{"id":14304,"date":"2020-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/bornin-teiknudu-og-tjadu-lidan-sina\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:03:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:03:13","slug":"the-children-drew-and-told-of-their-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/bornin-teiknudu-og-tjadu-lidan-sina\/","title":{"rendered":"The children drew and expressed how they felt."},"content":{"rendered":"

The lockdown that came into effect here on 16 March had a wide-ranging impact on the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur as a workplace, and in a very short space of time it was necessary to mobilise the city's institutions towards a new way of thinking and to organise the work of each workplace in line with the instructions of the civil defence authorities. There are 18 nurseries in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg Hjaltad\u00f3ttir, headteacher of Hraunvallar nursery, says the situation ultimately brought people closer together. <\/p>\n

The town newspaper Hafnfir\u00f0ingur <\/a> I spoke with Gudbj\u00f6rg the other day.  <\/p>\n

All the work of the nurseries had to be reorganised from scratch after the meeting of all nursery heads on 15 March, where the groundwork was laid. \u201eFewer children than usual were allowed to attend, and teachers were allowed to come in every other day, in two groups. We grouped together children in each group who were friends and siblings, and nursery teachers who had children at other nurseries were even asked to work there for a while.\u201c<\/em> says Gudbjorg. Two to three teachers were on each unit with 9-12 children. The outdoor area was divided up and there were no communal coffee breaks for staff. \u201eAll touchpoints had to be disinfected and the two-metre rule observed. Parents were not allowed onto the nursery premises but collected and dropped off the children at the coat rack at the front. \u201eThe parents were wonderful and positive and everyone was somehow united in making it work. Then we had wax crayons and felt-tips for each group and had to take out of circulation all the wooden toys, jigsaws, beads and things like that which couldn't be cleaned properly.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pupils at Hraunvallar leiksk\u00f3li are keen to make use of the surrounding nature for outdoor activities. Photo\/submitted
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One of the wish flowers that were drawn. Photo\/submitted<\/sup><\/p>\n

The children were poorly informed.<\/h4>\n

Asked about the children's reaction to the change in the lockdown arrangements, Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg says that some of them were incredibly well-informed, while others weren't paying any attention to the commotion. \u201eOne girl asked for gloves, a letter and a spray can when she arrived and went straight to sanitising. Children drew the coronavirus as they imagined it and as it was commonly portrayed in the media. Some drew the virus in their hearts and described how they felt, that it wasn't nice to get a crown in you and that it was boring that everything was closed because of the coronavirus, and one six-year-old was sad that nobody was coming to visit. The children are so good at reflecting everything in their play straight away,\u201c<\/em> says Gudbjorg.<\/p>\n

\"Hraunvallar\"Hranvolla\"HraunvallaDrawings of the coronavirus by the children. The coronavirus through the eyes of children. Photo\/submitted<\/sup><\/p>\n

Only two children went into quarantine<\/h4>\n

Of 72 children at Hraunvallar nursery, only 2 had to go into quarantine and none of the 25 staff members contracted COVID-19. Gudbj\u00f6rg says the lockdown brought the nursery staff closer together. \u201eWe became even more cohesive and have also learnt how good it is to have a job and job security. I'll admit I felt a bit lonely in my job because I wasn't seeing as many people; parents and children. I was mostly in the preparation room and would only see my own group every other day, observing the 2-metre rule. So, it was a great day of joy for me on the 4th of May when the lockdown was lifted. The staff were also absolutely terrified of the situation, like many people, and nobody wanted to infect or be infected. The fear was certainly a source of stress, and you just had to take it one day at a time. Looking at covid.is daily felt like I was checking my exam results on how well I was doing at keeping the virus in check.\u201c <\/em>says Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg, adding in response to a final question that this period has, among other things, taught many people to use video-conferencing equipment more, as it made meetings more focused. \u201eThere is always a way out of everything, even if it feels overwhelming while it's happening. I'm pleased with how the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur handled this, and I'm proud of my staff.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n

An interview with Gudbjorg was published in Hafnfir\u00f0inginn on 20 May 2020. <\/a> <\/p>\n

Cover photo of Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg with students: Front row: Eygl\u00f3 \u00deur\u00fd, Sara D\u00eds, Emil\u00eda \u00d3sk, Au\u00f0ur, Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg, Hei\u00f0bj\u00f6rt Halla and Emel\u00eda S\u00f3l. (Photo\/OB\u00de)<\/sup><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Samkomubanni\u00f0 sem t\u00f3k gildi h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi 16. mars sl. haf\u00f0i v\u00ed\u00f0t\u00e6k \u00e1hrif \u00e1 Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6 sem vinnusta\u00f0 og \u00feurfti \u00e1 \u00f6rsk\u00f6mmum t\u00edma a\u00f0 virkja stofnanir \u00ed b\u00e6num til n\u00fdrrar hugsunar og skipuleggja starf hvers vinnusta\u00f0ar mi\u00f0a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 tilm\u00e6li almannavarna. 18 leiksk\u00f3lar eru \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i.  Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg Hjaltad\u00f3ttir, sk\u00f3lastj\u00f3ri Hraunvallaleiksk\u00f3la segir \u00e1standi\u00f0 hafi \u00e1 endanum \u00fejappa\u00f0 f\u00f3lki […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17566,"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-14304","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\/14304","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=14304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14304"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}