Service group: Day care
The daycare's forest group goes hiking in the nearby forest in the mornings ─ lunch is eaten sitting on a rock
For the second year running, the Leinelä kindergarten now has a forest group, Naavanuppuset. The group of children aged around 3 to 5 years old spend their mornings hiking in the nearby forest. Sometimes the forest group also eats lunch outside and returns inside at naptime. In the afternoon, the
Do you know how important reading and literacy is for children and youth? Welcome to a city-wide parents’ evening on 21st March!
The city-wide parents’ evening in Vantaa will provide tips and information on how to support children in literacy and the benefits of reading. The event is intended for parents of children of all ages living in Vantaa.
Train strike affects travel to educational institutions and daycare centers on February 12th – February 13th, 2024
Schools in Vantaa will not arrange any transportation during a train strike on Monday, February 12th, 2024.
Strike closes early childhood education services on February 13 - February 14, 2024 ─ We try to keep these daycare centers open
The majority of the daycare centers are closed and pre-primary education is not arranged on February 13 - February 14 because of the strike.
Impact of Talentia's political walkout on Early Childhood Education on Tuesday, February 6, 2024
The trade union for graduated social workers, Talentia has announced that it will organise a walkout on Tuesday 6th of February 2024 at 14.00–16.00. The work stoppage will last until the end of the shift. The work stoppage affects Talentia’s members who are employed by the City of Vantaa.
Strikes affect travel to educational institutions as well as school and daycare center meals on January 31-February 2, 2024
Several trade unions—including, among others, AKT (Finnish Transport Workers’ Union), JHL (The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors, Jyty (The Federation of Public and Private Sector Employees), OAJ (The Trade Union of Education), SuPer (The Finnish Union of Practical Nurses), Talentia
Impact of the strike on Vantaaʼs services
Political strikes by several trade unions will affect services in the City of Vantaa in January-February 2024. SuPer and Tehy have announced strikes from 13.2.-14.2. in protest against the government's actions. At that time, most of Vantaa's day-care centres will be closed and pre-school education
Strike closes early childhood education services ─ We are asking families themselves to arrange care for children on January 31 - February 1.
Several trade unions—including, among others OAJ (The Trade Union of Education), JHL (The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors, Jyty (The Federation of Public and Private Sector Employees), SuPer (The Finnish Union of Practical Nurses), Talentia (Union of Professional Social Worker), and
The City of Vantaa to receive the UNICEF Child Friendly Cities recognition
Finnish Committee for UNICEF grants the City of Vantaa the Child Friendly Cities recognition. “In two years, Vantaa has succeeded in making permanent changes in the city’s operations, as well as significant changes for children and the young,” UNICEF acknowledges.
Early childhood education decisions made earlier have been resent to customer families due to system malfunction
Early childhood education's VaSa system (CgiVesa) was updated on Monday, January 8, 2024. Because of an error in the update, some of the customers will receive by mail old early childhood education’s place or scope decisions that are related to, for instance, year 2022.