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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.

Python in Pieces is an interactive coding environment, designed to build student and teacher confidence in the text-based coding language of Python. With the ability to easily translate from block-code to Python, in BOTH directions, meaning that students quickly become empowered from as young as Year 5 through to Year 9!. We visited Caroline Chisholm School (before Lockdown) to see Python in Pieces in action.

On World Ocean Day, 8th June, people around our blue planet will be coming together to celebrate and honour our oceans. The oceans connects us all, between countries and across the world and by working together, we must protect and restore our oceans. The theme this year is Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean.

To celebrate World Oceans Day on Purple Mash, we have several resources you can use.