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18th March is Global Recycling Day. This year it is focussed on the recycling fraternity, celebrating those who put themselves on the frontline to collect waste and recycling during the multiple lockdowns. There is also a stress on the importance of education about recycling and pollution.

At 2Simple, we haven't collected waste, but we have collected a range of activities and put them on the same page in Purple Mash, so that you can easily access and use them in class, encouraging everyone to recycle.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator, is helping children and young people understand the power of their personal data as they learn, play and socialise online. They have launched a suite of lesson plans and worksheets, aimed at teaching primary and secondary school pupils how to protect their privacy online and how they can control what online companies and platforms know about them.

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Each month we will be highlighting a #MashoftheMonth, focussing on a tool or application within Purple Mash and how it can be used within the classroom to support learning across the curriculum. This month we look at 2Code.If you share how you have used the #MashoftheMonth, you will be entered into a draw to win a 2Simple Goody Bag!

We are delighted to announce our new Meet the Author sessions for schools, a chance for pupils and teachers to meet the writers behind some of our books in Serial Mash.