New Ojala day-care centre and school to open in August
The construction of day-care centres and schools remains very active in Tampere. In August, a new day-care centre and school in Ojala and a new day-care centre in Tasanne will open. The new school and day-care centre in Eteläpuisto have also been completed.
Early education and care nurse Tiia Kiviniemi, deputy manager Jasmiina Nauha and teacher Inka Kaunismäki are ready to welcome children to the brand new wooden Ojala school and daycare building.
Ojala's new day-care centre and school building is located in the new residential area of Ojala at Mossinkaari 2. At Ojala, there will be early education and care facilities for 160 children and for 150 pupils in pre-primary education and grades 1–2. Ojala day-care centre and school will open in August 2024.
The pupils of Ojala school will continue their education from the third grade in the new Lamminrahka Comprehensive School on Mossin puistokatu in Kangasala. Some of the schools places are reserved for pupils from the Ojala area.
The new Tasanne day-care centre has been completed on Rusthollinkatu. The old day-care buildings have been demolished and replaced by a new building for early childhood education. The new facilities will open in August and have been designed for 140 children.
The new Eteläpuisto day-care centre and school on Koulukatu have been completed. The new building will have early education and care facilities for 120 children and for 150 pupils in pre-primary education and grades 1–2. The facilities will be partially open at the beginning of the autumn term 2024. From August 2025, the daycare centre will serve as a temporary facility during the renovation of Aleksanteri School.
New Ahvenisjärvi school building rises up to replace old school
Construction continues at several sites across the city. In Hervanta, operations at the Ahvenisjärvi school building have been relocated as planned to the Konetalo building on the Hervanta campus of the University of Tampere. The old school building in Ahvenisjärvi will be replaced by a new one, which will be ready for use in August 2026.
The new school will be home to pre-primary and basic education pupils (grades 1–9). The building will include a large sports hall and a smaller multi-purpose hall, which will be used during the day by children in basic and early childhood education. At other times, they can be used by residents and sport clubs in the area, among others.
In Lamminpää a new school building will be built in the grounds of the school, which will replace the old gymnasium and canteen building. The old Lamminpää school building on the same plot will be renovated once the new school building has been completed in August 2025.
Tahmela day-care centre will continue to operate in temporary facilities. A new day-care centre for 100 children will be built on the site of the old day-care centre on Torpankatu, which will be opened in August 2025.
Renovation of Pyynikintie 2 complete
Several day-care centres and schools are also undergoing renovation. The renovation of the daycare centre in Rahola has been completed, and the centre is ready for early childhood education in August 2024.
Renovation work continues at Härmälä School, for example. The Härmälä school building will be ready for use early in 2025. The school is designed for 425 pupils (pre-primary education and grades 1–6). Härmälä School has been operating in temporary facilities at the Hatanpää school building since August 2020.
Kissanmaa School is also undergoing renovation. The construction work will be completed in the autumn of 2025. During the construction work, the school's approximately 300 pre-primary and basic school pupils have moved to the new Sampo School and day-care building on Kaupinkatu, which was completed in autumn 2023.
The renovation of the old educational building at Pyynikintie 2 has been completed. The property will have permanent temporary facilities for basic education and permanent facilities for general upper secondary education. The premises are now used by grades 4–6 of Lamminpää School, and Tampereen Lyseo Upper Secondary School, which is undergoing renovation. When the renovation of the Lyseo Upper Secondary School is completed later, Hatanpää Upper Secondary School will move permanently to Pyynikintie 2.
Renovation and new day-care centre at Hatanpää Jukola
Originally a manor barn at Hatanpää Jukola, the building was renovated for hospital use in 1917 and will now be converted into a daycare centre. The site is located near the Hatanpää Arboretum. The plot borders Hatanpää Manor on both sides. The day-care centre will have a total of 140 places or seven early childhood education groups.
The change of use and the condition of the building require extensive renovation. Construction of the daycare centre will start in August 2024 and it will open in January 2026. The building will initially serve as a temporary facility during the upcoming reservation of Koivistonkylä day-care centre.
Text modified 5.8.2024 at 16:15: The new school building on the Lamminpää school site will be opened in August 2025.
