Futura kindergarten
Borgen kindergarten
Teletunet kindergarten
Marihøna kindergarten
Solblomsten kindergarten
Welcome to kindergarten!
Information for parents with a foreign language
background
Norwegian
Information about the kindergartens in the Municipality of Ørland:
All of our kindergartens are online and have their own websites.
Find information about each kindergarten by searching online:
www.orland.kommune.no/barnehager
Municipal kindergartens
Private kindergartens
The place in kindergarten:
When a child is assigned a place in kindergarten, this place is reserved for the child until
the beginning of the school semester, provided that the child lives in the Municipality of
Ørland. The parents must sign a contract and a consent form, which must be returned to
the kindergarten.
Cost of day care:
The cost varies in relation to how many days a week the child attends kindergarten. If you
wish to change the number of days a week your child attends kindergarten, you must
submit an application.
100 % attendance costs NOK 2480.00, board fee: NOK 310.00
80 % attendance costs NOK 2235.00, board fee: NOK 250.00
60% attendance costs NOK 1825.00, board fee: NOK
195.00
Prices and fees may change.
If more than one sibling attends the same kindergarten, we offer a 30-percent discount
for child no. 2, and a 50-percent discount for child no. 3.
If you fail to make payments, your child will lose his/her place in kindergarten.
Preparations before your child's first day:
The kindergarten will invite children and their parents to visit the kindergarten before the
child starts attending.
Introduction:
It is important that one of the parents accompany the child for the first few days in
kindergarten. Some employers will grant parents a leave of absence with pay for these
days. Find out how your employer handles this by asking at your place of work.
Discuss with kindergarten staff how long your child seems to need you to stay with them
for the first few days. It is important that you keep the children's first few days in
kindergarten a bit short. Allow your child to bring a stuffed animal, its pacifier or other
items they find comfort in. The kindergarten staff are keen to find out what you, as
parents, believe is important for your child. Whenever necessary or recommendable, the
kindergarten will provide an interpreter for the initial interview.
Dropping off and picking up:
Notify a member of staff when you drop the child off and when you pick the child up.
Take the time to talk to the staff, and feel free to ask questions. Notify the kindergarten if
your child will be arriving later than usual, or if the child is taking a day off. If someone
other than a parent is picking the child up, it is important that you notify the
kindergarten.
Transport to and from kindergarten:
Transportation assistance must be cleared with the kindergarten owner.
Absence from kindergarten:
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You must always notify the kindergarten if your child is going to be absent. It does not
matter whether your child is absent because of illness, taking a day off, or other reasons.
Sick children:
Children who are sick should normally stay home from kindergarten. If the child
becomes sick while in kindergarten, the kindergarten staff will contact the parents.
Holidays:
All children must take a 3-week summer holiday from kindergarten. You may agree with
kindergarten staff the timing of your child's holiday.
All kindergarten employees have the right to 5 weeks of holiday throughout the year. This
means they get time off from work, and sometimes there may be fewer people at work in
the kindergarten.
Planning days:
The kindergarten will be closed for 5 planning days every kindergarten year (academic
year). On these days, the members of staff attend seminars or plan activities and events.
The children must stay home from kindergarten on planning days.
Clothing and gear:
All the children go outside to play every day, and they therefore need suitable clothing for
all seasons and all types of weather. The children need coveralls, rain gear and rubber
boots year-round. In the winter, they also need a warm snow suit, warm winter boots,
wool layers, hats, scarves and mittens.
Each child is assigned a shelf or cubby in the wardrobe area, where they can keep their
outside clothes and a change of inside clothes. It is important to make sure that your child
has extra underwear, trousers, socks, and jumpers. All clothes and shoes must be labelled
with the child's name. For the youngest children, the parents must provide
nappies/diapers, which are kept at kindergarten.
Meals:
The children are served lunch and an afternoon snack in kindergarten. If your child is
eating breakfast in kindergarten, you must provide the food in a lunch box. The children
are served fruit and something to drink with every meal. You pay the board fee, which
covers your child's food and drinks, on the same invoice as the day care costs.
Kindergarten food is healthy and nutritious and low in sugar.
