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1. Residents’ parks will close for Christmas week – eight parks will be open around New Year

   16.12.2024

   News

   Residents’ parks will close for Christmas week in Espoo. Eight parks will be open as usual between 30 December 2024 and 3 January 2025, except for public holidays. After Epiphany (6 Jan), all parks...

   • Early Childhood Education
   • Preschool

2. Espoo improves the emotional and friendship skills of pupils in primary school

   11.12.2024

   News

   The million-euro project of the City of Espoo and the Parish Union will be extended to 25 schools.

   • Growth and Learning

3. Espoo invested in day care centre management – results in attractiveness and well-being at work

   8.11.2024

   News

   The assistant director model was introduced in Finnish early childhood education and care in Espoo in autumn 2023. The experiences of the management reform have been positive since the model was...

   • Early Childhood Education
   • Preschool
   • Growth and Learning
   • Work for Espoo

4. Story time, clubs and activities for children, families and young people at Espoo City Library

   31.10.2024

   News

   Did you know that you can find different kinds of activities and events almost daily for children, families and adolescents in Espoo libraries? Here are some picks from our regular activities and...

   • CultureEspoo

5. Joint early childhood and pre-primary education customer survey to be sent to guardians of about 54,400 children

   22.10.2024

   News
   • Early Childhood Education
   • Preschool
   • Growth and Learning

6. Early childhood education and care information system eVaka receives Open World Hero 2024 award

   8.10.2024

   News

   According to the judges, eVaka represents successful co-creation, openness and inter-municipal cooperation. The first version of eVaka was developed and implemented by the City of Espoo’s Growth and...

   • Early Childhood Education
   • Preschool
   • Growth and Learning

7. In Espoo, children and young people can be seen and heard – and they can have their own say on things

   2.10.2024

   News

   The City of Espoo’s Growth and Learning Sector has in the last few years invested in the prevention of segregation of children and young people. Important tools in the work have included increasing...

   • General Upper Secondary Education
   • Youth Services
   • Basic Education
   • Early Childhood Education

8. Reading helps you succeed in life

   2.10.2024

   News

   Reading teaches empathy, helps you relax in your hectic daily life, and transports you to worlds you might otherwise never experience. In Espoo, there is a clear goal set for improving literacy.

   • Espoo Magazine
   • CultureEspoo
   • Espoo Magazine
   • Growth and Learning
   • Early Childhood Education
   • Preschool

9. Espoo’s early childhood education focuses on virtues

   6.9.2024

   News

   What can Plato, Aristotle, and classical virtues offer to modern early childhood education? More than you might think, according to educators working for the City of Espoo.

   • Early Childhood Education

10. Equality for children and young people builds wellbeing for the entire community

    18.6.2024

    News

    Equality stems from our values. The operations at Espoo's Growth and Learning Sector are open, fair, equal and non-discriminatory. This means that we consider all children and young people, and their...

    • General Upper Secondary Education
    • Youth Services
    • Basic Education
    • Early Childhood Education
    • Preschool
    • Growth and Learning