Thanks to Australian Office my
butt has been kicked into action when it comes to getting Hayley ready for her
first ever year of school. I have been putting it off and I think the reason
for this is because I am honestly scared to let my little girl go. But after
receiving a care package from Australian Office with an array of books, I
started to get excited knowing I could start covering books and just buying the
general school stuff (stationary has always been a soft spot of mine.)
Stationery brands Tudor, Tudor
Eco, Reflex and Olympic offer an array of clever ideas to help students stay on
top of their homework and juggle the demands on their time.
I was never a child that got
bored when it came to buying stationary and books for school it actually excited
me. And now I get to do it without actually going to school- except for pick up
and drop off haha. And after seeing Hayley’s face when these arrived I know
that she also feels the same.
Whether it is exercise books,
botany books, graphic books, sketch books, binder books or note pads, Tudor has
a solution to meet your students’ needs for subjects including maths, English,
music and art. The Tudor Eco range converts waste paper into functional
exercise books with 60 per cent recycled pages and sturdy 100 per cent recycled
cardboard covers.
Their ranges of books start at a
mere $.38 and go upwards from there, so it is nothing that will break the bank
when ticking off those things from the school list.
My favourite books from the
entire range would have to be
Olympic’s NEW ‘PP’ range
Resilient
Durable plastic
covers which are wipeable and designed to withstand day-to-day rough and
tumble.
Easy to find booklist reference located on the front cover.
Available
in a variety of page numbers and colours, from 48 to 192 pages in exercise or
binder format.
I love that they have hard
plastic covers on them already and would come in handy for a child when they
have many different subjects to easily identify that lets say green goes with
English. Plus even though I love doing
it, some parents don’t like having to cover their childs book, so this cuts the
time and effort there.
I also have some really handy
tips that were given to me in regards to children and their homework and ways
to make homework a lot less stressful on both parties.
Mrs Curwood’s tips to help plan your homework:
•
Understand the assignment. You
can waste a lot of time trying to remember what you were supposed to do. Write
it down. Ask questions.
•
Don’t wait until you get home. Got
a spare half hour at school? The more work you get done there, the less you’ll
have to do at home.
•
Develop a schedule. Especially
important if you have a lot of sports or other activities.
•
Work where you can work. Not
in front of the TV. Not in a noisy kitchen. Not in the family room where your
brothers and sisters
are playing.
•
Make yourself comfortable. A
comfy chair. A desk. All the stuff you need within reach. Getting up and down
to get pens, books etc., breaks your concentration.
•
Don’t waste time if you don’t know. Give
it your best shot. If you get stuck on a problem and a parent can’t help, move
on to other homework. Ask the teacher for help the next day. Remember that’s
one of the purposes of homework.
•
Take a break. Even if you
love the subject, you’ll lose concentration after a while and start drifting.
Better to take a 15 minute break and freshen up.
•
Don’t load up on junk. Homework
does not get easier with a huge bag of chips. You do not need a sugar hit from
a chocolate bar. Don’t use homework as a time to binge, it will make you
sluggish.
•
Allow time to check. Just before you
hand it in is the wrong time to find out you’ve left off an important bit of
information.
•
Put it in your bag. Only thing
worse than not doing your homework, is doing it and leaving it home. Put it in
your bag when you finish it. In the morning you’ll have so much other stuff
going on you might forget.
To help parents purchase the correct exercise book
for each subject, each education book has a unique reference code printed on
the front to include on your schools book lists. Find out which exercise books
your child needs by visiting www.books4schools.com.au.
