Blog

The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10th October every year. The aim of the day is to raise awareness of mental health and to drive positive change for everyone's wellbeing.

In this blog, we look at a selection of free resources and ideas from around the web that you can use to get involved, raise awareness, and contribute to the cause. Please feel free to share them.

The countdown is almost over. After receiving over 100 entries to the Purple Mash Games Design Competition, we're down to the last 8 schools, who are all set to compete in the Grand Final at Amazon's UK HQ on 15th June. Let's look at their games and meet the judges who will decide who will be crowned the 2022 Games Design Champion.

The new DfE enrichment framework sets out eight enrichment benchmarks to help schools and colleges in England review, strengthen and improve their offer, with a clear focus on access, breadth, communication, partnership, outcomes and continuous improvement. Explore the benchmarks for schools and discover how Purple Mash can help primary schools offer broad, inclusive and engaging enrichment opportunities.

Know My School, developed by 2Simple, is a versatile school improvement platform that supports leadership teams in driving meaningful change. It offers an integrated suite of tools designed to streamline the processes of self-evaluation, development planning, and policy management - saving schools time while improving outcomes.

Inspiring after-school clubs with Purple Mash: from coding and creative writing to music, art, and debate, discover fun, ready-to-use ideas to engage and excite pupils.