Nursery-kindergarten „Gandrelis"

About us

GENERAL INFORMATION You can have more information: www.gandrelis.utena.lm.lt, telephone +370 389 52502, +370 389 52761 or write us: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

AIM – to meet the individual needs of children, to foster all their capacities developing the necessary competences of cognition, knowledge, creativeness and health.

In our institution are educated the children from 1 to 6 years old. Each group of children is supervised by two educators and an assistant. The music educator is training children's musical skills. Teacher's assistants help children with disabilities to integrate into the collective.

The nursery-kindergarten has 9 groups: 1 preschool education group, 1 mixed (preschool and preschool education) group, 6 preschool education groups and 1 group for children with various developmental disorders and special educational needs. Child support provided by the team of specialists.Working hours of educational activities are from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.Parents (guardians) bring the child to the nursery-kindergarten by 8:00 a.m. The group teacher must be informed about the child's absence.

CHILD'S DAY IN KINDERGARTEN

7.00 - 8.00 We meet and play

8.00 - 8.15 Morning exercise

8.15 - 8.45 Breakfast

8.45 – 10.30 Activities according to the educational programs in the group, in the hall

10.30 Fruit, dairy products (European fruit and dairy product promotion program)

10.35 - 11.15 Outdoor activities

11.30 - 12.30 Lunch

12.45 – 14.45 Rest, sleep

14.45 – 15.30 Additional informal activities (dance classes, sport (karate), informatics, learning English

15.30 - 16.00 Evening meal

16.00 - 17.00 Activities in the group, in the hall

ADMISSION OF CHILDREN

Parents (guardians) apply for admission to the Education and Sports Department of the Utena district municipal administration.When the child starts attending the nursery-kindergarten, the parents (guardians) submit the Certificate of Health of child and conclude a written contract.

What should a child have in kindergarten?

Educational tools (paper, pencils, etc.) and sanitary hygiene tools (toilet paper, towels, etc.) are provided by the kindergarten from the set fee paid by the parents. It is preferable that children come to kindergarten dressed in comfortable, easy-to-remove clothes and that the child is not afraid of getting dirty. We ask that the child in kindergarten has at least one spare set of clothes (underwear, socks, trousers/skirt, T-shirt, etc.). It is necessary that the child has indoor shoes for walking in the group. Other things a child needs to have are discussed with the group teacher.

Before you start 

Visit the kindergarten together with your child, go around the territory of the kindergarten together, get to know the teachers and their assistants. For the first time, we suggest coming to the kindergarten for just a few hours (from 10 a.m.), when the children are playing outside. Later, we decide together based on the child's reactions. The most important thing is to have patience and cooperate with everyone. For the successful adaptation of a child in kindergarten, the role of parents is very important, not only the efforts of teachers.

FOOD FOR CHILDREN

The food is served 3 times a day. We follow the requirements that healthier meals would be provided (less salt, sugar, more plant-based food, vegetables). When celebrating birthdays, we will enjoy fruits, berries, vegetables, drinking or natural mineral water at an aesthetically laid table.Children of preschool are fed for free.

PAYMENT FOR MAINTAINING A CHILD IN A NURSERY-KINDERGARTEN

According to the decision of Utena District Municipal Council: subscription fee for child maintenance in kindergarten - 28.25 EUR - consists of: fee for meeting educational conditions – 8.25 EUR and 20.00 EUR for food production and utility services, regardless of the number of days visited.The fee for food is calculated individually for the subscription based on the number of days visited.

If children start attending an educational institution before the 15th day of the month or if they leave it after the 15th day of the month, the full fee is paid. If children start attending after the 15th day of the month or leave before the 15th day of the month, half of the aforementioned fee is paid.

APPLICATION FOR SUPPORT

The child support fee is reduced:

90 percent for families receiving social benefits, if the child is assigned compulsory pre-school education or has a severe level of disability.

50 percent if the child has an average level of disability, the child has one parent, the family raises three or more children, the father performs mandatory military service, the child grows up in a family of pupils or students where one of their parents is studying in the full-time department of an educational institution, and for children, who receive free lunch (during the free lunch period).

