During these check-ups, we assess the overall well-being and health of children and young people and provide vaccinations in line with the national vaccination programme. The examinations also include individual health counselling.
In comprehensive health examinations conducted in grades 1, 5, and 8, students meet both the school nurse and a doctor. These assessments focus not only on the student's well-being, growth, development, and health, but also on the well-being of parents or guardians and the entire family.
Contact and viewing your child´s records
We carry out the health examinations according to the pupil’s grade level regardless of the class type.
Your child’s school nurse will inform you via Wilma when a health examination is due. You will also receive instructions on how to book an appointment.
You can book an appointment for a health examination in Maisa. You may need an appointment authorisation (appointment ticket) in order to book an appointment.
We prefer to communicate primarily via the Maisa portal. As a parent or guardian, you can also contact us via the Wilma system. Children and young people can interact with us via the Apunappi (‘help button’) digital contact channel in the Aula learning portal. For security reasons, we do not use email.
As a parent or guardian, you can act on behalf of your underage child in Maisa. Log in to Maisa with your personal login credentials and go to your child’s profile using the ‘Switch’ button in the top menu. In Maisa, you can see the notes recorded by school health care services about your child’s visits, subject to certain restrictions.
How to send a message in Maisa:
- Go to Maisa(Link leads to external service)
- Select ‘Messages’ and click ‘Send new message’.
- Select ‘Send a message about care or services’ and select the subject of the message.
- Select ‘School health care’ from the list and send a message to the school nurse.
If you have an appointment ticket, you can book an appointment in the ‘Book Appointment’ section on the Maisa homepage.
Children aged 10 and above can also use Maisa with their own login credentials if they have a means of strong authentication, such as online banking credentials or an electronic ID card.
Frequently asked questions – Frequently asked questions about Maisa(Link leads to external service)
You can also contact the school nurse via Wilma, but please do not send any health information via Wilma.
How to send a Wilma message:
- Select ‘Messages’ and compose a new message by clicking the icon in the upper right corner.
- Click the plus icon next to ‘Recipients’.
- Under ‘Staff’, select the person to whom you wish to send the message.
Pupils in grades 7–9 who attend a school in Helsinki can send a message to their school nurse via the Aula portal. The Apunappi contact channel can be found under the Nutti squirrel icon on school computers.
The pupil sends the message on a secure form, and a professional will reply within 1–5 days.
School nurses carry out health examinations at the school and are unable to answer the phone while attending to a pupil. If you cannot contact the school nurse via Maisa or Wilma, please contact the school nurse primarily by text message.
You can find the phone numbers of the school nurses on your school’s website.
A child or young person can visit the school nurse without an appointment during the school-specific office hours.
Besides Maisa, a parent or guardian can also see the entries recorded about their child’s visits in the MyKanta online service, subject to certain restrictions.
In MyKanta, make sure that you have received a notification containing information about Kanta Services. To ensure that different service providers can see each other’s entries, please also give your consent to data sharing in Kanta on behalf of your child. You can find this section under:
Data access management→ Health data access management → Consent to patient data sharing
Further information:
www.kanta.fi/en/consent-to-sharing-patient-data(Link leads to external service)
Acting in MyKanta as the guardian of a minor – Kanta.fi(Link leads to external service)
Health examinations in grades 1–9
The nurse and doctor carry out an extensive health examination. The nurse receives background information from the child health clinic, daycare centre and school as well as from the preliminary information form completed by the parents. We invite the parents to attend the health examination.
The nurse assesses the child’s health and discusses matters such as the child’s progress at school and the well-being of the whole family. The nurse examines the child’s growth and development by, for example, measuring weight and height and testing eyesight and hearing. The nurse also gives vaccinations according to the vaccination programme.
The doctor examines the pupil, discusses the family’s health habits and draws up a well-being and health plan for the pupil.
Preliminary information form to be completed by the parents(Link leads to external service)
AUDIT survey on alcohol consumption for parents. (Link leads to external service)
The nurse assesses the pupil’s health, growth and well-being. The nurse discusses the pupil’s mood, schoolwork and friendships with the pupil.
The nurse examines the pupil and updates the pupil’s well-being and health plan as required.
The nurse assesses the pupil’s health, growth and well-being. The nurse discusses the pupil’s mood, schoolwork and friendships with the pupil.
The nurse examines the pupil and updates the pupil’s well-being and health plan as required.
The nurse assesses the pupil’s health, growth and well-being. The nurse discusses the pupil’s mood, schoolwork and friendships with the pupil.
The nurse examines the pupil and updates the pupil’s well-being and health plan as required.
The nurse and doctor carry out an extensive health examination. We invite the parents to attend the doctor’s examination.
The nurse assesses the pupil’s health, growth and well-being. The nurse discusses the pupil’s mood, schoolwork and friendships with the pupil. The health examination assesses the need for possible support measures or further examinations for the transition to secondary school.
The teacher also gives an assessment of the pupil’s well-being and behaviour at school.
The doctor discusses the health and well-being of the whole family with the family.
The preliminary information form for the parents can also be completed online in the Omaolo service. The nurse sends the parents a link to the form before the health examination.
The nurse assesses the pupil’s health, growth and well-being. The nurse discusses the pupil’s mood, schoolwork, friendships and sexual health with the pupil.
The nurse examines the pupil and updates the pupil’s well-being and health plan.
At the end of the school year, the pupil’s health information is transferred to the secondary school nurse.
The nurse carries out a health examination for the pupil moving to secondary school, and we also invite the parents to attend the examination. At the meeting, we discuss the well-being of the young person and the family, as well as the young person’s mood, progress at school and social relationships.
The nurse examines the young person’s physical health. The nurse assesses the young person’s puberty development, discusses sexual health and updates the pupil’s well-being and health plan.
The nurse and doctor carry out an extensive health examination. We invite the parents to attend the doctor’s examination. The young person also has an opportunity to talk to the doctor without the parents present.
The nurse examines and assesses the pupil’s health, growth and well-being and supports the family’s resources.
The doctor examines the pupil and discusses matters such as the pupil’s lifestyle and sexual health. The doctor also considers any health issues relating to career choice.
The nurse carries out a health examination for the pupil and discusses the pupil’s well-being, mood, progress at school, social relationships, intoxicants and sexual health.
The nurse draws up a plan to promote the young person’s health and functional capacity in the future.
Vaccinations at school
We give pupils vaccinations according to the national vaccination programme in connection with health examinations or on separate vaccination days.
Read more about the vaccination programme (THL). (Link leads to external service)