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We'll be blogging every few days about various topics, so come back soon to see more!

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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Top tips for ordering school furniture

05 May 2023 By The YPO Team

Ordering furniture, whether for the office or school environment (or even home), can sometimes be a little daunting – especially when it comes to understanding the technicalities.
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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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Setting children up for success

11 April 2023 By Oxford University Press

To give children the best start in life, we need to nurture their language skills. From baby babble to flowing sentences, children develop language the more they interact with adults – and they learn quickly! Language skills become harder to develop as little ones grow older, so it is best to nurture them when they are young.
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Learning language through role play

11 April 2023 By Bigjigs Toys

When it comes to language and vocabulary, role play plays a huge part. As children run around the playground pretending to be superheroes, doctors and everything in between, they develop core communication skills without even knowing it.
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Introducing letters and their sounds

11 April 2023 By Learn Well

Nursery rhymes hold a simple kind of magic. Through rhyme and repetition, they wiggle their way into our forever memories. I know that if I were to ask you which was your favourite as a child, you will likely start to recall it with words and actions!
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Classroom activities for the King's Coronation

27 March 2023 By The YPO Team

The King’s Coronation is fast approaching, scheduled for the 6th of May 2023. We’ve put together our favourite classroom activities to help celebrate the coronation and get in the royal spirit! Read our latest blog for some regal inspiration.
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Protecting the future: How schools can save water

13 March 2023 By Caitlin Allport - Marketing Executive at Wave

It’s easy to take our water resources for granted, but in as little as 25 years, we could be facing shortages in several parts of the UK. No one is going to be more impacted by this than our younger generations, so it’s vital we start thinking about way we use water today.
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Helping children understand fractions with Numicon

09 March 2023 By Rebecca Holland - Independent Educational Consultant

The Numicon approach develops key mathematical ideas and vocabulary, supporting children to develop a deep understanding. Find out more about using Numicon for fractions in our latest blog.
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An easy guide to statutory engineering inspections

01 March 2023 By Maria Hadro - Category Buyer for Corporate and Financial Services at YPO

Find out everything you need to know about school statutory engineering inspections in our latest blog, covering what it is, what the requirements are, what equipment it applies to, and what happens during and after the inspection.
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