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Curriculum

The curriculum guides teaching in Lahti’s basic education, pre-school education and additional basic education. In Lahti, the focus of the curriculum is on bringing up healthy and broad-minded children and teenagers.

The curriculum guides how work is carried out at schools and which things are important for the pupil’s learning and well-being. In addition to these, key themes in Lahti include the significance of encountering the child and teenager, inclusion and wide-ranging competence as part of lifelong learning.
The curriculum contains e.g.

  • Values and operating culture
  • Consistency of teaching and cooperation in transition phases
  • Wide-ranging competence – as an integral part of lifelong learning
  • Defragmentation of teaching and multidisciplinary learning units
  • Pupils’ right to a safe learning environment
  • Assessment of pupils’ learning and competence
  • Objectives and contents of the subjects

 

Language selection

In addition to English and the second national language, which are common to all, basic education in Lahti includes the option to study Spanish, Chinese, German, French and Russian.

The learning of foreign languages begins for all pupils in the first grade when the teaching of English begins for everyone. The teaching of the second national language starting in sixth grade is also common to all pupils. In addition to the compulsory languages, it is possible for pupils to choose optional languages in grade 3 and grade 8.

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