Jo’s our Organised Mum, and she’s here to take the drama out of school holidays, with some tips to turn the most chaotic house into a well-ordered oasis of calm…

There’s always lots of talk about school holidays being stressful and something to suffer through. But if you get things organised, they can be enormous fun.

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u just need to be organised. Really organised. Think ahead and do some planning and preparation, and then the rest will flow. 

Here are my top tips for getting through the school holidays:

How do you structure your day during the school holidays? Do you think there should be no structure to the day during school holidays?

1. Buy lots of snack foods

2. Get your Supernanny on with a daily schedule

3. Encourage children to help each other

4. Make the kids help you clean, with the promise of a reward

5. Hire a movie to watch at homeSolar Movie providing the goods. Image: iStock.

6. Get them to put on a talent show

7. Activites don't have to be expensive

You guys are going to be doing ALL the fun things.

8. Take a moment each afternoon to have some quiet time

9. Start making dinner early before your energy runs out