Collaboration between parents and the kindergarten:
Two parent meetings are usually held over the course of the kindergarten year, and all
parents are invited to the same meeting. In addition, you are invited to two parentkindergarten conferences where you'll discuss your child specifically. It is important that
you contact the kindergarten if you have questions or if you want further conferences.
The kindergarten may book an interpreter through an interpretation service. Sometimes it
is important to make sure an interpreter is present in the initial interview and start-up
process, so that both parents and staff can feel confident that they have understood each
other properly.
Parental guidance may be offered individually or in ICDP groups.
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Social interaction:
The library is a great venue for meeting other people and practice speaking the language.
Health clinic:
All children will receive regular follow-up from the health clinic. The kindergarten will
inform the health clinic of all new children who start attending kindergarten, to ensure
that the children are all registered with the health clinic. All children have the right to
follow-up from a dentist. The health clinic will inform the dental health service of all new
children who start attending kindergarten, to ensure that the children are all registered
with the dental health service.
You must provide a health certificate for the child. This is to prevent diseases that pose a
risk to other children and to ensure that if your child has any health problems, he or she
will receive proper follow-up.
Educational-Psychological Service (PPT)
PPT works with kindergartens, school and the adult education centres to adapt courses
and teaching to each individual's abilities and needs. This could take the form of an
evaluation, an expert assessment, or follow-up, in the form of advice and counselling.
Child welfare services:
Child welfare services are tasked with ensuring that all children and youths are safe.
The Norwegian approach to child-rearing and discipline is based on the UN Convention
on the Rights of the Child.
The kindergarten works closely with child welfare services and meets with them regularly.
Violence in family relations: Phone list of organizations that can help
Contact information:
 Orkdal regional women's shelter: 72 48 24 10
 Sexual assault unit, St. Olavs Hospital, 72 57 12 12 (Open 24-hrs, emergency
services for children, youths, women and men)
Members of staff may contact the following institutions for guidance and advice:
 Children's House in Trondheim: 73 89 57 00
 Centre against incest and sexual abuse (SMISO) - 73 89 08 80
 RVTS - Regional Resource Centre on Violence, Traumatic Stress and Suicide
Prevention 72 82 20 05
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Work in kindergartens:
All Norwegian kindergartens are subject to the Kindergarten Act and comply with a
framework plan for kindergarten content, approved by Parliament. In addition, all
kindergartens have prepared an annual plan, which outlines what the individual
kindergarten will be working with at what time during the year. This annual plan specifies
the kindergarten's priorities and objectives. Also, the annual plan describes how the
kindergarten meets the children's needs for care, play and learning.
All kindergartens have members of staff who are trained in early childhood education, to
ensure that the children benefit from attending.
Language training:
The kindergarten must support the child in exercising his or her native language, while
also striving for the child to learn Norwegian. The members of staff are key linguistic role
models.
Brief information on bilingual development:
Children can learn two or more languages at the same time
Research has shown that children can learn two or more languages at the same time.
Because we use languages in different contexts, it is common for bilingual children to be
more competent in one language over another in certain areas and situations. Some
children learn languages quickly, whereas others take a little longer. The child may use his
or her native language in conversations with close family members, but change between
languages when talking to siblings and friends. This is normal.
Your native language and Norwegian are not in competition
It is easier to learn a second language if you are also building a solid foundation in your
native language. Your native language and Norwegian are not in competition; the
languages instead lend support to each other. It is therefore important that your child
learn both your native language and Norwegian. Use your native language as much as you
can at home: sing to your child, read to him/her, and talk to your child in your native
language. Build a foundation of experiences for your child, so that he or she understands
the phrases and words you use.
Children may mix languages
It is completely normal for small children to mix words from different languages in one
sentence. This is because they have not yet learned to separate the two languages, or they
have not yet learned the word they need in one language or the other. In time, your child
will learn to separate the languages in their mind.
Help your child learn Norwegian
It is best to learn a new language in the company of others and in an environment where
the child feels safe. Children who have friends who speak Norwegian will learn
Norwegian better than children who to not have friends who speak Norwegian. It is
therefore important that your child be allowed to participate in arenas where other
children speak Norwegian, such as kindergarten and various leisure time activities. It is
important that the parents support the language learning going on in kindergarten, even if
the parents do not speak Norwegian very well themselves. Talk to your kindergarten
about how they work with bilingual development, and ask how you can help.
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