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Welcome to Purple Mash Purple Mash is an educational, creative and inspiring website for primary schools. It’s packed with games and resources for subjects across the curriculum, delivering an engaging experience for pupils and valuable support for busy teachers.

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Why choose Purple Mash?

Quality: All our resources are designed by experienced teachers and educationalists.

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Breadth: The site offers differentiated content and resources for pupils aged 3-13.

Portability: Use it anywhere any time on desktops, laptops and tablets.

Create Homework: Pupils and teachers can access Purple Mash at home.

Paint, write, design, compose, compile, program and solve.

Freshness: Purple Mash is updated with new content throughout the year.

Storage: Pupils can save and share their work online.

Save Work is stored in online folders where it is easily accessible.

Support: We provide teachers with lesson plans, curriculum links and video tutorials.

Security: Purple Mash is a safe space and includes resources for promoting e-safety.

“We started using Purple Mash this year and it has taken our computer lessons to a new level. Our children are given the opportunity to collaborate, communicate with each other and use their creative skills. The grade 4-7s have been introduced to the world of coding – learning about what an algorithm is and much more with 2Code. The website’s layout is user friendly and the programme provides content for all learning areas. It is an easy way to introduce the grade 1-3s to basic processing skills. The first thing the children enthusiastically ask when coming into the IT centre is, ‘Are we using Purple Mash today?’”

Maryke Hemphill – Pecanwood College

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Celebrate Share work on online display boards or with hyperlink and QR code generators.

Teachers The tools have video tutorials, perfect for both teacher and pupil support. You’ll also find a comprehensive video trainer in the Teachers Section.

We provide easy-to-follow curriculum maps to help you embed Purple Mash throughout the school.

Adding feedback and comments to children’s work is easy. Mark a whole class in minutes.

The search bar makes it quick and easy to find the perfect activity for any lesson.

View activity scores and level progression for coding, maths and quizzes.

Use 2Do to assign activities or projects for your class to complete. Set due dates, monitor progress and mark children’s work all in one place.

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Purple Mash Too 2 2Animate

Paint and play animated sequences.

2Beat

Compose your own rhythms.

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2Calculate

Create spreadsheets and solve challenges.

2Code

Complete challenges and build your own code.

DIY

2DIY

Create your own games and quizzes.

2DIY 3D

Design, play and share 3D maze games.

2Explore

2Go

Sequence sounds and play them back.

Program objects to move around the screen.

2Sequence

2Simple French

Abc 2Publish

Write using these scaffolded templates.

2Question

Create visual branching databases.

Compose multi-track musical sequences.

Introduces French language and culture.

Faith Matters

Literacy Collection

2 2Type

Improve speed and keyboard familiarity.

Paint Projects

Themed painting with textures and patterns.

2Write

Write collaboratively in real time.

Serial Mash

Inspire reading with these serialised books.

Religions, beliefs and shared dispositions.

Simple City

Inspire meaningful role play.

Interactive stories in a range of genres.

Stories 2 Tell

Interactive stories from around the world.

ols and Content Grid

2Connect

Organise your ideas and collaborate with others.

2Count

Create pictograms to display numbers.

2Create a Story

Mix pictures with sound, text and animation.

2Design & Make

Build your own 3D models from 2D shapes.

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2Graph

Display information in a variety of graphs.

2Investigate

Create and interrogate collaborative databases.

2Paint

Blank canvas painting with felts and tools.

2Paint a Picture Paint in a variety of artistic styles.

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2Simple Phonics

A systematic, synthetic phonics program.

Logo

Program commands and algorithms.

Tabletoons

Compose and play times table songs.

2Simple Spanish

Introduces Spanish language and culture.

MashCams

A virtual dressing up box and writing stimulus.

Talking Stories

Read and listen to these interactive stories.

2Simulate

Inspire writing with these scenarios.

Maths City

See parallels with shape and number in daily life.

Writing Projects

1000+ themed frames for focused writing.

2Start English

Supporting EAL learners with contextual English.

Maths Games

Keep up with these fast-paced equations.

2Email

Safe internal email with teacher control.

