Primary School

Education at Avenor College is founded on a skill-based curriculum, where teaching and assessment by means of project based learning (PBL) create real opportunities of progress.

Primary classes are divided into Lower Primary (Grades Pregătitoare – 2) and Upper Primary (Grades 3 and 4), with teachers specialised in children’s learning needs.

Primary School
by the numbers

280

STUDENTS

40

TEACHERS

50

CLUBS

5

HOURS OF PBL/WEEK

Curriculum

In primary classes, the requirements of the Romanian National Curriculum – standards, reference objectives and competences -, as well as learning contents and evaluation forms are followed. Equally, teachers are prepared to use teaching methods and teaching principles specific to international education to tailor the resources, contents and methods of teaching / assessment to the individual learning needs of students according to Cambridge’s curriculum and educational resources.

Drama, Science, Ant and PSHE (personal, social and health education) classes are examples of the special attention given to the value of individual potential, beyond that of age.

Learning experience

PBL

PBL is the acronym for Project-Based Learning, a teaching and learning program that involves teamwork and connections between the disciplines studied. In the Middle School, students have 1-2 hours of PBL per week in Romanian and / or English in which they work on group projects related to school top…

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Trips

All trips in Primary are related to the PBL Themes throughout the year, being an excellent opportunity to deepen learning, in real life context. Also, every trip organised together with colleagues from other grades have clear objectives related to learning and developing Avenor Learner Profile. Lear…

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Co-curricular activities

We provide opportunities for our students to practise and develop all 7 intelligences (including musical, kinetic, spatial, interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence) so that learning and self-discovery are complete. We have a wide range of co-curricular activities that help build and develop stu…

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Clubs

Avenor College clubs are designed to support and develop the individual interests and aspirations of each student and to meet the students’ personal development needs.

In Pregătitoare and grade 1, there are initiation and experimentation clubs, created to meet the age-specific needs of the children. Through direct experimentation, students will have the opportunity to make contact with the specificity of the clubs, with the skills demanded by such clubs, with the resources they need in order to access these clubs successfully.

After two years of experimentation and initiation, students in grades 3 and 4 can and must make decisions with regards to the cultivation of their talents and passions at a level that reaches performance.

We can thus move to the next level, an intensive level when performance is also viewed in relation to the other class and contestants.

Knowledge clubs

These activities teach students how to organise and present an activity, how to develop skills of cooperation and coordination in various situations. Knowledge clubs offer ways to socialize, self-iden…
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Physical Development Club

What about improving your child’s fine and gross motor skills, to keep healthy by exercising or to just blow off some steam after a day full of learning? All children need to move, run and consolida…
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Art clubs

Art clubs stimulate role play and develop the musical and artistic side. Activities such as: theater, music clubs, drama, arts, etc. contribute to the completion of general education by providing a ha…
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Personal Development

We want our students to be happy children and to become well-balanced future adults, able to develop beautiful relationships with those around them, to empathise and be receptive to the environment in which they live. In addition to curricular activities, these children need to invent, take risks, make mistakes, play together and enjoy life. They need personal development. They need personal development.

Avenor College’s vision is inspired by Howard Gardner’s theory of “multiple intelligences”, according to which the school must develop and motivate students’ individual values ​​through academic, sports and artistic programmes supported by personal, emotional, and social factors.

PSHE classes

Every week, Avenor College students have a personal development class in which, through discussions and thematic projects, they learn to understand each other and to understand those around them.

Assembly

These meetings attended by children from different grades, grouped by age, point out the key aspects of school life, through experiential learning activities. These meetings are organised on different topics and they are an excellent peer-to-peer learning opportunity. Also, in Assembly, special dist…

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Avenor College Assessment System.

This system is one that encourages personal development. Regardless of the activities in which they participate (curricular or co-curricular), children are always evaluated taking into account both the “Attainment” (results) and the effort and progress for each subject.

“House points” system

Children from the entire school are divided into four houses and accumulate points for joint activities and projects, school events or volunteer activities. Belonging to houses helps them to develop relationships with older or younger students and to join forces in common goals.

Student council

It is the way in which students can express their point of view (through representatives elected by vote in each class) on how they think school activities should be conducted, but also an opportunity to develop their leadership skills.

Events

Avenor events enrich the experience of our students, create opportunities for them to socialize, give them the opportunity to show their talents or to prove their progress from year to year. 

Primary School

Teachers’ Day

This event is a wonderful occasion to celebrate our teachers. Together with the students, we prepare for the teachers an unforgettable day, with surprises and gratitude.

