Aims of St Patrick's NS Stamullen Co Meath

Phone: 01 8411804

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Roll No: 18044T

RCN: 20131500

Aims of Primary Education

The vision of education can be expressed in the form of three general aims:

To enable the child to live a full life and to realise his/her potential as a unique individual;
To enable the child to develop as a social being through living and co-operating with others and so play an active role as members of a democratic society;
To prepare the child for further education and life-long learning.

To encourage a sound personal, emotional, healthy, moral and religious development;
To help each child to be independent, tolerant, kind and co-operative;
To encourage a good command and love for language;
To develop a knowledge and understanding of basic mathematical concepts and operations;
To cultivate observational skills through study of the local environment;
To develop a knowledge and appreciation of our heritage through the study of history, geography and civics;
To foster skills of handwriting, crafts, music;
To encourage an enjoyment of physical activities, dance, drama, music, mime and recreational skills;
To continuously evaluate and assess the above;
To encourage each child to treat others with respect and concern.