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Services

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  • Open meeting places

    Service

    Vantaa has several facilities where you can spend time, meet other people and engage in communal activities. Open meeting places are available for all ages.

  • Open meeting places for families with children

    Service

    A meeting place is a, easy and relaxed 'living room' for all families with children. At the meeting place, you can speak with the workers of the City of Vantaa's wide range of services for families with children, representatives of various organisations and volunteers.

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  • Pre-primary education in English

    Service

    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.

  • Pre-primary education in Vantaa

    Service

    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.

  • Preparatory teaching for six-year-olds

    Service

    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.

  • Private day care allowance

    Service

    A family can receive private day care allowance from Kela to pay for private day care. This allowance can the paid right after the parental allowance term has ended.

  • Private early childhood education and care

    Service

    Private early childhood education and care is a safe option, as the regional authorities supervise and guide the operations. You can apply for day care centres, group family day care centres and family day care operating with private day care allowance by contacting the care unit directly.

  • Private Family Day Care

    Service

    Private family day care is supervised by the local authorities. Family day care takes place in a home-like environment at the private childminder's home.

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  • Religion and ethics education

    Service

    Either religion or ethics are taught in basic education. A student can also receive teaching in their own religion in primary and lower secondary schools in Vantaa.

  • Rental of youth centre facilities

    Service

    The City of Vantaa offers various facilities to support youth activities. For example, you can reserve, for example, studios for band activities, recreational camps and youth centres from the city's youth services.

  • Reservation of residential activity facilities

    Service

    Local communities/organisations and private individuals can reserve residential activity facilities for their use.

  • Residential Parks

    Service

    Residential parks provide guided outdoor and indoor activities. Residential parks are meant for children of all ages and their guardians.

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  • School travel and school transportation

    Service

    School transportation is primarily arranged by public modes of transport, in which case the student receives a free-of-charge schoolchild's travel card. The travelcard can be downloaded at Vantaa Infos. In exceptional cases, however, taxi transportation can be arranged, if it is not possible for the

  • Schools on the Move

    Service

    The aim of the Schools on the Move programme is to promote a culture of physical activity in basic education and support the expertise and well-being of school personnel.

  • Sports services for children

    Service

    Vantaa motivates children to adopt an active lifestyle through a variety of sports services.

  • Sporty day camps for children

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    Sporty camp activities are organised for pupils in grades 1-4 during winter and summer holidays.

  • Student sports

    Service

    Student sports mean competitive sports between comprehensive schools in Vantaa.

  • Swedish language immersion

    Service

    Swedish language immersion begins in early childhood education or pre-primary education and lasts until the end of basic education.

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  • Teaching of the student's native tongue

    Service

    Vantaa provides teaching of a student's own native tongue, home language and maintained language for two hours per week.

  • Transportation to Pre-primary education

    Service

    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

  • Two-year pre-primary education trial

    Service

    Vantaa was part of a national two-year pre-primary education trial, where some children started pre-primary education at the age of 5.

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  • Urhea activities

    Service

    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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  • Wellbeing counseling for families

    Service

    Wellbeing counseling for families is free of charge and promotes wellbeing and activity in everyday life for families in Vantaa.

  • Working life-oriented teaching (TEPPO)

    Service

    Working life-oriented basic education familiarises students with working life already during their basic education! The studies of working-life oriented basic education alternate on-the-job training periods at workplaces with teaching at school.

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  • Youth centre activities

    Service

    Young people can engage in many fun activities at youth centres. There are youth workers present at youth centres with whom you can chat with and ask for tips and advice or even help with studying and job-hunting.