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Anita Loughrey

Anita Loughrey was a primary school teacher for seventeen years before becoming a full-time freelance writer in 2002. During this time, she has compiled and written various photocopy resources with teachers’ notes explaining how they can be best used in the classroom and has worked with editors to produce text and ideas. She has also written for struggling and reluctant readers.

She enjoys research and her main interests include environmental issues, wildlife, myths and legends, history, primary science and technology.

Anita has extensive knowledge of the Curriculum and has kept up-to-date with the changes being made by various Government infrastructures. She is a member of the Historical Association Primary Committee, which has had the opportunity to read and comment on new Government proposals for the UK curriculum.

Age group preferences:

	Under 5
	5 - 7
	7-11
	11-14

Contact: amloughrey at gmail.com

For more information: www.anitaloughrey.com

Sample books by Anita Loughrey:

© Ellis Nadler 2005	Literacy Workabooks The Homework Book Company Daily homework exercises for the whole academic year, broken into activities for word level, sentence level and text level.
	Quick and Easy Plays for Primary School Hopscotch Educational Twenty-seven plays for Year 5, which can be used for guided reading or performance on stage. Each play is accompanied by detailed teachers' notes that provide suggestions for making costumes and props as well as performance ideas.
	Developing History A & C Black Photocopiable activity books - one for each year of primary school.
	Maths Homework Books CGP Series of four books. More than 120 photocopiable worksheets in each book to suit all abilities.
	Explaining Diabetes Franklin Watts Talks about how people with diabetes manage their condition and how medical advances are improving all the time.
	Shapes around Me QED A series of four books aimed at 2-4 year olds, to help children identify shapes in their own environment. Also written the complimentary series Colours Around Me.
	Star Struck series Ransom Publishing A series of six books for reluctant readers, co-written with Steve Rickard under the pseudonym Cathy Wade. Contain a mixture of fiction and non-fiction.