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Bring real PE expertise to your school or event.

Kelly Bell turns 20+ years in PE education into professional learning your teachers can use tomorrow.
Practical, credible and genuinely energising for staff days, conferences and podcasts.

20+
years in
education
4,000
teachers
mentored
8,000
students
supported
Master of Educational Leadership PTC Outstanding Service Award
Kelly Bell

Ways to work together

Three ways to bring Kelly in

01

Keynotes & conferences

A warm, practical keynote that leaves a room of educators motivated and holding ideas they can use the very next day.

02

School staff days & PL

Tailored professional learning for PE, PDHPE, CAFS or HMS: built around your syllabus, your data and your teachers.

03

Podcasts & guest spots

A generous, straight-talking guest on teaching, wellbeing and the realities of the classroom and life beyond it.

Meet Kelly Bell

20 years in PE. Telling it straight.
Making it impactful. 

Kelly Bell is a passionate educator with more than 20 years in PE classrooms as a PDHPE and CAFS teacher. She has presented professional learning on teaching pedagogy, including formative assessment, across NSW and Australia.

For 15 years she has supported the professional learning of teachers through workshops, webinars, resource development, marking and mentoring including voluntary leadership on a professional teaching association board and as President.
In 2014 the Professional Teachers' Council NSW recognised her with an
Outstanding Professional Service Award. 16 years as an HSC marker. 

Since founding The Learning Network in 2020, Kelly has mentored more than 4,000 teachers and supported over 8,000 students across NSW and Australia through memberships, resources and HSC revision sessions.

22 years in the classroom Master of Educational Leadership PTC Outstanding Service Award Google Certified Educator HSC marker

Kelly's mission: empower busy teachers to reclaim their afternoons, weekends and holidays so they can work their magic in the classroom and do what they love outside it.

Where Kelly has spoken

ACHPER National Conference NSW Stage 6 Conference Her Empire Builder Conference K–10 PDHPE Forum The HMS Summit The CAFS Conference Knox Grammar Teach Meet

What Kelly speaks about

Speaking topics

Every session is shaped around your teachers and your context.
These are the areas Kelly is most often booked for.

Lead focus

Primary PE 

Confident, joyful physical education for generalist primary teachers: practical and ready for Monday.

Lead focus

Movement & physical literacy

Building movement skills and lifelong confidence: the foundations of an active, healthy school culture.

Lead focus

CAFS, HMS & PDHPE

Getting prepped for Community & Family Studies,  Health and Movement Science and PDHPE syllabus with clarity and momentum.

Teacher wellbeing

Workload, energy and sustainable practice.

Formative assessment

Assessment that moves learning forward.

Pedagogy & leadership

Curriculum, leadership and mentoring.

Schools & teachers

What educators say after working with Kelly

"Your advice on refining extended responses, sharpening evaluative language and improving
exam-style writing made a clear and meaningful difference to our students' performance and confidence."

SS
College Principal
Santa Sophia Catholic College

I can truly attribute the improvement in our results these last few years to the effective use of your amazing resources. My students were 8.46% above the state average.

Chris Conway- CAFS teacher
NSW high school

You are doing a great job advocating for all things PDHPE and supporting teachers far and wide. What you are doing matters, for teachers and the students in their care.

Dave Thomas- HMS teacher
The Learning Network member

So many great, engaging and useful sessions. It was such a privilege to share the space with so many passionate,
like-minded PDHPE teachers and primary educators.

Stef Love- PDHPE Leader
PDHPE & Primary event

Get in touch

Let's talk about your event

Tell Kelly a little about your school, conference or podcast and we will be in touch within 48 hours.

Keynotes, staff days and professional learning
Podcast and webinar guest appearances
Tailored to your syllabus and your teachers

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