Schools & education

What schools and colleges need

Classrooms get through a huge amount of printed material: wall displays, flashcards, labels for trays and pegs, reward stickers, timetables and certificates. Resources need to survive sticky fingers and repeated use, and anything used in a classroom has to be safe. Hot laminators can burn fingers and take time to warm up; spray mount is unsuitable around children. Art and design departments, meanwhile, need clean ways to mount and present students’ work.

Xyron Creative Station: safe for children

The Xyron Creative Station needs no heat, electricity or batteries. Feed in a sheet up to 22.5cm wide (A4), turn the handle, and it applies adhesive, laminate, both, or magnet backing. It has a removable cutter, a fold-up tray and a handle, so it is easy to carry between rooms and store away. Because it is safe for children, pupils can use it themselves under supervision.

Use it to make:

• laminated flashcards and game cards;
• stickers and labels from any printout or drawing;
• magnets for whiteboards and displays;
• protected name cards and tray labels.

Bigger displays

For posters and wall displays, the Xyron 1250/55 takes A3 sheets with drop-in cartridges, and the Xyron 2500 handles A1 posters and signs from rolls, laminating or encapsulating edge to edge. Both are non-electric and an environmentally safe alternative to spray mount. Encapsulating seals both sides, which helps resources last. See Xyron lamination, laminating vs encapsulating and cold lamination.

Repositionable adhesive lets staff and pupils place work on display boards and move it around later. See repositionable adhesive and Xyron consumables.

Art and design departments

For mounting portfolio and exam work, read mounting without spray. The Rollataq 300 Handheld applies an odourless, non-toxic, acid-free adhesive, which suits mounting artwork and presentations.

Certificates and celebrations

Omnicrom foil transfer turns a laser-printed certificate or invitation into a gold or metallic one, using heat and pressure from a suitable laminator. Staff should handle that step. See foil transfer ideas.

Why schools choose Pluss

• No heat, electricity or batteries with the Creative Station
• Safe for children to use
• Laminate, adhesive and magnets from one machine
• No spray mount in the classroom
• A1 and A3 options for wall displays