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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...

Celebrate Fairtrade this fortnight with resources on Purple Mash.

Fairtrade Fortnight aims to put a spotlight on trade. When trade is fair it has the potential to improve the lives of the farmers and workers who grow our food and make the world a better place. This year's theme is Do it Fair - for People, for Planet and for Fair Pay.

This year, Her Majesty the Queen will become the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee after 70 years of service, having acceded to the throne on the 6th of February 1952 when she was just 25 years old. There are a range of events to mark this historic occasion culminating with the platinum jubilee weekend in June.

We were privileged to partner with Lanchester Primary to host Sigmund 'Sigi' Ciffer to share his story with not only pupils from the school, but over 100 pupils, teachers and parents from 25 schools across the North East of England.

Explore how Ofsted’s updated inspection framework is changing self-evaluation for school leaders, and what headteachers need to rethink to build confidence, alignment and meaningful improvement planning.