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SPOTLIGHT<br />
GIRL<br />
power<br />
Enjoying sport is crucial to a happy and successful school life,<br />
believes head of Wycombe Abbey Rhiannon Wilkinson<br />
Through sport, girls learn<br />
resilience, leadership, and<br />
teamwork. The skills they develop<br />
on the field and in the gym<br />
underpin their academic success<br />
and enable them to become<br />
healthy and happy young women.<br />
It is our aim to equip each<br />
girl with the knowledge and<br />
confidence to enjoy sport for its<br />
own sake. Whether in PE lessons,<br />
clubs or extra-curricular activities,<br />
our pupils are encouraged to<br />
engage with sports they love and<br />
feel comfortable playing.<br />
The benefits of a positive<br />
sporting culture are felt across the<br />
school with pupils able to relax<br />
and spend time with their peers<br />
away from the classroom. Girls<br />
need to be healthy to achieve in all<br />
areas of life and to make the most<br />
of their intellect and academic<br />
skills. Learning to deal with<br />
success and failure is a large part<br />
of this, and while competition is<br />
a very useful motivator, knowing<br />
that even the best lose at times is<br />
an immensely valuable life lesson.<br />
Our PE curriculum focuses<br />
on these values and help girls<br />
flourish in sport regardless of<br />
their level of skill. To achieve<br />
this, we offer pupils a wide<br />
range of activities to ensure each<br />
individual is inspired. Our lessons<br />
have included everything from a<br />
Bollywood dance workshop to<br />
martial arts.<br />
Beyond formal lessons we offer<br />
a range of activities for recreation.<br />
In recent years, the number of<br />
girls playing sports purely for<br />
fun has risen dramatically. We<br />
now have more than 250 girls<br />
taking tennis lessons. The vast<br />
majority of these do not play<br />
competitively. Niche sports such<br />
as fencing and kickboxing are<br />
rising in popularity and each<br />
week 45 girls do Pilates classes.<br />
Through these activities, we<br />
seek to give every girl the<br />
opportunity to find and follow<br />
her sporting ambition. It is our<br />
hope that as more schools adopt<br />
this objective, girls across the<br />
country will be inspired to greater<br />
success and the profile of women’s<br />
sport will continue to rise.<br />
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