Secondary school stationary?

[pollysproggle]

DS starts secondary school on Wednesday, I'm about to hit the shops to get him a pencil case and stationary.

There's so much in the shops and the school hasn't provided a list.

What does he really need to start the year?

@MongerTruffle
Thanks, it's never been the price of a printer that's a bother it's where to put it.

I'm assuming there must be some compact models these days I can keep in the cupboard until I need it. Bluetooth sounds good!

@twinkw
That's amazing! I was going to head to the big local Sainsbury's but silly me thought there'd me more variety on he high street- I ended up spending over £20

I'm a secondary school teacher.

Blue pen
Red pen
Green pen
Black pen
Some sort of pen that isn't a biro - if a fountain pen, buy a tonne of cartridges and an ink eraser; otherwise those friction ones are good
Rubber
Ruler
Pencil(s)
Protractor
Calculator
Glue stick (I teach in a million different rooms and almost none of them contains glue sticks so I'd say this is a must!)
Colouring pencils

We expect 1 blue or black pen, 1 red pen, 1 green pen, pencil, pencil sharpener, ruler, scientific calculator, rubber.

A lot of schools will also expect a protractor and pair of compasses, but they do tend to get broken in pencil cases.

Coloured pens/pencils, highlighters, correction tape, glue stick, mini stapler, are all on the list of things which are desirable but not essential.

Amazon classpacks are your friend.

Then when the kids come whinging at 9pm on a Sunday night that they need xyz piece of stationery you can produce it instantly.

Can I just say

NO
fountain pens or fibre tipped pens.

Fountain pens always find a way to explode.
fibre tip pens are rubbish if used on cheap paper.

I'm a geography teacher - coloured pencils (red, green, blue, yellow and brown) are useful, and yy to glue!