who have a different lifestyle than those in typical kindergartens) who spend a lot of time out. The menu is cooked by Zebra Catering and is changed every day for one month, so the food has a great variety. In Green School, snacks are fruits, vegetables, nuts or seeds. The first and the second course of the lunch are not accompanied by bread nor followed by dessert. Two out of five days all children are served vegetarian menu, while the other three days they have the option to choose between vegetarian and omnivore. Menus do not contain artificial flavors or preservatives.
• we spend ~ 7 hours outdoors (in the long program), no matter the season or temperature. We only enter the house when we have to take care of us (storm, extreme frost, extremely dense fog). We played outside at -10 degrees (about this winter), but also at +30. We take care to dress appropriately, hydrate with water and teas, protect our skin with the right creams.

Program types and costs

Children can be enrolled in:
short program without meals: 08.00 - 12.00 - monthly cost: 1200 lei
short program with a meal: 08.00 - 13.00 - monthly cost: 1300 lei
long program: 08.00 - 17.00 - monthly cost: 1400 lei

​Children can sleep in the kindergarten (depending on their needs, their and their parents choice).

​The cost for educational services includes:

• educational experiences;
• educational materials;
• lunch (catering) for children enrolled in the medium or long program;
• a snack (regardless of the schedule the child is enrolled in) or two (in the case of children enrolled in the long program);
• health care package with Medicover.

Registration cost:

In the amount of 350 lei includes:

• 2 Green School Shirts,
• ​1 fleece hoodie Green School,
• waterproof overalls for activities in nature - as a protective layer (they do not replace typical clothes for a certain season, but only cover them with an impermeable and visible layer in nature).

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How and when the cost of educational services are to be paid?

Any cost will be paid only after signing the contract with Green School.
The cost is paid as follows:

• full (all 10 months) on sign-up (in which case the child will have a free month in the next educational year);
• one semester at a time, as follows: in September - 5 months and in February - 5 months (in which case the costs for the second semester will be reduced by 300 lei);
• monthly until the 27th of each month.

Regardless of the form of payment chosen, the amounts will be paid by bank transfer (we do not work with cash).

Green School Data for Bank Transfer:
name: Green School Association
CIF: 35273151
bank account: RO58INGB0000999907122577
bank: ING Bank

What is the enrollment process?

After completing the form below, you will be contacted on the phone (first option) or by mail (second option) to confirm the appointment. We recommend to come with your child to the visit, after all, the decision to learn here is mostly hers/his. In your visit you will discuss the educational and logistic process with one of the Green representatives. After this visit we will send a follow-up e-mail with the educational contract and the enrollment status. To this email, please respond with your decision (to reserve or not a place in Green School). Depending on this decision, we sign the educational contract. The place is considered confirmed after signing the contract, payment of the first month of educational services and the cost of enrollment.

Terms:

• we do not have (and do not want to have) a process of appraising and selecting children in Green School. We consider that we are an organization for any child (as long as the child is prepared to use the uneven terrain and has a degree of autonomy characteristic for the age of 3);
• quarterly we organize a Green School family cafe where through the Public Cafe (World Cafe) method we collect feedback, ideas and proposals for Green School's educational and logistic processes. It is a cafe where families are invited, parents and children as well. We wait for them with milk with cinnamon, tea or lemonade and games to find out their opinions and ideas.

​Need more information? Here is what you can do:

Join our events, come and meet us. To see the upcoming events please click HERE.

Communicate with us. Write us an e-mail on contact@green-school.ro or call us on 0364.401.20 or 0799.899.199.