Kempele Kirkonkylä School

Welcome to the website of Kempele Kirkonkylä School. Here you can find a summary of how our school works, the location and contact information.

BASIC INFORMATION AND LOCATION

• Total enrolment of children approx. 570
• Staff approx. 60
• Teaching arrangements: pre-primary education in pre-school day-care, teaching for grades 1-6 including individualized teaching in grades 5-6, total 24 classes and three small groups
• Age of children: 6-12 years
• Cooperation with Kempele Junior High School, Ketolanperä and Santamäki Schools according to the plan of unified comprehensive teaching (focusing on a pupil, a continuous path of learning, cooperation between teachers and principals of both school levels).
• The activity is based on a neighbouring-school principle.

OUR ADDRESS:

Kirkonkylän koulu

Vihiluodontie 585

90440 Kempele

Finland

Staff e-mail addresses: firstname.lastname@kempele.fi

PUPIL WELFARE

The main objective of pupil welfare is to promote the well-being of a child. The pupil welfare in Kirkonkylä School consists of common and special teaching, health care, dental care, school meals service as well as the services of a school curator and psychologist. When needed in pupil welfare we work as a part of a multi-professional network with the social welfare office and the mental health clinic of Kempele as well as with Oulu University Hospital and other possible professionals working in pupil welfare.

student body activity

Representatives to the board of the school student body are elected from every class yearly. The board organizes various activities on theme days in our school and cooperates with other quarters. With the money raised through activities the student body provides many kinds of supplies e.g. sports equipment for the pupils´ use. It also participates in sharing the expenses of excursions and helps friend schools in developing countries as well as possible. We also have a role in the action of the children´s parliament of Kempele municipality.

PARENTS´ GROUP

The parents´committee is a channel for parents´ activity in our school. It is a forum for discussion and getting information about current common matters concerning the school and the pupils. Through the parents´committee parents can have an influence on matters regarding their own child and also have an opportunity to participate in the planning of school work. It is rewarding and interesting to work together towards a shared objective.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Our school has had friendly relationships with Yabeko S.A. Primary School in Sirisia, Kenya since 1994. The cooperation consists of letter-writing, financial and material aid as well as visits and exchange of ideas. The student body and teachers together have collected material and organized fund-raising. The funds have been used for purchasing books and other necessary school equipment for children in Yabeko School and also for furnishing the school.

In 2008 we started a new cooperation with a school in Chennai, India by exchanging cultural work of art and writing letters.

The pedagogic basis of Kirkonkylä School

The vision of Kirkonkylä School 2015

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