English A large part of Purple Mash helps to develop children’s reading and writing skills. The open-ended Writing Projects are suitable for use across the curriculum and encourage learners to focus their writing with support for all levels. Rich and exciting stories with accompanying resources help to engage children and raise standards. Here is a small selection of how the literacy tools and content can be used in your class.

Story writing with 2Create a Story We made superhero stories. I drew a background and then used the animation tools to make my superhero fly across the page. When I finished my story, I posted it onto the class display board so other classes could read it as well.

Story planning with 2Connect

Greek Myths with Writing Projects

2Connect helped me organise my ideas when planning my story. I used the ‘Recount’ template to write out my plot.

I used images and clip art to make my own version of the Greek Myth ‘King Midas’ look more exciting.

Explore a play in the Literacy Collection

Reading and writing in Stories 2 Tell

Watching children act out scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream inspired us to act out the scenes ourselves.

We listened to a traditional Indian story and then made our own version. I wrote in the text boxes and speech bubbles.

English “Purple mash has been an amazing software to work with. Its user friendly, very interactive and my pupils love it. The support we receive from the head office is amazing although the software is very user friendly on its own. The wide variety of activities available is amazing and educational, and supports individual as well as collaborative tasks�

Candice Peterson, St. Benedicts Prep School

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2Email

Fable writing with 2Write

After watching a film, I wrote a review in an email. I gave it a star rating and described the main characters.

Our class wrote a traditional fable in a modern setting. We worked collaboratively to come up with great ideas.

Journalism with Writing Projects

Debating with Writing Projects

I enjoyed being a journalist. I used the newspaper template to write a report about our school summer fair.

The writing template helped us have a debate about keeping animals in zoos. Both sides had strong arguments.

2DIY game

Presenting with Writing Projects

Our teacher made a nouns and verbs game that we played together.

Each group chose a climate to write about. My group made a presentation about the South Pole with Writing Projects. We took it in turns to present to the class.

Maths Purple Mash is full of tools and games to help children learn new maths concepts and consolidate previous learning. Whether exploring shapes, interrogating data, composing times table songs, playing rapid recall number games, calculating with the spreadsheet tool or exploring space, shapes and measurements, Purple Mash is your one-stop maths shop.

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Practising multiplication tables with Tabletoons Using Tabletoons, we made our own versions of the four times table. I used all four characters and changed the counters to ducklings. I played the game mode at home to practise my times tables and my teacher checked my scores.

Fraction Wall

Funky Platform

Sequence Snake

Making a whole number by dropping fractions into the right place is fun.

By bouncing the calculator on number platforms, we practised functions.

We worked out the sequence before the snake ate the wrong number.

Bond Bubbles

Facteroids

Dividers

I played level three on Bond Bubbles and practised adding up to 100.

Destroying asteroid numbers is easy if you shoot the correct factors at them.

I divided numbers before they reached the calculator by firing factors at them.

Maths “Purple Mash helps children enjoy maths and understand it in a real world context.

Tools like Maths City are great for introducing concepts to children in the Early Years.

The older children love blasting and jumping their way through the arcade style maths games. They are a fantastic way to reinforce learning and enhance rapid recall skills.�

David Morley, Long Meadow Primary School

Exploring numeracy with 2Calculate 2Calculate has a spreadsheet template to solve area and perimeter problems. We used the template to fit a set number of sheep into different pens with the same perimeter. Our teacher assigned a different template to use for homework.

3D shapes with 2Design & Make

Making quizzes in 2DIY

After turning a 2D shape into 3D, I learned that prisms are made of two 2D shape faces and a series of rectangles.

To practise matching fractions and percentages, we made a pairs game. Afterwards, we each swapped with a friend.

Presenting data with 2Graph

Building a database in 2Investigate

After tracking the temperature for every day of the week, we presented our findings as a bar graph.

We made a database of football teams and how often they won different leagues. We turned the data into a diagram.

Computing As well as delivering all the coding elements of a computing curriculum, Purple Mash provides a range of tools to develop computing knowledge and promote safety online.

2Code provides support and progression for teachers and learners from starter tasks to advanced coding skills where pupils can edit Javascript. From Foundation Phase and all the way through Primary School, there are resources for all.

