Stekkjarás in twenty years
The Stekkjarás Nursery School is celebrating its 20th anniversary this school year, and the occasion was marked today with fanfare and a celebration in the company of smartly dressed guests. The children and staff gave a warm welcome to the mayor, Valdimar Víðisson, and his distinguished entourage. Stekkjarás opened on 8 September 2004. It is an eight-department nursery school with two infant units and just over 150 pupils. The children are at the centre of all its work. Their ideas are listened to and the work is adapted to their abilities and potential.
The child's ideas, the task of the day
Stekkjarás Nursery School celebrates its 20th anniversary this school year, and the occasion was marked with fanfare today, Wednesday, 5th February, in the presence of a smartly dressed and distinguished company. The children and staff gave a warm welcome to the Mayor, Valdimar Víðisson, and his distinguished entourage. Stekkjarás opened on 8 September 2004, and is an eight-department nursery school with two infant departments and just over 150 pupils. The children are at the centre of all school activities. Their ideas are listened to and the work is adapted to their abilities and potential.
„It's good to be here, and it's clear that the nursery atmosphere is both creative and friendly.“ says Valdimar.
Creative content provider one of the school's hallmarks
Every year around Nursery School Day, the staff and pupils transform the school hall into a creative resource centre and open the school to parents and carers. „Remida, or the creative materials bank, plays a significant role in our working methods, and this focus is reflected throughout our work and internal behaviour.“ says Harpa Kolbeinsdóttir, nursery head teacher. „Creative thinking, the use of open-ended materials in art, outdoor learning, play, mixed-age grouping, individualised teaching and good parental partnership are the key to our school's work.“ In the nurseries, the children use reusable materials to bring their ideas to life in a free, varied and creative way. The materials are sourced from a wide range of places, including staff, parents and businesses. The school's walls preserve the children's creations, which have also found their way onto the walls of homes in Hafnarfjörður.
In Stekkjarási:
- When the environment is the third teacher, the child learns from adults, other children and the environment.
- Children have the right to be given challenging tasks that enhance their ability to cope with life.
- Education should foster children to become pioneers, not followers.
- are children clever and very capable
Stekkjarás Nursery School is in Áslandin in Hafnarfjörður. Proximity to nature is valuable and important, and opportunities are made the most of to experience and enjoy the outdoors.