A presentation kindly offered by the principal of Kartanonkoski school, Mrs Tuija Tammi, during our visit at their premises a part of our Erasmus+ KA1 project.

1. Basic Education at
Kartanonkoski
Comprehensive School
6.9.2017
Ms Tuija Tammi
Principal

2. Programme
10.00 – 10.15 Coffee
10.15 – 10.45 Introduction of the school Ms Tuija Tammi
10.45- 11.00 Tour around the school in six groups Tutor students
11.00 – 11.45 Visiting classrooms 7-9 grades
11.45-12.30 Break
12.30-13.15 Visiting classrooms 1-6 grades

3. Kartanonkoski Comprehensive School
 Founded 2005
 New school building 2006
 Tammisto satellite 2012
 Budget 3,6 M€ in 2017
 staff 93%
 materials 6%
 services 1%

4. Values of Kartsi
• Well –being (Hyvinvointi)
• The joy of learning (Oppimisen ilo)
• Respect of others (Toisten kunnioittaminen)

5. Academic year 2017 – 2018
 Grades 1-9
 42 groups
 853 students
 Group size varies between 17 – 25
 Four special needs education group
1-3 gr, 4-6 gr, 7-8 gr, 8-9 gr
 Flexible basic education –group (8-9 gr)

6. Personnel
– Principal
– Deputy – principal
– Vice-principal (teacher)
– Two secretaries
– 56 full-time teachers
• 26 class teachers
• 20 subject teachers
• 5 special education class
teacher
• 5 special education
teachers
– Part-time teachers
- Spanish, different religions,
mother tongue
– 8 teacher´s assistants
– School pscyhologist
– Social worker
– Two school nurses
– Caretaker

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Distributed leadership
Principal Tuija Tammi (7-9)
Deputy-principal Taru Vento (1-6)
Vice -principal Päivi Kotilainen
Team leaders Riikka Muotio, Inka Lohi, Tuija Miettinen,
Iira-Maria Ullgren ja Iina Vidgrén
Juuri
team
1-2
Riikka Muotio
Everyday
Kartsi
Well-being
Kartsi
Tuohi
team
3-4
Inka Lohi
Kaarna
team
5-6
Tuija
Miettinen
Latva
team
7-9
Iira-Maria
Ullgren
Iina Vidgrén
Developing
Kartsi
Community
Kartsi

8. Number of lessons per week / teacher
Class teacher 24
Subject teacher 18 - 24
 Finnish language and litarature 18
 Swedish and foreign language 20
 Math, Chemisty, Physics, Visual arts, Music, ICT 21
 Religion, Ethics, History, Biology, Geography, Home
economics, Health education
23
 Crafts, Physical Education 24
Special education teacher 24
Special education class teacher 22

9. Learners´ mother tongue
 96 % Finnish
 4 % other than Finnish > 18 different mother tongues
Albanian, Arabia, Chinese, Dutch, Estonian, Hindi, Lithuanian,
Nepali, Persian, Russian, Swedish, Somali, Tamil, Thai,
Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
 45 students study Finnish as a second language
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10. Learners´ Religions
– 86 % belong to Lutheran church and study Lutheran religion
– 14 % other than Lutherans
- 11 % Ethics
- 1 % Orthodox
- rest other than above
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11.  New Curriculum

12. New curriculum
 Distribution of lesson hours
 Transversal competence
 Integrative instruction and multidisciplinary learning modules
 English at 1st grade
 Swedish (second national language) at 6th grade
 Optional lessons
 4-6 grades
 Artistic and practical subjects 2 hours / week
Physical Education, Music, Home Economics, Visual arts, Crafts
 Other optional courses 1 hour/ week
 Student evalution

