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Vartiokylä After-school Club
Vartiokylä After-school Club emphasises doing and experiencing things together, exercise, handicraft, media skills and sustainable development.
Club
55 children
4 groups
Fees
Part-time after-school club from 12 noon to 4 pm, client fee €100 /month.
Full-time after-school club from 12 noon to 5 pm, client fee €120/month.
Opening hours
Mon-Fri 12-17.
Part time activity ends at 4 pm.
Applying
You can apply for a place in an after-school club on the City of Helsinki’s website
Vartiokylä After-school Club provides children with versatile activities, such as exercise, trips, handicraft and outdoor activities. Our operation is based on common activities and experiences that emphasise child-centredness. A detailed weekly programme will be specified during the autumn. You’re welcome to join us!
Location
Contact information
Vartiokylä After school club
Sauramatie 3
00950 Helsinki
Vartiokylän koulu
Kiviportintie 10,
00950 Helsinki
club phone 040 905 1814
vartiokyla@pilkepaivakodit.fi
Regional Coordinator of After School Activity Henna Sandroos
tel. 040 905 2662
henna.sandroos@pilkepaivakodit.fi
Apply for a place in an after-school club
Frequently asked questions
Our after-school clubs emphasise outdoor activities and exercise as an important counterbalance to the school day. Parents, too, have expressed the wish to include as much outdoor activities in the after-school club schedule as possible. Please dress your child so that they can participate in all kinds of activities. The children should always wear or have adequate clothing in accordance with the weather (raincoat, outdoor trousers, rubber boots, warm gloves etc.). Your child should also have indoor clothing and spare gloves, especially during wet seasons when their clothes may get wet already during the school day. All after-school clubs do not have facilities for drying wet clothes.
In addition to application situations, we provide daily information via the pupil’s diary or the club phone. When relevant, we give your child handouts that contain information to parents on the after-school club’s future activities and possible trips. You may also agree a separate appointment with one of the club instructors or the coordinator to discuss club-related matters. A parents’ evening will be organised for the club-goers’ guardians during the autumn to provide them with the opportunity to discuss timely club-related matters with the instructors and the coordinator.
At the start of the operational period, the parents inform the club instructors when their child’s school days end so that the club personnel know when to expect the child to arrive. If the child does not show up at the club, an instructor contacts the parents. Parents should inform the instructors about any absences so that they do not get concerned in vain when the child does not arrive. Times for leaving the club for home are always agreed on by the adults. Thus, the child cannot come to the club and, for example, let a friend know when they leave for home. For safety reasons, cell phones are turned off during the after-school club, and communication is handled via the club phone.
The parents should inform the club instructors of all of their child’s absences so that the instructors do not get concerned in vain.
An example of a day at after-school club
The after-school club schedule is always designed on the basis of the unit’s size and objectives. This order of activities is a general example of an afternoon at our after-school club.
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Outdoor activities |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Snack |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Homework |
| 15:00 – 16.00 | Instructed activities / free play |
| 16:00 – 17.00 | Outdoor activities |