Hjalli-Model

19/09/2022

Hjallastefnuskólinn Sóli í Vestmannaeyjum hélt upp á 10 ára starfsafmæli sem Hjallastefnuskóli núna í september 🎉💛🙏

Í síðustu viku gerðu kennarar og börn í leikskólanum Sóla sér glaðan dag þegar þau héldu upp á 10 ára starfsafmæli sem Hjallastefnuskóli.

29/10/2020

Hjalli Models three pillars 💙❤

13/10/2020

Want to learn more about how Hjalli Model works🙏💛
Listen to the founder of Hjalli Model, Margrét Pála Ólafsdóttir at TEDxReykjavík "Not Only Children - They are Boys and Girls"

Margrét Pála presents her ideas about educating young children, based on reinforcing each gender in specific areas. She asks: Are we betraying both girls and...

07/11/2019

Today is one year since Hjalli Model came to wonderful Elmwood Nursery in Glasgow ✨💛

"One year together and what amazing journey. On top of my mind is gratitude towards all of you. It has been a true pleasure working with you on implementing Hjalli Model education. You are wonderful, full of love and open-minded and this has been an amazing journey and I can't wait to see our future" says Þórdís Sigurðardóttir the CEO of Hjalli Model.

09/10/2019

At Hjalli Model we use Open Ended Play Material that enriches creation, imagination, solution thinking, cooperation and communication with the children 💛

09/10/2019

Our meals and snacks are prepared by hand five days a week by Debbie Lafferty, “Chef Debbie” as she’s known to the children.

Debbie has 10 years experience in the catering industry and has been our resident chef at Elmwood for the last 4 years. Debbie has realised our vision for the promotion of healthy eating, following the ‘Setting the Table’ Document working with only fresh ingredients. She continues to amaze us with new tasty, healthy options with many parents asking for the recipes to try at home.

09/10/2019

The children do yoga every week at Hjalli Model, it helps them to keep calm and be in the now

09/10/2019

Al Jazeeran: Unlearning gender norms.

Iceland is consistently ranked first in the world for gender equality and the Hjalli teaching model, as practiced in this nursery school, is credited for being the reason behind Icelandic kids’ success in chess.

09/10/2019

Hjalli Model in "An Equal Difference"

Many people, even in Iceland, shut down at the mention of single-sex education. It seems counter-productive to equality but it isn’t. The classes are segregated for intelligent reasons, and all the children play together during breaks.

09/10/2019

Why is Iceland the best place in the world to be a woman?

"We are training them in courage" says Margret Pala, founder of Hjalli Model to ITV.

Rebekka is so tiny that even on her tiptoes, arms aloft, she cannot reach. So her teacher lifts her up to the unvarnished wooden monkey bar. “One, two, three” her classmates count. She hangs on, determinedly. When the count of 10 is reached she jumps to the ground. “I am strong” she proudly ...

21/12/2018

The Economist mentioned The Hjalli Model as one of the reasons Iceland has topped gender equality rankings for nearly a decade at the World Economic Forum. One of the secrets to their success? Start early.

This kindergarten in the capital Reykjavik focuses on challenging extreme gender stereotypes before they take root in boys and girls. It's a mission that's led to the creation of 17 schools across this tiny country - all focused on developing a healthy balance of characteristics in both sexes.

Girls and boys are separated to allow girls to nurture traits traditionally viewed as masculine, like being bold, independent, and taking risks. And boys are given time to learn traits traditionally viewed as feminine, like being more group-oriented, empathetic, and caring - and the signs are that this is working.

Research suggests that in later years children from this school have a greater understanding of gender equality when compared to children from other schools.