L'école internationale de Turku est une école internationale située dans le quartier de Varissuo à Turku en Finlande.
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Turun normaalikoulu is a school in Varissuo, an eastern suburb of Turku, Finland. It provides education from primary school to upper secondary school. The school is authorized by the International Baccalaureate to teach in both the Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme. Founded in 1892, the school is one of the oldest and most prestigious in Turku.
The school holds a unique position as the only school in Turku not managed by the city's educational authorities, being federally funded and controlled by the University of Turku, who use it as one of their teacher training schools. It is the largest such establishment in Finland. There are usually approximately 1,300 people working at the school, of which 900 are students, 300 teacher trainees, and the rest teachers and other staff.
In autumn 2015, the school began renovation, lasting until winter 2017.
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Turku International School is an international school in Turku, Finland, located in the eastern district of Varissuo. It was established in August 2003, and is maintained by the City of Turku. Notably it does not have its own faculty, but teaching is undertaken by the University's teacher training school. The official language of the school is English. Around half the 200 students are of foreign nationality.
It currently temporarily operates within the premises of Turun normaalikoulu, but will soon get its own building in Varissuo. The school offers three programmes: a primary and secondary years programme, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The first two are based on the Finnish national curriculum and the International Baccalaureate's Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme respectively.
The school is intended for foreign-born children living temporarily or permanently in the Turku region and for Finnish children returning to Finland after years abroad.
By an agreement signed between the city of Turku and the University of Turku, Turun normaalikoulu takes care of the teaching in the international school.
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Varissuo is a district and the largest suburb of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located seven kilometres to the east of the city centre, and is the easternmost major suburb of Turku, bordering on the neighbouring city of Kaarina. Varissuo has 9,000 inhabitants, the majority of whom are foreign immigrants. It is thus the second largest district of Turku, after Runosmäki. The name consists of the words varis, meaning "crow" and suo, meaning "bog" or "swamp".
15.72% of Varissuo's population are under 15 years old, while 12.56% are over 65. Around 60% of the population speaks an immigrant language, reflecting the suburb's wide cultural variety. 90% of students at Varissuo school speak a mother tongue other than Finnish or Swedish.
The suburb was constructed from scratch on an area of previously uninhabited wetland starting in the mid-1970s as migration from rural areas to the city increased heavily in volume.
Varissuo has several schools, a library, an underground ice arena, a Lutheran church, a health centre, a post office and a social security office. In addition, the Itäkeskus shopping centre is located in Varissuo, as well as a University of Turku teacher training school and Turku International School. As many other parts of Turku, Varissuo has many public transport connections, with frequent bus links to the city centre as well as other nearby districts and cities.
Varissuo has a very high percentage of immigrants who lack proficiency in the Finnish language; many speak a form of Finnish known as Varissuomi with simplified grammar and a limited vocabulary.
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Pääskyvuori is a district in the Itäharju-Varissuo ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the east of the city between Varissuo and Itäharju and is largely a low-density residential suburb. Pääskyvuori also includes the more densely built area of Laukkavuori. The name consists of the words pääsky, meaning 'swallow', and vuori, meaning 'mountain'. The former television tower located in the district is the tallest free-standing structure in the Turku area.
The current population of Pääskyvuori is 4,482, and it is increasing at an annual rate of 0.18%. 20.91% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 13.43% are over 65. The district's linguistic makeup is 92.24% Finnish, 3.32% Swedish, and 4.44% other.
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Vaala is a district in the Itäharju-Varissuo ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the east of the city centre, and consists mainly of a strip of low-density residential area between the more densely built suburbs of Varissuo and Lauste.
As of 2004, the population of Vaala is 972, and it is decreasing at an annual rate of 0.62%. 30.35% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 4.22% are over 65. The district's linguistic makeup is 85.29% Finnish, 2.47% Swedish, and 12.24% other.