Free Stuff

For International Dance Day this year, we have put together a free Samba lesson for schools to use either on the day or during this term. The lesson is based on a samba dance. As well as printable teaching notes there are also a series of short videos that you can use to demonstrate to the children, a brief history of samba is included alongside a playlist of music.

The digital world is vast, exciting and forever evolving at such a pace that parents often find it hard to keep up. It has an amazing range of information and opportunities online and can help us see the world from different points of view.

We have partnered with UK Safer Internet Centre and Amazon Web Services to put together this guide to support parents in recognising the reliability of the information that you encounter online and being able to advise your children enabling them to grow into a responsible digital citizen who is able to keep themselves safe while, at the same time, getting the very best from the digital world.

This booklet has been written by Nina Jackson and Kelly Hannaghan. Nina Jackson is an award-winning motivational speaker, a published author and an International Mental Health Advisor & Consultant. Kelly Hannaghan is a Mental Health & Wellbeing Consultant with 15 years of experience of working in education as well as being an award-winning motivational speaker, school improvement advisor and published author.

At 2Simple, were celebrating Safer Internet Day (9th February) with Purple Mash offering several free resources that you can use in your classrooms. By focussing on reliability in the online world, were offering students the chance to explore the theme using the following resources.

The Purple Mash DigiTech Scheme of Work is a powerful comprehensive resource aligned to national curricula that supports schools with achieving excellence in the teaching and learning of digital technologies. This Quick Start Guide presents a step-by-step guide to getting started and making the most of the scheme. It contains everything that is needed to deliver inspiring and engaging lessons whilst allowing for the flexibility to meet individual school needs.