Höfn visit 24. – 30. September 2017
Sunday 24. September
Arrival in Keflavik. Teams take the Flybus to Reykjavik and check in at hotel.
Free time rest of the day
Monday 25. September
08:00 Departure from Reykjavik with bus. All teams travel together to Höfn.
This is a guided tour and there will be several stops; Skógafoss, Reynisfjara (lunch),
Eldhraun Kvíármýrarkambur and Jökulsárlón.
18-19 Arrival in Höfn. Students meet their hosts and have dinner at their homes.
Teacher check in at Apotek Guesthouse. Dinner for teachers at a local restaurant.
Tuesday 26. September
08:00 Teachers and students meeting at FAS (30 min)
08:30 Icebraking activities for students (60 min)
08:30 Teachers meet with teachers of FAS (60 min)
09:30 Presentation about Nýheimar concept, FAS and the Warehouse (Vöruhús)
10-11 Guided tour around FAS, Nýheimar and Vöruhús. There will be two groups:
Eyjó: Italy and Estonia. FAS > Nýheimar > Vöruhús
Siggi: Greece and Latvia. Vöruhús > Nýheimar > FAS
11:00 Students work in their groups.
12-13 Lunch
13:00 Input about marketing from a local expert. (Students and teachers)
Input about creative marketing from our arts and culture teacher.
(Students and teachers)
13:30 Marketing experts work with each group/company.
Teachers work with groups as well.
15:30 Teachers meeting – Student meeting at the same time
15:45 Teachers meet with their students – each country meet
17:00 Barbeque for teachers at Eyjo’s cabin.
Wednesday 27. September
08:00 Teachers and students meeting at FAS
08:15 Students work in their groups.
Teachers discuss how to implement/intergrade the project in their schools
10:20 Elevator speech about the student’s companies
Presentations from Estonia, Latvia, Greece and Italy for the staff and students of FAS
12-13 Lunch
13:00 Students work in their groups.
Teachers discuss how to implement/intergrade the project in their schools
15:30 Teachers meeting – Student meeting at the same time
15:45 Teachers meet with their students – each country meet
16:00 Trip for teachers to a glacier
19:00 Dinner for teachers at a local restaurant.
Thursday 28. September
08:00 Teachers and students meeting at FAS
Company visits day. There will be two groups.
Group 1: Eyjólfur – Estonia and Italy
Group 2: Siggi – Greece and Latvia
We will be visiting Skinney-Þinganes, a modern fish factory and an entrepreneur
couple at the old swimming pool.
12-13 Lunch
13:00 Students work in their groups
15:30 Teachers meeting – Student meeting at the same time
15:45 Teachers meet with their students – each country meet
18-22 Farewell party in Nýheimar for teachers and students.
Friday 29. September
08:00 Teachers and students meeting at FAS
08:15 Students work in their groups
Teachers meeting and evaluation of visit.
Writing memo for Latvia visit
11:30 Teachers meeting – Student meeting at the same time
11:45 Teachers meet with their students – each country meet
12-13 Lunch
13:00 One of our teachers, which is also an entrepreneur will guide us around Höfn and tell
the history of our town.
15-16 Certificates
17:00 Swimming pool for teachers
19:00 Dinner for teachers at a local restaurant
Saturday 30. September
08:00 Travelling from Höfn to Reykjavik by bus.