KIMBERLY Wyatt, 2015 Masterchef Champion and member of global band Pussycat Dolls, joined 15 Cirencester Kingshill students for a Youth Sport Trust dance workshop in London on Tuesday.

Kimberly, an ambassador for the Youth Sport Trust, hosted the workshop for the excited young girls, aged 13-16, creating a bespoke routine to a remix of Adele’s latest smash hit Hello.

She then spent time discussing some of the challenges young people face balancing the world of social media with getting involved with sport and physical activity. Kimberly said: "As a young girl I loved gymnastics and figure skating, and my dream was to compete on the stage, so I found a dance studio and fell in love straight away. "I didn't have lots of confidence, but dance taught me how to express myself emotionally and have a bigger purpose, which gave me a voice.

That's why I'm so inspired to be working with the Youth Sport Trust, talking to young people who lack that confidence to get active.

"You might not be a competitive sports person, but there is a real sense of achievement when you find something that you are passionate about because that can spur you on to do great things."

The school is part of the nationwide Girls Active programme, an initiative launched earlier this year, run by the Youth Sport Trust and Women in Sport, and sponsored by Sport England National Lottery funding.

The programme seeks to tackle the relatively lower levels of physical activity participation by girls.

Year 10 student Emma Brown said: "Today has been amazing. Learning from Kimberly through her dance workshop was so much fun and has given us ideas for what we might be able to do ourselves at school. Hearing from Kimberly about her own challenges has really motivated us all. She has taught us that you have to give your best in everything you do."

 Youth Sport Trust, chief executive, Ali Oliver said: "Kimberly understands the power of physical activity and its ability to give young people the confidence and skills to achieve in life. She's a huge role model to many due to her passion for helping young people who are lacking confidence, to go for opportunities and achieve great things." Representatives from Cirencester Kingshill School attended the Girls Active Camp in March this year, and the school has since gone on to implement the programme across the school, engaging more girls to engage in PE, school sport and physical activity. This includes hosting a sports day in June for local primary school girls.

Teacher of Girls PE at Cirencester Kingshill School Rosanna Steel said: "Today has been an amazing opportunity for our girls. Kimberly has provided them with invaluable advice and inspiration - we are very grateful for her time and energy. "Girls Active is about instilling good habits for life and these girls will go back to school to inspire their peers to engage in alternative sports, like dance, and get moving."