Milia and the family stay in the village because of the all-day school – news Vestland

A unique pilot project has started at Hatlestrand school in Kvinnherad in Vestland. Here, the 27 pupils from 1st to 7th grade have full-day school with hot food, homework and leisure activities during school time. They start at 8 a.m. and finish at 3.50 p.m. – It’s very fun. Before, I might have had to wait a bit if I had to have help with my homework at home. I don’t need that now, says Tomas Hjortland, who is in the 5th grade. VARIED: Primary pupils get lessons, homework time, food and activities during a long school day. Photo: Tale Hauso / news Can be extended to the entire municipality The day school is free for parents. Kvinnherad municipality takes much of the bill. In the budget for 2022, NOK 350,000 has been allocated for the pilot project, which runs over three years. – I am willing to accept that cost. Sometimes you have to spend a little money to win something, says Mayor Hilde Enstad (Ap). One of her sub-goals is to attract more residents. – In the trial project at Hatlestrand, we will find out what works and what doesn’t. We will then build on those experiences to be able to expand the offer in the rest of the municipality. HOPE FOR FOLKEAUKE: Mayor Hilde Enstad (Ap) hopes that all-day school will make the villages in Kvinnherad more attractive to move to. Photo: Tale Hauso / news Living because of full-day school For the family of Jarle Andresen, the full-day school project has meant that they have chosen to live in Hatlestrand. – It was decisive for our choice to stay and buy us a new house here. Daughter Milia started 1st grade in the autumn, and he admits that he was a little skeptical at the start. – Going to school from 8 to almost 4 sounded like a long time, but now I think the offer is absolutely fantastic. NÖGD: Jarle Andresen and his family live in Hatlestrand because of the all-day school. Now he hopes more people will be lured. Photo: Tale Hauso / news The headmaster at Hatlestrand, Lilli Britt Urheim, is excited about whether the all-day school will have more pupils. – We hope that this can be decisive for people who are thinking of moving to a village. And so time will tell if it has that effect. The goal is also to create equal growing up conditions for the children. There are long distances in the villages, and some have little habit of being with them after school. – Here the pupils are the same, they get the same homework help and the same opportunity to participate in activities, says Urheim. PRINCIPAL: Lilli Britt Urheim believes that all-day school can even out differences in growing up conditions. Photo: Tale Hauso / news No party works for all-day school All-day school has been the subject of political debate over the years. None of the parties in the Storting now use the term all-day school in their programmes. The government has nevertheless introduced 12 hours of free after-school care for all first-graders from this autumn. In Haugesund, a trial project with all-day school started last year, but otherwise no one else is testing it now. HOMEWORK HELP: The pupils at Hatlestrand get time to read and do homework during school. Photo: Tale Hauso / news



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