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Summer holidays are a time for family fun and a well-earned rest, but they can also be a long time without practising key skills. If you're wondering how to keep your child’s brain ticking while they’re off, we’ve got just the thing: Purple Mash is an award-winning online learning platform packed with creative, curriculum-aligned activities that make learning feel like play.

Stuck in the Dark Ages when it comes to teaching history? Take a look at some of the ways in which 2Simple can help you teach history in your classroom.

Looking to avoid Black Friday and all the supposed 'bargains'? Why not celebrate Buy Nothing Day instead? This year, we're supporting Children's Book Project in their mission of collecting one million books and redistributing them to children who do not have a book of their own. Find out more about how you can join and donate your own books in our blog.

At 2Simple we want to help by raising awareness of International Literacy Day and the importance of young people gaining those valuable literacy and language skills that are needed throughout life.

Here we look at just some of the resources available within Mini Mash that can help young learners engage with literacy and enjoy it for life.

2Code is Purple Mash’s interactive coding tool for primary schools. From first steps with block-based coding to creating games, stories and simulations, 2Code helps children develop their programming skills through guided lessons, challenges and creative projects. Find out how 2Code can support engaging, progressive coding lessons in KS1 and KS2.