Creating a game in 2Code We created our own games using the Free Code mode. I created a game where the turtle needs to cross the road and avoid getting squished by cars. Then I shared it with my friends so they could play it and compare scores.

Learning about algorithms with 2Code

Debugging with 2Code

I made a simple program by coding fish to move in the right direction. I didn’t use the hints so I got the highest score.

The 2Code monkey needs help debugging his program.

Once I fixed it, I got to see fireworks along with my score.

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Inputs and outputs in 2Code

Learning functions in 2Code

My 2Code program converts ounces to grams. I sent it to my dad to help him with his cooking.

Programming a football game is quicker using functions.

After I made my game, I shared it with my friends.

Computing “Purple Mash has allowed us to embed computing across the curriculum and really promote digital literacy from a young age. The children love using 2Code and it has given the teaching staff real peace of mind because they know it covers all of the objectives.�

Richard Williams, Computing Coordinator, Holbrook Primary School

Doing a quiz on computer parts in 2DIY

Programming actions in 2DIY 3D

Using a Purple Mash quiz, we labelled a computer linking to the different networks. Then we made our own quizzes.

The character in my 3D maze game is based on a Serial Mash story and has to collect sweets without being caught.

Beginning to code in 2Go

Learning how to type in 2Type

In pairs, we guided a boat to several checkpoints. I gave directions and my partner programmed. Then we switched.

By typing in short words, we practised finger positions on the keyboard and earned points. I beat the top score.

Creating patterns using code in Logo

Staying safe online Writing Project

Repeating shapes in the Logo coding language can be used to make flowers. I made my shape repeat 250 times.

Staying safe online is important so my year 5 class made leaflets for the year 3 class to read before they go online.

Geography Whether it’s physical or human geography, Purple Mash has it covered. The range of tools, Writing Projects, quizzes and games will inspire children to be curious about the world and the different people living in it. Use the range of Writing Project templates to organise information about almost any topic, including features of different climates, famous cities, natural resources and more.

Create a database of holiday destinations with 2Investigate The class pretended to be a travel agency. We made a database of holiday destinations, then we paired up as agent and customer. The agent had to suggest destinations based on what the customer wanted and the information in the database.

Making a leaflet in Writing Projects

Climate adaptations in Writing Projects

Rainforests have different wildlife, plants and local area tribes. We studied them and wrote informative leaflets.

In groups, we wrote about how animals adapt to climates. I worked on the Polar climate. Then we presented our work.

2Design & Make

2DIY quiz

Writing Projects

The class worked together to build a 3D model of our neighbourhood.

I labelled a map of Europe with capital cities.

Year 3 wrote postcards to a class at another school. I hope they write back.

History Inspire a thirst for knowledge in budding historians with Purple Mash slide shows, Writing Projects and other creative activities. Children can explore history from the Stone Age to the present, analyse the causes and consequences of the two World Wars, understand ancient civilizations like the Aztecs, Mayans or Egyptians and learn about important historical figures like Nelson Mandela and Florence Nightingale.

Maze through an Egyptian tomb

Become Neil Armstrong with MashCams

Egyptian tombs can be scary so we made spooky 3D maze games. The goal is to find the gold and avoid the mummies.

We learned about the moon landing and then pretended to be astronauts. We wrote about our thoughts and feelings.

Writing postcards in Writing Projects

Queen Elizabeth II Slide Show

Pretending to be a World War II evacuee was interesting.

We wrote postcards about being far away from home.

Our teacher showed us a slide show about the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It had a lot of interesting facts.

2DIY quiz

Paint Projects

Talking Stories

After learning about Rosa Parks, we did a ready-made quiz about her life.

Our class pretended to be cavemen and drew cave paintings of our adventures.

In groups, we read and listened to a story about the Great Fire of London.

Science Whether they’re interested in outer space, animals or anything else, Purple Mash has something for all inquisitive pupils. Young scientists can explore physics principles, learn about the diets and habitats of different animals or complete quizzes about the human body. Children can plan a science experiment in 2Connect on the whiteboard and then complete a Writing Project to show their learning.

Creating a branching database with 2Question Our class created tree diagrams about types of animals. We played my game about carnivorous animals on the whiteboard and my classmates tried to guess which animal would come up as they answered different questions.

