Carole Sharman is co-author of Observing Children and Young People 4th edition (2007) and Summative Assessment in the Early Years (2015) both published by Bloomsbury. She was a Registered Nurse and Health Visitor before retraining as a primary school teacher. Later she worked in FE eventually becoming Head of School for Early years and Special Educational Needs. Wendy Cross is co-author of Observing Children and Young People 4th edition (2007) and Summative assessment in the Early Years (2015) both published by Bloomsbury. She worked as an Early Years practitioner in a variety of Early Years settings. She has experience in tutoring childcare practitioners in Further Education and in internally/externally verifying acknowledged Early Years courses and qualifications. Diana Vennis is co-author of Observing Children and Young People 4th edition (2007) and Summative assessment in the Early Years (2015) both published by Bloomsbury. She was a trained Nursery/Infant teacher. Later she taught in Further Education. She worked as an internal/external verifier for awarding bodies in childcare. She was an Ofsted Nursery Inspector and an Early years Inspector for the Adult Learning Inspectorate. . Language: English