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GRUNNSKLI SNFELLSBJAR

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Grunnskli Snfellsbjar School for pupils aged 6-16 years old Primary and lower secondary school All pupils have the right to attend the school disabled as well as others There are 258 pupils in the school on 3 different locations

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Hellissandur 1 st - 4 th grade 6 9 years old 92 pupils

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lafsvk 5 th -10 th grade 10 - 16 years old 149 pupils

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Lsuhlsskli 1 st -10 th grade 17 pupils from the rural area of Snfellsbr

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School year Students have to attend school for 180 days between the 20th of August until the 6th of June Teachers have to work 193 days each school year Holidays 2013 2014: Christmas: 20th of December 3rd of January Easter holidays: 11th of April 22nd of April Winter break 3 days: 24th, 25th and 28th of October

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Grnfninn (the green flag) The school has been awarded the green flag as a reward for our environmental and self-sustaining work

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tthagafri (Local Region Education) One of our main points of focus is teaching our pupils about our Community; its history, nature and possibilities for the future. Within that work we try to work as much hands-on as possible, going on field trips to gather information or get to know places of interest in Snfellsbr. This is a special subject in our school, which is not common in Icelandic schools.

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Staff of the school Members of staff are 68 Teachers 37: Female 32 Male 5 Other staff: 30 Female 26 Male 4

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Snfellsbr community

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Snfellsbr Community of 1732 inhabitants The glacier Snfellsjkull is situated in the center of the community The four fish in the logo of Snfellsbr represent the four small communities that were joined together in 1994

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National Parks Iceland has three national parks Snfellsjkull National Park ingvellir National Park, Vatnajkull National Park

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Snfellsjkull National park Formed in 2001 Filled with geographical attractions, not only the glacier itself, but also places along the coast of the peninsula One of the biggest tourist attraction in Iceland

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Snfellsjkull- National Park

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Last but not least The school is currently working its tenth year since being established, formed when three schools were united as one. We are always developing most aspects of our work, as we are still making our identity. Among the subjects that we are working on are, exams and evaluation, added teamwork among pupils, the curriculum of our school and self-evaluation, being done by pupils, staff and parents. We are focused on our aim, which is to make our good school even better! We see this Comenius-project as a step in that direction!

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Looking forward to working with you all.