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Roihuvuori Primary School
www.roiha.edu.hel.fi
Vuorenpeikontie 7, Helsinki (PO BOX 3608, 00099 Helsingin kaupunki)
Tel. +358 9 310 92901
Fax +358 310 82904
elli.sainio@edu.hel.fi

A city-operated school. Teaching is provided free of charge. The school is intended for pupils between 7 and 12 years. The school has bilingual groups where teaching takes place both in Finnish and in Estonian. Teaching focuses on the art of thinking and the critical search for knowledge. The school arranges preparatory teaching for students with a foreign background.

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