Studying in Basic Education

Working Days and School Holidays

The municipality decides on the working days and holidays in early childhood and basic education within the limits set by the law.

There are 190 working days in the basic education school year. Independence Day (6.12.), Epiphany (6.1.), and May Day (1.5.) are deducted from the working days if they fall on a weekday other than a Saturday. The school year always ends on the last working day of the 22nd week, which is a Saturday.

Curriculum

The implementation of basic education is guided by legislation, national curriculum criteria and the City of Rauma’s own curriculum criteria. The school also has its own curriculum, in which, among other things, the school-specific emphases of teaching are decided.

Cooperation Between Home and School

The school’s most important partner is the family. Guardians are the best experts on their children. Cooperation between home and school is an important element for a child’s good learning, growth and development.

Under the Basic Education Act, the primary responsibility for a child’s education lies with the guardians. The school’s role is to provide education and support the growth of the pupil. The smooth functioning of this cooperation requires activity, openness and commitment. Cooperation between home and school must be based on mutual trust and respect.

Seeing the individual needs of the child requires taking into account the different needs of families. Close communication between home and school helps to find support at an early stage when concerns arise. The family is supported by a multi-professional network of student welfare services.

There are many ways in which home and school work together. Parents’ evenings, celebrations, open door days and joint outings are ways of working together between home and school. In a child’s own classroom, cooperation takes the form of parents’ meetings and discussions, a parents’ committee and the class’s own parties and excursions.