About Us
Founder, Gill Vaisey, Books at Press Religion and Worldviews Adviser
Gill Vaisey is a national Religion and Worldviews Adviser and writer of high quality RE curriculum materials. Published and made available through Books at Press, Gill’s resources are renowned for promoting excellence in Religion and Worldviews Education and making RE / RVE / RME easier for teachers and fun for pupils!
As an experienced primary school teacher and RE Subject Leader, Gill became an independent education consultant and has specialised in Early Years and Primary RE for over twenty-three years, providing support to teachers, LAs, Dioceses and SACREs across the UK.
Gill has a wealth of experience in providing professional support to SACREs and Agreed Syllabus Conferences, leading and managing teacher working groups, writing Agreed Syllabuses and producing exemplar curriculum planning and support materials.
To meet the needs of practitioners and pupils, Gill began writing and producing books and resource materials for the classroom. Her series of Puddles books were the first to be awarded accreditation for the Understanding Christianity project. Her Muslim story resources received an Early Years Excellence award.
Her recent 'Belonging and Believing' project, working with eight families over three years, shares their lived experience through the lens of a five-year old from within each family. These resources bring an exciting fresh approach to exploring different religions and worldviews with young children. The series has been recognised as a finalist in the Teach Primary Awards.
Gill’s high-quality advice, training and curriculum materials facilitate more enjoyable, accessible and meaningful RE for practitioners and pupils.
Meet The Team
A wide range of skills, from passionate and dedicated team members combine to create innovative inspiring resources for Religion and Worldviews Education.
Louise Gwillym
Illustrator
With her love of art and working with young children, Louise has been an integral part of the team, utilising her creative skills in producing the bold, bright, colourful illustrations featured in the Puddles and Muslim Story resources.
Janette Louden
Illustrator
Janette Louden (née Hill), freelance illustrator has been drawing since she was a very young child. Her versatility and love of many different styles and images were a perfect match for producing the varied illustrations in the Belonging and Believing series.
Joanna Nicholls
Photographer
Our amazing photographer, Joanna Nicholls played a key role in the creation of the Belonging and Believing resources.
Alongside Gill, over a three year period, Jo spent many hours with the eight families involved in the Belonging and Believing project. Jo’s skilful photography is featured throughout the books and resources and with her camera always at the ready, Jo captured numerous magic moments of family life.
Melissa Griffiths
Teacher Consultant and Editor
Early years expert, teacher and humanities lead, Melissa Griffiths brought her passion for language and literacy to the team, trialling the Puddles and Muslim story resources with her early years pupils and editing to refine and develop the texts to ensure their age appropriate and effectiveness for young learners.
David Rose
Design and Production
Supported by David Rose of David Rose Creative, all our design and print needs are expertly taken care of, ensuring we produce high quality resources for the classroom and library.
David has played a key role in the development of Books at Press since its early beginnings and his untiring support, enthusiasm, commitment and patience in working with Gill is invaluable!
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