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Compulsory education
Children living permanently in Finland are required to attend school. Compulsory education begins at the beginning of the school year in the year in which the child turns seven. Compulsory education will end when a young person has their 18th birthday, or when they have completed an upper secondary
Pre-primary education in Vantaa
Pre-primary education starts one year before a child starts going to school. Pre-primary education is four hours a day and it's run during the working hours of schools. There is free pre-primary education in Vantaa that is being given in day cares and in some schools.
Pre-primary education in English
The operations of English-speaking pre-primary education are designed in a way that combines the bilingual pre-primary education so that both languages remain present and improve gradually after the teacher's modelling and the children's active learning.
English-enriched pre-primary education
English-enriched pre-primary education helps create natural opportunities for children to gain interest in languages and encountering different cultures through the daily life of pre-primary education.
Preparatory teaching for six-year-olds
Instruction preparing for basic education is arranged for those children with immigrant backgrounds whose Finnish-language proficiency is not sufficient for studying in a pre-primary education group.
Two-year pre-primary education trial
Vantaa was part of a national two-year pre-primary education trial, where some children started pre-primary education at the age of 5.
From Pre-primary Education to School
Starting school is a significant event for the child, the guardians, and the school personnel. In school, the child will be working with different adults than in pre-primary education, and in order to maintain the continuum of development and learning support, cooperation between the family, pre
Transportation to Pre-primary education
If the distance to a school is over three (3) kilometers in length or if for some reason the way to school is too difficult, exhausting or dangerous for the child, children (during their pre-school education) have the right for a free school transportation or to be given support that is enough to
Disc golf
Vantaa has a variety of disc golf courses as well as individual disc golf baskets.