As a teacher, staying organised is crucial for managing your classroom effectively and ensuring your students’ success. A well-designed teacher planner can be the perfect tool to help you stay on top of your tasks, lessons, and goals throughout the school year. In this article, we’ll explore the benefits of using …
Do I Need a Teacher Planner – How Can it Help? - Read more
When it comes to teacher appreciation, sometimes the simplest gestures mean the most. A handwritten thank you card for a teacher is a simple way to show your gratitude for all they do during the school year. But what should you write in a teacher thank you card? Here are …
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Teachers are a vital part of our society. They help mould the minds of children, who will eventually become the leaders of tomorrow. That's why Teacher Appreciation Day is so important! It's a day to show our teachers how much we appreciate all that they do for us. At Penstripe, …
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Welcome displays for schools are not only highly practical in helping students, teachers, and visitors to locate the school by making it noticeable, but they are also a great way for visitors to be greeted upon entrance making a great first impression. Welcome displays are usually the first thing a visitor …
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What are Wall Graphics Wall Graphics are large scale stickers made from durable vinyl, also known as wall decals or wall stickers. Wall graphics are useful for branding, signage, or decoration. They can be cut to any shape or size and printed in any design. There are a wide range of …
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Are you a teacher looking to stay organised and on top of your lesson planning? A teacher planner can be an invaluable tool to help you manage your classroom, track student progress, and reduce stress. In this ultimate guide, we'll walk you through how to use a teacher planner effectively to …
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A well-designed teacher planner is the command centre for effective classroom management and instruction. Beyond scheduling, today's planning tools help teachers track student progress, manage responsibilities and maintain work-life balance. Below, we cover essential elements of a teacher planner that help improve productivity and reduce administrative stress, allowing you to focus …
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As a teacher, you know how much time can be spent on lesson plans each week. But with the right strategies, you can quickly create engaging lessons for your students without sacrificing precious hours. In this article, we'll share 5 time-saving tips to help you streamline your lesson planning process …
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Being organised is an important part of school life for students, but sometimes this can suffer as they grow up. For some pupils, it’s an issue of actually starting to get organised, whereas for others they may struggle to maintain an organisational system. The benefits of being organised are proven, so …
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The ‘Growth Mindset’ has become a regular topic of conversation within schools, and it's a challenge for teachers to help their students fully grasp the concept. The Growth Mindset as it has come to be known, is the brainchild of social and developmental psychologist Dr Carol Dweck, who began studying …
How to Teach a Growth Mindset in the Classroom - Read more
Each year a planner stands out, this year it was Greenfield’s. They’ve taken the premise of a student planner and turned it on its head. Why did they do this? To engage their peers, teachers and parents in the journey they are taking through education. Each page is thought through to make the experience …
Greenfield Community College – Case Study - Read more
Time will tell on how much the current enforced school closures influences the 20/21 academic year. For now, we can only hope things will be back to normality by then. We’re currently working with several our customers to adapt their student planners to make them broadly work for all eventualities …
Five Ways Schools are Adapting Student Planners for a Post-Corona Classroom - Read more
Student planners are a combination of many valuable educational tools and resources – all in a professionally designed, sturdy and logically laid-out in order to facilitate learning – not only academic but also social, such as codes of conduct, individual responsibility – and the value of education in an organised …
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As the festive season approaches, part of our mind is drawn to the wonderful and alluring festive culture. Family, friends, celebration and merriment over one of the most culturally entrenched festivals in the Western hemisphere. The other parts are rightfully looking forward to 2020, a year of new challenges, targets, goals …
Organising for the New Year of Teaching - Read more
Wellbeing is a critical aspect of every student's overall health and wellbeing, both during their time at school and beyond. Yet mental health issues among children and young people are on the rise. In this article, we'll explore why student wellbeing is important and should be a top priority for schools …
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We all make spelling mistakes from time to time, but some English words seem to trip people up more often than others. Knowing the commonly misspelled words can help you identify patterns, remember the correct spellings and improve your overall spelling skills. Why is spelling important? Even with spellcheckers, incorrect spelling …
Get Commonly Misspelled English Words Right: Improve Your Spelling Skills - Read more
When’s the last time you did the hoovering? The fact that using a vacuum cleaner is referred to as ‘hoovering’ is one of the greatest marketing coups of the twentieth century, it’s not ‘vacuuming’, it’s hoovering. ‘Get the hoover out!’ you might catch yourself saying, even as you pull a …
Why Our Student Planner Reference Sections Are Better Than Google - Read more
