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Monday 8:30am - 3:30pm Tuesday 8:30am - 3:30pm Wednesday 8:30am - 3:30pm Thursday 8:30am - 3:30pm Friday 8:30am - 3:30pm

Flourish, An Acton Academy, Pune

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A learner-driven, mixed-age program for ages 3–18. An alternative to traditional schools, built in collaboration with Acton Academy, Austin.

21/08/2026

The best canvas this week? The studio's own glass doors 🎨

Our Eagles created stunning whale tail seascapes using chalk pastels, and then turned to the glass sliding doors of the studio itself, painting marine animals across the surface until the whole thing became a living, glowing aquarium.

It wasn't assigned as a mural. It just became one🪼

That's what happens when learners are given real materials, a real space, and the freedom to do something genuinely their own with it. The studio doesn't just hold the learning; sometimes it becomes it.

[Marine Science Quest, Learner Driven, Mural Painting, Alternative Education, Flourish Pune]

19/08/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿? 🤔

Sometimes, the person explaining an idea learns just as much as the person listening.

In our mixed-age studios, Eagles regularly share skills, explain their thinking, help someone through a challenge, or show another Eagle how they approached a problem.

Peer learning isn't just about passing on knowledge.

It's also about learning to listen, explain, ask questions, and see something from another person's perspective. Sometimes, the best way to understand something better is to try explaining it to someone else ✨

[ Mixed Age Classroom, Peer Learning, Learner Driven, Alternative Education, Flourish Pune]

17/08/2026

This week the studio became a mini aquarium 🪸

In between medieval history and coral reefs, our Eagles are exploring one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet: the web of relationships that keeps reef life alive, from symbiosis to classification.

A lot of questions, plenty of curiosity, and a studio full of learners following where the learning took them 🐠

[Marine Science Quest, Hands-On Learning, Learner Driven, Alternative Education, Flourish Pune]

14/08/2026

New session. New theme. Same curious Eagles 🦅

A peek into week one of our new session in the Spark Studio.
Our young learners explored Maharashtra as a state, learned about M.F. Husain and his work, Marathi songs, and made a peanut salad entirely by themselves.

12/08/2026

What are we really preparing learners for? ✨

It's easy to measure education through grades, test scores, and college admissions. But those are only a small part of what it means to grow.

At Flourish, we believe education should help learners become people who can think for themselves, make good decisions, work through challenges, and stay curious about the world.

That means making room for questions.
For mistakes.
For failing and trying again.
For discovering what comes naturally, and what takes more work.

We're not here to shape every learner into the same idea of success. We want to help each Eagle discover their own strengths, develop their character, and find the courage to build a life that's truly their own.
Because the goal was never just the next step; it's learning how to navigate the whole journey 🚀

10/08/2026

This session, our MS Eagles are doing something most adults wish someone had taught them earlier.

Personal finance 💸

Week one started with a simple question: are you a spender or a hoarder? From there, Eagles dug into their own relationship with money: what they believe about it, how they use it, and what their habits actually look like when they track them.

They built expense trackers on Google Sheets. They played a game called Spent, designed to put you in the shoes of someone living paycheck to paycheck, and felt firsthand how quickly things unravel.

Then came the harder question: what will you be doing at 25? A calling, something you love, or a job that pays too well to quit?
They pitched their chosen careers to a panel of judges who decided, on the spot, whether they were hired and what salary they'd be offered.

All in week one of the Personal Finance Quest 💰

07/08/2026

This session, our Eagles become marine scientists 👩🏻🔬

Their mission: understand the ocean. Not from a textbook, but by bringing it to life in the studio.

As NASA Earth Explorers, they're exploring questions that don't have easy answers:
🌊 What is life like in the ocean and how is it all connected?
♻️ What problems are facing our seas?
🧠And is it more important to explore or to invent?

They'll be working through levels starting as Krill and working their way up through Octopus, Tuna, Shark, and Whale, earning animal cards along the way and building toward a final Under the Sea Jeopardy showdown 💪🏼

A studio full of scientists who won't stop asking questions ✨

05/08/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗶 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀? 🧩

At its heart, Montessori is about understanding how learners grow and creating an environment that supports independence, concentration, and confidence.

At Spark, this means giving our youngest Eagles the time and space to work with their hands, make choices, build practical skills, and become more independent.

Because Montessori is more than a set of materials. It's a way of thinking about how learners grow 🚀✨

03/08/2026

It's easy to want to give children all the right answers 🤔

We care deeply about them, so naturally, we want to help them avoid mistakes and find their way. But there's a difference between sharing our values and handing them our conclusions.

If children are always told what to think, they learn our answers. Not how to find their own.

This is something we value deeply at Flourish. Through Socratic discussions, real choices, and everyday challenges, Eagles practise thinking for themselves: questioning, disagreeing, changing their minds, and working things out.

Not because we've stepped back from our role, but because real independence doesn't come from inheriting someone else's judgement.

It comes from gradually building your own ✨

Address

Pune

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 3:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 3:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 3:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 3:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 3:30pm

Website

https://flourishpune.org/

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