Childcare and education

Celebrate the end of the school year with your best friends – avoid large groups

2020-05-28

It is important that children and young people get to enjoy the end of the school year in spite of the exceptional situation. However, we all have to remember that just one person carrying the coronavirus may – whether out of thoughtlessness or even by accident, unknowingly – cause serious harm to many people. For this reason, the authorities recommend that people celebrate in small groups.

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.

Comprehensive schools return to contact teaching on 14 May with extra space – 4,000 pupils will study in additional facilities

2020-05-14

Children attending basic education in Espoo will return to contact teaching starting from 14 May in line with the Government’s decision. As of that date, the recommendation to arrange childcare at home for children who are attending early childhood education will no longer be in force. In order to ensure a safe learning and working environment, schools and day care centres will follow the instru...

Distribution of lunch packages to upper secondary school students will continue until the end of the semester, pupils in pre-primary and basic education got last packages on 6 May

2020-05-07

The distribution of lunch packages to pupils in pre-primary and basic education will now end. These pupils will got their last lunch package on 6 May 2020. The packages that were handed out on 6 May contain enough meals to last until Wednesday, 13 May 2020. Starting from Thursday, 14 May, pupils in pre-primary and basic education will be served lunch at the early childhood education unit or scho...

Espoo celebrates the end of the school year virtually

2020-05-07

This spring the end of the school year is celebrated together at a virtual spring ceremony. Traditional gatherings at schools have been cancelled due to the restrictions.

General upper secondary school students in Espoo continue studying from home until the end of the semester

2020-05-06

The upper secondary school students in Espoo will continue to study from home until the end of the semester. They can also pick up lunch packages until the end of the semester.

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 ...

Javatrans Oy will take care of transport services previously provided by Kajon Oy as of May

2020-04-28

The City of Espoo’s passenger transport services that were provided by Kajon Oy will be transferred to Javatrans Oy starting from 1 May 2020. The agreement with Javatrans will be valid until 31 July 2020. From 21 April until 30 April 2020, these transport services will be provided by FixuTaxi.

Upper secondary school students will graduate on schedule – no decision yet on this spring’s graduation ceremonies in Espoo

2020-04-24

The City of Espoo has not yet made a decision regarding upper secondary school students’ graduation ceremonies this spring. The Government will reassess the measures needed to control the coronavirus epidemic at the end of April. The City of Espoo will make a decision on the graduation ceremonies at that point at the latest.

School nurses are now available for discussions via chat

2020-04-23

You can now use a chat service to contact school nurses. Our nurses only answer questions of a general nature. TerkkariChat is open from Monday to Friday between 8:30 and 15:30.

Survey for upper secondary school students, guardians, and other residents

2020-04-22

The purpose of this survey is to help the City of Espoo’s Education Department to determine students’, their guardians’ and other interested residents’ views on how we here in Espoo could support the key objectives of general upper secondary education: student coping and well-being, and meaningful, inspiring studying.

FixuTaxi takes over Kajon’s taxi rides in Espoo for now

2020-04-20

The school rides and transport services for the elderly and persons with disabilities that were carried out by Kajon Oy for the City of Espoo will be transferred to FixuTaxi starting from Tuesday, 21 April 2020. FixuTaxi will provide taxi rides until further notice.

Support is available to pupils studying from home and at school

2020-04-20

Based on the Government Decree that took effect on 14 April 2020, municipalities have made decisions on how to support pupils in basic education during the exceptional situation. Support is still available to pupils, and guardians should contact their child’s school if they need more information.

Lunch packages will replace snack bags in the City of Espoo

2020-04-17

From the 29th of April lunch packages will be distributed once a week to preschool children, pupils in comprehensive schools and students in upper secondary education. The packages containing ready, heatable meals, are distributed to children, pupils and students who study at home because of the corona epidemy. The distribution of lunch packages to pupils in pre-primary and basic education will ...

Espoo offers pre-primary school children activities and tips

2020-04-16

The City of Espoo offers children in pre-primary education the joy of learning and supports their families’ well-being. Children who attend pre-primary education and are currently at home due to the coronavirus situation will get information and tips for activities from their schools. The activities are optional for families. The most important goal is to support the children’s joy of learning a...

Kajon Oy files for bankruptcy – provides transport services in Espoo until the end of April

2020-04-16

Kajon Oy has announced that the company filed for bankruptcy on 15 April 2020. Kajon Oy is responsible for part of the City of Espoo’s school transport services and group transport services for the elderly and persons with disabilities.

The city of Espoo investigates the possibility to distribute groceries to pupils and students in distance education

2020-04-08

The city of Espoo investigates in co-operation with Espoo Catering, Palmia and Folkhälsan the possibility to distribute groceries to pupils and students in distance education. The distribution of the snack bags will continue in Espoo for the time being. If the groceries will be distributed, the contents and ways of distributing of the groceries will become clear later. We will inform the guardia...

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