My daughter starts school on Tuesday, and unfortunately I am one of those very disorganised mums that has left everything until the last minute. I am using the excuse of being inexperienced at all this and hoping that I will do better next time. This summer holiday has gone so fast!
I actually think I am way more excited than Ava to be buying stationery. I used to be so, so excited to choose a pencil case, and pick out new rubbers and pens and pencils at the beginning of the school year. I’m actually really jealous of my four year old right now. I have a feeling I may be buying two of some things!
I have so many things still to buy for Ava for school, and most of them involve traipsing round town with A whinging and refusing to walk far, so I was pleased to see that The Works do free click and collect for the next day. I used to love nipping into the The Works with my mum when I was little – it’s always been such good value and they have such a great range. Buying stationery online hopefully means that we don’t go too crazy, and it means I can just nip in and pick up our order in between getting her feet measured for shoes, and choosing a school bag.
The Works have loads of fun stationery for the kiddos, so I thought I would put together a little wishlist for me Ava. I don’t even really know what the school wants her to have at this age, but you can never have too many pens or notebooks can you?
This Paw Patrol stationery is a great little set (a bargain at £1.50) – Ava is a big fan of the show (I most certainly am not), so I think she’d really like this, along with some extra Paw Patrol rubbers because they’re fun. I used to collect interesting rubbers when I was young, because I’m cool like that.
I used to love these ten-colours-in-one pens (still do, let’s be honest) – I think they’re great fun if you like pens, and practical too! We went to see Finding Dory recently, and A has been talking about it ever since, so she would love these, along with the matching pencils.
The Works has such a great range of stationery and other bits for your kids for school, and has really great prices too. I love browsing in the store, but it’s so handy to be able to order online, especially if you leave everything to the last minute like me!