About the authors

Kathrine Hume

Kathrine Hume has been involved in primary school education in the UK for 40 years, as both a teacher and headteacher. Her experience has been in mainstream and special education, within rural and city schools. As a headteacher, much of her work involved encouraging and developing trainee and recently qualified teachers.

Kathrine joined Cambridge University Press as an author following her retirement as a headteacher.

Sarah Lindsay

Sarah Lindsay started her educational career as a primary school teacher in the UK. She then moved into authoring educational material, fulltime, for primary-school aged children; this she has done for the last 20 years, writing for UK international markets. For 12 years she has been a school governor. Among the many projects she has been involved with she is a lead author in the Cambridge Grammar and Writing Skills series.

Kate Ruttle

Kate Ruttle has been a primary school teacher in the UK for over 30 years. She has been involved in educational publishing for over 25 years and has worked on a wide range of resources for teaching literacy as well as for supporting learners with special educational needs. She has contributed to the development of the Cambridge International curriculum for English as a First Language as well as producing resources linked to the curriculum.