Come and work with us! The City of Hafnarfjörður is looking for professional, enthusiastic and ambitious nursery teachers to work in the city's nurseries. The City of Hafnarfjörður is the third largest municipality in the country, with around 2,000 employees. The municipality's seventeen nurseries offer a diverse and exciting range of roles within an ambitious working environment. Please note that if not […]
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City Centre – Information meeting about planning changes
Public meeting on proposals for changes to the detailed plan for the centre of Hafnarfjörður. Wednesday, 25 August 2021 at 17:30 in Bæjarbíó. The meeting will also be streamed live on the City of Hafnarfjörður's Facebook page. Presentation of proposals for zoning plan amendments A public information meeting is being called to consider proposals for planning amendments in the centre of Hafnarfjörður. On the one hand, this is a presentation of a proposal for an amendment […]
New headteacher at Áslandsskóli
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 […]
New headteacher at Stekkjarás
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 […]
Outdoor Hammer introduces outdoor activities and hiking to young people.
Úti-Hamarinn is a project run by the youth centre Hamarinn, which is about introducing young people to the great outdoors and hiking. The project runs for eight weeks, with a light walk taking place once a week, every Thursday at five o'clock. In the final week, a larger walk is undertaken with an overnight stay. Úti-Hamarinn, which was run […]
The „Walk to School“ project starts on 8 September.
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 […]
„Home is where the heart is.“
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. […]
Vaccination of 12-15 year olds
In August, COVID-19 vaccinations will be offered to children aged 12-15. A guardian wishing to have their child vaccinated must accompany the child to the appointment or send a representative aged 18 or over with a letter of authorisation. Year 7 pupils who will turn 12 after 1 September will be offered the vaccine later this autumn. […]
Guidance on infection prevention and control in school activities for autumn 2021
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 […]
The camping equipment must now disappear from the school car parks.
This summer, as in the last two summers, permission was granted to park any kind of recreational vehicle that has been in use this summer in the car parks of, for example, Hafnarfjörður's primary schools and Flensborg School. Now, as the full start of the school term approaches and school staff are already beginning to return to work, the trailers are starting to […]