Physical Education

The PE Department aims to develop a wide range of skills. The teaching material develops the individual’s ability to perform physical tasks and enables them to play sports more competently, but also to enjoy physical activity so the chances of them continuing after school are increased.

Important Notice

If your child suffers a head injury away from school that results in actual or suspected concussion, please ensure that you contact the school as they should have limited PE/physical activities for a period of time after the incident. Sports clubs should also be made aware of such an injury.
Students who are not able to take part in the practical element of their PE lesson due to injury or illness should bring a note from home to support this and show this to their PE teacher. They should still bring their PE kit as they will be given alternative tasks which are suitable for their situation (for example basic coaching or small group officiating) but may wish to supplement their usual PE kit with extra layers and/or a tracksuit to ensure they remain warm as they may be less active during the lesson than their peers. Changing into an alternative set of clothes for the lesson is also vital so that we can ensure that should there be a sudden change in the weather during the lesson or the surface of the fields being muddy, all students have a clean and dry uniform to change back into for the remainder of the school day.

If your son or daughter's situation is likely to mean that getting changed or moving to their PE venue will not be possible, please contact the school as soon as possible so alternative supervised provision can be made for them during their PE lesson.

Key Staff

Mr A Dorliac - Head of Department
Miss S Hoskins - 2nd in Department
Mr I Jubb (HOL Year 10)
Mr M Leach (Assistant Head of Sixth Form)
Miss D Lyons (HOL Year 8)
Mrs R Vaughan
Miss E Harris
Mr O Pike

Key Stage 3 - Years 7, 8 and 9

During Years Seven and Eight, the students follow a progressive curriculum with the second year building on the skills of the first. Boys and Girls complete the same activities throughout the year and include football, netball, rugby, hockey, basketball, badminton, swimming, gymnastics, fitness, athletics, tennis and cross country.

In Year Nine, many of the activities remain, but students now also undertake orienteering and problem solving. In Years Ten and Eleven (Key Stage Four), the core activities continue with additional team games and a scheme of lessons based in the weights room.

In accordance with the National Curriculum for Physical Education, the students are taught the implications of physical activity upon their health and are assessed on their ability to understand the whole subject as well as performing specific physical skills.

PE Milestone Assessment Schedule 2022/23

Years 7 & 8: Students participate in the following sports. (At the end of each activity they are assessed): Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Dance, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Netball, Rounders, Rugby, Swimming and Tennis.
Year 9: Students participate in the following sports. (At the end of each activity they are assessed): Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Handball, Hockey, Netball, Rounders, Rugby and Tennis.

Physical Education at GCSE & A Level

The PE department welcome all exam level students (PE, AS and A2) for additional support at the times above. The computers are available for Internet access and for coursework.

The following websites will help aid revision:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/ (useful for all GCSE students)
http://www.brianmac.co.uk (useful for more greater depth at GCSE and for AS/A2/BTEC)

All exam students for GCSE and A Level now have log-in access to the everlearner website which can support their learning and their revision programme.

The key areas for revision are:

• Social/mental/physical reasons for participation
• Influences on participation
• Health related and skill related exercise
• Principles and methods of training
• Diet and nutrition
• Cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular and skeletal system
• Body composition and optimum weight
• Effects of smoking/alcohol/drugs on sport
• Risks in participation

Year 10-13 PE revision/coursework - Monday lunchtime and Wednesday after school (3.15 to 4.15).

GCSE Physical Education OCR exam board

The GCSE PE specification is assessed with 60% coming from two separate exam papers, 10% from written coursework and 30% from three practical assessments.

A Level Physical Education OCR exam board

The A Level PE specification is with 70% assessed through the three written papers, 15% through verbal coursework and 15% through one practical activity.

Physical Education Course Guide - Key Stage 5

Inter-house activities

At key times in the year, students also have the opportunity to compete for their allocated houses. The activities are rugby, netball, cross country, football, hockey, cricket, rounders, swimming, Handball and of course the athletics events on the Sports Day.

PE Extra-curricular programme

The department runs a very extensive range of extra-curricular activities. There are some clubs that run throughout the year and some that are seasonal and reflect the focus activities in lessons. The teams enter a wide range of competitions enabling participation in a number of different activities and ability levels.

Here are our Extra Curricular Clubs for the Summer Term 2023:

PE Department School Trips

In previous years, the PE department has also been lucky enough to take a group of Year 8 and 9 students to Holland for a football tour. As the trip has been successful, we will be looking to run the trip again in future years.

