ENROLLMENT IN PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION January 7-24, 2020 For whom? • Pre-primary education is obligatory for all six-year-olds, that is, for those born in 2014. The guardians have to ensure that their child participates in pre-primary education or other activities in order to achieve the goals of pre-primary education. • Seven-year-olds whose school attendance has been postponed a year retain the right to pre-primary education. • Also five-year-olds who have a decision on extended compulsory education have the right to pre- primary education. Where? • Pre-primary education is arranged on the premises of municipal and private day-care centers and schools. • The places where pre-primary education is arranged are announced on Vantaa’s website (www.vantaa.fi/esiopetus). Service counselors and day-care center directors also pro-vide further information. When? • In the 2020-2021 school year, pre-primary education begins on Thursday, August 13, 2020, and ends on Friday, June 4, 2021. • Pre-primary education is given on schooldays, 20 hours per week, four hours per day. How to enroll? • Enroll on January 7-24, 2020, online at www.vantaa.fi/esiopetus or leave the application at the day-care center on January 24, 2020 by 17:00. • You will receive a decision on the pre-primary education place during week 16. Preparatory instruction Preparatory instruction for pre-primary education is arranged for children with immigrant back-grounds whose language skills are not sufficient for studying in a pre-primary education group (children with immigrant backgrounds, international adoptees, returnees, children of two-language families). Preparatory instruction is given on schooldays, 25 hours per week, five hours per day. Four hours of instruction is given as part of pre-primary education and one hour is arranged in a smaller group. First, the child needs to be enrolled in pre-primary education and after that the guardians can discuss participation in preparatory instruction together with the personnel of the day-care unit. Further information on preparatory instruction is given by language- cultural coordinators: • Myyrmäki, Kivistö, Aviapolis, tel. 050 303 5163 • Tikkurila, Hakunila, tel. 050 303 4970 • Korso, Koivukylä tel. 050 303 5081.