Welcome to the Wäinö Aaltonen School!

Wäinö Aaltonen School is located in Turku on the naturally beautiful island of Hirvensalo. The school is named after one of its former pupils, Sculpter Wäinö Aaltonen. There are approximately 400 pupils in our school.

In addition to regular comprehensive teaching, Wäinö Aaltonen School offers its pupils English enrichment teaching in grades 1–6, one enrichment class in every grade. English enrichment teaching abides by the principles of the CLIL method. The goal of teaching is to motivate pupils in naturally speaking a foreign language and to comprehensively support their language skills. The English language classes have the same number of lessons as the other classes in the same grade.

Enrolment into the language classes

  • To be accepted into the English language class, applicants must exhibit sufficient readiness to begin school and an ability to concentrate well, as well as a sufficient level of linguistic development. Applicants do not need to know how to read, nor do they need to know English.
  • Attendance at an English-language playschool or day-care does not guarantee acceptance into the language class.
  • Based on test scores, no more than 25 applicants are chosen for the language class.
  • Our school’s special education teachers and teachers from the English language classes assess the test.
  • Testing is organised during the spring before the onset of school in the autumn.
  • A new opportunity to take the test due to absence will not be arranged.
  • One to two opportunities for testing are organised depending on the number of applicants.
  • If a pupil wishes to join the language class at a later date, he or she must exhibit a sufficient amount of skill in both Finnish and English. Transfers into the language class are considered on a case-by-case basis.

Contact us

Wäinö Aaltosen koulutie 3, FI-20900 Turku
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Headmaster Tiina Paappa
Tel. +358 40 482 7240
tiina.paappa@edu.turku.fi

School’s website
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