{"id":99,"date":"2017-05-01T23:33:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T22:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2017-05-12T00:09:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T23:09:17","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/?page_id=99","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Howth Primary School, Scoil Mhuire is a Catholic co-educational Primary School under the patronage of the Archdiocese of Dublin.<\/h2>\n<p>The Board of Management, Staff and Parents work in partnership to provide a caring, nurturing environment for the children of the school, in an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust, where each individual is valued and difference respected.<br \/>\nWe are committed to providing a high quality learning environment that promotes motivation, self-discipline and academic excellence. We actively promote inclusion to enable pupils of diverse abilities and backgrounds to work to their full potential: intellectually, socially, spiritually, emotionally and physically.<br \/>\nThis reflects the school motto Ar Aghaidh le Ch\u00e9ile. We are committed to ensuring that pupils develop an awareness of Irish culture while fostering an appreciation of the unique environment of Howth in which the school is rooted.<br \/>\nOur curriculum aims to enable each child:<br \/>\n\u25cf To achieve its fullest possible overall potential as a unique individual by developing as a social being in co-operation with others and in so doing to contribute to the good of society<br \/>\n\u25cf To prepare for further education and lifelong learning<\/p>\n<p>This school seeks to cherish and challenge children in a safe, secure and attractive learning environment. We aim to provide quality learning experiences that are engaging, enriching and enjoyable through a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SchoolPlanextracts.pdf\">School Mission Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howth Primary School, Scoil Mhuire is a Catholic co-educational Primary School under the patronage of the Archdiocese of Dublin. The Board of Management, Staff and Parents work in partnership to provide a caring, nurturing environment for the children of the&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/?page_id=99\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":514,"href":"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/howthprimaryschool.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}