Nursery School Day, 6th February

The sixth of February is Nursery School Day, and the day is celebrated, among other things.
celebratory in the nurseries of Hafnarfjörður and that for the eighth time. On this day in 1950, they founded
nursery teachers' pioneers founded their first association. The country's nurseries have on
In recent years, Nursery School Day has been celebrated in a variety of ways and
thus contributing to a positive discussion about the work of nurseries. The day is dedicated to the good work that takes place in the country's nurseries and highlights what has been achieved, not least through the promotional campaign. The future job.

Actions to promote and strengthen professional nursery education

Hafnarfjörður wants its measures and projects to highlight the importance of the work in its nurseries, create a working environment that fosters and strengthens, and draw everyone's attention to the ambitious and professional work carried out within the walls of the town's nurseries. Over the last New Year, there was an increase in preparation time for professionals who are in
The Icelandic Teachers' Union. Heads of department who previously had five planning periods have
now six hours a week. Nursery school teachers and other professionally qualified staff had four hours
but now have five hours a week. The aim is to create better time to prepare for the job and to make school work as professional as possible.
advantage. The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður has also, over the past two years, supported staff who
want to start a course in early childhood education and also those who want to get
licence as nursery teachers but who have another university education in their background. This academic year
22 students in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies who receive a grant from
prayer.

Space requirements measured and revised

The National Curriculum for Early Years (2011) states that „the organisation, design and use of the learning environment reflect the attitudes and values that underpin the nursery's work. The environment is also an important influencing factor in children's learning, and its design, use and organisation must take into account the experience, interests and development of different children.“. In the notes to the 2017 budget of the City of Hafnarfjörður, it was pointed out
the importance of examining children's learning environments in terms of the number of Fermat numbers, or of reconsidering
space requirements for the children in Hafnarfjörður's nurseries. Work on this has already begun and is being
to gather data on the number of fermenters in each nursery and how the space is divided into
in the schools, what the play area is like and what proportion of the space is taken up by, for example, cupboards and storage.
and another service space. This work examined the number of groups of children in each school and
how much playing space each group has at their disposal. It is estimated that this work will be completed by the end of February.

We wish nursery teachers, nursery children, parents and everyone involved a very happy day!