13. Distribution of lesson hours
Kartanonkoski Comprehensive School/Distribution of lesson hours/2016-2017
Grades 1-6 new curriculum, grades 7-9 old curriculum
Subject
Grades Distribution of
lessons, total
1 2 3 4 5 6 1.-6.total 7 8 9 7.-9.total
Mother tongue and literature 7 7 5 5 4 4 32 3 3 4 10 42
A1 -language / English 1 1 3 2 2 2 11 2 3 3 8 19
B1 -language / Swedish 2 2 2 2 2 6 8
Mathematics 3 3 4 4 4 3 21 3 3 4 10 31
Enviromental and science studies 14 17 31
Enviromental studies 2 2 3 3 2 12 0 12
Biology and geography 1 1 2 2 3 7 8
Physics and chemistry 1 1 2 3 2 7 8
Health education 0 1 1 1 3 3
Religion / ethics 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 1 1 1 3 10
History and social studies 1 2 2 5 1 3 3 7 12
Art, music, crafts, PE and home economics 41 16 57
Music 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 8
Visual arts 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 2 2 9
Crafts 2 2 2 1 1 1 9 3 3 12
Physical education 2 2 2 2 2 3 13 2 2 2 6 19
Home economics 0 3 3 3
Visual arts, crafts, PE, home economics /
optional studies
2 2 2 6 0 6
Guidance counseling 0 0,5 0,5 1 2 2
Optional studies 1 1 1 3 2 5 4 11 14
Total amount of lessons per week 20 20 22 24 25 25 136 30,5 29,5 30,0 90,0 226
Free-choice A2 -language 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 12
Optional B2 -language 2 2 4

14. Aiming for transversal competencies

15. Language programme
Grade Languages
1st grade A1 English
4th grade A2 Free-choice language
 French, German, (Russian), Spanish, Swedish
 minimum group size 14
6th grade B1 Swedish (second national language)
8th grade B2 Optional language
 German, Spanish

16. Objectives in 2017-2018
An ecosocial approach to well-being
• Taking care of oneself,
others and the environment
• Learning how to participate
and have an influence
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17. Objectives in 2017-2018
Different learning environments
 Using and utilizing elearning and digital materials
 Using different, various learning environments
 Out of classroom learning!

18. Objectives in 2017-2018
School on the Move
 Finnish Schools on the Move is a national action programme aiming to
establish a physically active culture in Finnish comprehensive schools.
 Schools implement their own individual plans to increase physical activity
during the school day.
 The goal is to ensure one hour of physical activity each day.
 Funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture
 The whole school dances!

19. Objectives in 2017-2018
School restaurant for the future
 Joint project with Fazer Food and the school
 Goals
 All the students eat school lunch every day
 More enjoyable restaurant environment

20. Multidisciplinary learning module

21. Musical 2018
Lights on the edges of darkness
 Produced every other year (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 Involves about 200 students
 In co-operation with on of the music schools
 Light and sound assistance from concert hall

22. Other activities
 Clubs
 Sports, yoga, music (choirs, bands), visual arts, literary art, nature, ict
 All together 14 clubs
 Student Council
 Tutor students (peer support)
 Arbitration programme (Verso)
 solution focused method for solving conflicts
 Partner classes
 Kiva School –programme
 anti-bullying programme
 www.kivakoulu.fi
 Afternoon care
 Parents´Association

23. Pupil welfare
 Every learner in basic education is entitled to free pupil welfare for
participating in education (Basic Education Act).
 Pupil welfare means action promoting and maintaining.
good learning, good mental and physical health and social well-being and
conditions conducive to these.
 The well-being of the child is a requirement for learning.
 Pupil welfare encompasses both communal and individual welfare
 City guidelines for the pupil welfare
 School based action plan for each academic year

24. Pupil welfare
 The goal is to create a healthy and safe learning and school
environment, to protect mental health, prevent social exclusion, and
promote the well- being of the school community.
 Pupil welfare is the responsibility of every member of the school
community
 Coordinated and developed by a multi-professional communal pupil
welfare team
 Provided in close and active cooperation with the parents and the
students
 School meals are part of the pupil welfare

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