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The best back-to-school supplies from Amazon Australia to help your kids ace the new school year

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Collage of back to school supplies from Amazon Australia, including a lunchbox, crayons, sticky notes, a notebook and a backpack.
Who’s ready to go back to school? Your kids will be, when they’re kitted out with these cool back-to-school essentials.

Summer’s almost over and it won’t be long before it’s time to swap the flip-flops and surf wear for new school gear and pressed uniforms.

Lesson one: How to get your kids value-for-money essentials that’ll last through the school year and beyond.

Make your vacation, long-haul flights and road trips a breeze with the following must-have items from Amazon.

At a glance
Start with a good school bag
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Start with a good school bag
  • Start with a good school bag
  • Everyone needs a good pencil case
  • Good writing starts with good writing instruments
  • To write is human, to edit is divine
  • Keep their minds and pencils sharp
  • They’ll need notebooks
  • Sticky notes make things and ideas…stick
  • Get stationery sets that make them want to go back to school
  • Recess is extra joyful with the right lunchbox and water bottle
  • Fuel creativity with unique craft supplies
Who’s ready to go back to school? Your kids will be, when they’re kitted out with these cool back-to-school essentials.

Summer’s almost over and it won’t be long before it’s time to swap the flip-flops and surf wear for new school gear and pressed uniforms.

Lesson one: How to get your kids value-for-money essentials that’ll last through the school year and beyond.

Make your vacation, long-haul flights and road trips a breeze with the following must-have items from Amazon.

  • Start with a good school bag

    Every new school year comes with bigger responsibilities. That means your kids will need school bags with more space, a good build, and organisational features to keep things at hand.

    Shop bestselling school bags

  • Everyone needs a good pencil case

    Especially parents, because aren’t you constantly telling your kids to get their stationery off the table? Besides, a cool pencil case is an affordable way to get a young student excited about their first day of school.

    Shop bestselling pencil cases

  • Good writing starts with good writing instruments

    In this digital age, inspiring good handwriting and writing skills is more important than ever. Never mind if the kids are only using their pencils to fill in multiple choice bubbles—if a good set of writing instruments keeps them at their desk longer, we’ll take it!

    Shop bestselling writing supplies

  • To write is human, to edit is divine

    Mistakes, who hasn’t made a few? That’s why erasers and correctors were created. Check out these fancy erasers from trusted brands like Staedtler, Faber-Castell, Tombow Mono, and Pentel.

    Shop bestselling erasers and correctors

  • Keep their minds and pencils sharp

    A pencil and a dream can take you anywhere. A sharp pencil may even help sharpen the writing. Or so we’re told. In any case, your child’s pencils won’t sharpen themselves.

    Shop bestselling pencil sharpeners here

  • They’ll need notebooks

    Notebooks are useful for many things—taking notes, making doodles, processing thoughts, and formulating big ideas. As Frank Gehry once said: “A pencil and paper go hand in hand, creating a world of endless possibilities.”

    Shop bestselling notebooks, writing pads and diaries

  • Sticky notes make things and ideas…stick

    It’s amazing what a small slip of adhesive paper can do. Colourful, motivating, and in a size that forces students to write concisely, sticky notes work as reminders, organisational tools—and as surfaces for leaving loving messages in unexpected places.

    Shop bestselling sticky notes

  • Get stationery sets that make them want to go back to school

    Minecraft, Pokemon, Marvel superheroes and Disney princesses. Which kid isn’t a little bit more excited about going to school when their favourite characters go with them?

    Shop stationery sets

  • Recess is extra joyful with the right lunchbox and water bottle

    Prepping your child’s school lunches can may save up to hundreds of hours each year. So a good lunch box that’s convenient to pack and easy to clean makes life easier. The same goes for water bottles.

    Shop bestselling lunch boxes and water bottles

  • Fuel creativity with unique craft supplies

    Help unleash your kids’ creativity with art and craft supplies that keep their world colourful. Sketch books, origami paper, stencils and crayons all provide an outlet for joyful creativity.

    Shop bestselling paper craft supplies

  • At a glance
  • 1
    Start with a good school bag
  • 2
    Everyone needs a good pencil case
  • 3
    Good writing starts with good writing instruments
  • 4
    To write is human, to edit is divine
  • 5
    Keep their minds and pencils sharp
  • 6
    They’ll need notebooks
  • 7
    Sticky notes make things and ideas…stick
  • 8
    Get stationery sets that make them want to go back to school
  • 9
    Recess is extra joyful with the right lunchbox and water bottle
  • 10
    Fuel creativity with unique craft supplies