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We are excited to announce a new tool within Purple Mash 2Survey. 2Survey can be used by both students and teachers for creating online surveys and compiling and analyzing the results.

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!

International Womens Day falls on Monday 8th March. The day is about celebrating women and their achievements, whilst challenging stereotypes, bias, discrimination and perceptions. To mark International Womens Day, we have several resources and activities for you to use on Purple Mash to explore and write about inspirational women from across the globe. From humanitarians and nurses to sportswomen and scientists, we have them all.

On March 3rd, it is World Wildlife Day, a day to celebrate and raise awareness of the worlds wild animals and plants. World Wildlife Day in 2021 is celebrated looking at the theme of Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet as a way to highlight the central role that forests, forest species and ecosystems service in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally. We have several resources you can use on Purple Mash on World Wildlife Day to support the theme.

This Sunday is Valentine's Day, arguably one of the most popular days of the year for school going children. It is a day where love is about the place and there is a palpable excitement. It is also a day teachers struggle to get children to settle down and work on! So why not buy into the excitement and harness that enthusiasm into a worthwhile creative project.