Back to School with 2Simple - Part 1

For all teachers, parents and children going back to school is a huge change in routine and takes a while to get back into the swing of things. This is the first in a series of two blog posts full of back to school tips that show the different ways that 2Simple's educational tools can support you in school, to help get your school year off to a fantastic start!

Purple Mash: Computing, Maths, English and more...

Your complete online solution for primary education, whether it’s inspiring your writers, extending your coders or boosting the creativity in your children; Purple Mash is a digital learning platform full of primary school resources which support teachers with delivering challenging subject areas and topics, both in school and for remote learning. Thousands of schools use Purple Mash as an integrated resource to deliver teaching and learning in school from nursery to year 6. The video below is just one of many that feature on our YouTube channel that also provides support, ideas and tips for teachers and parents.

Purple Mash is all about creativity, communication and collaboration. Increase student engagement by sharing work on the digital display boards, creating interactive class blogs or staying in touch using our secure closed-circuit email system designed specifically for primary school children. Pupils can even collaborate in real-time on work and challenge each other in fun online maths games, or use the tools for remote learning at home. Purple Mash is a safe space for children and gives teachers full control over what is shared. It's full of teacher resources too and teachers can also make use of the many printables that are available in Purple Mash to support offline working as well as work online.

With support for teachers including free weekly webinars, blogs, subject leader toolkits, a resource sharing area and training portal we have everything to ensure that Purple Mash works for you both in school and at home.  But don’t take our word for it, read our blog post to see what schools think of Purple Mash.

Serial Mash: Your online library for Years 1-6

As an online library for kids, filled with over 200 books - many featuring popular curriculum topics - Serial Mash is the best place to support reading in school. It comes with free home access for all registered students making it a brilliant way for children to continue their reading journey. Read on tablets, on laptops, with printed copies, or together via an interactive whiteboard, highlighting important words as you read. Each book chapter is complemented by a host of printable resources for whole class, group or individual use. Comprehension quizzes, grammar worksheets, sequencing activities, and open-ended questions - they're all in one place.

Striver: PE and Wellbeing in one place

Get your Physical Education curriculum sorted for the year now with Striver. It's not only a PE platform with over 400 PE lessons, but also includes six wellbeing units especially designed to support school-age children. The six wellbeing units allow children to study at increasing levels of depth as they move up through the school. This reinforcement process has been used so that by the time children leave your school, they not only understand these topics, but are able to put what they have learnt into practice in a meaningful way. The school wellbeing program's units are from Years 1-6 and cover mindfulness and yoga sessions as well as looking at the importance of sleep, nutrition and personal care. We have also added three wellbeing units for Reception children, which are personal care, teamwork and leadership, and yoga.

Striver makes PE accessible to teachers from all backgrounds. Simple lesson plans include images, diagrams and videos to guide instructors every step of the way. One-touch formative assessment tools make progress tracking quick and easy. It also includes an app that works offline so you can access lesson plans and do assessment on the move. Striver's school planner function allows you to assign units to different classes and groups. Once assigned, the teachers have all the information they need to deliver exceptional PE lessons and you can see exactly who is teaching what throughout the year, and because Striver is all about up-skilling your staff it is a great way to spend Sports Premium Funding. Data from every teacher is synced together online, so you can generate powerful whole-school reports whenever you need them.

Evidence Me: Observation and Assessment

Evidence Me is our award-winning assessment and observation app. It shows the impact of children’s learning by capturing learners’ experiences, monitoring their development, and creating reports to share their progress. You can easily take a photo, a video or write a note and it will instantly upload your observation to the app whilst on the go, with or without wi-fi. With Evidence Me teachers can consistently form quality formative assessment and save hours of record-keeping time.

When setting up Evidence Me you can upload your preferred framework, from Early Years to Key Stage 2 or even upload a custom framework. Once an observation has been captured, the auto-suggestion tool will recommend the objectives and next step objectives based on the teacher’s notes of the observation.

Our dedicated parent app can be shared two ways between parents and teachers to share information in real-time and develop great parent-teacher communication. The teacher has control over what is shared with parents; these shared observations are instantly sent to the parent app. Parents can comment on the observation and create their own by adding media and notes. They can then send this back to the teacher to view without having to open email or log on to the websuite. It’s the perfect way for parents to be updated on their child’s progress and learning journey. You can read how one school used Evidence Me when their school was closed to ensure that they kept in touch with their youngest learners during lockdown.

If you are already using Evidence Me then this guide contains all the information you need for setting up for the new academic year.

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In our next post we will be looking at how Mini Mash, Python in Pieces, Dot Com Digital, and Know My School can all be used to support schools from September as well as different ways that you can access training and support and find out from us all about our latest releases and updates.