Creating animations in 2Animate

Writing about rocks in Writing Projects

I made a water cycle animation one frame at a time and sent it to my family. My teacher put it on the school blog.

After learning about the types of rock and their appearance, I wrote about them using the sentence prompts to help.

2DIY game

MashCams

Paint Projects

We created a game matching household objects with their raw materials.

I chose to become a fireman and wrote about how hard it is to put out fires.

I designed the rocks and lava in my volcano with textured markers.

Art and Music Every child is an artist in Purple Mash. The Paint Projects come with a range of textured brushes to inspire creative minds and tools like 2Animate and 2Create a Story can make drawings move. Young musicians can practise making songs while learning the vocabulary to describe their work. Both art and music projects can be downloaded and used in other Purple Mash activities to motivate cross-curricular learning.

Learn about the Great Artists

Patterns and textures in Paint Projects

Monet was a famous impressionist painter. We used 2Paint a Picture to make impressionist paintings.

Gardens contain different objects. We used patterned and textured markers to make grass, leaves, stone and wood.

Making moving images in 2Animate

Compose music in 2Sequence

We designed animated birthday cards with frames. We had to plan out each frame before drawing it.

The class composed background music for a dance story we made in 2Code using the different instruments and sounds.

Create percussion rhythms in 2Beat

Record a melody in 2Explore

By changing the bpm, we explored different tempos. I exported my beat as an MP3 to use in other projects.

I used different recorded sounds to compose simple songs.

I shared the song on our class music display board.

D&T Design & Technology lessons get a helping hand from Purple Mash. Children can explore nutrition and healthy eating with Writing and Paint Projects, match raw materials with final products and make different types of patterns. Young designers can create their own vehicles, houses and decorations. These can be printed as 2D nets, made into 3D models or printed on a 3D printer.

Designing nets and 3D models in 2Design and Make Grade 4 had a contest where we each designed 3D nets of vehicles or buildings. We voted on the best ones and our teacher sent each of our best models to a 3D printer to make the actual model. Then we painted the models.

Designing a mosaic in Paint Projects

Role play with 2Design & Make

Our class created a mosaic. We each drew one part, printed it and put them all together to make the whole design.

We designed masks for different animals. After printing and cutting them out, we wore them and role played.

Simple City

Paint Projects

Writing Projects

Using different materials like brick, wood and glass, we designed houses.

I drew a healthy meal that included all 5 food groups using textured markers.

My friend and I made a healthy recipe with ingredients and instructions.

Early Years Children are exposed to different language and vocabulary through videos and activities in Simple City. Children can use letters and sounds to start writing words on their images. Little mathematicians can start learning mathematical concepts through play in Maths City, which engages users with colourful images and singing instructions.

Purple Mash has areas to explore art, music, role play and much more.

Role play different jobs with Simple City Pretending that we were in a garden centre was fun. We watched a video explaining the different jobs including planting, watering plants and weeding. I made a garden centre where plants grow when they are watered.

Designing pictograms with 2Count

Explore maths concepts with Maths City

We did a poll on the eye colours of the class and then made a pictogram. We chose the correct image for each column.

I placed fish in order from smallest to largest. Then I followed verbal instructions to make an underwater scene.

Fairytale characters in Paint Projects

2DIY

Using different colours and textures, we recreated a fairy tale. In my version Cinderella’s dress sparkles.

I sent my mum a jigsaw puzzle of my favourite toy. She liked putting it together.

Purple Mash Tools Grid Tool

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2Animate 2Beat 2Calculate 2Code 2Connect 2Count 2Create a story 2Email 2Design & Make 2DIY 2DIY 3D 2Explore 2Go 2Graph 2Investigate 2Paint a Picture 2Publish 2Sequence 2Simple French 2Simple Phonics 2Simple Spanish 2Simulate 2Start English 2Type 2Question 2Write Faith Projects Literacy Collection Logo MashCams Maths City Maths Games Paint Projects Writing Projects Serial Mash Simple City Stories 2 Tell Tabletoons Talking Stories

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Purple Mash has a tool for every subject and age group.

