Rachel Ford

HOD PE, RDFZ Kings College Hangzhou

Rachel Ford is currently a Whole School PE Teacher and PE Coordinator at RDFZ King’s College School Hangzhou, China. After Qualifying as a Secondary PE Teacher in Sheffield, England, Rachel moved to Malaysia in o begin her career in International Education. Rachel spent four years teaching PE in Malaysia before moving to China where she has spent the last three years. Teaching PE internationally has meant Rachel now teaches Early Years and Primary as well as Secondary PE. After research and experimenting with different teaching styles Rachel founded ‘Once Upon a PE Lesson’ which focuses on the use of storytelling in PE to unite the teaching of movement and language, as well as promoting cross - curricular and concept based learning. Rachel has presented numerous webinars based on these topics.