Jo Smith

Head Teacher of Danesfield Manor School, Walton on Thames. Any views expressed are my own.

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Fabulous #EarthDay at Danesfield yesterday. Planting seeds, designing 🌎 necklaces, bark rubbing, making mud cakes and lots more. @ILG_uk_ltd

[Jo Smith @JGFSmith]

Brilliant day!

[Park Hill Prep School & Nursery @ParkHillSchool1]

A superb day creating, collaborating and conversing at the @ILG_uk_ltd Computing Conference at @theRSAorg House. The outstanding @ostringer sparked and ignited so many ideas to enhance creativity in our schools. #enablingcreativity

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Our pupils and staff have been honouring those who have lost their lives in #conflict throughout this week and today joined in the nation's two-minute silence to mark #armisticeday

#lestweforget2021 #RemembranceDay2021
@EdDevTrust

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Danesfield Manor School is hiring!
Click the link to view, apply for or recommend our exciting School Facilities Manager vacancy.
We look forward to receiving your applications!
https://t.co/P3pzISA5vW

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Fantastic day at @chertseymuseum learning all about the Anglo Saxons!
Y4 have seen #artefacts, learned about & dressed up as #monks, did brilliant writing using #quillpens, visited the ruins of a local #monastery and SO much more! Lots to tell you about when they get back! 🤩👍

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Another busy and varied day! From color mixing and hand painting to Monopoly, Stonehenge creations and a little bit of dress-up and role-play! Never a dull moment in our classrooms 😝#funintheclassroom #practicallearning #happypupils #educate #experience #excel

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Welcome back to all our pupils and a warm welcome to our new pupils! We're so excited for the year ahead! Already so much going on, it's going to be a busy term!
#Backtoschool #nurture #nurturingeducation
#independentschool #smallschoolbigpersonality
#educate #experience #excel

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Our #Year4 pupils have created some amazing #Biome #Dioramas! Wonderful attention to #detail and use of #imagination to recreate mini 3D representations of biomes!
Well done 👏👍
#year4 #creativity #practicallearning #ourworld #geography #nature #lovetolearn
@EdDevTrust

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Year 3 #designed and #built their own #volcano 🌋 models AND researched recipes to create amazing #eruptions! So much fun 😝 Well done 👏👍
#art #messy #fun #passionateteachers #educate #experience #excel @EdDevTrust @ISAartsUK

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

It's the last day of term and time to say goodbye to our much loved Year 6's, who leave us to start their new educational journeys! We wish you all the very best and will miss you ❤️🤗
We wish all our Danesfield Manor Community a safe and happy summer break. See you in September!

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Our pupils love their ECA (extra curricular activity) afternoons!
From #engineering to #needlework, #gardening to #cricket - all pupils have #space away from structured learning and the opportunity to engage in a variety of #practical and creative activities of their #choice

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Celebrating #SportsDay! #Nursery to #Year6, #running to #eggandspoonraces - every single pupil showed wonderful #teamspirit and #talent!👏👍 Thank you to our #sportscaptain and #headgirl for introducing the #eyfs #games 😊
#lovesport #happylearners @ISAsportUK @EdDevTrust

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Deborah Leek-Bailey OBE, our Head of UK Independent Schools @EdDevTrust examines #resilience in #education in the @isaschools May 2021 ISA Journal.
Click the link to read this informative and relevant issue. Find her article on p.26-29
https://t.co/ESmKEwkFxZ

[edt @edtvoice]

Deborah Leek-Bailey OBE, Head of our UK Independent Schools and Education Advisor to @cbukhelp, gives examples of resilience in #schoolleadership during the pandemic and shares how bereaved children have been helped to develop resilience and coping strategies. @isaschools 👇

[Jo Smith @JGFSmith]

It was a brilliant day! 😃

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Lots of #activity #teamwork #practicallearning and above all #fun today on our annual school trip to @WoodrowHH
@isaschools @EdDevTrust
#educate #experience #excel Don't forget to follow us on Instagram!

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Our #schooltrip to @WoodrowHH is so much #fun Reception to Year 6 #makingmemories
#practicallearning #outdoorlearning #challenges #patience #lifeskills
@isaschools @EdDevTrust
#educate #experience #excel

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Dress #rehearsal time and fully in #character here are some of our very own Y3 and Y4 #jellicle #cats 🐱 #tselliot #cats #poetry #perform #practicallearning #confidence #performingarts #musicaltheatre #educate #experience #excel @ISAartsUK @isaschools @EdDevTrust

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

It's #jungle week in Nursery and Pre-Reception! Our #pupils have been very #creative making some super #snakes 🐍 and cheeky #crocodiles 🐊
#imagination #earlyyearseducation #paint #cut #glue #googlyeyes #animals #nature #practicallearning
#educate #experience #excel @EdDevTrust

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

Busy, little #greenfingers in our #garden this week #planting #flowers🌷They even found some #wiggly #worms 😝 #outdoorlearning #gardening #nature #goodforthesoul #dig #plant #muddy #teamwork #happy #nurturingeducation
#educate #experience #excel @isaschools @EdDevTrust

[Danesfield Manor School @DanesfieldManor]

We support the @NSPCC #speakout #staysafe programme. All our #pupils had a very important assembly today, reminding them that there is #always someone to turn to if they feel worried or scared #safetyfirst #safeguard #educate #nurture #protect #empower #listen @EdDevTrust