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Top 10 saving tips on classroom stationery

27 April 2026 By The YPO Team

Stationery is a staple in the classroom, but with stocks needing topping up frequently, the costs can quickly add up. Explore our top tips to help you save money on your stationery purchases.
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Creative classroom organisation ideas

24 September 2024 By The YPO Team

Making sure you take time to organise your classroom helps to make life easier in the long run! Knowing where everything is stored makes it much quicker to find things, and utilising smart storage and organisation solutions can help to maximise your classroom space.
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Top 6 reasons to write by hand

25 March 2024 By Stabilo

Handwriting may be something of a lost art but it is still a valuable life skill. With technology taking over, typing has become more favourable than writing by hand, but handwriting is actually more beneficial.
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Seven ways to make your Pritt Sticks go further

10 May 2023 By The YPO Team

There’s three weeks of term left, and you’ve got nothing but four Pritt Sticks and a bit of willpower to get you and your 30 children through that big craft project coming up. You plead with the powers that be to get some brand new ones, but the budget’s all gone for the term. Do you know the feeling?
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How to make the most of your whiteboard markers

10 May 2023 By Wendy Vickery - Marketing Manager at Pentel

Whiteboard markers play such a large role in both classroom and office settings, so it’s important to make sure you’re getting the most for your money. Explore our top tips for stretching the life of your markers.
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Celebrate National Stationery Week with Staedtler

26 April 2023 By Staedtler

With National Stationery Week coming up, we’ve put together a list of fun activities to try in the classroom to help celebrate and encourage children to get involved.
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7 top tips for handwriting

01 June 2022 By Stabilo

You can’t forget how to write but whether you’re 7 or 70, you can always improve. The way we are taught to write is the foundation in how we form words and letters throughout our entire lives, and may also affect how we feel about handwriting.
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Creative classroom activities fit for a Queen

23 May 2022 By Luke Jones - Brand Manager at BIC

This year, we are really in luck, because Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee – that’s 70 years of service to Great Britain! And it has been lighting up imaginations everywhere. So here are our top ideas for creative learning and expressions in the classroom, as we mark this historic moment.
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Managing your stationery budget sustainably

17 May 2022 By Wendy Vickery - Marketing Manager at Pentel

The need to make sustainable decisions is more prevalent than ever, especially when it comes to stationery. Explore our top tips for making the most of your stationery budget whilst keeping sustainability in mind.
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Easy classroom crafting with POSCA

05 May 2022 By Ella Johnston & Ella Johnston

Get creative in the classroom with our simple to follow crafting activities, ideal for a range of age groups. Make use of our POSCA paint markers in the classroom for easy, mess-free painting.
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