Leikskólinn Sólborg These are the core educational subjects Literacy, Sustainability Health and welfare Democracy and human rights Equality Creativety.

Leikskólinn Sólborg

These are the core educational subjects

• Literacy, • Sustainability • Health and welfare

• Democracy and human rights• Equality• Creativety

Icelands National Curriclum from 2012 sets policies and guidelines for all school levels

Literacy-being able to communicate To be able to communicate using sign languageis important. In Sólborg we have both deaf and hearing studensts.

Literacy in a broad sense

Making music in the outdoors Learing to write and read

Outdoor education

Teddy bear uses sign language

• Eco-Schools aim to empower students to be the change our sustainable world needs, by engaging them in fun, action-orientated learning. www.Eco-schools.org

Sustainability – Sólborg is an ECO schoolEco-Schools are coordinated by the Foundation for Environmental

Education (FEE) and operates in more than 52 countries.

We teach the children to care for nature by sorting the trash and recycling.

Sustainability -focus on the environmental concerns

Childrens environmental committee

Children and staff in a planning meeting

Time to empty the compost in to fhe the garden

Health and welfare

Learning together

Eating good healty food to together

Outside and inside play and exercise

Together we can do it

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Human rights and equal opportunity in education Implementation of IEP in the prechool

Individual goals are reached in different situation

Small group

With the classroom

Group with 2 teachers

One to one

Democracy and cultureBlend creative work and traditions Many different cultures

We celebrate traditionsWe learn to work together

The right to be cared for in a good preschool by a professional staff.

The youngest class one to two years

Teachers take part in the fun

Creativity Philosopher Regio Emilia is popular in prechools in Iceland

The goal is to give the children the opportunity to express them self in many diffferent ways in that way the child creates his / hers own knowoledge

• Listening to music while drawing what is happing in the song

• Experimenting with water, sand and paper

Creative movements music and movement

Many hidden talents come through if the enviroment is right both for children and staff.

Discovery play, allows children to be creative in their own way

The youngest children 1-2 years old play and learn

recycled material

used in a

creative way

The right /freedom choose, select a book, to work together, or a alone

Parental Involvement and cooperation • Parents are encouraged to particapate in school activities and education of

the child

It is importand to be well informed

Parents /teachers meeting

So tell me what you did today