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Urhea activities

Urhea activities in Vantaa lower secondary schools and Sotunki Upper Secondary School support the coordination of schooling and athletics of children and young people that take part in goal-oriented athletic operations.

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Urhea activities in Vantaa lower secondary schools and Sotunki Upper Secondary School support the coordination of schooling and athletics of children and young people that take part in goal-oriented athletic operations. The operations are coordinated by Pääkaupunkiseudun urheiluakatemia (Urhea sports academy) and carried out in cooperation with Vantaa sport societies. Their goal is to improve the quantity and quality of the student's athletic practices and support the young people's coping abili…ties and growth as healthy athletes

All 7th–9th grades in Vantaa basic education, both in lower secondary and comprehensive schools, are included in Urhea activities. The Swedish-speaking Helsinge Skola also makes the activities available to its students. The activities include physical and/or field-specific exercises coordinated by Urhea in connection to school days – on Tuesday morning 7.30–8.30 and on Wednesday afternoons 15.00–16.30 – as well as an elective course Kasva Urheilijaksi (Grow into an Athlete) that is available during the school day. 

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Urhea activities are intended for 7th–9th grade students that are involved in sports in an active and goal-oriented manner.

Applying as an Urhea student must be done in the 6th grade, in January or February, via the Urhea website. The application period will be reported via Wilma, for example.

Urhea coordinates the practices held by various sports societies as morning practices on Tuesdays 7.30–8.30 and as afternoon practices on Wednesdays 15.00–16.30. The practices include both physical and sports-specific exercises.

After the morning practices on Tuesdays, the students will continue their schoolwork according to their class timetable from the second lesson onwards.

On Wednesdays, the students end their school day at around 14.00. (The sport societies will notify participants of any changes to the practice times.)

The Urhea practices will take place outside the school hours and no study credits will be granted from them. Grow into an Athlete elective course 

The optional course Kasva urheilijaksi (Grow into an Athlete) is a course unit offered in lower secondary school with 3 weekly lessons per year, implemented at the same time with the short optional subjects as 1 weekly lesson per each school year. The course contents are skill-oriented general exercises, and the course is led by the physical education teacher.

Some central themes of growing into an athlete will be gone over in connection to the exercises, such as mental coaching, nutrition, stress and recovery as well as retaining exercises. The course exercises are quite light, and they are an important part of a young athlete’s balanced overall training programme. The course is implemented either over the autumn or the spring term with two lessons a week or over the entire school year with one lesson a week. The course will be graded numerically. T

he course supports the growth of young people interested in sports into healthy athletes and encourages them to continue exercising by themselves. The course will go through the most important areas supporting an athlete’s growth during their current age with the theme ‘Practise to learn how to practise – Grow into a healthy athlete’.

The course contents follow the syllabus of the Finnish Olympic Committee’s ‘Grow into an Athlete’ general coaching course.

There are some limitations on how students in music-oriented classes, A2 language courses, Helsinge Skolan and the Vantaa International School can take part in the Grow into an Athlete course. You can see these potential limitations on the Sport’s Academy’s website. However, the limitations do not apply to other areas of becoming an Urhea student, such as practices and day camps. 

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Tarhakuja 2
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Helsinge skola tarjoaa ruotsinkielistä perusopetusta 7-9 luokkalaisille.

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Ylästöntie 3
01510Vantaa
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+358 50 314 6265 (pvm/mpm)

Hämeenkylän koulu tarjoaa opetusta 1.-9.-luokkalaisille. Koulu sijaitsee Länsi-Vantaalla.

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Varistontie 3
01660Vantaa
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+358 50 303 1815 (pvm/mpm)

The International School of Vantaa provides instruction for students in grades 1-9.

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Hagelstamintie 1
01520Vantaa
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+358 50 304 1068 (local network charge/mobile call charge)

Jokiniemen koulu tarjoaa perusopetusta 1.-9.-luokkalaisille.

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Valkoisenlähteentie 51
01370Vantaa
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+358 9 839 11 (pvm/mpm)
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Sorvatie 16
01480Vantaa
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Kartanonkosken koulu tarjoaa perusopetusta 1.-9.-luokkalaisille.

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Tilkuntie 5
01520Vantaa
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+358 9 839 11 (pvm/mpm)

Kilterin koulu tarjoaa perusopetusta 7.-9.-luokkalaisille.

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Iskostie 8
01600Vantaa
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Kustaantie 10
01400Vantaa
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Lehtikuusen koulu tarjoaa perusopetusta 1.-9.-luokkalaisille. Koulu sijaitsee Hakunilassa.

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Hiirakkotie 9
01200Vantaa
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Länsimäen koulu on Länsimäen ja Rajakylän alueiden lähikoulu. Koulu kuuluu Hakunilan suuralueeseen. Koulu tarjoaa perusopetusta 5.-9.-luokkalaisille.

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Pallastunturintie 27
01280Vantaa
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Martinlaakson koulu tarjoaa perusopetusta 1.-9.-luokkalaisille.

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Martinlaaksonpolku 9
01620Vantaa
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+358 9 839 11 (pvm/mpm)

Mikkola School is located in Korso. There are about 930 pupils studying in grades 1.-9.

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Venuksentie 2
01480Vantaa
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Peltolan koulu tarjoaa perusopetusta 7.-9.-luokkalaisille.

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Lummetie 27
01300Vantaa
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+358 9 839 11 (pvm/mpm)
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Kisatie 21
01450Vantaa
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Koivukyläntie 52
01350Vantaa
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Sotungin koulu tarjoaa perusopetusta 5.-9.-luokkalaisille.

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Sotungintie 19
01200Vantaa
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+358 9 839 11 (pvm/mpm)

Sotunki Upper Secondary School has 460 students aged from 16 to 20, 250 adult students in its Distance Learning Centre and 25 full-time teachers . The school is situated in the eastern part of the City of Vantaa close to our capital Helsinki. Vantaa is the fourth largest city in Finland with a...

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Sotungintie 19
01200Vantaa
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Veromäen koulu tarjoaa perusopetusta 1.-9.-luokkalaisille.

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Veromiehentie 2
01510Vantaa
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+358 43 827 0658 (pvm/mpm)

Ylästön koulu tarjoaa perusopetusta 1.-9.-luokkalaisille.

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Ollaksentie 29
01690Vantaa
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+358 40 198 5650 (pvm/mpm)
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