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Looking for National Storytelling Week 2026 ideas? Discover teacher-friendly activities, Purple Mash Library books, resources for the theme 'Soundtrack your Story,' and inspiration for the National Year of Reading.

micro:bits can feel daunting, especially if computing isn’t your specialism. But they don't have to be!

In this blog, we’re busting the biggest micro:bit myths and showing you how our 8 brand-new projects make getting started genuinely simple. With step-by-step videos, clear code breakdowns and built-in classroom support, you’ll be up and running in no time - whether you’re a computing lead or giving it a go for the first time.

Purple Mash is celebrating International Museum Day with a partnership with School of Noise, check out the new resources which link science and sound.

The Purple Mash Festive Card Competition gave children the chance to design the official 2Simple festive card on any festive theme they wanted. In less than 3 weeks we received over 8,000 entries from schools worldwide across four age groups, and a school staff category. Thank you to everyone who took part. Now, after much deliberation, our elves have chosen the winners...

How a pioneering international school is using Purple Mash to unite two curricula and put learning at the heart of every lesson.

At Tenby Schools Penang, Purple Mash is doing more than supporting lessons, it’s helping unite two curricula under one shared approach to teaching and learning. With a 1:1 iPad programme in place, the focus isn’t on the technology itself, but on how it enables creativity, collaboration, and deeper thinking across both the international and national schools.

Rather than a rigid rollout, staff were given the freedom to explore the platform first and the result was immediate buy-in. Today, Purple Mash is embedded across different subjects and year groups, with pupils using it daily to plan, create, code, and communicate their ideas.

The impact? More connected teaching, more personalised learning, and a platform that supports the school’s wider mission to develop confident, curious learners.

👉 Read the full case study to see how Tenby Schools Penang made it work.