Facade photo of the ECEC centre
Pesäpuu
tel. 044 703 5496
Koiramäki
tel. 044 703 5484
Huvikumpu
tel. 044 703 5495
N.B! Communication between families and groups mainly takes place through eVaka.
Kalliola ECEC centre
Kalliola ECEC centre
Kalliola ECEC centre is located in Tuira.
Address
Valtatie 69
90500 OULU
Oulu, Finland
Phone
Head of Early Education Centre Johanna Sherifi, johanna.sherifi@ouka.fi
044 7035 401
Deputy Head of Early Education Centre Minna Räätäri, minna.raatari@ouka.fi
040 5364 886
ECEC Special Educational Needs Teacher Tiina Puolakka, tiina.puolakka@ouka.fi
044 7035 435
Groups
Our ECEC centre
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Kalliola ECEC centre is located in Tuira, near the city centre, with good transport connections. Our location enables participation in the cultural activities offered by the city, such as theatre, museums, libraries and Alakööki. The diversity of the learning environment is increased by the nature and playgrounds in our area.
The richness of our ECEC centre lies in the multilingualism and diversity of families. Every child and family is different, valuable and welcome. It is important for us to promote equality and create a safe, positive and encouraging environment for growth and learning. Kalliola fosters warm encounters and open interaction between children and guardians, as well as colleagues and partners.
Mission statement
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Our way of working is to work in small groups. The aim is to support the child's basic safety, emotional life and interaction skills, as well as to create a calm and positive atmosphere in all children's activities. Small group activities offer staff the opportunity to focus on the child more individually and thus increase the possibilities for individualising the activities.
The most important life skills, such as emotional and safety skills, are practiced together daily. To support this educational work, we use the Small Steps curriculum, which teaches children emotional regulation and empathy skills, as well as self-control, problem-solving and learning skills. In each group of our ECEC centre, the Small Steps program is applied according to the age level.
Our ECEC centre has a Green Flag certificate. The Green Flag is a sustainable development programme that inspires children to learn the knowledge and skills of a sustainable future through actions. Each group of children is assembled into a regularly changing Savers jury, which meets once a month to make the ECEC centre's everyday life more sustainable, one theme at a time, together with educators.
In our operations, we follow the national early childhood education plan and the City of Oulu's early childhood education plan.