Informal school in Finland

1. After School activities
Informal School

2. Short School Days
• working life 9 to 5?
• What do the children do?
• Municipalities and other organizations
provide morning and after-school
activities for children
• Participation is voluntary
• fees applied

3. Pre- and After School Activies
• Support education and growing up
• Children´s well-being and equality
• Many possibilities to attend guided
activites in safe place
• Law: pre- and after school activies are
for 7-8 year olds’, can be provided for
older children too

4. Governmet supports
municipalities
• When municipalities arrange pre- and after
school activities, government support
available
• Municipalities can buy services from third
parties
• Municipalities can collect reasonable fees
from parents (~50 $ / month)
• The monthly fee includes insurance, snack
and hobby /craft supplies
• During vacation activieties are not offered

5. Examples
• In Tornio, little northern city (24 000
citizens)
– You can choose between 1-10
days/mo or the whole month
– Open between 12-17 pm
– Church offer some activities too

6. Examples
• Helsinki,
– Capital of Finland (600 000 inhabitants)
– Municipality, organizations, church and
private organisations offer after school
activies
– There are over one hundred After School
”Clubs” arranged by the City of Helsinki
Activities take place in the school
premises

7. Also Other Hobbies
• Also different art-, culture and sport
organizations offer their activities for
children in cities and municipalities
Sources:
www.oph.fi
www.tornio.fi
www.hel.fi