The Finnish School in Moscow

3.0 (2 reviews) Leninski Prospekt 78a, 119621 Moscow, Moscow, Russia View map

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About The Finnish School in Moscow

In short: The Finnish School in Moscow is a private, secular, co-ed international school in Moscow, Russia. Stages: nursery, preschool, primary and middle school (ages 2–16). Taught in Finnish. Families rate it 3.0 out of 5 (2 reviews).

The Finnish School in Moscow is an official Finnish foreign school that provides education for Finnish-speaking children living in Moscow. The school is a private school governed by the Finnish Basic Education Act, maintained by the Finnish Educational Association. The school offers classes for grades 1-9. and preschoolers. Small group sizes and a comfortable atmosphere support individual learning and teaching. The teaching is conducted in Finnish in accordance with the Finnish curriculum. Finnish textbooks are used in teaching. The language courses are English (3-9) and Swedish (6-9).

Type: Private
Faith: Secular
Gender: Co-ed
Ages: 2–16
Approach: General Curriculum

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Curriculum and languages

Languages

Finnish is the language of the school: all teaching follows the Finnish curriculum in Finnish, and the school expects only Finnish to be spoken on its premises. The neighbouring Mossula kindergarten likewise focuses on maintaining and strengthening children's Finnish.

Stages and ages

The Finnish School in Moscow is an official Finnish school abroad that has taught Finnish-speaking children in the city without interruption since 1965, making it the longest-running Finnish school in Russia and today the only one in the country. It follows the Finnish national core curriculum and the Finnish Basic Education Act, is run by the Suomalainen koulutusyhdistys association and works closely with the Embassy of Finland. Since 2003 it has occupied premises on Leninsky Prospekt, sharing the building with the Italian and Japanese schools, and a small Finnish kindergarten, Mossula, operates in the same building. Teaching groups are small, which allows flexible and individual instruction, and the school day runs from 9:00 to 15:30.

Educational approach

Extracurricular activities

Arts 5

Culture 1

A free after-school club runs every day until 15:30. A music institute based at the school gives instrument lessons at the end of the school day, covering electric and classical guitar, bass, drums, recorder, saxophone, melodica and piano. Other clubs include cooking, school bands and language clubs. Each year pupils spend several days at a camp school in Zavidovo on the Volga, and classes also make study trips to museums and parks around Moscow.

Facilities and services

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The school describes its premises as homely, in the spirit of a traditional Finnish village school, with learning spaces designed for small-group teaching and quiet corners for independent study. There is a library for children and adults, and a kitchen where school meals are prepared from fresh ingredients; the dining room also doubles as a hall for pupil concerts. The fenced and guarded grounds include a park-like playground, a sports field, a football pitch, a basketball court and a gymnasium, and in winter an ice rink is flooded on site.