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With the much-anticipated Olympic and Paralympic Games now taking place next month, we have several resources for you to get stuck into from Purple Mash and Striver, our PE and wellbeing platform.

Fete de la Musique - World Music day is an annual music celebration started in France in 1982 and which now takes place in 125 countries and 1000 cities across the world on 21st June. Make Music Australia is Australia's contribution and aims to turn the country into a stage and enable performers the opportunity to develop their musical skills. There are lots of ways to get involved, find out more on their website.

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!

Junes #MashoftheMonth is 2Quiz.

The UEFA European football competition kicks off on the 11th June and runs until 11th July with England, Wales and Scotland all taking part from the United Kingdom alongside another 21 countries from across Europe. There is sure to be a lot of interest in matches and a great opportunity to use Purple Mash to bring soccer into the classroom.

Anne Frank was given a diary for her 13th Birthday on 12th June 1942 in which she wrote daily and had planned to publish a book about her time in the Secret Annex. Her diary was published after her death and has been translated into more than 70 languages.