Congratulations, nurseries!

Today is Nursery School Day, celebrated nationwide for the ninth time. All those working in the country's nursery schools are encouraged to celebrate the day with the children and use it to publicly promote the important work that takes place in them. 

A visit to Álfaberg

Haraldur L. Haraldsson, the Mayor of Hafnarfjörður, spent the start of his working day with children and staff at the Álfaberg nursery school at Breiðvangur 32 in Hafnarfjörður.  There, a cheerful and smartly dressed group of children welcomed „the boss“, as they called him; some of the boys in shirts and ties under their outdoor clothes, and girls dressed in dresses.  Haraldur was given a tour of all the nursery's departments by the head teacher, Lilja Kolbrún Steinþórsdóttir, and had the opportunity to meet the staff and children from the departments.  In Hafnarfjörður, the day is celebrated within each nursery school, and each individual nursery school is free to decide how the celebrations are carried out.

Measures to strengthen school operations

Partners for Nursery Day are celebrating the day in two ways. A competition for nursery music videos was launched last November, in addition to the incentive awards. The reputation The awards will be presented for the fourth time today, this time to those considered to have excelled in increasing the number of men holding a licence to teach in nurseries. Nominations for the awards were invited in early December.  The 2016 Reputation Award will be presented at a ceremony in Bíó Paradís. The results of the competition for the best music video will also be announced at Bíó Paradís. Awards will be given for the best video, the most original video and the most entertaining video.

The partners for Nursery Day are the Association of Nursery Teachers, the Association of Nursery Managers, the Association of Icelandic Local Authorities, the Ministry of Education and Culture, and Home-School – the National Parents' Association.