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In addition to municipal family day care, there is also private family day care which is monitored by the municipality.
Group family day care is suitable for children aged 1 to 5 years. In group family day care two childminders look after a maximum of eight children.
Applying and financial support
Apply for municipal day care with a day care application form.
To apply for group family day care and family day care that operate with private day care allowance, please contact the place of care directly.
The Education Division's Administration and schools close for Summer:
- The Education Division's Administration is closed from July 1 through July 31, 2016.
- The offices at schools close for the Summer break.
City Child Care
The Early Education Customer phone is in service all Summer
tel. 02 262 5610 during weekdays from 9 am to 3 pm.
There are municipal and private day care centres in the City of Turku. There is also private family day care which is monitored by the municipality.
Information about municipal day care centres can be found on the bottom of the page, or they can be browsed by district.
The dates and times of congregations’ free-of-charge activities for children vary. The joint activities of congregations and early childhood education include a small moment of prayer for families.
Playschools, family club activities, open day care, and guided playground activities are alternatives for kindergartens and other full-time day care in cases when the guardian stays at home.
Participating in open early childhood education activities does not affect the benefits of Kela (The Social Insurance Institution of Finland).
Services offered by the city
Services offered by the City of Turku are indoor and outdoor playschools, guided playground activities, and family club activities in open day care.
Municipal Day Care
When the child is granted a place in day care, the family is asked to submit an income statement either through the electronic service or by mail. If, however, the family is willing to pay the maximum fee, no income statement is needed. An entrepreneur is asked to submit a form for entrepreneurs in addition to the income statement.
The following matters have an influence on the amounts of municipal day care fees and service vouchers:
With the day care application form you can apply for a place in municipal day care, municipal family day care, or a service voucher for private day care. You should apply for a place at least four months before the beginning of your need for child day care. If you need a day care place because of sudden employment, training or studies, you should apply at least two weeks before the beginning of your need and submit documents about studies or work.
In the national core curriculum the schools and education institutions are encouraged to co-operate actively with companies and communities as a part of schoolwork and studying. The aim is to use multiform learning environments to increase know-how.
The management of the schools and education institutions as well as the teaching and education personnel need to be aware of the statutes concerning marketing and sponsorship when they are representing their school or education institution in corporate or community co-operation.
Student welfare creates preconditions for solidarity, care and open interaction within the school community. Methods that increase participation also contribute to the prevention of problems, the early identification of problems and organization of required support.
Special support is given to students whose growth, development or learning goals would otherwise not be fully met. The task of special support is to give the student comprehensive and systematic support so that the student can finish their compulsory education and get a foundation for postgraduate studies after comprehensive school. The student’s self-esteem, study motivation, and the possibilities to experience success and the joy of learning are strengthened. The student’s participation in and responsibility of studying is being supported.
Intensified support is given to students who need regular support in their learning and school attendance, or who need several forms of support at the same time. The support is based on the pedagogical assessment written in co-operation between the student, guardian and teachers. The forms of support, responsibilities and co-operations are marked in more detail in the learning plan which is also a work of co-operation. From the learning plan the guardian can get information to better support their child.
The following forms of support are used to support learning and school attendance at all levels of support – general, intensified and special support:
General support is part of the everyday school life. It does not require special examinations or decisions. A positive atmosphere in the classroom is an important part of general support. Functional interaction contributes to the learning of each student. The students’ needs for support are answered, for example, with:
The principle concerning compensation for personal possessions of students at Turku City schools is that everyone is responsible for the damage they cause for themselves.
Getting compensation requires a responsibility criterion. The Tort Liability Act is applied to compensated cases.
In an emergency situation call 112 and act according to instructions.
A school accident is a sudden incident that happens at school or on the way to school and causes an external bodily injury. Also injuries sustained during a study visit, field trip, camp, club activity or on the way directly to any such activities will be compensated, if the activities are part of the school’s action plan.
Students are expected to choose a public, safe route on their way to school. In order to get compensations the accident must be reported to a teacher or school nurse immediately.
A student has a right to get adequate support for growth and learning immediately when there is need. The support given to a student must be:
- flexible
- planned with patience
- able to transform according to the student’s needs
The need for support may vary:
Education at Turku International School
Turku International School is an educational institution maintained by the City of Turku, with English as its teaching language. Turku International School offers primary (grades 1-6), secondary (grades 7-9) and upper secondary education. The first two of these conform to the Finnish National Core Curriculum. The upper secondary education is based on the IB Diploma Programme.
Get Kids Moving (Lapset liikkeelle)
- 6–12-year-olds get to test various sports free of charge
- Participating does not require registering
Sports Wonderland for Kids (Lasten liikunnan ihmemaa)
- Offers possibilities for 1–12-year-olds to play and frolic
- Free of charge
- Lasten liikunnan ihmemaa
Mihi.fi
- Meant for 13–19-year-olds
- Offers many kinds of possibilities for physical exercise around the c
Education Division / basic education swimming teachers give swimming lessons to the students of 1st, 3rd and 5th years in accordance with the plan approved by the Sports Committee. The swimming lessons of the 2nd, 4th and 6th year students have either been included in the schools’ own physical education curriculums or the responsibility is left for the parents.
The swimming lessons of years 7–10 have been entered in the schools’ own physical education curriculums, in which case the schools’ own physical education teachers are responsible for the lessons.
Break activity volunteers in primary schools
- Break activity volunteers are trained during autumns in co-operation with the Department of Teacher Education in Turku
- The target group is the students of the 5th and 6th years
- The aim is to promote exercise during breaks with a ‘peer instructor’ principle
Break baskets
- Contain equipment suitable for break activities
- In primary schools every class has their own break basket
- In secondary schools the equipment is school-specific
- The baskets should be restocked on a regula