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About Jenny
| Jenny first started teaching in inner London in 1970 and has a BSc from Bristol University, PGCE, London University and Dip Maths Cambridge. She has written over 60 food and textiles books since she started writing in 1980 and has sold over 1 million books around the world. Jenny is well known for her school textbooks produced by Heinemann and OUP including GCSE books for Home Economics and Food Technology. |
Jenny started Ridgwell Press in 1990, and the company has a vast range of resources for food and textiles for secondary schools. Popular food products include Tasting and testing - the first book Jenny wrote for Ridgwell Press Food in Focus - a nutritional analysis program used in over 40% of UK schools In the years since Design and Technology was introduced, Jenny has trained and inspired thousands of teachers on inservice events around the UK and abroad. |
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Ridgwell Press chases innovation and aims to give students challenging ideas. Recent work has focussed on developing resources for modern and smart textiles and creating dynamic textiles projects for busy classrooms. Jenny's mother was a needlework teacher at Kettering Secondary Modern School, and at the age of three she sat in the fabric box and waited to go back home to a household full of knitting, sewing and weaving. Now those early ideas are being realised in her passion for textiles education, so watch this space. |
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