Rachel Davies

Headteacher at King's Infant School in Madrid, Spain.

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

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[Annelouise Jordan MCCT🦩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @Leazy84]

Our wonderful EDI&B lead @EbonyBlagdon created our very in world map to show our children’s nationalities/heritages and it Is amazing! Our aim is to fill more of those empty spaces 🌎 🌍 #DiversityWeek #EDI

[Micky Domínguez @micky_dominguez]

These last 2 years have been very difficult in all schools due to the pandemic, but educators have been going far beyond to ensure children remain happy, safe and have hope. I am so proud of all the crew at @KISChamartin. Best results ever in the PASS survey 2022

[Tes magazine @tes]

If you want to create a school action plan that will deliver real, long-lasting improvement, check out @jeremycnewton's five-step plan
https://t.co/ceV6XyhDXP

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

Improving Literacy in Key Stage 1 - the 8 recommendations from our guidance report: https://t.co/hwhqtZnoEW

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

METACOGNITION AND SELF-REGULATION

"Metacognitive regulation is about planning how to undertake a task, working on it while monitoring the strategy to check progress, then evaluating the overall success."

Read NOW: https://t.co/xLsIidC48n

[Annelouise Jordan MCCT🦩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @Leazy84]

Interviews have started for our new student leadership team. The children have been so nervous preparing for it but very excited at the same time #Inspired @KISChamartin @Rachelflemming @JojoBaggins_

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

It's great to have the Head Boy and Head Girl from @ksc_moraleja speaking to our Y2 children before they decide to apply for the first Head Boy and Girl @KISChamartin They have inspired the children and answered their questions, thank you! @jeremycnewton @Leazy84 #pupilvoice

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

Children have settled in so well. It's wonderful to see how happy they are playing with new friends at school. @KISChamartin #Friendship #EYFS #creative

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

We can't wait to welcome our new families on Monday! @KISChamartin @Leazy84 @MVReggio @NW_InspiredEdu #newschoolyear #EYFS

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

Pre nursery have worked together to create a beautiful rainbow to celebrate #PrideMonth #proudtobeme @Leazy84 @KISChamartin

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

So excited to announce the launch of our Toddler Team Time, ages 2-3yrs. Singalong, music and stories together in the open air. Starting this Wednesday 11.30-12. Please contact us to reserve your place.

[Annelouise Jordan MCCT🦩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @Leazy84]

We all really loved our INSET session tonight on the meaning of Semiotic Play! It’s such an important topic about supporting children to construct meaning through play and value cultural reference #semiotics #play #inspired @KISChamartin @Rachelflemming @MVReggio @NW_InspiredEdu

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

We have had a wonderful special day at school today celebrating San Isidro. They dressed in traditional clothes and learnt about Spanish history and culture. The children learnt the chotis dance and enjoyed eating churros and chocolate. @KISChamartin

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

@MVReggio @KISChamartin Happy to share the recording with you for this week.

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

So impressed by our professional development spark session this afternoon. Our EYFS team delivered sessions on #metacognition #selfregulation #symbolicplay #objectplay #socialcognition #executivefunction @KISChamartin @MVReggio

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

@MVReggio @KISChamartin Staff were amazing. Researching in pairs and groups and presenting their learning to each other. Many sharing mini case studies done in class. I have a lot to live up to for my session on semiotic play next week!

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

Our nursery children thoroughly enjoyed their first off site visit, looking for patterns in our local area. So much excitement at spotting patterns from their list and some extra ones! @KISChamartin #EYFS #inspired #maths #outdoorlearning

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

We are so proud of our children who along with all children in Madrid today recieved the Gran Cruz de la Orden de Dos de Mayo. They were so proud to be recognised by the comunidad de Madrid for their resilience and positivity during the pandemic. @KISChamartin #resiliance

[Rachel Davies @Rachelflemming]

We have had so much fun celebrating World Book Day. The children have really enjoyed dressing up for a virtual parade with parents and grandparents. @KISChamartin #WorldBookDay #schoolcommunity