{"id":2714,"date":"2026-09-16T08:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:88\/smm\/?page_id=2714"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:50:53","slug":"our-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sanctamariamontessori.co.nz\/?page_id=2714","title":{"rendered":"Our Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2714\" class=\"elementor elementor-2714\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4596e47 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4596e47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e8dd20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e8dd20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u2501 Our Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-237c066 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"237c066\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6ca378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6ca378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-family: Fraunces, Georgia, serif\">Faith and freedom, hand in hand<\/span>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9fd76a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a9fd76a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;mountains&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.33\" d=\"M473,67.3c-203.9,88.3-263.1-34-320.3,0C66,119.1,0,59.7,0,59.7V0h1000v59.7 c0,0-62.1,26.1-94.9,29.3c-32.8,3.3-62.8-12.3-75.8-22.1C806,49.6,745.3,8.7,694.9,4.7S492.4,59,473,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.66\" d=\"M734,67.3c-45.5,0-77.2-23.2-129.1-39.1c-28.6-8.7-150.3-10.1-254,39.1 s-91.7-34.4-149.2,0C115.7,118.3,0,39.8,0,39.8V0h1000v36.5c0,0-28.2-18.5-92.1-18.5C810.2,18.1,775.7,67.3,734,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M766.1,28.9c-200-57.5-266,65.5-395.1,19.5C242,1.8,242,5.4,184.8,20.6C128,35.8,132.3,44.9,89.9,52.5C28.6,63.7,0,0,0,0 h1000c0,0-9.9,40.9-83.6,48.1S829.6,47,766.1,28.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b31570 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b31570\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b69666 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b69666\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53b7e36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53b7e36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/sanctamariamontessori.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sa.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2729\" alt=\"sa\"  title=\"Our Philosophy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f0c3da e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f0c3da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f581a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f581a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u279c How We Teach<\/strong>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: Fraunces, Georgia, serif; 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If you&#8217;d like to understand the method itself in more depth, we&#8217;ve written a short explainer on <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"file:\/\/\/D:\/Office%20Works\/TekCloudz\/sanctamariamontessori.co.nz\/agreed1\/sancta-maria-website\/montessori.html\">what Montessori actually is<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; color: #383650; font-family: 'Nunito Sans', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">What matters most to us is how faithfully that method is applied: real materials, real observation, and teachers who know each child well enough to know exactly when to step in, and when to step back.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7605f7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7605f7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed6f82d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed6f82d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d9602e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d9602e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u279c\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b>Catholic Character<\/b><\/span><\/p><h2 style=\"line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em;\"><span style=\"font-family: Fraunces, Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 44.2368px;\">A quiet, personal faith<\/span><\/span><\/h2><p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.1em;\"><span style=\"color: #383650; font-family: Nunito Sans, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Woven through our day is the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based approach to religious formation that invites children to wonder about scripture and prayer in their own words, at their own pace. 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