Back to School

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.

A variety of different ways to quickly style your hair, they are easily achievable to give a nice fresh look during your busy morning rush.

Organise and plan ahead for the upcoming school holidays. Staying organised with my printable planners and checklists.

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.

First Day of School Printables signs to capture the special moments of your child starting school through to Year 12, beautiful photos and memories to look back on.

Mum of 3, Kristy shares her tips on how her family is starting to get ready for the return of routine and normality. And while it may seem like a lot of work when all you want to do is continue to enjoy the holidays, remember it doesn’t have to be all on you.

How I re-establish our school routine before the kids go back to school, most importantly is getting their school sleep routine back into place.

So here are 5 practical ways to make the return to school a little less stressful for you and for your children, whether they have special needs or not.

An organised space to help reduce the stress of back to school. Keeping uniforms, lunchbox, papers etc organised.

Labelling every item related to the kids and school is essential so it’s easier for your child to identify their own items, will stop others from taking what isn’t theirs and if it gets lost having it labelled with their name will help it get returned. There are various ways to label items ready for the first day of school, I share my tips on how I label all our back to school items.

The lunch boxes and lunch bags my kids will be using this year for their school lunches.