At the heart of Huzzah are Katie Howard and Wendy Windle. We’ve been working as a team since 2012 to deliver holiday clubs where children are accepted exactly as they are, and encouraged to be everything they can be. Huzzah came out of asking ourselves the question:

 “What if instead of focussing on whether or not a child can say lines or nail a dance move, we use the performing arts to give all children something that will last a lifetime: calm, creativity, and confidence?” 

The result is our unique blend of growth mindset practices, mindfulness, and an approach to teaching the performing arts that builds skills for life. Of course the children don’t know about all the care that goes into building their days with us; they come back every holiday because Huzzah is friendly and fun.

Wendy

Master of Fine Arts (Acting): Pennsylvania State University

BA Hons Theatre Studies: University of Ulster

ICF Certified Life Coach: CCE

Children’s Counsellor 

Safeguarding Children Level 2

Pediatric First Aid

I was such a shy child I had to practice saying ‘Hello’ in the mirror and was already a teenager when a teacher insisted that I come out from behind my books to try acting. I discovered I could be everything on stage I was too scared to be in life. Since then, I’ve been fascinated by the intersection between performing arts and mental resilience. I’ve been teaching since 1998 and I’m still awed every time I see a Huzzah student expand their idea about who they can be. Even though it feels like magic, it’s neuroscience!