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National Society of Storytelling is a UK-based society founded in 1993. Open to anyone with an interest in the form, they coordinate National Storytelling Week, which this year runs from 1st-9th February. Their mission is to promote the oral tradition of storytelling which was the very first way of communicating life experiences and the creative imagination.

Each month we will be highlighting a #MashoftheMonth, this will focus on a tool or application within Purple Mash and how it can be used within the classroom to support learning across the curriculum. During the month, if you share how you have used #MashoftheMonth, you will then be entered into a draw to win a 2Simple Goody Bag!

This month's Mash of the Month is 2Graph, Purple Mash's graph and chart tool. 2Graph gives children the opportunity to easily create a range of graphs. Different graph types can be entered in a table and up to four types can be shown simultaneously on the screen. It's packed full of new functionality that lets children visualise and present data in a variety of colourful and exciting ways.

Made some New Years Resolutions for the classroom? We're here to help you achieve them! Read on to see what we can help you with...

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 10,000 entries from schools worldwide across three age groups plus a new staff group. Thank you to everyone who took part. Now, after much deliberation, our elves have chosen the winners...

Computer Science Education Week (CSEd Week) 2024 runs from December 9th to 15th.

This year, we're giving you a free Code with Confidence pack as well as a full 45-minute Python in Pieces coding lesson.

You can also find out more about our top 3 Purple Mash coding tools for all ages.