{"id":12954,"date":"2016-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/verdlaun-fyrir-vandadan-lestur\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T08:59:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T08:59:15","slug":"award-for-careful-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/verdlaun-fyrir-vandadan-lestur\/","title":{"rendered":"Award for recitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Great Reading Competition took place at Hafnarborg yesterday, where a number of pupils from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's primary schools received recognition for their excellent reading and presentation, and the top three were also specially awarded. Hafnarborg was packed, as this is a festival that has become an important part of the school and parent community across the country. The festival celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and is one of the longest-running reading projects in Iceland. A project that originated from an initiative enthusiasts for the promotion of the Icelandic language<\/a> .<\/em><\/p>\n

Fourteen pupils from the 7th grades of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's primary schools took part in this year's Great Reading Competition, reading texts by Brynd\u00eds Bj\u00f6rgvinsd\u00f3ttir and Gu\u00f0mundur B\u00f6\u00f0varsson, pre-arranged poems and a poem of their own choice. All fourteen students were declared winners and received books, swimming passes and the \u00c1tthagaspili\u00f0 game about Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur as prizes. The President of Iceland, \u00d3lafur Ragnar Gr\u00edmsson, presented the students with certificates in recognition of their performance. The judging panel ultimately selected the three best readers: Anton Fannar Johansen from Setbergssk\u00f3li (3rd place), M\u00edmir Krist\u00ednarson Mixa from L\u00e6kjarsk\u00f3li (2nd place), and Anna Vala Gu\u00f0r\u00fanard\u00f3ttir from V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0ask\u00f3li (1st place). \u00a0The prizes and certificates were presented by the Minister of Education and Culture, Illugi Gunnarsson. The judging panel consisted of Anna \u00deorbj\u00f6rg Ing\u00f3lfsd\u00f3ttir, \u00c1rni Sverrir Bjarnason, Hrefna Sigurj\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir and \u00de\u00f3rhallur Heimisson.  <\/p>\n

Choir, concerts and short stories with a good message<\/h4>\n

Awards were presented for the festival poster and short stories in a short story competition that was launched on Icelandic Language Day for pupils in years 8 to 10 of the state schools. The young artist whose work was chosen for the poster was Matt\u00edas Makusi Kata, a pupil at L\u00e6kjarsk\u00f3li. Three short stories were awarded prizes: All is not as it seems<\/em> by Rakel \u00d3sk Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, a Year 10 pupil at Hraunvallask\u00f3li, Rising Icelandic star<\/em> by Ragna D\u00faa \u00de\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir, a Year 10 pupil at L\u00e6kjarsk\u00f3li and Whatever <\/em>by Alexandra K. Hafsteinsd\u00f3ttir, a Year 10 pupil at V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0ask\u00f3li who won first prize. Six schools in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur took part in this year's short story competition, and 22 stories were submitted. The theme of the short stories was fairly open, but the winning stories were found to have in common their focus on bullying and prejudice. \u00a0Students from the V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0ask\u00f3li brass band added a festive touch to the gathering at Hafnarborg with lively brass tunes, a band from T\u00f3nhv\u00edsl with rock songs, and Year 4 pupils from \u00d6ldut\u00fanssk\u00f3li with a talk choir. The talk choir has been practising all winter on their delivery of the mother tongue and performed the poem 'Words' by \u00de\u00f3rarinn Eldj\u00e1rn and a monthly rhyme by Kristj\u00e1n Hreinsson, which he composed especially for this year's Little Reading Competition.  <\/p>\n

All Year 7 students nationwide take part in the competition.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The first reading festival was held in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur on 4 March 1997, and other municipalities quickly joined. For the past 16 years, all Year 7 pupils nationwide have taken part in the competition. The aim from the beginning has been to raise awareness and interest in schools in good reading and pronunciation, and to create an opportunity for teachers and parents to make a concerted effort on one aspect of the mother tongue: good reading and pronunciation. Each school decides on its participation in the autumn and selects two representatives at a grand school ceremony to take part in the Great Reading Competition on its behalf. The regions then come together to hold a final festival where the chosen representatives meet and compete for their school.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St\u00f3ra upplestrarkeppnin f\u00f3r fram \u00ed Hafnarborg \u00ed g\u00e6r \u00fear sem fj\u00f6ldi nemenda \u00far grunnsk\u00f3lum Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar hlaut vi\u00f0urkenningu fyrir vanda\u00f0an upplestur og frams\u00f6gn auk \u00feess sem \u00feeir \u00fer\u00edr bestu voru ver\u00f0launa\u00f0ir s\u00e9rstaklega. H\u00fasfyllir var \u00ed Hafnarborg enda um a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0 sem er or\u00f0inn mikilv\u00e6gur hluti af sk\u00f3la- og foreldrasamf\u00e9lagi um land allt. H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0in fagnar 20 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12954"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}