Sept. 15, 2021

Step it up for Recycle Week! That’s the theme for this year’s Recycle Week, which runs from 20th to 26th September. We’ve put together a range of activities within Purple Mash that you can use to inspire children to develop recycling as a lifelong habit.

Sept. 8, 2021

National Coding Week is a volunteer-led organisation aiming to help build people’s confidence and skills by encouraging volunteers to run fun and engaging digital events. This year the week runs from September 14th-20th and there are a number of ways that schools can get involved. If you are joining in with #NationalCodingWeek we have picked our top three ways that you can support coding in school with 2Simple.

Sept. 8, 2021

Purple Mash’s graph and chart tool 2Graph just got a big update and we’re really excited about it. The new version is packed full of new functionality that lets children visualise and present data in a variety of colourful and exciting ways.

Sept. 6, 2021

September 13th marks the birthday of Roald Dahl (born 1916). From The Twits, to Matilda, to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and George’s Marvelous medicine, Dahls books with their humorous approach have been entertaining children and adults worldwide for decades.

Sept. 3, 2021

The 8th of September was proclaimed International Literacy Day (ILD) by UNESCO in 1966 with the aim of championing literacy as a fundamental human right and to remind us all of its importance for individuals, communities and societies worldwide.

At 2Simple we want to help by raising awareness of ILD and the importance of young people gaining skills that are needed throughout life in the form of literacy. Here we look at just some of the resources available within Purple Mash that can help young learners engage with literacy and enjoy it for life.