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Ramadan is the most sacred month of the year for Muslims and takes place during the ninth month of their calendar. This year the period of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community starts on Saturday 2nd April and runs until Sunday 1st May. Here, we highlight some resources you can use within Purple Mash to teach your pupils about Ramadan during this time and beyond.

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths, featuring entertaining and engaging events and activities across the UK for people of all ages and will take place between 11th-20th March 2022. This year's theme is 'Growth' and here are a range of resources to experiment with. We know this is not traditionally "celebrated" in SA... but we just had to share all these cool Purple Mash activities with you!

While this blog and many of the websites and organisations mentioned are very UK focussed we have decided to share it because we at 2Simple South Africa are passionate about Children's Mental health and we believe it should be a focus in all schools.

Children's Mental Health Week is run by children's mental health charity Place2Be, who launched the first ever Children's Mental Health week in 2015 to shine a spotlight on the importance of Children and young people's mental health.

Chinese New Year, will commence on Tuesday 1st February and run until 11th February. Here at 2Simple, we celebrate the occasion using Purple Mash, with a huge variety of resources and activities to use in your classroom to ensure your pupils learn about the importance of this festival for many cultures across the world.

It's the most wonderful time of the year! At this time all out beautiful schools are closing down for the December break, and parents are faced with five weeks of keeping their kids entertained in a healthy way. While you fill your days with searches for Elfie, Christmas crafts and visits to see the lights, 2Simple is here for all those in between moments.

We have a range of stocking fillers and Christmas activities to see you through the weeks ahead; from writing projects, to mash cams and everything in between, there is something to suit every age group over the next few of weeks.