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PE Fixtures & Results

Date	Year	Boys / Girls / Mixed	Sport	Venue	Opposition	Approx Arrival Back at Willink School	Staff	Result	POM
Thursday 20^th April	9	B	Football (County cup)	Home	Cox Green		OPI	Win 2-1

Tuesday 25^th April	8	G	Cricket	Kennet RG19 4LL		6pm	DLY	Won against Park House (57-29) and Theale (23-21) Loast against Kennet A (28-50) and St Barts A (41-43)	Natasha
Wednesday 26^th April	9 & 10	G	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Round 1	6:15pm	ADO/ SHO	3^rd overall	Emma, Eve and Beth
Thursday 27^th April	10	G	Cricket	Kennet RG19 4LL		6pm	RVA		Strike Day

Tuesday 2^nd May	7	G	Cricket	St Barts RG14 6JP		6pm	EHA CWO		Strike Day
Tuesday 2^nd May	7/8	B	Cricket	Reading School	Reading School RG1 5LW	6.30pm			Strike Day
Wednesday 3^rd May	9 & 10	B	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Round 1	6:15pm	ADO MLE
Thursday 4^th May	9	G	Cricket	St Barts RG14 6JP		6pm	DLY		Year 10 Parents Evening
Thursday 4^th May	9 & 10	G	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Round 2	6:15pm			Year 10 Parents Evening
Thursday 4^th May	9/10	B	Cricket	Reading School	Reading School RG1 5LW	6.30pm	IJU

Tuesday 9^th May	8	G	Cricket	Kennet RG19 4LL		6pm	SHO
Tuesday 9^th May	9 & 10	B	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Round 2	6:15pm	IJU OPI
Thursday 11^th May	10	G	Cricket	Kennet RG19 4LL		6pm	RVA
Thursday 11^th May	8	B	Cricket	Theale RG7 5DA	Theale Green	6.30pm	MLE
Thursday 11^th May	9 & 10	M	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Finals (Top 12 teams)	6:15pm	ADO OPI
Friday 12^th May	8-10	M	Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA		10am-3pm	MLE ADO GDA?

Tuesday 16^th May	7	G	Cricket	St Barts RG14 6JP		6pm	EHA CWO
Tuesday 16^th May	7	B	Rugby 7’s	Wallingford OX10 8HH		5:45pm	ADO
Wednesday 17^th May	7-10	M	Athletics (Relays)	St Gabs
Wednesday 17^th May	8 and 10	B	Rugby 7’s	Wallingford OX10 8HH		5:45pm	ADO
Thursday 18^th May	9	G	Cricket	St Barts RG14 6JP		6pm	DLY

Tuesday 23^rd May	9/10	B	Cricket	Little Heath RG31 5TY	Little Heath	6.30pm	OPI?
Wednesday 24^th May	8	B	Cricket	Little Heath RG31 5TY	Little Heath	6.30pm	MLE

Tuesday 6^th June	8	G	Rounders	Theale RG7 5DA		6pm	DLY
Tuesday 6^th June	7 & 8	G	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Round 1	6:15pm	EHA/? Male
Thursday 8^th June	10	G	Rounders	Willink RG7 3XJ		5.30pm	RVA
Thursday 8^th June	7	M	Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA		10am-3pm
Tuesday 8^th June	7 & 8	B	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Round 1	6:15pm

Tuesday 13^th June	7	G	Rounders	Little Heath RG31 5TY		6pm	RVA
Tuesday 13^th June	7 & 8	G	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Round 2	6:15pm	EHA/? Male
Thursday 15^th June	9	G	Rounders	The Downs RG20 6AD		6pm	DLY
Thursday 15^th June	7 & 8	B	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Round 2	6:15pm

Tuesday 20^th June	8	G	Rounders	Theale RG7 5DA		6pm	EHA CWO
Tuesday 20^th June	7 & 8	G	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Round 3	6:15pm	DLY/ Male
Wednesday 21^st June	7 & 8	M	Tennis	St Barts RG14 6JP
Thursday 22^nd June	10	G	Rounders	Willink RG7 3XJ		5.30pm	RVA
Thursday 22^nd June	7 & 8	B	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Round 3	6:15pm

Tuesday 27^th June	7	G	Rounders	Little Heath RG31 5TY		6pm	EHA CWO
Tuesday 27^th June	7 & 8	M	Reading Athletics	Palmer Park RG1 3PA	Finals	6:15pm
Thursday 29^th June	9	G	Rounders	The Downs RG20 6AD		6pm	DLY

