The summer holidays have flown by quickly, as they always do, and the new school term is just around the corner! Whether you can believe it or not, it’s already time to stock up on those all-important back to school supplies, and here is our guide to finding the right ones for you.

Printed Resources For SLT

Here you’ll find printed supplies to get the entire school ready for the return of both pupils and staff:

• School Signage: Keep new Year 7’s on the right path (to their next lesson) with direction signs around the school, and why not make them feel at home on their first day with some large ‘Welcome’ banners in the reception areas?

• Pupil Posters: Reinforce clear behavioural expectations across the school with printed posters detailing the codes of conduct. Put them up in corridors and shared areas to be referred back to across the coming year.

• Parent Letters: Stock up on plenty of branded letterheads and envelopes for a busy year of outbound communications. Having the school logo, motto, and contact information on these resources will help parents to recognise official letters from the school, and stop important correspondence from being missed.

• Event Leaflets: If you already have the details of this year’s school events or residential visits then drum up early interest with printed leaflets.

• Custom Certificates: Finally, get ready to celebrate pupil achievements with professionally printed certificates that are perfect for year group assemblies.

Essential Print Supplies For Teachers

Need to source printed supplies either for your own classroom, or for the entire department, but don’t know where to start?

Here are our recommendations:

• Staff Handbooks: Give each member of your department an administrative handbook that contains safeguarding guidelines and key schoolwide policies for them to hold onto.

• Lesson Planners: Keep track of your lesson plans at a glance with a custom planner that shows exactly what stage of the curriculum you are at.

• Pupil Charts: Encourage pupils to track their own progress with customised reward charts on the wall – and certificates for some extra motivation!

• Classroom Displays: Visual wall displays help to consolidate pupil learning, so have one printed for your own classroom or invest in standardised sets for the department.

• School Calendars: Don’t miss out on any important milestones or school events with a custom calendar that has them printed onto the pages.

Back to School Supplies For Pupils

There are lots of ways that you can use printed supplies to welcome new and returning pupils to your classroom.

Here are our top 5:

• Pupil Folders: There is nothing worse than having to settle a dispute over a worksheet with no name. Luckily, this stops being an issue when every pupil has a personalised folder to keep their stray papers in one place.

• Exercise Books: Nothing beats a personalised book with each pupil’s name on the cover. Switch up the designs for each year group to easily differentiate between them, and save time every lesson with helpful terminology lists printed inside.

• Name Labels: Avoid the hassle of mixed-up water bottles, notebooks, and even pencils with a set of printed name labels for each pupil.

• Pupil Timetables: Go above and beyond the standard timetable with ones that include assembly details, assignment deadlines, and break times, rather than just lessons.

• Pens or Pencils: Finally, welcome your pupils back to school with a small gift – a personalised pencil (or pen for those who have earned their pen licence) with their name on it. Perfect for those inevitable first day cries of ‘I don’t have a pencil!’

Order Your Back To School Supplies Today

Whether you’re stocking up on supplies for your own classroom or the entire school, Russell Printers are here to get you ready for the first day back.

Browse their full range of back-to-school supplies here, and contact their team directly for a quote.