What to put in a pencil case for a new year 7?

Savvy_Sue

azana wrote: »

fibre tips
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tippex

both banned at my boys' school.

Nicki wrote: »

I've also got a duplicate set of everything hidden away for the evening he comes home and tells me he cant do the homework set for the next day because he has left his pencil case at school

We bow to the master! :rotfl:

We were always provided with a List. I remember one of the last times The List came home, in a letter early in the term, stressing how important it was for each child to have a well-stocked pencil case with the following items. I KNEW that DS3 had a pencil case, so I asked him to go and find it, and its contents, so that I could get anything which was missing. "Nah, I don't need any of that, I just take a pen in my pocket." So what do you do when you need anything else? "Oh, I just borrow from my mates." :mad:

I invited him to show me where in the letter it said "each child except DS3 should have a well-stocked pencil case" but he couldn't. I think we compromised: he filled the pencil case and left it at home after a few days.

Apologies to all the teachers out there: he wasn't an easy child, but everyone seemed to like him!

pigpen

mine are not allowed tippex either..something about it being solvent based and sniffed to get high.. Amusing when they excluded 5 boys in the space of 3 weeks for selling weed on site lol..

paddedjohn

Dont forget the peashooter, its a must in any pencil case.:j

angelil

Don't get red pens I'm a teacher and we mark with them so if kids are using red pens too to make things "stand out" it actually just gets in the way as our corrections cannot be so easily seen. Green is better.

Beyond that I agree with everyone else; as for the scissors, maybe give it a few days from the start of term to see if school provide them or if kids need their own? We don't provide them so kids do need to bring their own in if they need them.

bluenoseam

paddedjohn wrote: »

Dont forget the peashooter, its a must in any pencil case.:j

clearly a case for this product!

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/10284264.html

gingin_2

Once again, thanks for all the advice, especially the teachers!

A USB stick! I suddenly feel very old.....

paddedjohn

bluenoseam wrote: »

clearly a case for this product!

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/10284264.html

im having one of them!;)

Sammy85_2

paddedjohn wrote: »

Dont forget the peashooter, its a must in any pencil case.:j

Biro, remove the ends and the ink tube bit. Perfect peashooter. :money:

tiamai_d

I'm at college and I have all that stuff, including the pencil case. Guess where my stuff ends up? Bottom of the bag. Not even been there a week yet...

pigpen

angelil wrote: »

Don't get red pens I'm a teacher and we mark with them so if kids are using red pens too to make things "stand out" it actually just gets in the way as our corrections cannot be so easily seen. Green is better.

Teachers arent allowed red pens here.. they use green or a pencil crayon.. red is a negative colour associated with anger and therefore damaging to a childs emotional wellbeing apparently.