Tuesday 4^th July	7 & 8	G	Rounders (Final)	TBC			EHA/
Wednesday 5^th July	9 & 10	M	Tennis	St Barts RG14 6JP
Thursday 6^th July	9 & 10	G	Rounders (Final)	TBC			DLY/RVA		Sports Day

Spring Term 2023

Boys:

Date	Sport	Year	Venue	Opposition	Staff	Return to Willink	Result	Player of Match
10/1	Football	10	JMA, RG2 8AF	5-a-side tournament	MLE	6.00pm	2nd place	Archie H
19/1	Football	8	Sandhurst, GU47 0SD	Sandhurst	OPI	6.15pm	Lost	Louis
24/1	Football	8	JMA, RG2 8AF	Tournament	MLE	6.00pm	2nd place	Ewan
30/1	Football	11	Charters, SL5 9QY	Charters (County Cup)	IJU	5.15pm	3-2 win	Ethan
31/1	Football	9	Denefield, RG31 6XY	Tournament	IJU	6.00pm	2nd place	Laurent
8/2	Football	9	Home	Charters (County Cup)	ADO		3-3 (4-3 win on penalties)	Dylan & Bobby
8/2	Football	11	Home	King's Academy Binfield	IJU		2-1 loss	Josh J
21/2	Football	9	Home	Bohunt	OPI		3-0 loss	Austin K
22/2	Football	10	Prospect, RG30 4EX	Prospect	ADO	5.30pm	3-1 win
23/2	Football	11	Home	Prospect	IJU		2-1 loss	Ethan
27/2	Football	8	Reading, RG1 5LW	Reading Boys/JMA	MLE	5.45pm	5-0 win v Reading 4-0 win v JMA	Stan
28/2	Football	7	JMA, RG2 8AF	JMA/Reading Boys	MLE	6.00pm	0-0 draw v JMA 0-0 draw v RB	George
28/2	Football	9	Wren, RG30 2BB	Wren	IJU	5.15pm	7-2 win	Aiden
1/3	Football	10	BHF, RG30 3EP	Blessed Hugh Farringdon	ADO	5.15pm
7/3	Football	7	Home	Denefield/WREN	OPI	5.45pm	0-0 draw v Denefield 3-1 win v Wren	Ewan
8/3	Football	9	Home	Ditton (County Cup)	OPI	5.30pm
9/3	Football	8	Home	Highdown/Prospect	OPI		Cancelled
13/3	Football	11	Highdown, RG4 8LR	Highdown	MLE	6.00pm	Cancelled
14/3	Football	7	Highdown, RG4 8LR	Highdown/Bohunt B	ADO	6.15pm	2-0 win v Highdown 1-0 win v Bohunt
14/3	Football	9	Home	Maiden Erleigh/ Wokingham	OPI		4-2 loss	Joe
15/3	Football	10	Home	Reading Boys
21/3	Football	7	Oakbank, RG7 1ER	Oakbank/Maiden Erleigh/Reading		5.30pm
22/3	Football	10	Home	Little Heath	OPI
23/3	Football	8	Oakbank, RG7 1ER	Oakbank/Theale Green		6.00pm
23/3	Football	11	Little Heath, RG31 5TY	Little Heath		5.30pm
28/3	Football	9	Bulmershe, RG5 3EU	Bulmershe		5.45pm
29/3	Football	10	Highdown, RG4 8LP	Highdown		6.00pm
30/3	Football	8	Bohunt, RG2 9GB	Bohunt/Denefield		6.00pm
30/3	Football	11	BHF, RG30 3EP	Blessed Hugh Farringdon		5.15pm

Girls:

