Transcript Presentation of Viitaniemi school 2009

Presentation of
Viitaniemi school
Viitaniemi School
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One of the nearly 50 schools in
Jyväskylä giving basic education
50 teachers and 10 assistants
Principal Olli Lehtonen
Vice-principals
Tero Kamppi and
Anne Keihäsvuori
Our personel
Pupils
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7th-9th graders who come from certain parts of
the city
Special groups: international classes (taught in
English) and autistic pupils
500 pupils altogether
(24 pupils in international
classes and 5 in autism
education)
Our basic principles
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The pupil is met as an individual
Encouraging atmosphere
A democratic community where everyone’s
respected
Aims and emphasis
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Supported learning
International connections
CLIL-teaching
Environmental research
projects
Wide variety of optional subjects (pupils are free
to choose)
Student association and parents’ association are
an important part of school work
School building
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Totally renovated
2007-2008
Designed for 450 pupils
30 classrooms and other teaching premises
Latest teaching equipment (dataprojectors and
computers), also some Smart Boards
Some of the computers run in Linux
New furnishing
The 2nd floor
Rooms for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography,
Foreign Languages, Computer Science and Autism
Education
The 1st floor (main entrance floor)
Rooms for Textile Handicrafts, Arts, Special
Education, History, Social Science, Finnish and
Home Economics
Basement
Rooms for
Mathematics,
Religion, Health
Science, Music,
Students Association
and, next to Sport Hall
also Crafts
Periods and concentration of
subjects
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4 periods with schedules of their own
Subjects are concentrated in different periods
(usually 4 lessons=2 double lessons a week)
P.E. is an exception (there are PE lessons in
every period)
The idea is to reduce incoherence and increase
target-oriented learning (every course is
assessed)
An example of concentration
This pupil has only 2-4 subjects a day which makes 8-9 different subjects a
week instead of around 15, which is the total amount of subjects pupils study
yearly. She can concentrate on studying Maths, Finnish, English, Social
Science, Physics and Geography in the 3rd period. Moreover, she’s got P.E.
and Pupil Guidance in her schedule.
Special-needs education
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Two different types: part-time and full-time
special education
No big difference – the aim is to integrate pupils
into regular education
Pupils who attend full-time special education
usually have other than learning problems, too
Pupils get support also in regular education
(assistants, individual education plans)
Integration takes also place in autism education