Ruissalo preschool

Ruissalo preschool is located in the Ruissalo school center, which also houses Vehkalahti comprehensive school, a daycare center and a library, as well as Vehkalahtisali, a sports hall and an ice rink.

The diversity of the operating environment also enables rich content for activities taking place outside the preschool building. The sports grounds and fields connected to the school, as well as the sports and ice rink, enable the children to explore different forms of exercise in all seasons. 

We go outside every day in the yard of the comprehensive school, where the children practice physical skills independently and with supervision. In the yard, children have the opportunity to engage in a variety of independent play activities, as well as free or supervised physical, rule-based and traditional games. The local forest and surrounding area with its varied terrain offer great places to play, exercise, go on hikes and explore the wonders of nature. 

Preschoolers move around the school environment every day, so the school building, teachers, and students of different ages become familiar with it already during the preschool year. The school's 5th grade students act as school mentors for the preschoolers during the preschool year.

Important things for us are the joy of learning, positive pedagogy, openness, good cooperation with guardians and comprehensive well-being. We strive to implement various aspects of broad-based learning in preschool education in a diverse way, for example through weekly book assignments, crafts, art, music and small group activities. 

Preschool hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and supplementary early childhood education is arranged as needed, generally from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Contact

Director Anni Ruoppa, anni.ruoppa@hamina.fi, tel. 0505150181

Vekkulit tel. 0407422806

Epelit tel. 0405652621