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Start as you mean to go on and get organised for school! Whether your child is going to school for the first time or just getting back into a school routine it's a good idea to get everything ready, and the Great Little Trading Co (gltc.co.uk) have put together a whole range of useful things to help you - it's called getting organised!

If you and your kids are always loaded down on the way to school you'll love our fun and colourful Animal Rucksacks - it makes the journey to school much less strenuous, and how about our Mini Adventurer Rucksack, Personalised Swimbag or Adventurer Holdall to help keep everything in its rightful place? Keep up with all their daily activities with our Magnetic Weekly Planner, and our School Year Calendar. Don't forget to reward your kids when they've been good, with our fantastic Star Charts, such as the Magnetic Superstar Chart, Fabric Star Chart, Reward Sticker Pack or Reward Pad - hoorah for organised parenting!

It's a good idea to make sure everything is named as far as possible; we have some brilliant personalised accessories to make it easier to keep track of their things - how about Personalised Swimbags (another one!) and Personalised Towels, or if it's their first time in a classroom some Named Pencils in a Named Pencil Case will give them the confidence they need to get started. You'll also need some Name Tapes and Name Labels; we have both adhesive, iron-on and woven labels so nothing need go astray and if you decide to go for any of our other rucksacks or bags you can make sure they are clearly named with these.

If your children take packed lunches to school it's worth checking that you have lots of cool bags, water bottles and lunch boxes to hand for the mornings - we have Inflatable Fruit Carriers, 'Ice Packed' Lunch Boxes (Set Of 3) , Spillproof Beakers, 'Learning' Snack Pots and matching colourful Lunch Bag and Water Bottle sets.

Help your children make the most of school by supporting them at home with our learning essentials: our educational toys and games will get your children in the mood to start work and make sure they get lots of practice in key areas such as spelling, handwriting, maths, and telling the time - maybe one of our Time Teacher Childrens Watches or alternatively the Time Teacher Wall Clock (As featured in The Independent's Best Buys for Back to School!) would be a good investment!

We also have a variety of desk accessories and small storage to help create and store precious art work and creative writing projects! A few of our favourite things include ‘We Have Lift Off’ Stacking Organiser; Carry Caddy; Spinning Desk Organiser; Children's Art Holder; Keep and View Art Portfolio; Art Storage Boxes (Set Of 3) and A2 Art Folder.

And if the busy week involves swimming lessons, or if there's a beach holiday on the horizon, let GLTC help give your child confidence in the water and keep everyone happy and safe - we have swimming equipment such as Goggles, Ear Plugs, Ear Protectors and Snorkel and Mask to help things along, as well as swimming and beach essentials to take to the pool - Swim Trainer Seat; Water Noodles; Konfidence Jacket and Roll On Arm Bands are a great help for all children learning to swim, as are our diving and pool games. As for the beach, don't even think about a British beach holiday without one of our brilliant Windbreaks, Waterproof Picnic Blankets, UV Wear or Wetsuits!

We have some fabulous beach toys too - for example kites, Sand Drill and the ingenious Scrunch Bucket - and lots of thoughtfully practical toys for the journey to keep your passengers happy; how about Magnetic Dress Up Dolls or a wipe clean version of Hangman?

Our six favourite products in holidays & school...

1.		Named Swim Bag & Towel Set G0765 £34.00	2.		50 Standard & 50 Mini Adhesive Name Labels G8478 £16.00
3.		School Year Calendar L1432 £14.00	4.		Animal Lunch Bags L0755 £13.00
5.		Named Pencils & Case L0725 £17.00	6.		A2 Art Folders G0343 £12.50