Studying at Nuorten suunta

To receive help and support for your studies, please contact:

Guidance counselling 
Maria Lyra
maria.lyra@edu.hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)
+358 9 310 83194

School Social Worker
Ilona Nurmiranta
ilona.nurmiranta@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)
+358 40 569 6013 

Psychologist 
Sanna Riikonen
sanna.s.riikonen@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)
+358 40 678 3341

Special Educational Needs Teacher
Eija Harju
eija.harju@edu.hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)
+358 40 671 9506
 
School Nurse
Varpu Vanharanta
varpu.vanharanta@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)

Nuorten suunta uses the following digital learning and communication environments.

Please remember that you use different credentials for Wilma and Google. You use the same credentials for Google and o365.

  1. Wilma

    helsinki.inschool.fi(Link leads to external service)

    Your school’s student register for

    • monitoring your progress in studies in each period
    • checking your school schedule
    • receiving and send messages
    • reading your school’s bulletins.
  2. Office 365

    O365(Link leads to external service)

    Study environment, which includes

    • an email address in the format forename.surname(at)edu.hel.fi
    • many applications to support your studies, such as Teams and OneDrive
    • an Office software package to download free of charge. 
  3. Google

    google.com(Link leads to external service)

    Your school’s edu.hel.fi account is also a Google account,

    • in which you log in by using your school email address forename.surname(at)edu.hel.fi
    • which includes many applications to support your studies, such as Classroom, Drive and Meet
    • Please note: The Google edu.hel.fi account does not function as an email account! 

  1. Lessons

    • 1st lesson: 8.30–10.00
    • 2nd lesson: 10.15–11.45
    • 3rd lesson: 12.45–14.15 or 12.00–14.15
    • 4th lesson: 14.30–16.00
  2. Study periods

    • 1st period: 2 September to 22 October 2024
    • 2nd period: 23 October to 6 December 2024 
      (no school on 6 December)
    • 3rd period: 9 December 2024 to 7 February 2025
    • 4th period: 10 February to 1 April 2025
    • 5th period: 2 April to 30 May 2025
  3. Holidays

    • Autumn holiday: 14 to 18 October 2024
    • Independence Day: 6 December 2024
    • Christmas holiday: 23 December 2024 to 7 January 2025
    • Winter holiday: 17 to 21 February 2025
    • Easter: 17 to 23 April 2025
    • May Day: 30 April to 2 May 2025
    • Ascension Day: 28 to 29 May 2025