School of Fine Arts of Kadrina Kadrina commune Hobby education and youth work in Estonia

1. EVE VUNK KADRINA 2009 SchoolofFineArtsof KadrinaKadrinacommuneHobbyeducation and youthworkin Estonia

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4. The hobby school was established in autumn 1989. • The hobby school started with a music and an art department, in 1990 a dance department was added. • The hobby school is situated in the same building as Kadrina Secondary School. • All of the students of the School of Fine Arts are also students of Kadrina Secondary School and therefore many common activities are held, the collaboration between the two schools has enriched both schools. School of Fine Arts of Kadrina

5. Population of Kadrina commune (01.01.2009) The number of population: 5 386. The density of population: 16,2 persons per km². 2 418 inhabitants live in the small town of Kadrina and 2968 inhabitants live in the rural area. The manager of municipal hobby school is Kadrina commune government

6. The volume of the Commune budget • in 2008 about 87,9 million kroons, • in 2009 about 79,3 million kroons (5 068 194 EUR) Of this amount the expenses are following: • Education about 50% • Culture, free time, sport about 10 % • School of Fine Arts 1 834 540 (117 248 EUR – 2008) 1 574 000 (100 597 EUR – 2009) Expenses of the Commune Budget

7. Kadrina Kindergarten (~190 children) Vohnja Kindergarten-Primary School (~50 children) Kadrina Secondary School (~ 700 students) Kadrina School of Fine Arts which is a hobby centre(~ 130 children and students) Educational establishmentsin Kadrina commune

8. The School of Fine Arts of Kadrina is an educational establishment operating in the area of youth work which creates an opportunity for the acquisition of musical and art hobby education and prepares students for professional music and art education; gives schooling of hobby activities in the field of music, art and folk dance in general cultural classes. Objectives of theSchool of Fine Arts

9. Statute of the School of Fine Arts of Kadrina Vision plan of the School of Fine Arts of Kadrina Curriculum of the School of Fine Arts of Kadrina Study programmes for all hobbies(extracurricular activities) Basic documents

10. Kadrina commune council Head of Kadrina commune council Ain Suurkaev Kadrina Commune government Head of Kadrina commune Aivar Lankei Headmistress of School of Fine Arts of Kadrina Eve Vunk Teachers’ council (14 members) Board of trustees (5 members) The school is a member of Association of the Music Schools of Estonia Estonian Information System for Education Representative of both organisation of Kadrina commune is Eve Vunk Organisation chart

11. Music Apprenticeship 1-7 (10) years • Art Apprenticeship 1-5 (7) years • General culture Apprenticeship 1-12 years One study week consists of 2-7 lessons Departments at hobbyschool

12. Keyboard instruments: • piano • accordion Stringed instruments: • violin • classical guitar Brass instruments: Wood-wind instruments • block flute • flute • oboe • clarinet • saxophone Group lessons • solfeggio (sol-fa) • music theory • music history • chamber group activities of the music department

13. drawing • painting • composition • sculpture • art history activities of the art department:

14. Music department • a pre-school course (1-2 years) • a basic course (7 years); younger level – classes 1-4; older level – classes 5-7 • supplementary course, after graduating a basic course (1-2 years) Art department • a pre-school course (1-2 years) • a basic course (7 years); younger level – classes 1-2; older level – classes 3-5 • supplementary course, after graduating a basic course (1-2 years) Classes with free curricula(1-7 years) • percussions • singing • piano • classical guitar A general cultural classes (music, art, folk dance groups). (1-12 years) Levels of the hobby school

15. Music: 70 • Art: 50 • Estonian folk dance: 12  Music department • pre-school course – 10 • basic course – 50 • additional course – 3 • general cultural class (with a free curricula) – 7 Art department • pre-school course – 8 • basic course – 8 • general cultural class – 34 Estonian folk dance group • general cultural class – 12 Number of pupils of the hobby school educational year 2008/2009: 132

16. Hobbies at the music department

17. Children and students of age range 6 -19 years  • Number of students: • 2005 – 171 (+ 50 choir singers) • 2006 – 137 (+ 100 choir singers) • 2007 – 124 • 2008 - 132 • 2009 - about145 Predictions for the next years: Fertility in Kadrina commune • 2004 32 childrens • 2005 52 childrens • 2006 69 childrens Target groups of a hobby school

18. Learning at the hobby school takes place during the time when the student is free from study at other educational establishments. • The lessons begin at about 12.40 and finish at 19.15 • The children who attend pre-school classes of the music department and go to kindergarten come to school with their parents and sometimes go back to kindergarten or home after the music lesson. Workinghoursofthehobbyschool

19. The school has partnership schools in Helsinki, Mikkeli, Hämeenlinna and Turenki in Finland, Mora in Sweden, Trøgstad in Norway. Our students have introduced Estonian folk art in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal (Figuera De Fos), Italy (Messina/Sicily) and Hungary. The students of our school have participated in all of seven international culture festivals since 1997 in Kadrina (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009), with the main emphasis on folk music, choir music or classical music. Comenius programme Miles of Smiles 2006-2009 with Kindergarten Vesiroos, Tallinn, Estonia; Ascoli-Piceno Centro Direzione Didattica, Ascoli Piceno, Italy; Our Lady of Peace Primary School Belfast, Northern Ireland. Our friends

20. Youth work is the creation of conditions for young people for activities which facilitate their development and enable them to be active outside their families, formal education and work on the basis of their free will. Youth affairs

21. which came into force 1st April 1999, a youngperson is a person between the age of 7 and 26.  According to the Youth Work Act,

22. Hobby education is any activity involving young people for facilitating versatiledevelopment of their personality on the basis of a national or institutional curriculum. Hobby education

23. There are 300 licensed hobby schools in Estonia • 160 municipal and • 140 private hobby schools • and approximately 49,000 pupils study in them, about • 13,000 of them in music and art schools • 19,000 in sports schools • 17,000 in other schools. 84 music schools and schools of fine arts are members of the Association of the Music Schools of Estonia Howmanyhobbyschoolsthere are in Estonia?

24. schools open youth centres hobby centres youth associations and non-profit associations. The activities are regulated by the Hobby Schools Act. Hobby activities are organised in

25. long-term (hobby education) or short-term (hobby activities) Systematic and supervised engagements with one’s hobbies at one’s will outside formal education or job for acquiring intensive knowledge and skills in selected hobby. Youth hobby education and hobby activities are

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