{"id":14303,"date":"2020-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/eins-og-biomynd-an-handrits\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:03:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:03:13","slug":"like-a-screenplays-biographical-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/eins-og-biomynd-an-handrits\/","title":{"rendered":"Like a film without a script"},"content":{"rendered":"

D\u00f6gg Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, headteacher of L\u00e6kjarsk\u00f3li, lived in Sweden for seven years and when the COVID-19 lockdown came into effect in March, she consulted not only her Icelandic colleagues but also her Swedish ones, and made a list of what she considered needed to be taken into account. For communication with pupils and parents, teachers used the telephone, email, online groups and messaging apps. She says this major collaborative effort within the school, and also with parents, went according to plan, and she is extremely proud of her team. <\/p>\n

\"Laekjarskoli<\/p>\n


Children's names with D\u00f6gg: El\u00edas, Vald\u00eds Silja, \u00c1g\u00fast J\u00f6kull, R\u00e1n, Hera D\u00eds, T\u00f3ti, Hr\u00f6nn, Ei\u00f0ur Hrafn, \u00dalfhei\u00f0ur and \u00c1g\u00fast. Photo\/OB\u00de<\/sup><\/p>\n

The local paper Hafnfir\u00f0ingur met D\u00f6gg the other day. <\/a> <\/p>\n

Staff at L\u00e6kjarsk\u00f3li gathered in the school's canteen on Friday to listen to the authorities announce a lockdown from the following Monday. \u201eThen we had to turn our entire school operation on its head in a single weekend, and the work began immediately. The school's management met on Sunday and divided the school into four zones, which the staff and pupils were also divided into, and that arrangement remained in place until 4th May. It was very strange, alien and bizarre, just like we were in a film but without a script. For example, seeing someone outside the window running with a trolley and leaving food outside each cubicle door, D\u00f6gg recalls, noting that the architecture of L\u00e6kjarsk\u00f3li helped in this regard, with its many balconies making it possible to see and wave between classrooms, even though it wasn't possible to meet up. \u201cThe youngest pupils, however, were the furthest away from me, and I missed them and the staff there very much.\u201e
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\"LaekjarskoliHulda and Hanna, Year 1 teachers whom D\u00f6gg didn't meet at all but was able to wave to. Photo\/submitted<\/sup><\/p>\n

Well done by the town<\/h4>\n

D\u00f6gg says she didn't feel anxious, but the uncertainty was great so she prepared herself for the worst but always hoped for the best.\u201eI found that being well-prepared helped, and I also recorded in a diary how matters were handled each day so they could be reviewed later in a historical context. We will be talking about this for a long time to come.\u201c <\/em>She says she is grateful to have been able to go to work every day. \u201eI am also particularly proud of all my people who are truly on the front line. There has been tremendous solidarity here, everyone positive and flexible, and they all pulled together to do what was needed.\u201c <\/em>D\u00f6gg adds that other colleagues at Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Municipality, outside the school, have also done a really good job. \u201eWe received a document with instructions from the head of department and a school representative at the Department of Education and Public Health, and that made it much easier for us. So, the school leaders and headteachers in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur met daily, and although people didn't always have anything to say, the meetings were incredibly important for coordinating our efforts and supporting one another. Because every day, countless questions would come up from all directions that needed answering.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Learn a lot in a short time<\/h4>\n

D\u00f6gg says the lockdown taught the school's staff to make good use of their time and to cope with unexpected changes. \u201eThe staff took great strides in a short space of time with regard to technology, and communication with parents increased significantly and, in many cases, became closer. The school's management team did a tremendous job every day, taking complete charge of the day-to-day running of their respective areas. There were also instances of teachers travelling to deliver materials to pupils\u201c homes. Parents also had to engage with the school in a new way and deserve praise for their cooperation and patience. Remote meetings with parents and team meetings worked very well and will be used more alongside other meetings in the future.\" <\/p>\n

\"LaekjarskoliThe voices of the students have been no less important in the process. Photo\/OB\u00de<\/sup><\/p>\n

Finally, D\u00f6gg would like to point out that the students' voices have been no less important in the process. \u201eStudent representatives on the school council made important suggestions about how the school could cater to them. Following this, we set up a page called Heimask\u00f3linn with a summary of data, guidelines and programmes. We also became clearer about how and when students could contact their teachers and have a conversation with them. This was all achieved through the cooperation of all parties involved; we were strong together and accomplished a great deal. Everyone pulled together and did what needed to be done. Everyone was doing their best.\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n


Children's names on the cover photo with D\u00f6gg: El\u00edas, Vald\u00eds Silja, \u00c1g\u00fast J\u00f6kull, R\u00e1n, Hera D\u00eds, T\u00f3ti, Hr\u00f6nn, Ei\u00f0ur Hrafn, \u00dalfhei\u00f0ur and \u00c1g\u00fast. Photo\/OB\u00de
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An interview with D\u00f6gg was published in Hafnfir\u00f0inginn on 20 May 2020.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

D\u00f6gg Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, sk\u00f3lastj\u00f3ri L\u00e6kjarsk\u00f3la, bj\u00f3 \u00ed Sv\u00ed\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 \u00ed sj\u00f6 \u00e1r og \u00feegar samkomubanni\u00f0 vegna COVID-19 skall \u00e1 \u00ed mars r\u00e1\u00f0f\u00e6r\u00f0i h\u00fan sig ekki bara vi\u00f0 \u00edslenska kollega s\u00edna heldur l\u00edka s\u00e6nska og ger\u00f0i lista yfir \u00fea\u00f0 sem h\u00fan taldi \u00feurfa a\u00f0 hafa \u00ed huga. Til samskipta vi\u00f0 nemendur og forr\u00e1\u00f0amenn notu\u00f0u kennarar s\u00edma, t\u00f6lvup\u00f3st, h\u00f3pa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17561,"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-14303","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\/14303","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=14303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14303"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}