First day in school

Today was my first day of school in SL Flight Training, where I'll be spending the next two and a half years. The day began at 12:00 when we gathered in the so-called SL class. This would be our main theory class during the PPL theory course, which starts tomorrow and lasts for about seven weeks. None of the other candidates from my aptitude tests seemed to be present but a few other students were gathered around the yard. We have 15 people in the PPL course, ten of which are students of the Finnish Aviation Academy (who study the PPL phase in our school due to the lack of resources of the Aviation Academy) and five are our own students. We got all of our studying material today and there sure was a lot of it, luckily I bought a larger school bag than I originally intended!

The school's main building

At first we were shown a little bit of the school's history and its status today. The head of training, the school's owner, our chief flight instructor and other flight instructors introduced themselves to us and at the same time we were told about all the study material and what's included. We got a little information package about the school's rules and regulations and all the general study-related things, a plotter, flight computer, the Cessna 152 flight manual, a Jeppesen professional pilot's logbook and Pooley's PPL -series consisting of eight books. We also got a few additional finnish books.
Lastly we got handed this weeks schedule and starting tomorrow at nine, the PPL theory course begins with full throttle :)
Here's a description of our 2.5 year course structure stolen and translated from SL Flight Training's website:

• Integrated Commercial Pilot Training CPL(A)
  • 300 hours of theoretical studies
  • 98 hours of school flights (C152/C172/P28RT)
  • 82 hours of PIC-flights (C152/C172) 
    
• Airline Pilot's Theory Course ATPL(A)
  • 450 hours of theoretical studies
• Instrument Rating IR(A)
  • 35 hours of simulator flying (FNPT II)
  • 15 hours of school flights (P28RT)
• Beechcraft King Air -Type Rating and Multi-Engine Rating
  • 20 hours of theoretical studies
  • 11 hours of school flights (BE90)
• Multi-Crew Coordination Course MCC
  • 25 hours of theoretical studies
  • 20 hours of simulator flying (FNPT II) 

So all in all, about 250 hours of flying and about 1000 hours of theories :)