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Literacy is the key to knowledge and understanding. The Big Literacy Day took place for the first time in Hafnarfjörður's primary schools this week. The programme was two-part, with a conference for class teachers in years 1-4, specialist teachers, support assistants, heads of the junior phase and support services, managers of after-school clubs and headteachers of Hafnarfjörður's primary schools were streamed to other schools in the town from the lecture hall of Skarðshlíðarskóli. The results of […] were reviewed.

Unnur Elfa Guðmundsdóttir has been appointed headteacher of Ásland School, effective 1 August. Unnur Elfa has worked in teaching and administration in the primary schools of Hafnarfjörður for many years, most of which has been at Ásland School. Unnur Elfa is forward-thinking in the development of education, with a strong knowledge of school operations and education matters in general. Unnur Elfa holds a B.A. degree […]

Katrín Lilja Hraunfjörð took up the post of head teacher at the Stekkjarás nursery school last May. Katrín Lilja has extensive experience in nursery school work and management, and has worked as a head teacher and deputy head teacher in recent years for Skólar ehf.  Katrín Lilja holds a B.Ed. degree from the University of Akureyri and is currently undertaking a Master's degree in Education at the University of Iceland. We welcome Katrín […]

The 'Walk to School' project (www.iwalktoschool.org) begins on Wednesday, 8th September for the fifteenth time and formally concludes with the international Walk to School Day on Wednesday, 6th October. The aim of the project is to encourage children to adopt an active mode of travel to and from school and to increase their ability to travel safely in […]

The project is a collaboration with the City of Hafnarfjörður and focuses on women's experiences of the concept of home, across nationalities. All the participating women have in common that they have been on the move and have maintained homes in more than one country, and the exhibition focuses on the concept of time, space and what it means to be at home. […]

The current Minister of Health's Regulation No. 878/2021 on restrictions on gatherings is in force until 27 August and now also applies to school activities. In light of this, the Ministry of Education and Culture is providing schools with further guidance on the impact of the current public health measures on different school levels. See the announcement on the website of the Cabinet Office. The aim of public health measures in schools is, as before, to promote […]