Primary School

The opening ceremony of the school year

The opening of the school year is an emotional moment for all members of the Avenor community – students, teachers, parents. See you colleagues, talk about what we did during the summer vacation.

Primary School

Welcome, new parents!

Every year we welcome the parents of students who join our school at Avenor College. In an informal meeting, senior parents in the Avenor community, along with teachers and members of the management t…
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Primary School

Avenor Awards

Every year, we proudly and respectfully celebrate the Avenor Awards winners: Brightest Star, Honorary Students and Avenor Fellows. Avenor Awards are given to students who, during the school year, have…
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Primary School

Avenor Forest Run

Organized at the end of the first month of school, Avenor Forest Run promotes the movement as a lifestyle and aims to raise funds for charitable projects. Participants – children, parents, teachers – …
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Primary School

Anti Bullying Awareness Days

These days are an opportunity for all Avenor students to raise awareness of the bullying phenomenon. Avenor counselors coordinate special activities to cover this topic, and involve students in discus…
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Primary School

Romania’s National Day

A day in which we celebrate Romania with traditional food, songs and dances. At the end of the day we will all gather on the sports court and dance the traditional hora.

Primary School

Avenor Christmas Charity Fair

What could be more beautiful than organizing a Christmas fair? Our high school students work with great passion on a charity event-project that annually fills the campus with avenorians eager to contr…
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Primary School

International Women’s Day

The celebration of March 8 turned into a celebration of our community, with flowers, wishes, smiles, gifts and a lot of gratitude.

Primary School

Winter Shows

All Avenor students prepare an artistic gift for their parents, which they offer at the end of the calendar year. From pregătitoare to grade 8, each class presents a theater, music and dance performa…
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Primary School

Carolling Day

Before the winter holidays, the Avenor College campus is adorned with celebration and resounds with wishes and carols. During breaks, the teachers go around the school carrolling and inviting the stud…
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Primary School

Open Days

Parents of our students have the opportunity to see our school in “action” during the “Open Days” program for grades 2-12. Members of our community can attend and even actively participate in some of …
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Primary School

Science Fair

Organizing an annual Science Fair at Avenor College gives elementary and middle school students the opportunity to be involved in research projects and work in teams. Children create experiments, inve…
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Primary School

Work in Progress

Hundreds of art works made by children aged 6 to 18 within the artistic project “Work in progress” are exhibited annually for a week in the art gallery at the headquarters of UniCredit Bank on Exhibit…
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Primary School

Interschool Swimming Challenge

The annual swimming competition organized by Avenor College brings together competitors aged between 6 and 18 from several schools in Bucharest. It is an event in which participants show fair play, wh…
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Primary school team

Alexandra Pădurariu

Learning Assistant

Alexandra Vasile

Form Tutor 2 Delta

Ana Popescu

Form Tutor 4 Delta

Anca Costea

Teacher of English

Andreea Dumitrescu

Form Tutor 3 Delta

Andreea Popa

Form Tutor 3 Alfa

Andreea-Ancuța Floreanu

Form Tutor Pregătitoare Delta

Andrei Rusu

Teacher of ESL

Antonia-Cristina Gojgorea

Learning Assistant

Claudia Andrei

Clubs Coordinator Primary & Secondary
Counsellor Primary
DSL Whole School

Corina Iacob

Fom Tutor 1 Delta

Dan-Ștefan Florea

Teacher of Sports & PE

Daniela Radu

Form Tutor 4 Omega

Daniela Stăvaru

Form Tutor Pregătitoare Omega

Flavia Sentea

Learning Assistant

Florina-Mădălina Poenaru

School Counsellor

Ioana Gafencu

Teacher of Music

Irina Anghel

Teacher of Arts

Iuliana Condrea

Form Tutor – Pregătitoare Alfa

Julie Neish

Teacher of Drama

Liana Ilincescu

Culture and Community Lead Primary
Form Tutor 3 Omega

Mari Nicolae

Academic Learning Lead Primary
Form Tutor 2 Alfa

Mirela Voicu

System and Communication Lead
Form Tutor 2 Omega

Miruna-Roxana Iacob

Learning Assistant

Monica Voicu

Teacher of English

Nikki Ireland

PBL Curriculum Leader & PBL Teacher

Petre Stăncele

Learning Assistant

Raluca Roșu

Form Tutor 4 Alfa

Ramona Ivan

Teacher of English


Steliana Curelea

Teacher of Sports & PE

Valentina Pache-Nistor

Form Tutor 1 Alfa

Yasmina Iqbal

Form Tutor 1 Omega

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