If you’ve not made friends with it yet, then you need to go and introduce yourself to the Collins4Parents website. It’s not only jam-packed with excellent books for every stage of your child’s learning, but they also offer a boat load of useful resources and practical guides to help both you and your resident student.
Right now there’s also an online 30% discount for parents on all Back to School books, so now’s a good time to stock up. Just use the code BTS2016!
It’s Day THREE of #BackToSchoolBooks fortnight – and today we’re all about the school stuff. This is a brilliantly useful set for all school-aged children, whatever their current year.
Because who doesn’t need a decent dictionary on their shelf? And this one’s such a classic – I had a Collins school dictionary to hand when I started high school *cough* years ago! It’s perfect for all students over the age of 11 – and this edition been developed with teachers to be the perfect school dictionary for in class and for homework.
The clear layout makes finding entries exceptionally easy, and full definitions are given in simple language, often in complete sentences. With over 20,000 entries, many new or updated, it includes the school national curriculum vocabulary up to Key Stage 3 and GCSE as well as general vocabulary for students aged 11.
There’s also a special section on spelling, which outlines key spelling rules, and lists words that are commonly confused or misspelled. Handy, right?
Paired with a Thesaurus (which is an odd old book, isn’t it? One of those things that you don’t know you need until you need it – and then you wonder why you never used it before) you’ve got your English needs pretty much covered. But Collins have gone for the whole schoolbag reboot this week – so there’s also a brilliantly useful School Atlas, a set of fineline pens (I know! There’s stationery!), a scientific calculator… AND a £15 WHSmiths voucher.
Oh, those were the days – there was actually nothing better then mooching through WHSmiths on a Saturday, coveting the notebooks and new lever arch file designs and choosing between the 6,572 pens.
So how to win this brilliant Total schoolbag set, that’s the question. Tis simples! Just use the box below to enter – closing date is the 14th of September, and first name of of the cyber hat wins. And once you’ve entered, make sure you go back and enter Days 1 & 2 if you missed them – stick around, we’re here all week ;)
Good Luck!
7 September 2016
cosy
7 September 2016
Svelte.
7 September 2016
i love the word tattle-tale
7 September 2016
fandabidozy
7 September 2016
Squidgy
7 September 2016
Abracadabra!
7 September 2016
Rhythm
7 September 2016
Mine is Stupedous
7 September 2016
Orange
7 September 2016
Bubble
7 September 2016
Laughing
7 September 2016
filigree and dandelion, no idea why!
7 September 2016
Abracadabra!
7 September 2016
I love Angel :-)
7 September 2016
I like serendipity.
7 September 2016
I love the word adventure
7 September 2016
floppy doppy
8 September 2016
Yummy
8 September 2016
Fantabulous
8 September 2016
Please.
Just don’t hear it often enough.
8 September 2016
Discombobulated
8 September 2016
My favourite word is “Waster” when my puppy is being naughty
8 September 2016
Gobbledegook!
8 September 2016
Serendipity
8 September 2016
Giggle
8 September 2016
Alabaster
8 September 2016
sweet <3
8 September 2016
Completed, it just sounds positive!
8 September 2016
Enormous is my fave word
8 September 2016
Immense
9 September 2016
scrumptious
9 September 2016
jingle as you can almost hear it everytime you say the word and it reminds me of Christmas!
9 September 2016
My son would love these!
9 September 2016
Onomatopoeia ;)
9 September 2016
Pickle
9 September 2016
Literature :-)
10 September 2016
Awesome
10 September 2016
Love the word ATTRACTION
10 September 2016
Slug :)
10 September 2016
benevelent :)
10 September 2016
Deciduous
10 September 2016
Squishy
10 September 2016
Plonker
10 September 2016
superduper
10 September 2016
serendipity
10 September 2016
Giggly
10 September 2016
“Plunge” for me :)
10 September 2016
Mellifluous, which funnily enough itself means pleasing to hear!
10 September 2016
my favourite word is . . . . . . scrumptious
10 September 2016
Sorry, commented in the Gleam box! It’s Skulk.
10 September 2016
family
10 September 2016
I love to say Darjeeling to my husband
10 September 2016
“Honey” – it just makes me smile.
10 September 2016
I say gorgeous a lot
10 September 2016
spiritual
10 September 2016
Godwottery x
10 September 2016
Flibbertigibbet
10 September 2016
bespoke
10 September 2016
Fantastic.
10 September 2016
effervescent
10 September 2016
I love the word fizzy
10 September 2016
scrumdidliumptious
10 September 2016
superfluous
10 September 2016
Serendipity
10 September 2016
Sublime
10 September 2016
Chunky
10 September 2016
Crepuscular
10 September 2016
Batrachomyomachy something my daughters do often, please if you’re a parent to a girl you have to look it up. It will ring true.
10 September 2016
Rainbow
10 September 2016
sausage
10 September 2016
My favourite word is delicious!
