Foreword.

Ewing, Robyn

It gives me great pleasure to conclude my ALEA presidency--twenty years after the then ALEA President, Marie Emmitt, wrote the foreword for the first edition of Practically Primary--by writing a parallel piece for this special twentieth anniversary edition. At the recent AATE/ALEA Canberra conference we celebrated the journal's twentieth birthday with a name change that reflects where the journal sits today. It continues to complement the regular publications of the Australian Journal of Language and Literacy and Literacy Learning: The Middle Years.

Warmest congratulations to the current editorial team and the teams who, over the years, have put together high quality editions that have resulted in this journal becoming a popular and well-used resource by teachers all over Australia and beyond. This birthday edition contains some wonderful reflections of ALEA members who have made strong contributions to the literacy education community for decades.

I am confident that members will continue to share their ideas through the journal so that wonderful classroom practices can be accessed and implemented by colleagues all around Australia.

Best wishes

Robyn Ewing, ALEA President