{"id":14144,"date":"2020-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/skapandi-efnisveita-i-stekkjarasi-a-degi-leikskolans\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:02:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:02:43","slug":"creative-materials-in-the-playpen-at-nursery-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/skapandi-efnisveita-i-stekkjarasi-a-degi-leikskolans\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative material provider on Stekkjar\u00e1s on Nursery School Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pre-school Day is celebrated in the country's pre-schools today, 6th February, and the Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur has made it a tradition to visit at least one pre-school within the municipality for the occasion. Pupils and staff at Stekkjar\u00e1si Nursery School<\/a> gave a warm welcome to the mayor, R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, this morning and invited her to take part in a creative materials workshop with them, as such a workshop plays a significant role in Stekkjar\u00e1s's working methods. This creative content hub at Stekkjar\u00e1s has been open to interested parties\u2014parents, guardians, grandparents, siblings and older pupils\u2014all week and will remain open throughout the week from 14:30 to 16:30. <\/p>\n

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ReMida \u2013 a creative materials resource<\/strong><\/p>\n

To mark Nursery School Day, Stekkjar\u00e1s nursery school has set up a small ReMida in its hall, which in Icelandic is known as a creative materials resource. The name ReMida is taken from the story of King Midas, who had his wish granted that everything he touched would turn to gold. In the Reggio Emilia-inspired nurseries, children use, among other things, \u201epriceless\u201c materials to realise their ideas in a diverse and creative way in constructions and works of art. The ReMida material bank uses reusable materials that can be used in more than one way. In this way, the children are free to work with the materials, giving them the opportunity to explore and experiment, and to use their own imagination and creativity. The materials are sourced from various places, including from businesses, parents and staff. The children's creative work adorns the walls and ceilings of the school, as well as homes in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n

About Stekkjar\u00e1s Nursery School<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stekkjar\u00e1s Nursery School opened in 2004 and is therefore celebrating its 16th anniversary this year. It is one of the largest purpose-built nursery buildings in the country, with eight units and around 170 children. The nursery operates according to the Reggio Emilia approach, and this educational philosophy is reflected in all of the school's work. The school's ethos is characterised by, among other things, creative thinking, the use of open-ended materials (Remida) for art, outdoor learning, play, mixed-age groups, specialist teaching and good collaboration with parents. The Head Teacher is Alda Agnes Sveinsd\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n

The nursery's motto is: <\/strong><\/em>The child's ideas \u2013 today's project<\/em><\/p>\n

About Nursery School Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Association of Play School Teachers, the Ministry of Education, the Association of Icelandic Local Authorities and Home-School are organising \u201ePlay School Day\u201c on 6 February, as on that day in 1950, pioneering play school teachers founded their first association. The aim of the day is to draw attention to the importance of nursery schools for children and to create a positive image of nursery education. The day is also intended to highlight the status of the nursery school, its value to the nation's wealth and to all culture. This is the 13th time the day has been formally celebrated, and it is being marked in a variety of ways across all of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's nurseries. Nursery teachers and all other interested parties are encouraged to share photos and stories on social media using the hashtag # Nursery Day 2020<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dagur leiksk\u00f3lans er haldinn h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0legur \u00ed leiksk\u00f3lum landsins \u00ed dag 6. febr\u00faar og hefur b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ri Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar haft \u00fea\u00f0 fyrir si\u00f0 a\u00f0 heims\u00e6kja a.m.k. einn leiksk\u00f3la innan sveitarf\u00e9lagsins \u00ed tilefni dagsins. Nemendur og starfsf\u00f3lk \u00ed leiksk\u00f3lanum Stekkjar\u00e1si t\u00f3ku vel \u00e1 m\u00f3ti b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ra, R\u00f3su Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttur, \u00ed morguns\u00e1ri\u00f0 og bu\u00f0u henni a\u00f0 taka \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed skapandi efnisveitu me\u00f0 s\u00e9r […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17202,"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-14144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14144","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=14144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14144"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}