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Tolkkisten Koulu School Primary

Education

Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School

Tolkkisten Koulu is a primary school with new
premises opened in late 2018. Its policies reflect
the importance of students’ voices, hence their

choices, in Finnish education. Before moving, the
school asked its students what kind of furniture they
(Fig. 1) (Fig. 2)
would like to use when reading in the new school.
Their mainstream choice of a house-shaped reading
lounge with cushions (Fig.1) was selected by the

Principal, while other preferences of high-back café
seats (Fig.2), chairs with wheels (Fig.3), stools with
adjustable heights and similar desks (Fig.4) were

also provided.

In this school’s Design & Technology lessons
(Fig.3) (Fig.5), students can choose what kind of crafted
products,e.g. wooden, they would like to make.

Students’ choices reflect their interests, and they can choose
whether their learning is assessed in writing, speaking or doing.
(Fig.4) When their interests are

catered for, learners are more motivated and generally
experience greater happiness and self-confidence. As
we witnessed later in an upper secondary school, such
happiness and self-confidence cultivate the resilience and
perseverance students require after junior secondary.

Upon our return to our school, we are determined to give
a higher priority to students’ voices and their choices
in their learning, out of respect for their diverse gifts (Fig.5)

received from God, and to seek to develop those gifts.

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