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The Big Draw Festival is a worldwide celebration of drawing, organised by The Big Draw charity, this event is now in its 20th year. The promotion of the universal language of drawing as a tool for learning, expression and invention are at the heart of the festival. Starting in October, the theme this year is 'The Big Green Draw - A Climate of Change.'

Nutrition Australia's Tryfor5 campaign during National Nutrition Week this October aims to encourage Australians to increase their vegetable consumption to the recommended five serves per day. Despite the latest studies and recurring healthy eating messages only 4% of Australians are eating enough vegetables each day. The average person eats only half as much as they should, which is the inspiration behind Tryfor5.

There have been a number of articles about how education worldwide has changed during this pandemic. Most countries education systems have been affected by school closures and a subsequent adaptation of their normal teaching methods. Through necessity schools have had to adopt an online distance learning- approach to ensure the continuity of their learners education while they are at home.

Mash Club is a pack of resources for running a digital technologies coding club at your school using Purple Mash tools. Currently, this includes an eight-week course on 'Coding' using 2Code and 'Blogging' using 2Blog. With schools having to close again recently, it was great to hear from one parent on how he had used Mash Club with Year 2 students.

Fete de la Musique - World Music Day is an annual music celebration that started in France in 1982 and which now takes place in 120 countries and 1000 cities across the world on 21st June. 'Make Music Australia' is Australia's contribution and aims to engage everyone in making music anywhere and everywhere. They hope to be taking over the streets with music but if that is not possible due to "social distancing" they invite everyone to join in online through one of the online initiatives that will be taking place. You can find out more on their website and discover how it is being celebrated around the world here.