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Introducing a brand-new book from Purple Mash Publishing, written by Ivor Baddiel and Jonny Zucker: Brainchild! It's an exciting book for 10-15 year olds which explores the battle between good and evil, and the limits and ethics of medicine.

Computer Science Education Week (CSEd Week) 2025 runs from 8th to 15th December.

This year, you can explore coding with your class using our free Code with Confidence pack.

You can also find out more about our top three Purple Mash coding tools for all ages in this blog post.

We get asked all the time if schools still need to collect evidence of children’s learning. Our view has always been a resounding “Yes, absolutely!”. There is no doubt the introduction of new frameworks and methodologies created a narrative that collecting evidence was no longer needed. This message was received with open arms from early years practitioners who were fed up with the amount of time they were spending collecting evidence and assessment data. As a result many schools simply stopped collecting evidence because they believed that was the message coming from the experts. However, we have spoken to several schools that gave up collecting evidence and are now regretting the fact that they no longer have a collection of the exceptional practice and learners' magical moments; those experiences are lost forever.

Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to inspire and celebrate outdoor play and learning at school and at home. The twice-yearly event is a time for teachers to celebrate with a special day outdoors for their class.

There are plenty of outdoor learning activities that you can use to stimulate outdoor exploration and build on learning, come rain or shine...

We're delighted to announce that Evidence Me has been awarded Highly Commended in the 'App' category for the Teach Primary Awards.

Although we have always been proud of how well Evidence Me supports schools with their observation and assessment needs, it's fantastic to have this recognised by Teach Primary's panel of primary experts.