Around the start of the summer, I reviewed the School Year Calendar at KTwo Products, and now, on the cusp of the new term, it’s back, and for PlayPennies readers, there’s 50% off, making it just £5, all inclusive.

Have an organised start to the school year

• Discount: 50%
• Expires: 6 September 2012
• Discount Code: PLAYSCHOOL50

So, this calendar is normally £12.99, but it’s currently on offer anyway for £9.99. Take 50% off and it lowers the cost by an additional £4.99 to £5, and includes free delivery too.

What makes this a worthy purchase?

The calendar runs from August 2012 to August 2013 and has five columns on each page for up to five family members. There’s also a sixth column for birthdays . The school year calendar has no pictures, but instead has funky shapes and background colours. Each month’s ‘page’ has a pouch for keeping bits of paper, receipts, vouchers, notes, or invitations. Below the calendar there’s a sticky note pad, which is useful for shopping lists and reminders.

It also comes with a selection of ready-made stickers with things like ‘term starts’ and ‘term ends’ written on them. Other stickers include ‘School Photos’, ‘School Trip’, ‘School Event’ and ‘No School’ as well as dots in five colours for repeat events – like weekly rugby games in the example picture. Finally, there are stars and ‘black out’ strips for weeks of holidays or special events, or whatever you need it for.

I’m a bit nerdy, sometimes, and I  love planning and organising – it’s just following through I’m not always so great at.  That’s one of the reasons I love the KTwo products and specifically the School Year calendar.

The calendar runs from August 2012 to August 2013 and has five columns on each page for up to five family members. This is great for keeping track of where everyone is or what special occasions are coming up for each child. There’s also a sixth column for birthdays , which is fab, because I always forget to look at the birthday calendar, despite it hanging right by the front door!

The school year calendar has no pictures, but instead has funky shapes and background colours –but I suppose if you wanted to, you could paste postcard sized photos on each page… it could be a fun summer activity.

Each month’s ‘page’ has a pouch for keeping bits of paper, receipts, vouchers, notes,  or invitations. This pretty much replaces the messy magnet stash on my fridge!

Below the calendar there’s a sticky note pad, which is useful for shopping lists and reminders.

There’s another really useful addition to this calendar: stickers. It comes with a selection of ready made stickers with things like ‘term starts’ and ‘term ends’ written on them.  Other stickers include ‘School Photos’, ‘School Trip’, ‘School Event’  and ‘No School’ as well as dots in five colours for repeat events – like weekly rugby games in the example picture. Finally, there are stars and ‘black out’ strips for weeks of holidays or special events, or whatever you need it for, really!

Having not used it for a year yet, I can’t say what specific problems there may be with it, but the only thing I can think of is that there may not be enough stickers for three school aged children, but I’m not sure about that.

Honestly, I love the School Year Calendar from KTwo Products. I think it’s  a great idea!

It’s coming up for the long weeks of summer holidays again, and while we certainly don’t want to wish those away, getting ready for back to school well before the time will mean you can put it all out your mind till the day before, basically!

With that in minda, KTWO have offered PlayPennies readers a fabulous discount on their School Year Calendar, with a quarter off the original price.

Prepare for an organised year ahead with the school year calendar

• Discount: 25%
• Expires: 31 July 2012
• Discount Code: PPSYC25

With this code the calendar, which normally costs £12.99, is reduced to £9.74.

The problem with that is that it is then less than the free postage limit, meaning that if you buy the School Year Calendar on its own, adding £2.15 for postage brings you to £11.90 – which is still over £1 off.

You could, however, look at getting something else off the site, like the Baby Notes book for £1.99. If you do that, you’ll pay £11.73 – not much difference, but at least you’re getting something for it, rather than spending it on postage.

Of course there are plenty other brilliant things from KTwo you could buy and still get 25% off the calendar.