Social media is a vital tool that schools should be making the most of these days! The ability to reach large audiences, both within and external to your community, is a core facet of your school's marketing efforts.
Being active on social media is key. In our #SocialAdvent challenges, we aim to encourage schools to try out all kinds of social devices, hopefully inspiring them to find a few favourites and keep experimenting with them throughout next year.
Yes, #SocialAdvent is back for 2018… And it's bigger and better than ever before!
For 25 days, we set a different challenge each day. These challenges will help guide you in new ways to create content or use different areas of social media more effectively. The idea is that you will be able to share content that your community will be interested in.
We will be monitoring #SocialAdvent every day and picking our favourite posts for each challenge. The winner becomes immortalised in our #SocialAdvent Calendar.
Make sure to check back here every day to see each challenge and its winner!
Winner: Eagle House School
Day 1:
Season's Greetings
#SocialAdvent Day 1 Our Headmaster welcomes in the festive season! @intSchools #ChristmasIsComing #AdventCalendar #creativity #eaglehouseschool pic.twitter.com/gbMF8sWK5T
— Eagle House (@EagleHouseSch) December 1, 2018
Winner: Leweston School
Day 2:
It’s a Punderful Life
It's a 'Punderful Life' in the Chemistry Lab, where our Sixth Form students have assembled and decorated the Leweston 'Chemistree'! @intSchools #SocialAdvent #SocialAdvent2018 #wearecreative #leweston pic.twitter.com/aa5lojbWo0
— Leweston School (@LewestonSchool) December 2, 2018
Day 3:
Fortnite Festivities
Winner: St George’s, Ascot
It's day 3 of #SocialAdvent and we've been flossing around the Christmas tree! #ChristmasCountdown @intSchools @SGA_Sport pic.twitter.com/OQSiWRVJEM
— St George's, Ascot (@stgeorgesascot) December 3, 2018
Winner: JPS Dubai
Day 4:
Augmented Reali-Tree
Mr Jones and Mr Williams just couldn’t believe their eyes this afternoon. #festive treats in the Staff Room. #SocialAdvent Day 4 #AR Keep your eye out for tomorrow when the teachers and children will be going #TikTok crazy. pic.twitter.com/wJD7vR0zzM
— GEMS JPS (@JPSDubai) December 4, 2018
Winner: Shiplake College
Day 5:
The Xmas-Factor
It’s #Day5 of #socialadvent so here is our wonderful Camerata singing Deck The Halls. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/PKFgEKG0Pw
— Shiplake College (@ShiplakeCollege) December 5, 2018
Winner: Summer Fields
Day 6:
What a Cracker
It wouldn’t be Christmas without a #Xmas Cracker joke! Thank you 7J! #SocialAdvent @intSchools pic.twitter.com/HbyFUuygvS
— Summer Fields (@SFSOxford) December 6, 2018
Day 7:
Tinselgram Stories
Winner: Downe House
CONGRATS to @DowneHouse - our Day 7 #SocialAdvent WINNERS!
Check out their awesome @Instagram Stories rendition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! Keep up the creativity!
Make sure to follow them on @Instagram for more content! https://t.co/UGyIXxcb53 pic.twitter.com/Q0kTiJvDaD— Interactive Schools (@intSchools) December 8, 2018
Winner: Westonbirt School
Day 8:
Snappy Christmas
Some #fabulous #filtered #festive #photos for Day 8 of #socialadvent @intSchools and also some #alliteration for good measure! Well we do like to #educate even when we’re having fun!… https://t.co/egecyRHJk1
— Westonbirt School (@WestonbirtSch) December 8, 2018
Winner: Cobham Hall
Day 9:
The Jolly Postman ✉️
Fabulous #ChristmasCard designs from girls across the school this year! #SocialAdvent pic.twitter.com/wxh4xCUXOQ
— Cobham Hall (@CobhamHall) December 9, 2018
Day 10:
Xmas Tree-atrics
For day 10 of #SocialAdvent can you guess the traditional #Christmas story with a dance-related twist that's featured in these photos? (Extra points if you don't need to see the last one!) #10thDecember @RMSCadogan @intSchools pic.twitter.com/XAPbogOoV1
— The Royal Masonic School for Girls (@RMSforGirls) December 10, 2018
Winner: Moulsford
Day 11:
A Christmas Carol
— Moulsford (@moulsford) December 11, 2018
Winner: Glenalmond College
Day 12:
Yuletide Yodeling
Some of the cast of our recent Senior School Musical, The Sound of Music, reprised their roles for a one-off Christmas Special! For #Day12 of our #SocialAdvent calendar, we are delighted to bring you, ''The Lonely Reindeer'!
