Publications / Press

	Home > Publications / Press Below are a selection of Gail's articles, interviews and contributions to the press and educational community. Latest Additions "Reception to Y1 Transition: The Child’s Experience" The Innovation Unit Booklet examining how educationalists may improve the transition experience. October 2006 Download booklet as a PDF document (222 KB) >> Read online at The Innovation Unit >>

Contributed to Publications

	"Creating the Curriculum for 2010" ISBN 1898908656 Outcomes of working forum about "Children’s Future Learning" National Primary Trust "How Are Children Disposed to Learn" ISBN 1898908745 Case Study. Author Prof C. Pascal. National Primary Trust "Picture This! Planning for Personalisation" The Innovation Unit Read online at The Innovation Unit >> "Continuing the Learning Journey" ISBN 1858387205   QCA

Interviews in Press

	"Primary Returns to Playtime" TES 24.01.2003 Interviewer Helen Ward   Read the online version here >> "Play on Year 1 Pupils Told" Nursery World March 2003 Interviewer Simon Vevers   "Primary School Prospers Under new Primary National Strategy" Nursery World Dec 2005 Interviewer Catherine Gaunt

Articles / Books Published

	"Reception to Y1 Transition: The Child’s Experience" The Innovation Unit Booklet examining how educationalists may improve the transition experience. October 2006 Download booklet as a PDF document (222 KB) >> Read online at The Innovation Unit >> "Child’s Play" Literacy Today   September 2003 Read the online version here >> Download as a MS Word document (94 KB) >> "Managing Transition to Year 1" Early Years Update   October 2004 Read about the Early Years debate here >> "Theyur Now Sand in Theur" IFIP Working Groups Transition and the Impotance Of the Learning Environment. 3.5 Conference Young Children and Learning Technologies 2003 Read the online version here >> Download as a MS Word document (94 KB) >> "Personalised Learning"..what does it mean for us? 2005 Download as a MS Word document (51 KB) >> Read more about Leadership & Management here >> "Mental Wellbeing in Young Children: a programme for 6&7 Year olds who are not confident Learners" ISBN 1898908834   National Primary Trust July 2006-10-29

Television / Video Clips

	Gail is delighted that the government appears to be changing it's approach to testing. As part of the National Primary Education Alliance which challenged the government's position on testing, she was interviewed for the BBC TV news in the report below: Video Clip from BBC Midlands Today (2min 14sec // 5 MB) Having Trouble Viewing this Video Clip? Download the latest version of Media Player here >>