Back to School Tips

Here are some of my favourite responses from when I asked the community what their best tips are for getting the kids organised in the morning. These will help create an effortless and calm start to the day and will make school mornings easier.

It’s best practice for the kids to unpack their school bag as soon as they get home from school. However there can be times that this doesn’t happen, it’s left overnight, over the weekend, or worst yet till the last day of school holidays (eew). If you are hit with a bad smelling, sticky or dirty lunchbag, here are my tips below on how to clean insulated lunch bags and remove odours.

In panic mode, many people freeze and don’t know what to do next. By having an Emergency Contacts Printable on hand, it will make it easier for you or your kids to take away one less worry and simply find the desired emergency contact you require so you don’t waste any time when it’s important.

Struggling to create a variety of healthy lunchboxes each day? Here are my top tips for packing a balanced lunchbox for kids and one week of lunchbox ideas, with a printable to help you plan a week of healthy lunchboxes for your kids.

Do you rush around in chaos each morning getting the kids ready for school? Your morning routine can set your mood for the day so we need to ensure it goes as smoothly as possible. It’s all in the planning and preparation over the weekend and the night before, which then creates a stress-free school morning routine.

We have always had a structured routine when it comes to homework, I know for some motivating the kids to complete their set class work at home can be a nightmare at times. So, I’ve put together some of my tips on how to get children to do their homework.

Practical and effective school bag storage and organisation ideas to help keep everything school related easily locatable, organised and tidy in one spot.

I am planning a big back to school baking session for the weekend and wanted a collection of my favourite Freezable Lunch Box Recipes together for easy access, so I thought I’d list it here and share it with you too

Which shoes to buy your kids for school is one of, if not the most important purchase during back to school time. Here is my guide to buying school shoes to help you at this hectic time of year. + enter to WIN A PAIR OF SCHOOL SHOES!

Preparing for the back to school period can become overwhelming and stressful. Buying uniforms, shoes, book packs, cover books, iron on labels, etc there are so many things to do. Hopefully, I can help ease your frustrations of back to school mayhem with this Back to School Checklist FREE for you to download.

Back to school time is a balancing act with a house full of kids and having to organise school supplies, lunchboxes, uniforms, paperwork, work, household duties, the list can go on…. it’s exhausting just thinking about it! If you’re feeling overwhelmed I’m here to help you get prepared, sharing my Back to school tips for busy mums, to help you have everything organised for the first day of School.

A great little snack container perfect size for morning tea, before and/or after school snacks, school, kindy, work or as I do pack healthy snacks for home, which is great for portion control.

Denyse shares her tips on How To Engage Well With Your Child’s School. To keep in mind that policies and procedures, along with an adult to adult relationship with the school will assist greatly in any way where you may need to contact the school about a concern or issue.