There are 415 pupils at Hvaleyrarskóli this winter, and the aim of the school library is to support and encourage reading, as well as to create an adventurous and interesting environment where reading and books are highly valued. The school library is at the heart of the school, a place everyone visits daily. The local newspaper, Hafnfirðingur, paid a visit and spoke with […]
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The Mayor's Christmas Reflection
Reconciliation, gratitude and anticipation. At this time of year, strong emotions stir in the heart: anticipation of what is to come, gratitude for the past, and love for family and friends. Another year is drawing to a close. It has deposited certain experience, growth and insight into the bank of life regarding what […]
A fifteen-year-old nursery school in international cooperation
The Stekkjarás nursery school celebrated its fifteenth anniversary on 8th September. „Over these fifteen years, we have been in constant development and have never had to worry about stagnation,“ says Alda Agnes Sveinsdóttir, the nursery school headteacher. She says that this past autumn at Stekkjarás has been as lively as ever, and the school community has taken part in and launched various projects. […]
Reflectors given away on the darkest days of the year
The Pensioners' Association of Hafnarfjörður received high-visibility stickers as a gift from the City of Hafnarfjörður last weekend, during the shortest and therefore darkest days of the year. Sigurður Björgvinsson, vice-chairman of the Pensioners' Association of Hafnarfjörður, accepted the gift. With him in the picture above are Linda Hildur Leifsdóttir, project manager for the Association of Senior Citizens at Hraunsel, and […]
Fingers on the School Pulse
Increased satisfaction with the town's primary school provision. The schools' improvement projects are delivering visible and positive results. The results of the School Pulse were presented at a meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Education Board this week and are considered particularly pleasing for the local primary school community.. The purpose of Skólapúlsinn and Skólavogin, a special report that the City of Hafnarfjörður publishes with the results, is to ascertain the situation and to give individual schools, and […]
Reflective vests available for anyone interested
Reflective badges from the City of Hafnarfjörður are now available at the City of Hafnarfjörður's service centre and at the Hafnarfjörður Library for interested people of all ages. The reflectors were produced and given as a gift to all six-year-olds in the autumn of 2019 when they started primary school. Due to popular demand, it was decided to produce more reflectors, which are now available to everyone. […]
Christmas swimming is a good time for togetherness.
The City of Hafnarfjörður has three swimming pools, each with its own unique characteristics. Information about all the swimming pools and their locations can be found HERE. The opening hours for the swimming pools during the 2019 Christmas period are as follows: Ásvallalaug Suðurbæjarlaug Sundhöll Hafnarfjarðar 23 December 06:30 – 17:00 06:30 – 17:00 06:30-17:00 24. December 06:30 – 13:00 06:30 – 13:00 06:30 – 11:00 […]
Áslandsskóli's annual Christmas gift to the Mother's Trust
For the past thirteen years, the school community at Áslandsskóli has supported the Mother's Pension Committee of Hafnarfjörður with donations for Christmas. Ásta Eyjólfsdóttir, the committee's chairwoman, attended a Christmas party at Ásland School on Friday, 20th December, and accepted the donation from the head teacher, Leifur S. Garðarsson. This year, 239,125 krónur were collected, which went, of course, to the committee in full. Over thirteen years, the school community […]
Book donations for school libraries – reading is the game of life
The libraries of Hafnarfjörður's nursery and primary schools received a grant from their municipality for Christmas, with the aim of allowing them to add to their book stock and include new and exciting books from the 2019 Christmas book flood. It is important for all libraries to be in step with the times and what is happening in […]