Twelve South AirFly — Bluetooth Audio Transmitter
from $54.54 ex GST
($59.99 inc GST)
AirFly sends audio from any 3.5mm socket to wireless headphones. It was built for aeroplane entertainment systems, but the school use is more interesting: it lets AirPods and other Bluetooth headphones work with equipment that has no Bluetooth at all.
Choose your model:
AirFly SE — one pair of headphones, the lowest-cost option
AirFly Pro — two pairs at once, and works in reverse to receive audio
AirFly Pro 2 — the current Pro, in black, white or blue
AirFly Pro 2 Deluxe — Pro 2 with a travel case and extra adaptors
Where it earns its place in a school: older listening stations, CD and audio players, gym and fitness equipment, and library media stations — anywhere a student with wireless headphones meets a device with only a headphone socket. Also useful for staff wanting to hear a projector or display without cabling across the room.
Pro shares to two pairs, which suits paired listening tasks and reading buddies. Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South AirSnap — AirPods Case
$45.45 ex GST
($50.00 inc GST)
A leather case for AirPods with a carabiner clip, so the case attaches to a bag rather than living loose in a pocket.
What it is:
Leather AirPods case in cognac
Carabiner clip
A personal accessory rather than classroom equipment. Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South BookArc Flex — Vertical Laptop Stand
$63.63 ex GST
($69.99 inc GST)
A vertical stand that holds a closed laptop on its edge, freeing the desk space the machine would otherwise occupy. For a workstation where the laptop drives an external monitor and stays shut all day, this is the tidiest way to store it.
What it does:
Holds a closed laptop vertically
Adjustable to fit different thicknesses
Chrome or white
Where it fits: a staff desk running a laptop in clamshell mode with a monitor, keyboard and mouse. Also useful for storing a set of laptops upright on a shelf rather than stacked.
Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South Curve Riser — iMac & Displays
$127.26 ex GST
($139.99 inc GST)
A riser that lifts an iMac or an external display, with space underneath to slide a keyboard away when the desk is needed for something else.
What it does:
Raises an iMac or monitor to a comfortable height
Storage space beneath for a keyboard
Black steel construction
Where it fits: a fixed workstation in a library, office or design lab. The space underneath matters more than it sounds on a shared desk that also gets used for paperwork.
Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South Curve — Compact Laptop Stands
from $54.54 ex GST
($59.99 inc GST)
Compact stands from the Curve range — smaller and lower-cost than the full Curve, for desks where space is tight or the stand needs to travel with the laptop.
Choose your model:
Curve Nano — the smallest, folds flat to travel. Slate, dune or coastal.
Curve Mini — a step up in height and stability
Curve Flex — adjustable height and angle, for setting a screen exactly at eye level
Why raise a laptop at all. A screen on the desk means looking down all day, which is the most common cause of neck and shoulder complaints among staff. A stand is the cheapest ergonomic fix available — though it does mean adding an external keyboard, since the built-in one is no longer at typing height.
Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South Curve — Laptop Stand
$81.81 ex GST
($89.99 inc GST)
The full-size Curve — a fixed aluminium stand that raises a laptop screen to eye level. No moving parts, which is why it's more stable than an adjustable stand and why it lasts.
What it does:
Raises a laptop to a comfortable viewing height
Open design underneath for airflow
Fixed height — no joints to loosen
Worth knowing: raising the screen means the built-in keyboard is no longer at typing height, so budget for an external keyboard and mouse alongside it. That's true of every laptop stand, and it's the step people forget.
Need something smaller or adjustable? The Curve Nano, Mini and Flex cover compact and height-adjustable options. Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South DeskPad
$72.72 ex GST
($79.99 inc GST)
A large desk pad covering the area under a keyboard and mouse. Gives an optical mouse a consistent surface, which matters on the glass and gloss laminate desks common in school offices.
What it is:
Large-format desk pad in black
Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South HoverBar Duo — Adjustable iPad Arm
$127.26 ex GST
($139.99 inc GST)
An adjustable arm that holds an iPad wherever you need it — over a desk, beside a monitor, or angled down at a workbench. The arm is the point: a normal stand puts a tablet in one position, this puts it anywhere.
What it does:
Weighted base with an adjustable arm
Holds an iPad at almost any height and angle
Black or white
Where it earns its place in a school:
As a visualiser — angle an iPad down over a desk to show worked examples on the board
Recording demonstrations — science, art, food technology and maker work filmed from overhead
Stop-motion animation — a stable overhead position is exactly what the task needs
Accessibility — positioning a screen for a student who can't hold a device
Cheaper than a dedicated document camera if you already have iPads, and does more with them. Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South PlugBug — Find My Travel Charger
from $127.26 ex GST
($139.99 inc GST)
A USB-C travel charger with Apple Find My built in — so a charger left in a classroom or a meeting room can be located rather than written off.
Choose your output:
50W — tablets, phones and smaller laptops
120W — larger laptops, or several devices at once
Why Find My matters here. Chargers are the single most-lost item in any school — left plugged in behind a desk, borrowed and not returned, gone by the end of term. A trackable charger is worth the premium if you're issuing them to staff rather than replacing them twice a year.
Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South PowerPic mod — Wireless Charger
$90.90 ex GST
($99.99 inc GST)
A wireless charger built into a picture frame — the phone charges standing up behind a photo, so a charging pad stops looking like one. A desk accessory rather than school equipment, but a popular staff gift.
What it does:
Wireless charging for compatible phones
Holds a standard photo in the frame
Black finish
Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.