{"id":49,"date":"2016-12-07T14:32:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T12:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:32:10","slug":"waino-aaltonen-school-in-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/waino-aaltonen-school-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonen School in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">W\u00e4in\u00f6 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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-53 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/wakoulu-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"wakoulu\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/wakoulu-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/wakoulu-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/wakoulu.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-8401003625608700073\" class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">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.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We have had special classes of English language and culture over 25 years.Today they are called CLIL- classes (content language integrated learning).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Total amount of pupils is about 420.<\/p>\n<p>We are located on the beautiful isle of Hirvensalo about six kilometres from Turku city center.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/pikisaari-1024x611.jpg\" alt=\"pikisaari\" width=\"1024\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/pikisaari.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/pikisaari-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>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.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">Turku is the oldest city in Finland founded in the 13th century.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/Turku-city-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"turku-city\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/Turku-city-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/Turku-city-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/Turku-city.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW213284261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213284261 BCX8\">The name of our school comes from <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW213284261 BCX8\">a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213284261 BCX8\"> internationally known sculptor <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW213284261 BCX8\">W\u00e4in\u00f6<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213284261 BCX8\"> Aaltonen, who lived until 1966, and is a former pupil of our school.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW213284261 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/wa-320x224.jpg\" alt=\"wa\" width=\"320\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/wa.jpg 320w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/wa\/files\/2016\/12\/wa-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>W\u00e4in\u00f6 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. 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