Home and school cooperation

Tampere schools use the Wilma student administration system for communications between the home and the school. Wilma is used for messages, pedagogical documents, absences, schedules, assessment etc. You can use Wilma either via browser or app.

Wilma instructions in Finnish, English, Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, French, Somali, Thai and Russian
For the language options, click "More information about Wilma in various languages".

If you are having problems creating your logins, you can contact the coordinator.

Contacts

If the student is sick or has to stay home for some other reason, the guardians must notify the class teacher or tutor in Wilma as soon as possible, during the first day of absence.

If the family wants to take extra holidays during term, must apply for the absence in advance. Permission is granted by either the class teacher/tutor (1-5 days) or the principal (longer absences). You can find the holiday application in Wilma under "Applications and decisions". The application only works when using a browser, not the Wilma app.  

Parents' evenings are organised by the class teacher (lower grades) or the homeroom teacher (upper grades). Parents are invited to attend at least one parents' evening around the beginning of the school year, but more may be organised depending on need. For example, a class trip, a change of teachers or other issues might raise the need for the parents and the teacher to convene.

Parent-student-teacher conferences are a place for the family and the student to get together with the teacher to discuss the student's school matters. The conferences are held annually between November and January, and are a mandatory part of the student's assessment. In the conference, all possible school-related matters can be raised from study routines to learning, as well as student wellbeing or issues related to class dynamics.

There are two options for field trips: either they happen as a part of school activities, or outside of school hours.

1. As a part of school activities

The field trip has to be marked in the school year plan and approved by the principal. Guardians can collect money for the trip. The money collected is transferred to a City of Tampere bank account before the trip, instead of parents paying for the trip directly.

The school will pay for

• meals for students
• travel within Finland, for example coaches
• value added tax (the city can get it refunded)
• salary and travel for the staff members who are going on the trip
• expenses for students who cannot or are not willing to pay
• city insurance for all students

2. Outside of school hours

The teacher is granted a leave of absence, and is therefore not responsible for the trip. Guardians apply for leave from school for the students. These trips are not covered by the city insurance. Guardians are responsible for all practical arrangements and fundraising. 

More information on the Finnish National Agency for Education website (in Finnish)
Opetushallituksen ohjeet: Koulun retket ja leirikoulut