Sport

Welcome to the PE Department

The PE Department have 3 full time staff:
Mrs Jen Bishopp - Head of Department
Miss Jen Blake  - Teacher in charge of Hockey and Head of Year 8
Mrs Karen Thompson  - Teacher in charge of Netball & Swimming and Head of Year 9

Contacting the PE Department

We can be contacted directly on  01344 874751 (phone/fax) or via the main school switchboard, extension 162

Alternatively we can be contacted via email at  jen.bishopp@themaristschools.com , jen.blake@themaristschools.com , karen.thompson@themaristschools.com

All PE specific information and administration paperwork can be found on the PE Portal at PE PORTAL  

 

 

Sporting Success 2010-11

Recent Team Success

Marist U13 Girls are Lambrook Cross Country Champions for second year running - February 2011

Marist U12-U14 Girls are Bracknell Schools Relays Cross Country Champions for second year running - March 2011

Marist U18 Netball team are SE Berks Netball Champions - March 2011

Marist U12 Netball team SE Berks Netball Champions

Marist U12 Hockey team AST Hockey Champions

ESSA National Schools Relays Finals - Inter Girls Medley Relay Silver Medallists

ESSA National Schools Relays Finals - Inter Girls Freestyle Relay Silver Medallists  

Recent Individual Success

Crerar Antony - has been selected for the U14 British Aerobic Gymnastic Squad

Lucy Farrell - Lucy has been selected for the I Excel Programme for Synchronised Swimming. We are delighted at her ranking in the top 8 girls in the country for her age group

Lucy Campbell - competed at the British Swimming Championships 4-10th March

Alyssa Spitzer - English Schools XC Finals

Fixtures List

The current fixtures list can be found at the PE Portal http://portal.themaristschools.com/pub/SENIOR/PE/ 

The list is updated regularly so please check weekly for amendments.

Other information such as sports team results and information on upcomig PE events can also be found on the PE Portal.  

 The Department facilities include :

  • Indoor heated 20m swimming pool
  • Traditional gymnasium
  • Dance studio
  • Playing fields - 2 grass hockey pitches/4 rounders pitches/grass running track
  • 4 netball courts/5 tennis courts 
  • Olympic sized (9m) long jump pit with a 30m all weather track
  • Fitness Room - New September 2010

 
 

Sixth form Fitness Room Opened September 2010

Core PE

All pupils follow a core PE curriculum which runs in line with the National Curriculum.

Pupils in years 7-9 will study across the Key Stage
Athletics , Dance, Health Related Exercise , Hockey, Lifesaving, Netball , Orienteering , Personal Survival, Rounders, Swimming , Synchronised Swimming, Tennis.
Pupils in years 10 &11 will study across Key Stage 4 Athletics, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Netball, Table Tennis, Volleyball.
 
Pupils in the Sixth form are offered the following PE options : self defence, yoga, pilates, street dance, boxerfit, aqua aerobics, recreational swimming, fitness room
 


Extra-Curricular Sport
All girls are encouraged to attend extra-curricular activities both during the lunch hour and after school. We run a large number of school teams who compete both locally and further afield.  Although the school achieves successes at every level of competition  the PE Department believe in promoting activities for all on a recreational basis as well. The school has a happy mix of talented individuals gaining representative honours at County, Regional and National levels, and those who participate simply for the sheer enjoyment of being able to partake in sport as part of a healthy balanced lifestyle.

 

Extra curricular clubs    

Clubs run each day at lunch time and are shown as follows for the academic year 2010-11

Monday

12.15 - Running Club

12.45 - Year 7 Hockey, Year 8 Netball

Tuesday

12.15 - Year 11 GCSE Trampolining Club (off site)

12.45 - Year 7 Netball, Year 8 Hockey

Wednesday

12.15 - Running Club

12.45 Year 10-13 Hockey, Year 9 Netball

Thursday

12.15 - Swimming, 

12.45 - Years 10-13 Netball, Year 9 Hockey

Friday

12.15 - Running Club

Fixtures and Tournaments

 
We enter all local and regional tournaments which run throughout the academic year in netball, hockey and athletics
 
  
Fixtures are played against local schools in the area after school up to 4 days of the week in netball, hockey, athletics,
 
 
swimming, tennis and rounders. County and invitation tournaments are attended at weekends.
 
