Lorri has been a primary teacher, school leader and curriculum advisor in NSW public schools. She has published more than twenty articles in practitioner and academic journals on aspects of teaching English in primary schools. Lorri was co-editor of the text, The Alphabetic principle and beyond… surveying the landscape (PETAA, 2019) and her latest book is The Early Reading and Music Partnership (PETAA, 2023). She recently co-wrote a PETAA paper (in- press due out March, 2024) on the importance of teaching punctuation in reading and writing and has written registered professional learning courses for teachers and schools, outlining the early reading partnership, English concepts and teaching punctuation that she aims to deliver to interested schools across Australia throughout 2024.   

Lorri currently co- presents registered courses for PETAA on how to write a unit, and which includes now curriculum implementation, state and national syllabi English. She feels grateful to be able to pursue her passion- working with primary teachers to garner professional confidence and skills, teaching English and music.

Her PhD research investigated the impact and sustainability of teacher professional learning.  Her current research project relates to how teaching reading and music together in the early years improves student language acquisition.  

Lorri loves reading, writing, playing music and gardening. Swimming and travel are also pursuits which elicit joyfulness. Her favourite author is Jackie French.