Unless there are concerns about behaviour, special needs or slow progress, many parents with children in secondary school only meet teachers face to face at open evenings so there is a risk that they will feel out of the loop, as these examples show: 'Apart from letters about parents' evening, …
Keeping Parents in the Picture - Read more
1. Pick a system, and stick to it! Our teacher planners are a great way to get organised. Their customisable format allows you to tailor your professional holy book to your own mind, encapsulating not only the register, but custom pages to remind you of school policy, deadlines, and plan one …
10 Habits of an Organised Teacher - Read more
Teaching a child to read is a lengthy process and a big part of their development. Once a child has reached a certain level of ability, it is all too easy to assume they are fine and can be left to their own devices. Continuing emphasis on reading is vital …
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A simple notebook can make a lasting effect on your customers. With the usefulness a notepad brings, adding a touch of personalization can help your brand leave a good first impression, as well as offering your employees or customers a durable, professional and handy representation of your brand. We can’t …
Promotional Printing: 6 Benefits of Custom-printed Notebooks - Read more
Chances are, we all know someone who writes in a diary every day. Before you dismiss the idea, why not consider using one for work? With the working day often flying past us, it can be difficult to remember what you actually accomplished while you were working. A business diary …
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When we try and imagine “studying,” we probably have similar images in mind - long, endless hours sat in the same spot, staring at a textbook hoping it will all go into your head. These study methods are often seen as tried and true despite no actual evidence to back …
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With [current_next_year format='full' type='current'] now here, everyone is looking for ways to stay organised and productive with their work, life, and goals. The good news is that there are fantastic to-do list, productivity, and organisation apps available that can help you manage it all. This article will provide an overview of …
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Here’s some of the news, views and insights that the team here at Penstripe have enjoyed over the last month: Listen: If your intake of current affairs is restricted to a quick scan of the headlines then this is the podcast for you. The Guardian Audio Long Reads are a selection …
Penstripe Likes – Our Round Up for May - Read more
We’ve all experienced that overwhelming sensation when our to-do list surpasses the time we have available. This is a common occurrence for many working in education, where workloads seem to be ever-increasing. Is there a way to alleviate this stress and enhance productivity? Teacher planners are a simple yet effective tool …
This Approach to Planning Will Help You Find More Day in Your Hours - Read more
Homework is a major part of school life – it’s a way for teachers to evaluate how much students understand of what’s going on in the classroom, reinforces important concepts and helps students develop the ability to self learn. The idea is that students can research and learn independently, and …
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Our mental health deserves as much consideration as our physical health but sadly we don’t always give it the attention it deserves. Here are some easy tweaks and additions you can make to your daily routine to improve your mental well-being: Meditation: Mindfulness and meditation has been proved time and time …
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We hope you’ve all had a positive start to 2016. This blog post is all about some of our best bits of 2015 – it’s certainly been a monumental year! Unveiling PenstripeEdu 2015 was a landmark year for Penstripe, as we developed, and unveiled, our brand new homework and planning app, PenstripeEdu. …
Happy New Year From Penstripe! - Read more
On Friday, we travelled down to Newbury for the final ICT for Education conference of the year. The event, once again, didn’t fail to provide us with a wide breadth of knowledge regarding the implementation of ICT into the curriculum. First up was Tom Crick, senior lecturer of Computing Science at …
ICT for Education Newbury – Friday 4th December - Read more
At Penstripe, we develop products for various age ranges and industries. Aside from education, we focus heavily on providing the best planning products to the sport and corporate sectors. For sport, we focus primarily on golf (with others in the pipeline!). We provide some of the UK’s best golf courses with …
Penstripe in the Sport and Corporate Sectors - Read more
We’ve been producing quality print products since the 1970’s. From our origins as Leeds Booklet Company, we’ve been a leading manufacturer of planners and diaries. Our business is family-run and printing is in our blood. The passion we have for this industry has paved the way for Penstripe to become …
What’s New in the Print Industry? - Read more
On Wednesday morning, we’ll be making the journey from Leeds to Birmingham, to exhibit at the DRB Ignite 2015 conference at the NEC. The event spans the 16th and 17th September, and brings together a number of high-profile educational ambassadors, head teachers, governors and leaders. The theme for this year’s conference …
DRB Ignite 2015 Conference: Building Futures - Read more
We pride ourselves on the work that we do in the education sector. For over 20 years we’ve been providing schools with the highest quality diaries and planners with personalised inserts, designed to complement the values of the particular school that we’re working with. With primary and secondary students and teachers …
What’s So Different About Our School Diaries? - Read more
At Penstripe, we’re always keen to get involved with charities. We contribute to a number of organisations, and have recently partnered with BackCare, the back health charity, in a bid to get information about back health into the school diaries of every UK child. Osteopath Lyndee Oscar, founding member of the …
Penstripe Partner with National Charity BackCare - Read more
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