Vanha koulu

Rotikontie 433470 Ylöjärvi

Finland

Ylöjärvi

• • Ylöjärvi has established in the year 1869.

• Ylöjärvi became a town in year 2004.

• Ylöjärvi with its 26000 inhabitants is lacated in the northern part of the country Pirkanmaa, on the western side of the lake Näsijärvi, in the neighbourhood of Tampere Ikaalinen, Nokia , Hämeenkyrö and Kuru

• The area of Ylöjärvi is about 500 km2• Ylöjärvi is 189 km from Helsinki ,

capital of Finland

The history of Vanha koulu

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• Vanha koulu (old school in english)

Is Ylöjärvi`s oldest school

It has been built in year 1888.

First it was only school in Ylöjärvi and there were 80 pupils

In the picture above there is school building in right, garage in the middle and teachers house left.

Picture down is taken in year 2006

Teachers house is nowadays our canteen, the garage has worked off

Today Old School is special school for pupils who has difficulties of learning

Vanha koulu today• Vanha koulu is a special school for pupils who has difficulties of learning• We have pupils in each level from class one to nine. • Almost every student has a diagnose of disease ; dysfasia, autism• We have five classes; each class can take 10 pupils, but today we have 41 pupils

Vanhan koulun classes: 1.-2.-luokka Mari Virtanen , pupils 6

2.-4.-luokka Ritva Willman, pupils 4 3.-5.-luokat Kaisa Valtanen, pupils 9

6.-7.-luokka Kalle Rajala, pupils 11 7.-9.-luokka Petri Huutoniemi, pupils 11  

_________________________________________ total 41 pupils (11.8.2008)

Vanha koulu`s staff• Headmaster Ritva Willman class 2.-4. 

email: ritva.willman@ylojarvi.fi

• Petri Huutoniemi class 7.-9.• • Mari Virtanen, class 1.-2. 

• Kaisa Valtanen class 3.-5.

• Kalle Rajala, class 6.-7.

• Schoolassistents: • Leena Järvinen classes 1.-4.

Mia Tapio    class 3.-5. Marita Kallio class 6.-7.

• Marjut Louhesto class 7.-9.

• Schoolcleaner Kristiina Haveneth • • englisnteacher Annika Kivimäki • Handiwork teachers Ilmari Korhonen and Jussi Raivio for boys• Handiwork teacher Inna Oinonen for girls

Our headmaster

Meeting

What we are doing in Vanha koulu

• Because our pupils have different kind of troubles of learning, we try to do a lot of work with hands and have a lot of experiences

• In our school we do ordinary schoolwork reading, writing, playing, calculating and so on

• Following pictures shows what we have done in last years:

Bakering

• Sami is bakering

• A bun

Marika is teaching

• Marika, Johanna and Vilma

Brandon

• Brandon has made a cake

Heidi

We have also riding

Niko is riding

Pottery

Afternoonclub

Woodwork,Joona and Aleksi

Woodwork

• Abdi and a plane

Festivals

• Aino in Halloween costume

Halloween

May Day

• Marika as a Russian soldier

Independence day

• Wilma and Finnland´s flag

Lauri is compere

Trips to nature

• Naturepark of Seitseminen in Kuru

Teachers and some pupils

Wintertrip

• Tandemskiing

Trip to Åland

• We went with a big ship from Turku to Maariehamn

• Our pupils and staff on the rocks

Pommern

• A big sailingship

In the castle of Kastelholma