ESC: Volunteering at Tallinn Laagna Kindergarten-Primary School
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About the project
ESC: Volunteering at Tallinn Laagna Kindergarten-Primary School
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Tallinna Laagna Lasteaed-Põhikool combines kindergarten and elementary school. Their aim is to provide education for disabled children and teach them social skills so that they will be able to manage on their own in their future lives. They give opportunity for children’s development providing secure, joyful, comfortable atmosphere and using individual approach to every child.
Their target group consists of 36 school children with special needs, aged from 7 to 17 years old and regular activities include lessons in accordance with compulsory educational programmes, followed by different activities provided by teachers, therapists and others. Children usually stay at school until 6 p.m. After obligatory classes they have rest, lunch break and optional leisure activities, including indoor and outdoor games; after that they usually do their homework with the help of teachers on duty and then go home.
💼 What the programme involves
Laagna Kindergarten-Primay school combines kindergarten and elementary school, where volunteers can help provide children with different social skills with a secure, joyful, comfortable atmosphere for learning and developing. The work is diverse, as the volunteer will help with different activities (e.g. celebrating Estonian and national holidays like Mardipäev, Kadripäev, Vastlapäev etc; visits: visiting places, having trips to nature: Nature School of Sagadi, jogging tracks of Viimsi etc.) and help to look after the children and helping project staff during the lessons and free time. Volunteers will participate in all activities and can offer his/her ideas to coordinators and teachers to be creative in work. The volunteers will have experienced tutors, who will always be ready to help (if there will be some difficulties or problems) or just give good advice about everyday life in our city and country
Work tasks and proposed activities
- Supporting the personnel in looking after the children and running daily tasks – helping staff during the lessons and free time
- Playing with children
- Helping staff to organize leisure time activities
Mainly the assistance of the volunteer is needed during the breaks and after lessons to organize different indoor and outdoor games with children. These could involve different table games, ball games, etc. During the lessons sometimes our children need individual assistance in performing such simple tasks as opening books, taking a pen into their hand, switching on a computer etc. There can also be such moments when some children experience emotional breakdowns during the lesson and they need to be taken out from the classroom and calmed down individually.
Volunteer will be encouraged to propose his/her personal micro-projects/ initiatives related to the theme of this ESC project, which will be supported by the host and coordinating organisation in all ways.
Benefits for volunteering
- Gaining some skills and knowledge about working with children with special needs – learning about their needs and abilities, understand their and their parents’ psychology
- Learning and understanding the process of integration children with special needs into social life
🏠 Accommodation on site
📍 About the location
The project takes place in Lasnamäe, a subdistrict of Tallinn – the capital city of Estonia. Geographically the school is conveniently located with the city center – it takes about 15 minutes to reach it by bus.
🎒 Leisure activities
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Working experience is not required but we will be pleased to get applications for participation from anyone who is: - ready to work with children and have enough patience; - friendly and open-minded; - willing to be involved in youth work and youth activities; - aged between 18 and 30 years; - speaking English on a basic communication level; - optimistic and cheerful. All sorts of artistic skills are welcome as they can be used kindergarten's educational activities.
Instructions for applying: https://estyes.ee/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Laagna-Lasteaed-P%C3%B5hikool.pdf
Deadline: No application deadline
Requirements for the volunteer
- Ready and willing to work with kids with special needs
- Sociable
- Considerate
- Cheerful
All sorts of artistic skills are welcome as they can be used in art lessons and other therapeutic activities.
ℹ️ Additional information
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
EE13312
02/10/2023 at 00:00 → 16/06/2024 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Eastern European Standard Time
Local time: 21:56 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
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