Samfok –the Association of Parents of Compulsory School Children in Reykjavík–, together with Móðurmál –the Association on Bilingualism–, and individual mother tongue schools organize ten conferences about school matters with a focus on parents of foreign origin in the Greater Reykjavík Area. This school year 2017-18, ten conferences in the biggest languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Lithuanian, Filippino, Vietnamese, Thai, Arabic, English, Russian) will be held.
Presentations and discussions will revolve around typical features of schools and leisure centres in Iceland, the collaboration of parents and schools, mother tongues and active bilingualism of children. The presentations will be in Icelandic and interpreted into the language of each conference.
The aim of the conferences is to inform parents and to create a platform to talk together about the school culture in Iceland and the interest, responsibility, and influence of parents on the study and well-being of their children.
The conferences will be held at the time of the other tongue classes in Hólabrekkuskóli, Fellaskóli, and Álfhólsskóli on Saturdays and Sundays and take around 2,5 hrs.
All school parents from the Greater Reykjavík Area are welcome.
The project´s further partners and supporters are W.O.M.E.N. –the Association of Women of Foreign Origin, Heimili og skóli– the Association of Parents in Iceland, the School and Leisure Department of the City of Reykjavík, the Ministry of Welfare, and Kópavogur.