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Cross Curricular

Premium Add-ons The Purple Mash Faith and Language add-ons target specialised subjects in the curriculum. These tools contain engaging content that is used to support English as an Additional Language, learning a foreign language, phonics and religious education.

Your pupils will find interactive animations, games, videos and Writing Projects to stimulate interest in subjects outside of their everyday lives.

Faith Matters

2Start English

Developed in partnership with faith leaders from across the community, Faith Matters helps children learn from the beliefs and practices of other religions. It contains over 50 activities that encourage children to reflect on what faith means to them.

A comprehensive resource with themed activities and teacher guidance designed to support children who do not have English as a first language. The combination of engaging content, resources and games inspire children to learn grammar and vocabulary in a variety of contexts.

2Simple Spanish and 2Simple French

Phonics

Grounded in the idea of learning through play, the resources include spoken vocabulary, songs, stories and group activities that can be done on a whiteboard. Children will be exposed to other cultures through slide shows about countries where the language is spoken.

Created together with Rising Stars, 2Simple Phonics is an established multi-sensory resource that is used to deliver discrete, high quality phonic lessons on an interactive whiteboard. It is an ideal resource to use alongside existing schemes.

Best Whole Curriculum Resource

The Serial Mash library Serial Mash improves literacy by giving children stories they won’t want to put down and themed writing activities that transport them right to the heart of the action. All this is supported by comprehensive teacher resources including online comprehension quizzes and printable spelling, punctuation and grammar worksheets.

We’ll inspire even the most reluctant readers to enjoy reading.

A new chapter every Monday New books every term Books for ages 5-11 Curriculum relevant topics

The writing activities have been a roaring success.

20+ books in the library Read on tablets Read at home

“The children have loved the books and they are so eager to read them each week. They have gone from being a group of children that do not like reading aloud to all of them with their hands up and eager to read!”

The plots are out of this world!

Simon Widdowson, Teacher, Porchester Junior School

Read Read the latest serial or pick a book from the library and enjoy it on a tablet, computer or together on the electronic whiteboard. Illustrations and animations help bring the story to life.

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The in-built definitions help children grow their vocabulary and their confidence.

The activities are themed around the chapters so it’s a natural transition from reading to writing.

Each chapter comes complete with a range of online and printable comprehension and SPaG exercises.

Purple Mash Training Ensure all staff feel inspired and confident using Purple Mash.

Book training for your school to: Embed Purple Mash across the curriculum

Based on a survey of all teachers who attended CPD sessions during the 2014/15 academic year.

Promote digital literacy throughout the school Get practical, hands-on training with best practice guidance Strengthen home/school links Guarantee the best return on your school’s investment

Choose from our range of training sessions or suggest your own An introduction to Purple Mash

Coding and debugging

Creative literacy

Perfect for first-time users who are keen to get off to a flying start.

Make coding an engaging subject for children of all ability levels.

Engage even your most reluctant readers and writers through technology.

Making your own resources Learn how to make your own crosscurricular digital resources.

“Great training session, Purple Mash will be used daily in our school from now on!”

Subject Leader, Ysgol Panteg, Torfean

Administrator support

Purple Mash refresher

Ideal for technicians, this session handles all the technical stuff.

A session focused on the latest new tools, resources and updates.

Topic tailoring We can design a bespoke session just for you.

Sessions last 1 to 2 hours depending on the number of questions you have for our trainers.

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“Rivonia Primary have used the Purple Mash and 2Simple products since the beginning of 2016.

From the outset, their staff’s attitude to assisting and training us was fantastic and made the Rivonia staff feel very comfortable in the use of the many different options the programmes have to offer. Our main motivation and purpose was to introduce coding to the children and get them to enjoy being creative. We have built a lesson into our timetable so that the children can use the suite exclusively, and have found that there are so many other exciting and pertinent skills that the product can offer the children, and they cannot wait to explore new skills in a safe cyber space each week! Administratively, it is also extremely easy to load new pupils and teachers, and users are up and running within seconds. I am sure there is so much more to come from the Purple Mash, because the people that I’ve had the pleasure of dealing with seem to be proactive and abreast of current trends in education!”

Andrew Crole, Deputy Principal, Rivonia Primary

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