10 September 2016
My favourite word is snuggles
10 September 2016
Selfie
10 September 2016
concur – hubby and I use it a lot, although used frequently by medical practitioners, that is not the case in our house.. it is usually through gritted teeth :)
10 September 2016
Autumnal is my favourite word
10 September 2016
Awesome!
10 September 2016
Muddle – I’m always getting myself into one and like the way it sounds :)
11 September 2016
Kerfuffle!
( that’s my favourite ‘ clean one anyway ha ha)
Great giveaway x
11 September 2016
Munchkin
11 September 2016
snooze
11 September 2016
Fabulous – it’s not complicated or fancy but I just love it.
11 September 2016
Gelatinous
11 September 2016
I love the word cracker—don’t know why, just do! :D
11 September 2016
Mine is Lovely….everything is Lovely :D
11 September 2016
I’ve always been enamoured of Stenhousemuir… it’s a team in the scottish league and I always giggle when I hear it!!
11 September 2016
Oxymoron – doesn’t just have a meaning but actually sounds like it’s insulting you i.e. ‘that doesn’t make sense you moron!’ :)
11 September 2016
My word is “woofer” which we say instead of dog in our family. It sounds much more friendly!
11 September 2016
Squidgy
11 September 2016
I like “accommodation” – I like longer words and this is one that I use quite often at work
11 September 2016
I’ve always loved the word “stoat”.
11 September 2016
Decanting
11 September 2016
I like the word floating
11 September 2016
Ooze is my favourite word. It is incredibly descriptive while being both awful and wonderful at the same time.
11 September 2016
Nincompoop.
11 September 2016
Lollygagger
11 September 2016
I love the word squish
11 September 2016
Sunshine
11 September 2016
Gullible
11 September 2016
My favourite word is NO..well that’s what my kids think lol
11 September 2016
Win
11 September 2016
sparkles
11 September 2016
Cake
11 September 2016
Plonker
11 September 2016
pontificate
11 September 2016
My favourite word is onomatopoeia.
11 September 2016
Collywobble
11 September 2016
Love
11 September 2016
I definitely love saying long words – exaggeration, superfluous, effervescent!
11 September 2016
Diet, I must love it as it’s all I seem to do
11 September 2016
Awesome!
11 September 2016
Cafuffle, love it.
11 September 2016
Salubrious
11 September 2016
Officiate – It reminds me of Kenan and Kel when I was a kid
12 September 2016
mine is reconciliation! just because I was so proud of learning to spell it when I was younger and it just sort of stuck with me lol
12 September 2016
HEAVEN
12 September 2016
scrupulous
12 September 2016
Antidisestablishmentarianism
12 September 2016
Plinth – the most masculine word
Moist – the queen of feminine words
12 September 2016
aquatic
12 September 2016
Melody
12 September 2016
Boomerang
12 September 2016
mine is pickle-puss because that’s what i have given my kids as a pet name as they grew up and now i use it for my grandson
12 September 2016
Fabulous!
12 September 2016
My favourite word is knowledge :)
12 September 2016
Snuggle
12 September 2016
Autumn – I adore this season and the word conjours up all the best things!
12 September 2016
Love the word “chrispy”
12 September 2016
Definitive
12 September 2016
absolutely
12 September 2016
I like the word, divine and delicious
12 September 2016
Mine is glistening, it sounds pretty!
12 September 2016
My favourite word has always been ‘Catkin’ and I have no idea why! I just like it
12 September 2016
My favourite word to say is Deliah – its so pretty! If i am lucky enough to have more children, a girl in particular, i would name her Deliah!
12 September 2016
My favourite word is ‘subsequently’
12 September 2016
Gidget
12 September 2016
Family
12 September 2016
Snuggle and tickle
12 September 2016
Melodious
12 September 2016
My two favourite words have always been Annexe and Verandah – with those spellings!
12 September 2016
I like doppelganger
12 September 2016
Robust.
12 September 2016
has to be ‘moist’ and yes Miranda Hart is to blame for that.
13 September 2016
Some brilliant words already said, lots of those are my favourites too :)
I love the words ‘pedantic’ and ‘brazen’.
I just cherish the look on my 22 & 24 year old son’s faces when I say ‘Oh stop being pedantic!’, it shuts them up everytime! Good tip there guys :P
13 September 2016
Effervescent
13 September 2016
my fav word is widget,If I can think of the name of something I just say ‘can you get me the widget thing from the kitchen?’ lol
13 September 2016
Texture
13 September 2016
plonker
13 September 2016
Wobble – love how it rolls off the tongue! ?
13 September 2016
Ethereal
13 September 2016
fabulous
13 September 2016
decadent
13 September 2016
SQUIGGLE :-)
13 September 2016
Tickle
13 September 2016
stupdio
13 September 2016
snuggle!
13 September 2016
I love the words Coly Wobbles when I’m spooked!
13 September 2016
I like tumultuous, it sort of rolls around in your mouth!
