Speakers

Helen is an internationally renowned consultant, trainer, author and speaker in physical activity/movement in early and primary education with an MA in Early Childhood Physical Activity and Movement Studies. Her training style is energetic, passionate and highly motivational. Helen is respected globally for her valued contribution to raising the profile of early years physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviours.

Helen works as a lecturer for 5 universities delivering an Initial Teacher Training (ITT) module in Primary PE and PE Pedagogy as well as Early Childhood Physical Development. She is also an approved provider for the UK’s Association for Physical Education (AfPE) and a member of the Chartered Association of Teachers.

Helen’s consultancy takes her all over the world, from Malaysia and Dubai, to China and Romania. The movement philosophy Helen promotes is to embed movement within the curriculum to enable a movement philosophy. Helen believes that young children learn through movement, and early years practice must adopt an approach which is accessible to all. The embodiment of her practice is to raise confidence in the areas of movement play and physical activity. The training Helen delivers ranges from supporting educators in developing activities to support the early years framework they are working with, to working with coaches and PE leads to create developmentally appropriate PE schemes of work for young children.