Seminar on literacy, 25 February

A seminar on literacy for staff of nursery and primary schools in Hafnarfjörður will be held on the planning day for both school stages in Hafnarfjörður on 25 February, at the Hilton Nordica Hotel.

The symposium is based on two keynote lectures and four panels, where four presentations will be given simultaneously.

Agenda

 8.30 am Opening

                   Address – Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, Chair of the Education Committee.

8.45 am Keynote 1: New perspectives on learning and skills development  – Dr Hermundur Sigmundsson.

9.30 a.m. Main Lecture 2: Language development and literacy in nursery and primary school pupils  – Dr Freyja Birgisdóttir.

 10:15-10:45 Coffee break and exhibition stands

 10:45–12:30 Four simultaneous seminars to choose from (four presentations, 20 mins each). See below.

Symposium presentations at 10:45-12:30

 Lecture Theatre A

The first cut is the deepest. Language stimulation/reading preparation in nursery practice

1. Word Chat – enhancing children's vocabulary and listening comprehension through reading – Árdís Hrönn Jónsdóttir.

2. We learn through play – Karen Valdimarsdóttir and Guðrún Sigurðardóttir.

3. Early Years Literacy at Kiðagili – Agnes Bryndís Jóhannesdóttir and Inda Björk Gunnarsdóttir.

4. Early Intervention in Language Stimulation – Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Bergrós Ólafsdóttir.

Lecture Theatre B

Reading is a collaborative project – Learning to read at the interface between play and primary school

1. The main fundamental components of reading and their training – Helga Sigurmundsdóttir.

2. Our Matters – A Collaborative Project from the Nursery School Perspective – Nichole Leigh Mosty.

3. Year 1 teachers' experience of implementing K-PALS – G. Sólveig Ágústsdóttir.

4. Play and literacy – Fjóla Þorvaldsdóttir.

 Language Centre C

Reading is a serious matter of life – Reading in primary school

1. Pathway to Success – teaching resources and structured parent collaboration following the introduction of Pathway to Literacy – Helena Rafnsdóttir.

2. Reading and Play – Individualised Reading Instruction for Year 1 – Herdís Rós Njálsdóttir.

3. Can we bridge the gap? Methods for enhancing students' reading development – Anna-Lind Pétursdóttir.

4. PALS reading training in Years 2–7 – Kristín Inga Guðmundsdóttir.

Lecture Theatre D

All teachers are native speakers – Reading in all subjects

1. Mother tongue/Icelandic training in all subjects – Vigfús Hallgrímsson.

2. Reading throughout primary school – supporting older pupils' literacy – Drífa Gunnarsdóttir.

3. Reading – for what purpose? – Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir.

4. Teenagers' literacy at Garðaskóli – Guðný Þóra Friðriksdóttir