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Ada Lovelace Day celebrates the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Held on the second Tuesday in October every year, this year it is celebrated on the 10th of October. In this blog we learn about Ada Lovelace and look at the many ways you can celebrate women in science with Purple Mash.

World Space Week is a UN declared celebration of space held annually from 4th to 10th October. There are lots of Space resources within Purple Mash, Serial Mash and Python in Pieces that you can use to inspire children throughout the week, to infinity and beyond!

Aussie Backyard Bird Count runs from 16th to the 22nd October this year. BirdLife Australia's site has great resources for every state and an Aussie Bird Count app to download. If you know the name of the bird you see you can enter it into the search bar and add it to your list, if you don't recognise the species there is an on-board field guide that will filter the bird by size, shape, colour and flock number and give possible species. You count for a 20 minute block and can do as many 20 minute blocks as you like. The data collected assists BirdLife Australia in understanding more about the birds that live where people live, and it's a fun treasure hunting activity!

Find out about the improved functionality of the 2Do feature on Purple Mash, all completed to save teachers' time.

The men's Rugby World Cup takes place in France from 8th September to 29th October 2023, with both Australia and New Zealand taking part it gives schools the perfect opportunity to teach rugby and for students to find out more about the 20 countries participating.