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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator, is helping children and young people understand the power of their personal data as they learn, play and socialise online. They have launched a suite of lesson plans and worksheets, aimed at teaching primary and secondary school pupils how to protect their privacy online and how they can control what online companies and platforms know about them.

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Each month we will be highlighting a #MashoftheMonth, focussing on a tool or application within Purple Mash and how it can be used within the classroom to support learning across the curriculum. This month we look at 2Code.If you share how you have used the #MashoftheMonth, you will be entered into a draw to win a 2Simple Goody Bag!

We are delighted to announce our new Meet the Author sessions for schools, a chance for pupils and teachers to meet the writers behind some of our books in Serial Mash.

Purple Mash pictogram tool 2Count is a versatile tool that lets you create pictograms to represent all kinds of items, from favourite colours to foods eaten and everything in between, in just a few clicks.

Thanks to a recent update the tool just got even more powerful. This is how.