25 percent, when the child has a mild level of disability. Benefits are applied from the date of submission of documents. Child support benefits are granted after parents submit an application, supporting documents and write an order to the director.

After submitting documents proving the application of the benefit, the provided benefit is applied from the 1st day of the current month and continues for as many months as the social benefit is allocated.

Parents (guardians) can make payments for a child's maintenance in kindergarten through online banking, "Perlas" terminals for the previous month until the 20th of each month.

Our account at AB Šiaulių bank LT417181100000142761.

If the child maintenance fee is not paid on time or if the child is not attended for two months, the head of the nursery school has the right to remove the child from the group list 10 days after the written notification. Payment is recovered from parents in accordance with the law.

„Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein

 

INTERNATIONAL ETWINNING PROJECT "THE FUTURE WILL COME WITH RECYGLING"

   

The goal of the project implemented in January - June 2025 is to develop children's understanding of the sorting and recycling of materials. Participants are from Turkey, Greece and Lithuania kindergartens. Objectives: to increase children's understanding of the environment in which we live, to integrate the acquired experience and skills into everyday activities. Children develop skills of cooperation, communication, critical thinking and creativity, and learn the basics of environmental friendliness.

 

 

 

On February 11, children received knowledge about the safety of electronic tools, completed the activity by marking the boxes with different colors and composing a complex sentence in English: February 11, 2025 - Safer Internet Day - together for a better internet.
Children of the "Šarkiukai" group specially prepared letters for the presentation of the project. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On February 26 there was the meeting of children online.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recycling workshop: children made characters from paper and other recycled materials for a fairy tale they created and acted out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The children talked with the teacher about what is recycling. 

When you use it many, many times.

You need to sort the garbage.

Recolor and play.

Use what is unnecessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discussions and drawings to celebrate World Water Day March 20.

 

 

https://www.gandrelis.utena.lm.lt/lt-lt/989-tarptautines-programos-etwinning-projektas-the-future-will-come-with-recycling 

 

PRE-SCHOOL AND PRIMARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL ETWINNING PROJECT

"MY COLORFUL WORLD"

The aim is to develop conceptual skills by assessing each child's abilities using cognitive, artistic expression, creativity, STEAM and ICT application methods and methods.

The project duration is between 15.12.2023 - 30.04.2024. Project participants: Turkey, Lithuania, Romania.

Calendar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzQamv3mJWg

Tasks:
1. To stimulate interest in the colors around one's environment, to search in various fields, to discover primary and secondary colors, to choose stories, fairy tales and to decorate and illustrate them in a unique, creative way.
2. Develop color recognition and discrimination skills by applying innovative educational methods.
3. To develop communication and cooperation with communities of preschool and special education institutions in different countries.

Results:
1. Preschool, special education and primary school students will develop conceptual, language, cognitive, creativity, artistic expression and digital literacy skills.
2. Through communication and collaboration, local and international partners will share best practices in developing students' conceptual language skills.
3. A common tool of the eTwinning project of partners from different countries is created.

 

 

The activities of the STEAM project are carried out by the teachers of "Pelėdžiukai" and "Ančiukai" groups. In the project, special education students and their regular education peers work together.  Experiments and activities are carried out in accordance with the student's level and needs. 

Experiments with colors: how colors dive and change, how colored worms come to life in water.

 

STEAM activity (Science): Colors racing in different ways.

 

We colored the flags of the project participants: Lithuania, Turkey and Romania.

 

 

STEAM activity (Technology): We constructed the letter P, which formed one part of the project name.

 

STEAM activity (Engineering): We played games on the interactive board.

 

 

STEAM activity (Design): we drew part of a poster that will be the cover of a book about the project.

 

STEAM activity (Art): we acted out a story about color adventures created by the project participants.

 

STEAM activity (Mathematics): coloring geometric shapes.

 

Friendly geometric shapes games: "Color it, find the right figure, arrange its shape and kites will bring you luck".