General Information
Welcome to the English International School of Tampere. We offer licensed private education and daycare for 3-6 year old children. We teach virtues as an integral part of the curriculum that focuses on English as a foreign language.
Trained teachers teach in a stimulating atmosphere of music art and play. We offer full day care at two locations in Tampere. There are Playschool, Kindergarten, and Preschool groups suited to your child’s educational needs. For the Tammela School children, we offer the “Homework Club” after school care at the Playschools.
A typical day at the school includes singing, discussing the virtues of the week in English and Finnish, language games, outside play and handwork. Each week we focus on a virtue and theme such as: Kindness and Animals, Creativity and Colors, etc. The school offers a variety of quality educational toys, games and activities that are suited to your child’s interests. The dynamic curriculum has been researched, written, developed and tested during the past 16 years by experienced, internationally educated professionals to ensure that the highest standards of modern foreign language and preschool education are met. The children may have breakfast, lunch and a snack at the school. Daily outdoor activities are enjoyed at the nearby playgrounds, weather permitting.
Curricula
The English International Institute provides the English Playschool, Kindergarten, and Preschool with curricula suited to your child’s age and ability group. The Playschool uses the Anisa Model of Process education. Our main educational objective is to guide children through interactive educational environments in such a way to as to help them actualize their potential at an optimum rate. We shown and tell the children how to learn and then let them use those processes to master their own learning.
The children receive Virtues training (friendliness, responsibility, honesty, cleanliness etc.) along with these subjects to provide them with a good solid foundation during their early stages of development. The learning is attained in an atmosphere of positive praise and motivation. Students frequently work together in cooperative groups. The 5 and 6-year-old children are expected to speak English in the classroom if they can, except during Finnish classes (Preschool).