WHO ARE WE?
Peter Pan School is a partially-subsidised private school for Early Years and Primary education in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi in Barcelona, with one group per level. Our Catalan, secular, close-knit school has a participatory and welcoming educational community.
At the school, we care for the emotional and cognitive growth of our pupils and facilitate the development of skills to learn how to live together.
One of our outstanding features is our English project: English is one of the vehicular languages in our learning environment.
- 75% of the school day in English during Early Years education
- My Phonics literacy learning method
- English-speaking tutors and teachers with recognised training and experience
- Native speaking assistants from P1 and P2 to the 6th year of primary
- Three English language learning areas in primary education
- Graded Examinations in Spoken English from Trinity College
- Other activities in English: extracurricular activities, workshops, summer camps, Erasmus + for Traineeships, collaborations with foreign schools, etc
- Continuity of our English project at Els Arcs Secondary School, led by specialist teachers from the language school of the Institució Cultural del CIC
OUR VALUES
At Peter Pan School, we give close, personalized attention to each pupil, as we know that their emotional well-being will help them to grow and make their learning process easier.
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We care for the children’s emotional well-being and strive to create a happy coexistence between them, helping them to develop their social and emotional skills.
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We are an integrated and inclusive Primary and Secondary School, and we adapt to the learning pace of each individual pupil.
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We give personalized attention to each student, encouraging them to take the leading role in their own learning process.
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We nurture creativity, curiosity, reflection and critical thinking in all students.
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At our school, we are committed to experience-based and meaningful learning, through hands-on experience, experimentation, research and collaborative work.
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We offer a Welcome programme for new pupils from other cultures to help them adapt linguistically and emotionally to their new environment.
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We are a well-qualified, committed and enthusiastic teaching team.
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We have a top-quality English Project, from the age of 1 right through to 16 and motivate our students to ensure that they achieve good academic results.
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OVER 60 YEARS GROWING TOGETHER!
Peter Pan school was founded in 1960 by Júlia Castells Girona, whose aim was to create a completely new kind of school which was based on the most advanced psychopedagogical theories of the day.
The school was based on the experiences of the ‘Escola Nova’ at the start of the 20th century and on the ideas of leading pedagogues such as Montessori, Freinet, Decroly and Piaget and especially on those of Pere Vergés, the founder of l’Escola del Mar. Peter Pan School reflected many of these aspects, having an active methodology, doing work in the open air, stressing the importance of setting and completing class duties, encouraging reading and music, inculcating a sense of responsibility and giving particular attention to the teaching of values.
In September 1960, Peter Pan school opened its doors on the ground floor of a large house in Sarrià, with just 7 pupils, but it soon occupied the entire building, and made use of its spacious garden.
In 1995, along with other schools in Barcelona, the school co-founded our Secondary school, Els Arcs. At present, Els Arcs Foundation consists of three Primary schools – Lys, Nausica and Peter Pan – whose pupils have their continuity ensured at ESO level with the same coherent pedagogy and high-level human quality.
The school currently consists of two buildings in the upper part of Sarrià, at the foot of Collserola hill. In 2010 we celebrated our 50th anniversary as a school with a series of moving events which brought together families, teachers, non-teaching staff, ex-students and friends of the school. The current teaching staff, led by Yolanda Clavell, ensures that this wonderful heritage is continued by driving forward a modern school with an inspiring present and an exciting future.
50È ANIVERSARI: RECORDS D’ESCOLA 1960-2010
