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<\/p>\nThis year, the Big Reading Competition received the Home-School Parents' Award. Ingibj\u00f6rg Einarsd\u00f3ttir was also named the Home-School Hardworking Champion. <\/sup><\/p>\n<\/h4>\n For 25 years, Raddir, an organisation for quality reading and presentation, has run the Great Reading Competition for Year 7. It began in the winter of 1996-1997 with 223 children taking part in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and \u00c1lftanes. Now, many thousands of children take part each year in numerous schools across the country, and the National Reading Competition has long since established itself. The Junior Reading Competition for Year 4 has also been added, which began in 2010. From the outset, great emphasis was placed on collaboration with homes and on getting parents to take an active part in the project. However, there is now a turning point, as this is the final school year that Raddir will run the Great Reading Competition after 25 years of successful operation. Its management is now being transferred entirely to the local authorities, who will, for the most part, continue to keep it in high esteem. The association has done a great deal of pioneering work here, with Ingibj\u00f6rg Einarsd\u00f3ttir, chair of Radda, at the forefront.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The 2021 Home-School Partnership Hard Worker is Ingibj\u00f6rg Einarsd\u00f3ttir. She is the former head of the office at the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur School Office and chairperson of Radda, an association for quality reading and public speaking. Ingibj\u00f6rg has been the project manager for the Great Reading Competition for 25 years and has worked tirelessly to promote the reading skills of primary school pupils. She has done this, among other things, through the Grand Reading Competition for Year 7, in collaboration with Raddir and the country's municipalities, but few, if any, projects have had such widespread coverage in Icelandic primary schools. She has also been instrumental in the Little Reading Competition, which is held for Year 4 pupils. Ingibj\u00f6rg has received, among other honours, the Icelandic Order of the Falcon for her contribution to improving the reading skills of primary school pupils, and was also honoured by the Minister of Education and Culture on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Grand Reading Competition in 2016.<\/p>\n Two Home-School Partnership Awards were presented this year: The musical Annie from V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0ask\u00f3li and the project 'Sustainability and Reducing Food Waste' at the health nursery school Ur\u00f0arh\u00f3l.<\/p>\n The musical Annie<\/em><\/strong> was put on by Year 10 pupils at V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0ask\u00f3li this spring, but there is a long tradition of the Year 10 class staging musicals as a fundraiser for their travel fund. All students take part with a variety of contributions, including acting, music, costume design, make-up, lighting and sound, to name but a few. Parents and other well-wishers then buy tickets for the show and are supportive throughout the process. This allows all students to flourish and experience the unique atmosphere that comes with such a production. A fantastic initiative that brings together members of the school community, and the reception was exceptionally positive. The project Sustainability and reduced food waste <\/strong><\/em>The health nursery Ur\u00f0arh\u00f3ll also received an encouragement prize this year. The project is about reducing food waste and sustainability education. The health nursery Ur\u00f0arh\u00f3ll has red worms to break down food scraps and turn them into compost. On the nursery grounds, there are six guinea fowl that are fed food scraps. Parents look after the birds at weekends and receive eggs in return. One of the hens is now sitting on fertilised eggs, and chicks are expected soon. The process can be followed on the school's website. <\/p>\n Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur sends its best congratulations to the winners, with thanks for their professional and dedicated work for the benefit of the school community. Thank you, Home-School Association, for the initiative!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Foreldraver\u00f0laun Heimilis og sk\u00f3la voru afhent \u00ed 26. sinn vi\u00f0 h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0lega ath\u00f6fn \u00ed Safnah\u00fasinu vi\u00f0 Hverfisg\u00f6tu 21. ma\u00ed 2021. Forseti \u00cdslands, Gu\u00f0ni Th. J\u00f3hannesson, \u00e1varpa\u00f0i samkomuna og afhenti ver\u00f0launin. \u00cd \u00e1r hlaut St\u00f3ra upplestrarkeppnin Foreldraver\u00f0laun Heimilis og sk\u00f3la. Einnig var Ingibj\u00f6rg Einarsd\u00f3ttir \u00fatnefnd Dugna\u00f0arforkur Heimilis og sk\u00f3la og veitt voru tvenn Hvatningarver\u00f0laun a\u00f0 \u00feessu sinni. 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The 2021 Home-School Partnership Hard Worker is Ingibj\u00f6rg Einarsd\u00f3ttir. <\/h4>\n
Home-School Partnership Award 2021 <\/h4>\n