Wäinö Aaltonen School is a primary school for pupils from 1st till 6th grade. In the finnish educational system this means ages from 7 till 12.
The school principal is Mrs. Tiina Paappa. In our school we have 18 class teachers, two special teachers, three special class teachers. Students welfare supports students wellbeing at school ( a psychologist, a nurse, a curator and a psychiatric nurse).
We also have four groups of preschool children in our building and groups of morning and afternoon clubs for young pupils. Our kitchen serves a warm lunch to pupils and teachers every day.
We have had special classes of English language and culture over 25 years.Today they are called CLIL- classes (content language integrated learning).
Total amount of pupils is about 420.
We are located on the beautiful isle of Hirvensalo about six kilometres from Turku city center.
Turku urban area is the third most important urban area in Finland with about 300 000 inhabitants of which 190 000 in the city of Turku.
