Aurinkolahti Comprehensive School


The Aurinkolahti Comprehensive School is located in the Helsinki district of Vuosaari. The school has classes from preschool to the ninth grade. The school facility is comprised of two buildings: Auringonpilkku and Aurinkokoulu.

Auringonpilkku was completed in 2001. Auringonpilkku houses the preschool and grades 1 and 2. A daycare centre also operates in the building.



Aurinkokoulu (Main building) was completed in 2002. The school design is based on the winning entry in an architectural competition. The main building houses grades 3-9. The school’s open, three-storey atrium serves as a lounge area, cafeteria and theatre, depending on the need.



An observatory tower rises above the school grounds, floor-to-ceiling windows provide ample light inside and the “Prisma” light installation creates rainbows.

Our area of emphasis is on technology education and cognitive skills. State-of-the-art information and communications technologies are used in all subjects. Information and communications technologies are used in a wide variety of applications, whenever appropriate to the subject matter in question. Students are taught to be critical in the use of technology.



Technology education teaches children and youths to understand their environment in an increasingly technology-intensive world. Intelligent curiosity and a personal desire to experiment are supported in many ways. Studies prepare the student for a life, in which technology is both an everyday tool and something fascinating to be developed.



Cognitive skills are taught by means of systematic programmes. Cognitive learning programmes are based on neurocognitive learning approaches, according to which cognitive sub-areas can be exercised both in groups and individually. We use the Bright Start programme in our preschool and the first two grades. The IE (Instrumental Enrichment) programme begins in the third grade. Exercises begin with self-regulation and move on to, for example, comparison, classification, logical progression, spatial orientation, etc.

Click here for more information on our areas of emphasis.

Contact:
Principal Leena Sipponen, leena.sipponen@edu.hel.fi,
Vice Principal Pirjo Holm, pirjo.holm@edu.hel.fi,