Tag: Primary schools

Teaching of the student's native tongue

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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

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Aid equipment may include means such as customised learning and teaching materials, technical devices and classroom fixtures.

Vantaa model for leisure activities

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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

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In Vantaa, pupils and students are insured in school and during trips to and from school.

Basic education in English

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Students can complete their basic education entirely in English.

After school activities in basic education

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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

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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

Basic education

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Basic education in Vantaa

Wilma – communication between home and the school

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In Vantaa, the Wilma application is used for cooperation between the home and the school.

Compulsory education

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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