Practical information for the start of school

First day of school

On Thursday, Aug. 21, students and parents will be invited to meet with their homeroom teachers. Students and parents are expected to attend in several small groups before noon. Students will receive their class schedules, group assignments, and detailed information about the school's activities. Specific meeting times will be sent to parents early next week.

Classes will then begin according to the schedule on Friday, Aug. 22.

Swimming lessons begin Monday, Aug. 25, and students will receive their swimming group assignments from their homeroom teachers. All swimming lessons take place at Dalslaug. Please note that students must bring swimwear, as swimsuits are not available to borrow. Swimwear should not restrict swimming strokes and movement in the water.

 

Purchasing school supplies

School supplies are free in all the City's primary schools, so students receive all necessary learning materials at school up to a certain limit. We remind everyone to take good care of their materials. Students only need to have writing supplies (pencils, pens, colored pencils) to use at home.

 

Meal registration

Lunch at Reykjavík City primary schools is free.

Although parents no longer need to pay for lunch, everyone who wants to eat in the cafeteria must be enrolled in the meal plan. We ask parents to register students who want to participate in the meal program.

Students who participated in the meal program last school year will be automatically enrolled this school year. To enroll new students in the meal plan, please use the new meal portal: https://matur.vala.is/umsokn . The same process is used to unenroll students from the meal plan.

As in previous years, we offer students free oatmeal in the mornings from 8-8:30am, starting Friday, Aug. 22. Students need to bring water bottles to school. We also ask students to bring lunch in reusable lunch boxes and to take leftover food home with them, allowing parents to see what their child has eaten during the day.

 

Lockers

Students in grades 2-10 are assigned lockers located in the school's entrance hall. The lockers are unlocked, but students can bring locks from home to use at school.

First-grade students will use the coat racks and cubbies located near their classroom.

 

Sports

During the first weeks, physical education will mostly take place outdoors, so students need to dress for the weather and ensure their clothes are comfortable and easy to move in. Of course, students can change clothes in the locker rooms before class. If the weather is bad, we'll move inside to the gymnasium.

When classes move into the gymnasium, students must wear athletic clothing and shoes, except for grades 1-2 who will be barefoot during class. The youngest children may wear ballet slippers, but as mentioned, shoes are not allowed.

 

Bicycles and scooters

Bike racks are available on the school grounds for locking bicycles and scooters. They can be stored there during the school day at their own risk. There are no facilities for storing scooters inside the school. We remind everyone that for safety reasons, riding bicycles or other wheeled devices on school grounds during school hours is not permitted.

 

Parent/guardian contact information in mentor

It's important that parent/guardian contact information in Mentor is correct, so parents/guardians need to update it if there have been any changes to phone numbers, email addresses, etc. Parents/guardians can do this themselves in Mentor, or they can contact the office at ingunnarskoli@reykjavik.is or phone 411-7828.

 

Younger children's choir

Choir activities will be offered during school hours for students in grades 2-4 this winter, beginning in September. Jóhanna Halldórsdóttir, TTS teacher and choir director, will send information to parents as the time approaches.

 

Electives for grades 8-10

The new elective arrangement will continue in Ingunnarskóli's upper grades program (Grades 8-10), where all students will pursue interest-based learning. Please note that students cannot receive credit for leisure activities outside school as an elective, as has been the case in previous years. However, students can arrange their extracurricular activities around this new schedule.

Students should expect their school day to end at 3:05pm on Mondays when interest-based learning is on the class schedule. Independent work is also planned for Wednesdays and Thursdays, which can be done at home (optional attendance).

The main reasons for these changes are to better address our students' diverse needs, delayed school start times and decreased enrollment.

Students will learn about this arrangement at school shortly after classes begin and complete an interest survey.

 

Homeroom teachers

This winter, each grade will have one or two homeroom teachers who will jointly manage the grade and serve as the primary contacts for parents.

Grade 1 Fjóla Kristjánsdóttir and Írena Sif Kristmundsdóttir

Grade 2 Fríða Dögg Finnsdóttir and Sigríður Ólafsdóttir

Grade 3 Berglind Snorradóttir and Erla Mekkín Jónsdóttir

Grade 4 María Skúladóttir and Signý Ólafsdóttir

Grade 5 Ólafía Guðbjörg Gústafsdóttir

Grade 6 Alma Rut Sigmundardóttir and Hulda Dagmar Magnúsdóttir

Grade 7 Alda Ólafsdóttir and Hjalti Einar Sigurbjörnsson

Grade 8 Erna Björg Guðlaugsdóttir and Guðrún Þóra Bjarnadóttir

Grade 9 Þuríður Aðalsteinsdóttir

Grade 10 Bjarni Sævar Þórsson and Sigurlaug Hauksdóttir

 

Ingunnarskóli website

All necessary information can be found on the school website: https://ingunnarskoli.reykjavik.is/

Allar upplýsingar varðandi skólabyrjun verða einnig settar á facebook-síðu Ingunnarskóla: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054196043869

We will also email all information to parents through Mentor.

 

Absence notifications

Guardians or relatives should report illnesses or other short-term absences before class starts and then daily to the school office at 411-7828 or ingunnarskoli@reykjavik.is. Absences can also be reported through the parent access in Mentor.

 

School hours and start of classes

The school's main office is open from 7:45 am to 2:30 pm, and the school building opens at 8am. The main office is closed for lunch from 12:00 pm to 12:40 pm.

Supervision will be available for students in grades 1-6 starting at 8am in indoor areas.

Classes for grades 1-7 begin at 8:30am, except on Fridays when classes begin at 8:50am.

Grades 8-10 begin at 8:50am.

We look forward to starting the school year and meeting students on Thursday, Aug. 21.