School printing in Bendigo follows the school year. Most of what a school orders lines up with the four terms: tops at the start of the year, signs for enrolments and open days, posters and stall signs in the middle, and certificates, graduation tops and presentation night at the end. Plan it as a calendar and the night-before scramble mostly disappears.
This is what Bendigo schools tend to order each term, so the office, the sports coordinator and the parents' club can see what is coming and order it once.
Term 1: a new year
The first weeks set the look for the whole year, so this is when most of the clothing and the reusable pieces go in.
Staff polos and teacher tops. One colour and one logo placement for everyone, with new starters added later from the same file. Our staff polos come in a full adult size run.
House tops for swimming and athletics carnivals. A tee in each house colour, in kids sizes, such as our kids tees.
Year 12 jumpers and leavers tops. Most schools design these early in the year so students get to wear them for most of it. Collect names and sizes first, then order once.
A welcome banner at the gate and fresh classroom stickers and reward charts.
Term 2: enrolments and open days
For Victorian government schools, prep enrolment for the following year runs through the middle of the year, so this is when the school's front of house matters most.
Enrolment banners on the front fence, saying enrolments are open, with the date of the next tour. Vinyl and mesh banners handle the weather.
Open day signs: pull-up banners for the hall, corflute signs pointing visitors to parking, the office and the classrooms.
Information packs and flyers for families who visit.
Cross country tops and signs, if the house tops from Term 1 are not enough.
Our guide on what to print for school events and open days has the full checklist.
Term 3: Book Week, stalls and the run to the end of year
Book Week posters and banners for the parade.
Father's Day stall signs and fundraiser flyers for the parents' club.
Graduation tops for Year 6 and Year 12. Ordering now keeps them clear of the Term 4 rush.
Plans for permanent signs. If entrance or wayfinding signs need replacing, decide now so they can go up over the summer break.
Term 4: graduations and presentation night
Award and graduation certificates for presentation night and the last assembly.
Graduation hoodies and signed tees for the leavers.
Concert and presentation night signs, from a pull-up on stage to directions in the car park.
Transition packs for next year's preps, and a refresh of anything outdoor that faded over the year. Our piece on school signage that lasts all year covers which materials to use where.
A Bendigo example: Spring Gully Primary School
Some of the most useful school printing runs all year. Spring Gully Primary School gives students a GuGu award certificate when they reach 50 reward stickers, and we print the certificates in the school's blue with GuGu the bird on the front. Small, inexpensive per copy and kept in a lot of school bags.
Reward stickers, certificates, name labels and newsletters are all worth setting up once and reordering whenever stock runs low, rather than redesigning each term. Stickers in particular get used faster than anyone expects.
How to make school ordering easy
One set of files. Logo, colours and fonts set up once, so the office, the sports coordinator and the parents' club all order the same look. Our guide to school and club printing that looks professional explains why that matters.
Purchase orders. Send the purchase order number with your order and it goes on the invoice. If the school needs us set up as a supplier, send the forms.
Sizes first. For any clothing, collect the size breakdown before you order. Kids and adult sizes can sit on the same order.
Order by term, not by event. Grouping a term's printing into one order is simpler for the office and usually better value.
Schools across Bendigo and nearby towns like Kangaroo Flat order this way, and so do the clubs that share their ovals. If you run the club side too, see how to order club shirts without the headache.
Your next step
Send us your school's logo and a list of what you order across the year on our enquiry page. We will set up the files once and quote the year's printing term by term, so each order is quick to place.