13 September 2016
Angelic
13 September 2016
Fantastic
13 September 2016
Bliss
13 September 2016
Pleasant
13 September 2016
discombobulated
13 September 2016
scrumpticious
13 September 2016
Mackintosh
13 September 2016
I say ‘Fudged’ lol
13 September 2016
superfluous!
13 September 2016
Brouhaha, such a fun word to say!
13 September 2016
I love the word Oxymoronically!
13 September 2016
I like how lazy the word procrastination sounds.
13 September 2016
awesome!
13 September 2016
Confuddled
13 September 2016
I love to say “simples”
13 September 2016
HEFTY
13 September 2016
Plinth
13 September 2016
bubblicious
13 September 2016
Procrastination xx
13 September 2016
Fantastico xx
13 September 2016
Bubble
13 September 2016
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
13 September 2016
I like “sachet”
13 September 2016
bubblicious
13 September 2016
Marvellous
13 September 2016
seriously
13 September 2016
Winsome …. I clicked yes on the fb but the link didn’t work :(
13 September 2016
Fantastic
13 September 2016
Indubitably
13 September 2016
Scrumptious it’s just so yummy
13 September 2016
Yummy
13 September 2016
Myriad
13 September 2016
Salubrious
14 September 2016
darling
14 September 2016
tinkle
14 September 2016
DOLLOP
14 September 2016
Wine
14 September 2016
It’s got to be Kerfuffle!
14 September 2016
peace
14 September 2016
antipodean
14 September 2016
Chortle!
14 September 2016
Jibberish
14 September 2016
my fave word is Payday
14 September 2016
Laughter and
14 September 2016
Procrastination. I’m very good at it and the sheer length of the word seems to reflect its meaning too.
14 September 2016
I love the word pouch. It always makes me giggle, lol xx
14 September 2016
I love the word sublime xx
14 September 2016
captivating
14 September 2016
I tend to call everyone I know pickle
14 September 2016
queue
14 September 2016
‘Congratulations’ is my favourite word
14 September 2016
I love the word Lush .x
14 September 2016
Modulated.
14 September 2016
Disconbobulate
14 September 2016
I like the word “Cheers”
14 September 2016
Jiggly
14 September 2016
I love the word Christmas :)
14 September 2016
Fabulicious!
14 September 2016
I love the word fabulous, I must say it about 20 times a day! :-)
14 September 2016
Vibrant is my favourite such a great word
14 September 2016
Fandabidosie
14 September 2016
this would be most helpful for my grandson
14 September 2016
Summer
14 September 2016
I love ‘vestibule’ Sadly I don’t get to use it very often.
14 September 2016
Bobble
14 September 2016
My word of the moment is ‘Basically’ but it changes all the time
14 September 2016
Yummytastic – I know it’s not a proper word, but I love it xxx
14 September 2016
smile
14 September 2016
Abracadabra!
14 September 2016
Awesome – I use it all the time x
14 September 2016
MY FAV WORD IS… FLABBERDOZIE
14 September 2016
Marshmallow – no idea why!
14 September 2016
scrummy
14 September 2016
yes !
14 September 2016
dibdap
14 September 2016
I like saying beautiful, or anything that makes my accent sound strong, as a northern irish lerson living in cornwall it always makes my kids laugh when i say things like now!
14 September 2016
Shemozzle
14 September 2016
has to be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
14 September 2016
Bottom
14 September 2016
Mojo – mostly used to describe gut feelings – good/bad mojo. I also like parsnip – the more you say it, the less sense it makes!
14 September 2016
Ridiculous
14 September 2016
I like the words Canoodle and collywobbles
14 September 2016
My favourite word would have to be unicorn
14 September 2016
SNUGGLE
14 September 2016
My favourite word is Banana!! Purely because; its a healthy food, you can use it as an insult without being too insulting, you can go ‘bananaanaannananananananananana’ which is always fun! Theres also that old ring tone ‘bring bring bring bring bring bring bring banana phone banana phone!’ and the Gwen Stefani one!! Who doesn’t love the word banana?
14 September 2016
Mine is the word fantastic, as I use it all the time. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
14 September 2016
Twiglet
14 September 2016
Stuff and figment lol :)
14 September 2016
Cosy
14 September 2016
Flop
14 September 2016
antidisestablishmentarianism
14 September 2016
Cosy
14 September 2016
Super
14 September 2016
I love to say clutch and plum!!
14 September 2016
Flange
14 September 2016
masquerade thankyou
14 September 2016
Bobble
14 September 2016
Discombobulate. Love the sound of this word :)
14 September 2016
i like indelible
14 September 2016
mini
14 September 2016
Listen
14 September 2016
Bubble
14 September 2016
Kerfuffle is a great word, as is sparkle!!
14 September 2016
mine is amazing i say it way way way to much but i just love how it sounds
14 September 2016
Smile
14 September 2016
Verbosity is mine
14 September 2016
Moosta (my daughter’s nickname!)
14 September 2016
Unbelievable – I think it’s a beautiful word