 
Sporting Success at The Marist 2010-11
The Marist Senior School have once again had a phenomenal year of sporting success and this success was celebrated at our annual Sports Awards Evening on 5th July 2011. Anna Hemmings, six-time world champion canoeist , was an inspirational guest speaker and the  girls, parents and staff were delighted to hear her talk at the event.
Notable successes this year include:
July 2011
The evening celebrated all the sporting success of the year 2010-11 and demonstrated the wide range of acheivements the girls have accrued this year.
2nd July
178 Staff, Pupils, Staff, Mums, Sisters, Grandmas & Friends signed up to be part of The Marist Race for Life Team and took part in the annual 5K event at Windsor Racecourse. 
With bespoke t shirts and vest tops the team members, cancer sufferers, survivors and supporters,  had a fantastic afternoon walking, jogging and running the 5K with friends and family members. The team ranged in age from 7-67 and we are delighted to announce that we have bewteen us raised over £4000 for cancer research .
If you can help us raise even more please click on this link : http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/MaristRaceForLifeTeam2011
5th July
Sports Awards Evening 2011 – Guest Speaker Anna Hemmings – Six Time World Champion Canoeist
On Tuesday 5th July we hosted our second Sports Awards Evening in the main hall. The 240 guests inlcuded pupils , parents, governors, staff and guest speaker Anna Hemmings – Six Time World Champion Canoeist. 
 
 
 ESSA National Champions 2010
Junior Girls Medley
Year 7-10 Ascot Schools Swim Champions
 
Individual successes :
Ffion Mackenzie National Welsh Swimming Championships
Lucy Farrell - National Synchronised Swimming Championships
Lucy Farrell
 
Lucy Campbell -  is now part of the Scottish Youth Gold Programme—Her focus is now the Commonwealth Games 2014
 
 
 
Athletics
U13 (Year 7) and U15 (Years 8/9 combined ) Marist Athletics Team are district champions
Junior Girls English Schools Cup District Champions, 2nd in County / Inter Girls English Schools Cup District runners up
Junior & Inter Girls English Schools Cup regional finalists Bournemouth June 2010
Individual successes U13 County Champions—High Jump Jada Brevett, 70m Hurdles Holly Neale, Discus Georgie Taylor,
 
 
Sports Awards Evening June 2010
The Guest Speaker for our inaugural Sports Awards Evening was Karen Atkinson—England Netball Co-Captain
220 pupils parents staff and coaches attended the formal dress event in the main hall. Annual awards such as hockey player of the year were awarded along side new award such as Elite Sportswoman of the Year award Sophia Candappa & Olivia Chilton and Commitment to Schools Sports Award – Kayla Spitzer & Amy Shingles. All four girls were presented with a personally engraved glass tumbler as a memento of their time spent playing sport at The Marist
 
Karen Atkinson with Amy Shingles & Olivia Chilton

Inter-House Sport
The school is divided into 4 houses Campion, Chanel, Fisher and More. Various competitions take place throughout the year. All girls are encouraged to participate in these activities.

Activity Date

Swimming Spring Term
Hockey Spring Term
Netball Spring Term
Sports Day Summer Term

 

Examination Results 2010 

GCSE 100% A*-C

38.5% A*, 46.5% A, 7.5% B, 7.5% 1xC
 
AS 100% A-D
66%-A , 33%-D
 
A2 100% A-D
 57% A, 14% B, 14% C, 14% D

 

Sports Scholarships

KS3-4

Sports scholarships are awarded annually and are available from years 7-11 with a 25% abatement of school fees.  

Girls apply for the sports scholarship in Year 6 and as assessment day takes place in the Spring Term

Strong candidates for scholarship are likely to be those pupils who are regularly playing /attending an external sports club in activities such as swimming, netball, hockey or athletics. Sports scholars are expected to show full commitment to The Marist extra curricular programme and be a role model to their year group. They are expected to take GCSE Physical Education

Sixth Form Sports Scholarship

The sixth form sports scholarship applied for in year 11 and an interview takes place with the Mrs Bishopp. It is awarded to the pupil who demonstrates significant talent in at least one major sport. They will have shown full commitment to school sports throughout KS3&4 and are expected to take A Level Physical Education.

For more information on the sports scholarship please contact Mrs Bishopp directlty via email