Finnish School Schedule | Daily Lesson Plan Finland

The Finnish Primary School Day Is Shorter, More Enriching, and Extremely Successful! 

Fascinating Finnish School Facts! 

• The Finnish elementary school schedules are different and change every day, they start about 8-9AM and schedule a 45-minute lesson that is followed by 15 minutes of recces
• 15 minutes of recess every hour is required by law
• Primary student receive 25 lessons every week
• 25-35% of the daily lessons are enrichment
• Finnish teachers are addressed by their first names
• Elementary students have early out every day
• Intermediate students start learning English and at least one more language

A basic Finnish school (public school) does not select its students on the basis of education labels, academic achievement, or aptitude yet they are the world’s leader in happy students and amazing student outcomes!

"Finland’s experience shows that it is possible to achieve excellence by focusing not on competition, but on cooperation, and not on choice, but on equity.”

"All of the factors that are behind the Finnish success seem to be the opposite of what is taking place in the United States and much of the rest of the world, where competition, test-based accountability, standardization, and privatization seem to dominate.”

"Instead of competition, Finland decided on cooperation and mutual help as a matter of policy. Students are rarely tested. Instead, they teach each other in class. Each student gets personal attention until he is on par with the other students. This attitude extends to the teachers and schools as well:“One of the ways that teachers improve is by learning from other teachers. Schools improve when they learn from other schools. Isolation is the enemy of all improvement.” Pasi Sahlberg

Teachers, Families, and Students in the English speaking nations are revolting because we have turned schools into Pearson testing factories!

Finnish students love learning, reading, school and are thriving!

This is a primary schedule from a public school in Finland.

1st Grade Schedule (7-8 year olds)

Rajakyla Elementary, Vantaa Finland

Time	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
8:00- 8:45	Language arts	World Religion		Handicraft
8:45- 9:30	Math	Language arts	Language arts	Math	Music
9:30- 10:00	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess
10:00- 10:45	Language arts	Physical Education	Art	Language arts	Language arts
10:45- 11:30	Handicraft	Science	Art	Science	Physical Education
11:30- 12:15	Lunch and Recess	Lunch and Recess	Lunch and Recess	Lunch and Recess	Lunch and Recess
12:15- 1:00		Math	Language arts	Religion
	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal

Finland’s 75–25 Rule for Educators and Teaching!

Finnish students spend 25% or more of their school day enjoying enrichment activities.

Imagine giving students 25% of their instructional day to whatever fascinates them personally; will they build a passion for learning and success? Finland uses the 75/25 rule for building emotional intelligence, academic fidelity, and loyalty, creating a culture of learning innovation, cultivating creative imaginative students, and acknowledging the creativity and productivity of working on self-guided passions. Most Finnish students are in a band or musical group even the primary students.
The 75/25 Rule can be used as the foundation of a flipped classroom, front-loaded instruction 25%, and student work/collaboration 75%.

Food For Thought data on the 75–25 rule

• 90% of students success comes from intrinsic lead interest 10% of success comes from teacher lead instruction and studying
• 90% of students academic knowledge comes from 10% of the time spent on academic learning
• 80% of lessons are unproductive (meeting the needs of all students) 20% of lessons are productive
• 70% of students need differentiation (pacing, higher or lower level) 20% of students are on instructional level
• 90% of classroom behavior problems come from 10% of students (academic and social and emotional)

Sample Daily Finnish School Recess Schedule | Finnish Schools Are Ranked Number One in the World on Many Academic Indicators. American Students Need to Get Up and Move More! This is a Sample Finnish School Schedule with Recces and Brain Breaks.

A Sample of My 4th Grade School Schedule.

Time	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
8:35- 9:05	Breakfast in the Classroom	Breakfast in the Classroom	Breakfast in the Classroom	Breakfast in the Classroom	Breakfast in the Classroom
8:35- 9:05	Flipped Classroom Language Arts Lesson	Flipped Classroom Language Arts Lesson	Flipped Classroom Language Arts Lesson	Flipped Classroom Math Lesson	Flipped Classroom Language Arts Lesson
9:05- 9:15 Brain Breaks	Music	Handicraft	Music	Handicraft	Music
9:15-10:15	Language Arts Centers	Language Arts Centers	Language Arts Centers	Math	Language Arts Centers
10: 15-10:30	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess
10:30-11:05	Math	Math	Math	Math	Language  Arts
11:10-11:15 Brain Breaks	Dance	Dance	Dance	Dance	Dance
11:15-11:55	Math	Math	Math	Computer Lab	Language arts
11:55-12:35	Lunch and Recess	Lunch and Recess	Lunch and Recess	Lunch and Recess	Lunch and Recess
12:35-1:15	Science	Science	STEAM	Science	Science Lab
1:15-1:30	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess
1:30-2:15	Science	Science	STEAM	Early Out	Fun Friday
2:15-3:00	Physical Education	Art	Library		Music
3:05	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal

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