Watch full video: https://t.co/wvJYORSrkp pic.twitter.com/f0ZySC1c4l— Glenalmond College (@GlenalmondColl) December 12, 2018
Winner: Talbot Heath School
Day 13:
#Timelapse ⏭
#SocialAdvent Day 13! Look at our fabulous Christmas tree! pic.twitter.com/mL6JjP9EFe
— Talbot Heath School (@TalbotHeathSch) December 13, 2018
Winner: Kingsley School
Day 14:
#Christmas Jumper Day
The school has been filled with bright colours, tinsel and novelty efforts for today's @savechildrenuk #ChristmasJumperDay. Everyone was well and truly in the spirit for a fantastic Christmas lunch put on by our catering team! #HoHoHo #SocialAdvent @intSchools pic.twitter.com/wEZ2nqJqoS
— The Kingsley School (@Kingsley_School) December 14, 2018
Winner: JAGS School
Day 15:
Paparazzi!
A few press highlights from 2018 for #SocialAdvent day 15 - @JAGS_Prep raising money for @AFFCADUK, exam and sporting success and @SallyAnneHuang on #headteachersreallife. Another fantastic year! @intSchools pic.twitter.com/OaF7f7uk3I
— JAGS (@JAGSschool) December 15, 2018
Winner: Great Ballard School
Day 16:
Deck The Walls
On Wednesday last week Nursery and Pre-Prep had a Christmas Party with yummy party food and music... Then they had a surprise visit from Santa himself... hohoho! What are you all doing for Christmas this year? #SocialAdvent #GBSchSpaceTo #ChristmasIsComing pic.twitter.com/cICcYqgFAG
— Great Ballard School (@GreatBallard) December 16, 2018
Winner: King William’s College
Day 17:
Xmas Stories
We've been reading all about the "Christmas-fusion" foods that can be found in supermarkets and restaurants this year. Which of these is most likely to make an appearance with your Christmas dinner this year? #SocialAdvent @intSchools
— KingWilliamsCollege (@kwciom) December 17, 2018
Winner: Westover School
Day 18:
All Around The World
Day 18 of #SocialAdvent! No snow on campus, but our school still looks beautiful this holiday season! #pano pic.twitter.com/zzP10PAZ8I
— Westover School (@WestoverSchool) December 18, 2018
Winner: Moulsford
Day 19:
I’m a Celeb
We were very excited to welcome @BigSpenWilding to school recently and knew we had to include him in our #SocialAdvent challenge #DarthVader #RogueOne #MaytheForceBeWithYou @intSchools @SimonNoakes pic.twitter.com/ASYFx5Nobj
— Moulsford (@moulsford) December 19, 2018
Day 20:
Once Upon a Xmas ⏮
Today's #SocialAdvent challenge is "Once Upon a Christmas". Luckily, we have our wonderful BSN archivist to give us a glimpse into the festivities of bygone BSN eras. In this special edition of Stories from the Archives we go to the 1970s... @intSchools https://t.co/v3lLky0NCu pic.twitter.com/Tmffp9M1Gd
— British School (BSN) (@BSNetherlands) December 20, 2018
Winner: Eagle House School
Day 21:
Feast Your Eyes
#SocialAdvent Day 21 Feast Your Eyes! Christmas Lunch from servery to very satisfied tummies! Created by our brilliant catering team. #christmasfood #ChristmasIsComing #AdventCalendar @intSchools pic.twitter.com/D7fmvJhAP0
— Eagle House (@EagleHouseSch) December 21, 2018
Winner: Glenalmond College
Day 22:
It’s Tradition!
#Day22 of #SocialAdvent is School traditions! Two of our #GoodacresGirls played St Nikolaus this year, borrowing the German tradition of children leaving a boot outside on Dec 5th & hoping they have been good enough all year to find St Nik has left them a treat! #Christmas pic.twitter.com/OnavxUMiF4
— Glenalmond College (@GlenalmondColl) December 22, 2018
Winner: St George’s Ascot
Day 23:
GIFt-wrapped
Day 23 #SocialAdvent - A GIFt-wrapped video of our girls making human Christmas Trees! #Christmas #SGAcapable @intSchools pic.twitter.com/irK3S50fCQ
— St George's, Ascot (@stgeorgesascot) December 23, 2018
Day 24:
And to All a Good Night
Winner: Shiplake College
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! #SocialAdvent #Day24 @int_schools @ShiplakeHM pic.twitter.com/qgIorUoMhD
— Shiplake College (@ShiplakeCollege) December 24, 2018
Day 25:
Merry Christmas!
