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    YPO's top tips for saving on back to school

    03 September 2024 By The YPO Team

    At YPO, we pride ourselves on being completely transparent and offering better value all year round – and back to school is no exception.

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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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    13 March 2024 By The YPO Team

    Readily available and free of charge, what could be better than to spark the imaginations of your little learners than the humble stick? From paintbrushes to mini dens, we have put together a selection of craft activities that make use of this versatile and natural resource. All you need are a few supplies and a lot of imagination!

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    Craft activities for Mother's Day

    12 February 2024 By Amelia Clutton - Category Buyer for Arts & Crafts at YPO

    Getting children to make gifts to coincide with key events is a wonderful way to build relationships with parents. With Mother’s Day coming up soon, we’ve provided a couple of fun craft activities you could do with children for this.

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    10 tips for enabling early handwriting

    13 July 2023 By Nicola Parker - Category Buyer for Early Years at YPO

    In this article, our early years buyer Nicola provides her top tips for supporting children as they start developing their early handwriting skills.

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    The ultimate guide to Rocketbook

    17 May 2023 By The YPO Team

    The Rocketbook is designed for every classroom, office, and personal mission. The Rocketbook is a reusable pen and paper notebook that connects to your favourite cloud services so that you can instantly transfer your written notes to your digital device.

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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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    Top 10 saving tips on classroom stationery

    10 May 2023 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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    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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