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With the school year being in its final term and the summer holidays approaching, the Serial Mash Summer Reading Challenge offers an exciting opportunity to keep the reading momentum going! Teachers - imagine your students embarking on a literary adventure filled with captivating stories, interactive activities, and a world of imagination, all from the comfort of their homes or even away on holiday!

Oh you lucky thing! You're here because your brilliant school has signed up for Serial Mash Summer, and boy oh boy are you in for a mash-tastic time!

Read this blog to find all the instructions you need for being a super reader this summer, and how you can be in with the chance of winning some s-mash-ing prizes...

As Year 6 students approach their SATs this term, you'll be wanting to help reinforce key skills in English and Maths so that they can go into the tests feeling their most confident. Explore the comprehensive suite of tools and activities for SATs preparation on Purple Mash to make sure students are well prepared for May.

Find out all about the illustrator of Top 10 Deadliest Animals: Brett Gowlett, who had lots of inspiration from the lists that all our Purple Mash users submitted online!

Find out all about the author of Top 10 Deadliest Animals: Ivor Baddiel (of course, he had help from lots of Purple Mash children who submitted their lists online... but we won't tell him we know that!)