Tag: Primary schools
Teaching of the student's native tongue
Vantaa provides teaching of a student's own native tongue, home language and maintained language for two hours per week.
Aid equipment in basic education
Aid equipment may include means such as customised learning and teaching materials, technical devices and classroom fixtures.
Vantaa model for leisure activities
The Harrastusten Vantaa project organises comprehensive school pupils high-quality and interesting recreational activities free of charge in the vicinity of their own school and home. The project is part of the Finnish model for leisure activities.
Accidents and insurance in schools and educational institutions
In Vantaa, pupils and students are insured in school and during trips to and from school.
After school activities in basic education
After school activities are intended for first and second graders and older students who study in a small group or special class with a special education teacher.
School travel and school transportation
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
Wilma – communication between home and the school
In Vantaa, the Wilma application is used for cooperation between the home and the school.
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