Date	Sport	Year	Venue	Opposition	Staff	Return to Willink	Result	Player of Match
17/1	Netball	8	Kennet, RG19 4LL	Kennet	SHO	6.00pm	Cancelled
18/1	Netball	6th Form	St Barts, RG14 6JP	St Barts	SHO	6.00pm	Cancelled
19/1	Netball	9	Kennet, RG19 4LL	Kennet	RVA	6.00pm	Cancelled
24/1	Netball	7	Kennet, RG19 4LL	Kennet	EHA/CWO	6.00pm	Cancelled
25/1	Netball	11	St Barts, RG14 6JP	St Barts	EHA/CWO	6.00pm	Cancelled
26/1	Netball	10	Kennet, RG19 4LL	Kennet	RVA	6.15pm	Cancelled
31/1	Badminton	KS4	JOG		DLY	6.30pm		Krisztina
1/2	Badminton	KS3	JOG		EHA/CWO	6.30pm	Cancelled
7/2	Netball	8	Kennet, RG19 4LL	Kennet	SHO	6.00pm	15-0 win v Park House win v JOG 15-4 loss v Kennet	Mia
8/2	Netball	6th Form	St Barts, RG14 6JP		SHO	6.00pm	6-6 draw v Kennet 12-10 win v St Barts 12-4 win v The Downs 31-1 win v Trinity	Maddie
9/2	Netball	9	Kennet, RG19 4LL	Kennet	DLY	6.15pm
21/1	Netball	7	Kennet, RG19 4LL	Kennet	EHA/CWO	6.00pm
22/2	Netball	11	St Barts, RG14 6JP		DLY	6.00pm
23/2	Netball	10	Kennet, RG19 4LL		RVA	6.15pm
7/3	Netball	8	Kennet, RG19 4LL		SHO	6.00pm	3rd overall in the league	Mia
8/3	Netball	6th Form	St Barts, RG14 6JP		SHO	6.00pm
9/3	Netball	9	Kennet, RG19 4LL		DLY	6.15pm
14/3	Netball	7	Kennet, RG19 4LL		EHA/DLY	6.00pm	6th overall in the league	Ellie, Elspeth, Maddison
15/3	Netball	11	St Barts, RG14 6JP		EHA/CWO	6.00pm
16/3	Netball	10	Kennet, RG19 4LL		RVA	6.15pm
28/3	Badminton	KS4	JOG		SHO	6.30pm
29/3	Badminton	KS3	JOG		EHA/CWO	6.30pm
30/3	Table Tennis	KS3	Home		RVA	6.30pm

Autumn Term 2

Boys:

Date	Sport	Year	Venue	Opposition	Staff	Return to Willink	Result	Player of Match
1/11	Rugby	7	Home	St Crispins/Theale Green	OPI		10-0 win v Theale Green St Crispins Game cancelled due to weather	Ewan
1/11	Rugby	11	Reading Boys, RG1 5LW	Reading Boys/Bohunt	IJU		5-0 loss v Reading Boys Walkover win v Bohunt	James
2/11	Rugby	8	Home	BSW/JMA	ADO		30-10 win v JMA 10-5 Loss Bohunt	Josh
2/11	Rugby	10	BHF, RG30 3EP	Theale Green/BHF	MLE	5.30pm	21-5 win v BHF 31-0 win v TGS	James
3/11	Rugby	9	Home	BSW	OPI		19-0 win v Reading Boys 5-0 win V MER	Luke
7/11 12.30-4.50	Badminton	10	Cox Green, SL6 3AX	Tournament		5.30pm
8/11 12.30-4.50	Badminton	11	Cox Green, SL6 3AX	Tournament	DLY	5.30pm	3rd place
16/11	Football	6th Form	Home	Maiden Erlegh Wokingham (cup)	OPI		3-0 win	Josh M
17/11	Badminton	KS3	Theale Green, RG7 5DA		IJU/ADO/OPI	6.15pm	2nd place	Arif
29/11	Rugby	11	Reading RFC, RG4 6ST	Play off Finals	ADO/MLE	6.15pm	5-0 loss v Reading Boys	Jayden
6/12	Football	6th Form	Piggott, RG10 8DS	Piggott (cup)	IJU	5.30pm	4-0 loss	Matty
6/12	Football	7	JMA, RG2 8AF	5-a-side tournament	OPI	6.00pm	4th place	Ben D
13/12	Football	11	Denefield, RG31 6XY		IJU	6.00pm
13/12	Basketball	9-11	Trinity, RG14 2DU	Tournament	DLY	6.30pm
14/12	Basketball	7-8	Trinity, RG14 2DU	Tournament	MLE	6.30pm

Girls:

Date	Sport	Year	Venue	Opposition	Staff	Return to Willink	Result	Player of Match
3/11	Badminton	KS3	St Bart, RG14 6JP	Tournament	RVA/CWO	6.15pm	2nd place	Natasha
8/11	Football	8	Trinity, RG14 2DU	Trinity	SHO	6.15pm	2-0 win v St Barts 1-1 draw v Downs	Ella
9/11	Badminton	KS4	Kennet, RG19 4LL	Tournament	EHA/CWO	6.15pm	2nd place	Emma
10/11	Football	10	St Barts, RG14 6JP	St Barts	RVA	6.15pm	3-1 loss v Kennet B, won v St Gabriels, Drew v St Barts	Ella & Lucy
22/11	Football	9	Home		DLY	5.30pm	2-1 loss v Kennet
29/11	Football	7	Trinity, RG14 2DU	Trinity	EHA/SHO	6.15pm	11-0 loss v St Barts 6th Overall
1/12	Football	9	St Barts, RG14 6JP	St Barts	DLY
6/12	Football	8	Park House, RG14 6NQ	Park House	SHO	5.00pm	2-1 loss v Trinity 6th Overall	Sienna
7/12	Hockey	9&10	Kennet, RG19 4LL	Kennet	SHO/EHA	6.30pm
8/12	Hockey	11&6th Form	Kennet, RG19 4LL	Kennet		6.30pm
8/12	Football	10	Trinity, RG14 2DU	Trinity	6.15pm	RVA/CWO
13/12	Basketball	9-11	Little Heath, RG31 5TY		6.30pm	DLY
14/12	Basketball	7-8	Little Heath, RG31 5TY		6.30pm	MLE

Autumn Term 1

Boys:

Date	Sport	Year	Venue	Opposition	Staff	Return to Willink	Result	Player of Match
4/10	Rugby	7	Home	MEW/Piggott	ADO		1-1 v MEW 1-1 v Piggott	Noah
4/10	Rugby	11	Piggott, RG10 8DS	Denefield/Piggott	IJU	6.15pm	21-7 win v Denefield 7-33 loss v Piggott	Jayden
5/10	Rugby	8	Home	Denefield/MEW	OPI		1-5 loss v Denefield 2-4 loss v MEW	Harrison
5/10	Rugby	10	Home	Reading	ADO		17-5 loss v Reading	Reuben
6/10	Rugby	9	BHF, RG30 3EP	BHF/Forest	IJU	5.30pm	20-5 win v BHF 30-5 loss v Forest	Alexei
11/10	Rugby	7	Forest, RG41 5NE	Forest/LHS	IJU	6.15pm	2-1 win v LHS 0-3 loss v Forest	Ewan
11/10	Rugby	11	Home	KAP/MEW	ADO		28-14 win v Prospect 7-10 loss v MEW	Mannu
12/10	Rugby	8	Reading, RG1 5LW	Reading/MER	ADO/RJO	6.15pm	5-1 win v MER 7-4 win v Reading	Josh
12/10	Rugby	10	Waingels, RG5 4RF	Waingels/Denefield	OPI	6.15pm	29-0 win v Waingels 34-0 win v Denefield	James & Alex
12/10	Badminton	KS4	Park House, RG14 6NQ	Park House	SHO	6.30pm	Team A came 4th overall	Charlie
18/10	Rugby	7	BSW	BSW-B	MLE	6.00pm	5-2 win v Bohunt	Noah
18/10	Rugby	11	Holme Grange, RG40 3AL	HG/LHS	ADO/CWO	6.15pm	24-14 win v HG 21-14 win v LHS	Mannu
19/10	Rugby	8	Highdown, RG4 8LR	Highdown/Theale Green	IJU	6.15pm	30-30 draw v TG	Harrison
19/10	Rugby	10	St Crispins	St Crispins/BSW	OPI/CWO	6.15pm	21-0 loss v St Crispins 14-14 draw v Bohunt	Harry
20/10	Rugby	9	Home	Little Heath/St Crispins	ADO		33-7 win v LHS 22-0 loss v St Crispins	Alexei

Girls:

Date	Sport	Year	Venue	Opposition	Staff	Return to Willink	Result	Player of Match
13/9	Football	8	St Barts, RG14 6JP	JOG/Kennet A	SHO	6.15pm	Lost v JOG Lost v Kennet A	Natasha
20/9	Football	7	Park House, RG14 6NQ	St Gabs/Kennet A	EHA	6.15pm	Won v St Gabs Lost v Kennet A	Hattie
11/10	Football	7	St Barts, RG14 6JP	St Barts/The Downs	EHA/CWO	6.15pm	Won v St Barts Lost v The Downs	Ciara
13/10	Football	9	Park House, RG14 6NQ	St Gabs/The Downs	DLY	6.15pm	3-0 win v St Gabs 1-0 loss v The Downs	Katie, Izzy, Evie
13/10	Hockey	7&8	Kennet	Tournament	SHO/EHA	6.15pm	2nd Overall	Ella

Last Updated March 2023