What is Proyecto Perú?
Proyecto Perú is a cross-curricular project run at Glebe School across three subjects: Geography, MFL and RE. Our initial aims are to help Glebe School students to do the following:
What have we done so far?
*Project Peru is a small, lively, totally voluntary UK-based charity offering food, clothes, shelter, education, health and fun to those who live in our children’s refuge in the desert shanty towns of Lima, and giving ongoing and practical support to others who live in extreme poverty in the wider community. Our refuge in Zapallal, cares for over 50 children and offers real opportunities to children and staff alike. See https://projectperu.org.uk/
Proyecto Perú is a cross-curricular project run at Glebe School across three subjects: Geography, MFL and RE. Our initial aims are to help Glebe School students to do the following:
- Consider similarities and differences between Glebe School and a children's refuge in Peru
- Develop some understanding of the young people who live in a refuge near Lima, Peru (see below*)
- Recognise and develop their own British values
- Make connections between Glebe School and the refuge in Peru (run by Project Peru*).
- Make connections between Geography, MFL and RE ( language, culture, place, lifestyles etc)
What have we done so far?
- Cross-Curricular week 2019. We launched Projecto Perú with a focus on food, culture and language.
- Day of the Dead
- Bracelet and finger puppets
- Regular dialogue with Project Peru* to inform our project
- Run two photo competitions (judged by our friends in Peru)
- 4 chapters of Magical Orange Doorway (5th is on it's way)
- Integrated Proyecto Peru into curriculum of Geography, MFL and RE.
- Soft-Launched a fund raising project - hard launch in January 2023
*Project Peru is a small, lively, totally voluntary UK-based charity offering food, clothes, shelter, education, health and fun to those who live in our children’s refuge in the desert shanty towns of Lima, and giving ongoing and practical support to others who live in extreme poverty in the wider community. Our refuge in Zapallal, cares for over 50 children and offers real opportunities to children and staff alike. See https://projectperu.org.uk/
