Early childhood education

Reservation of premises at residents’ parks

2020-06-25

During the summer of 2020, residents will not be able to reserve any of the premises at the residents’ parks. This will allow us to ensure a safe level of contact between people.

Summertime services at Finnish Education and in Finnish Early Childhood Education in Espoo

2020-06-16

In July, the number of children enrolled for early childhood education is almost the same as in previous years. However, in view of the current situation, we will keep more units open this summer than before. School year 2020-2021 begins in general upper secondary schools and Finnish speaking comprehensive schools as well as in Finnish Pre-primary education on Thursday 13th of August. Swedish-sp...

Residents' parks to reopen from 1 June 2020

2020-05-27

Residents’ parks (excluding Järvenperä in Espoon keskus and Matinkylä) will reopen on 1 June 2020. Parks will be open on weekdays from 8am to 4pm. You must not visit parks when ill.

Nursery rhymes, games and music help to learn languages in a new bilingual day-care group

2020-05-22

"This is something new for us. We have visions and thoughts about how to do things, and we will start putting them into practise in autumn. The activities will be planned according to the needs of the children," says the head of the Kivimiehen päiväkoti early childhood education unit Marja Saarentaus-Mero about the new bilingual group in the day-care centre.

New bilingual group to start at Kivimiehen päiväkoti day-care centre on 3 August 2020

2020-05-15

A bilingual (Finnish-English) early childhood education group for 4–5-year-olds is about to launch at the Kivimiehen päiväkoti day-care centre in August 2020. The goal is that, in future, there will also be pre-primary education in the bilingual group.

All open day-care centres, residents' parks and clubs are closed.

2020-05-07

All open day-care centres and clubs are closed. They will open again from 13 August. Residents’ parks will be closed until 31 May. The possible opening of residents’ parks in June will be decided l...

Espoo experimenting with VR content in upper secondary schools and daycare

2020-05-05

Upper secondary schools and daycare centres of the City of Espoo are creating and testing virtual reality content (VR) to support the education and care provision. As the experiment utilises the VReal learning platform, the schools are able to continue the testing even during these exceptional times.

Contact teaching in Early childhood education and Basic education will resume on 14th May

2020-04-29

In its negotiations today, 29 April, the Government decided to lift the restrictions on early childhood education and care and those on primary and lower secondary education on the basis of an assessment by the health authorities. Contact teaching in early childhood education and care as well as primary and lower secondary education will resume on 14 May in a controlled manner and with care for ...