Biographical note

Lynn Broadbent is an early years adviser with a keen interest in parental involvement in education. She is the co-author of Flying Start With Literacy Ros Bayley was an enthusiastic advocate of personal, social and emotional education, believing that if we get this right children’s intellectual development will follow much more easily. Consequently, much of her work revolved around enhancing children’s self-esteem and educating for self-knowledge. Following extensive experience as an Early Years teacher, Ros later worked as a consultant, trainer and storyteller. Sally Featherstone has a wealth of experience as a teacher, head teacher and a local authority adviser and inspector. In recent years, alongside her activities in publishing, Sally built a national reputation as a trainer and consultant in the Primary and Early Years field - she is currently concentrating on expanding her writing about learning in the early years.