I have been a full-time primary school teacher in NSW and overseas for the past 11 years. I have had vast experience designing, planning and delivering programs to develop the English literacy skills of students from Kindergarten through to Year 6 using both the NSW and British Curriculum. I also have 6 years of experience teaching English as a second language to lower primary students. For younger and struggling readers I have taught a range of strategies to help students read and spell familiar words, as well as developing skills they can use to help with overall comprehension of texts. To encourage enjoyment of reading I have used texts that align with the interests of students, as well as their reading level. I used these texts, as well as other stimuli, to develop their writing skills in a number of genres, such as narrative, informative and persuasive writing.