EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Michael Rosen, poet and visiting professor, education faculty, London Metropolitan University Robert Fisher, professor of education, Brunel University Marcia Sinclair, ethnic minority adviser, Enfield, London Diane Barratt, BEd, head teacher at Riddings Infants School, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire Michele Brickett, BEd, teacher,Wimbledon, London Teresa Grainger reader in education, Canterbury Christ Church University College, Kent Oriana Dalton, BA, PGCE, head teacher, King’s Primary School, Bournemouth Jennifer Fox Eades; BA(Hons), MA, DipTh, educational consultant and writer Martha Hardy, educational illustrator, Brixton, London Stephanie Thornton, PhD, freelance writer, E Grinstead Madeleine Danaher, BA, BEd, MSc, numeracy consultant, Southwark local education authority, London Sharon Freeguard, BA(Ed), acting deputy head teacher,Tir Morfa Primary School, Sandfields Estate, Port Talbot,Wales Jane Glover, Cert of Ed, Kingfisher Primary School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire Tara Hart Dyke, BA (Hons) key stage 1 teacher and English co-ordinator, St. John the Divine Primary School, south London Tricia French, SEN co-ordinator from Bristol Liz Leaming, BEd, teacher, Nailsea, North Somerset Barry Lyonette, Bed (Hons), head teacher at St Joesph’s Catholic Primary school,Wallasey, Merseyside Alison Mawle, PGCE, literacy adviser for Southwark LEA Lynn Sear, BA (Hons), MA, literacy co-ordinator, Snowsfields Primary, London Alison Narraway, BA (Hons), PGCE, MEd, Kingswood Primary School, London Clare Oswald, MA (Cantab), director of middle school, Thomas’s Preparatory School, Battersea, London Vicki Paterson, MBA, Bed, DipEd, head teacher at Brindishe School, Lewisham, London Maria Rodrigues del Gado, BA, PGCE, English coordinator, Our Lady & St Joseph Catholic School, Hampshire Chris Rush, MEd, head,Weston-Super-Mare, N Somerset Caroline Saunders, BA (Hons), PGCE, co-ordinator at Charles Dickens Primary School in London Mary Sydenham, BEd, teacher, Long Ashton, Bristol Penny Walker, BA (Hons), PGCE, key stage 1 teacher, Jericho Primary School,Whitehaven, Cumbria Mary Westhead, BEd, Dip RSA, assistant head teacher, Cross-in-hand Church of England School, Heathfield, E. Sussex