Tag: Primary schools
Guidance counselling
Guidance counselling supports students to make decisions and choices related to their daily life, studies, future education and future based on their own capabilities, values, backgrounds and interests.
Learning languages in basic education
In Vantaa, students take English as their A1 language and Swedish as their B1 language. Optional language studies can begin in the 4th grade (A2 language) or in the 8th grade (B2 language).
Swedish language immersion
Swedish language immersion begins in early childhood education or pre-primary education and lasts until the end of basic education.
Preparatory teaching for basic education
Preparatory teaching is provided for children and young people who are not proficient enough in Finnish language to study in a group taught in Finnish.
Weighted-curriculum education in music for 3rd-9th grades
Weighted-curriculum education in music starts in the third grade and continues throughout basic education even if the school changes in between. Students in weighted-curriculum are interested in music and have the prerequisites to study music.
Montessori teaching
Montessori teaching is a teaching method where functional teaching material facilitates the learner's individualised and unhurried progress.
Etappi operations in Basic education (1-6)
Etappi operations offer strong, multidisciplinary support for 1st-6th grade students whose behavioural or emotional difficulties or similar challenges prevent schooling or make it essentially more difficult.
Workshop operations in Basic education (7-9 grades)
Workshop operations are intended for young people about to end their basic education for whom the systematic support of their own school and network has not been sufficient, who have accumulated various difficulties and who face the threat of social exclusion.
Day and holiday activities for disabled children
Day activities for children with intellectual disabilities are offered at all schools providing education for disabled children.