Target group: Families with children
This lists content that has a target group of families with children. However, there may also be other content on the site targeted at families with children.
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
Early childhood education in Vantaa
Early childhood education's objective is to support a child's growth, development and learning and promote their wellbeing.
Pre-primary Education
Pre-primary education constitutes part of the life-long learning path that begins at home and in early childhood education, and continues after pre-primary education in basic education.
Education and Learning
Education and learning possibilities for children, young people and adults in Vantaa.
Preventing and intervening in bullying
Policy action program of preventing and intervening in bullying applies to every daycare center and school in Vantaa.
Tempo Orchestras
Tempo Orchestras offer children the opportunity to play and sing music for free during their school days regardless of their background, equally and without an auditioning process.
Preparatory teaching for six-year-olds
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.
From Pre-primary Education to School
Starting school is a significant event for the child, the guardians, and the school personnel. In school, the child will be working with different adults than in pre-primary education, and in order to maintain the continuum of development and learning support, cooperation between the family, pre
Pre-primary education in English
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.