Thursday 15th October 2026 -  KS2 Primary School Cross-Country Finals – Staddiscombe Playing Fields

What a fantastic afternoon for the Primary School Cross-Country Finals today at Staddiscombe Playing Fields! The weather was glorious, providing the perfect conditions for an exciting afternoon of racing.

With 12 schools taking part, the competition was fierce, and we saw some incredibly close finishes as everyone gave it their all!

A special well done to the leaders from Stoke Damerel Community College (Pictured below) for their fantastic efforts, and huge congratulations to all the schools, runners, staff and supporters who helped make the event such a success.

It was brilliant to see so much determination, teamwork and sportsmanship on display. Every runner should be proud of their achievement!

Well done to everyone who took part – you were all fantastic!

Friday 9th October 2026 - KS2 Quicksticks School Games Competitive Event & PSSP Non-Competitive Event – Plymouth Marjon University

A huge well done to everyone who took part in our KS2 Quicksticks School Games competitive event and PSSP non-competitive event at Plymouth Marjon University!

We all got rather wet along the way, but the rain certainly didn’t dampen the experience! There were fantastic skills, brilliant teamwork, great determination and lots of enthusiasm on show throughout the events.

It was wonderful to see everyone getting involved, supporting their teammates and enjoying the opportunity to play Quicksticks hockey in such a positive and encouraging environment.

A special thank you to the fantastic student leaders from Coombe Dean Secondary School for supporting the events. You were all brilliant, and your help, encouragement and enthusiasm played a huge part in making the afternoon such a success!

Well done to all the schools, players and leaders involved. You should all be incredibly proud of yourselves!

Wednesday 07^th October 2026 – What a brilliant morning! Today was the first Girls only PSSP Inclusive Football event – run by girls for girls! We had 9 schools with us today for our friendly tournament aimed at promoting teamwork, respect and most importantly – having lots of fun! Representing their schools today were girls from Montpelier, Yealmpstone Farm, Widewell, Bickleigh Down, Stoke Damerel, Boringdon, Holy Cross, St. Matthew’s and Cann Bridge. As they arrived and I had the opportunity to chat to the children, it soon became very apparent that there were a lot of nerves this morning but I am thrilled to say that as soon as we were underway – this was quickly replaced by excitement. We had an all-female team of Sports Leaders with us from Stoke Damerel Community College to referee and score the games but also to be positive role models for the younger girls. They did an incredible job and the children had a great time with you so thank you for all your hard work today. This event is a round-robin  so every school gets to play all of the others. 5 points are awarded for a win, 3 points for a draw and 1 point for a loss. Each team played 9 games in total – there were quite a few tired legs by the end. Once all games were completed, we finalised the scores and we had a certificate presentation in the club-house. Everyone who took part today received a well-earned certificate and we all applauded enthusiastically as they each came up to receive it from the Sports Leaders. Congratulations to Holy Cross who were the overall winners today and to Montpelier who were the runners up. Well done to everyone who took part today, I really hope that you all enjoyed it and would be keen to come back again. Check out the PSSP calendar for more inclusive events.

Mrs Claire Cormack

PE Specialist Teacher

Plymouth School Sports Partnership

Thursday 01^st October 2026 – Our Plympton Academy Sports Leaders were back in action this morning, hosting another of our PSSP Inclusion Boccia events. Prior to the event, our leaders had some training in how to lead Boccia activities and support the children to play. 11 teams attended today to take part in our friendly event aimed at developing new skills and having lots of fun. On arrival Old Priory, Pomphlett, Widey Court, Boringdon, Plympton St. Maurice, Holy Cross and Glen Park were welcomed and introduced to the sport by our leaders. With a little time for practice, we then dove straight in with playing some games against another teams. Boccia is a Paralympic sport that is played from a seated position. It is a target game that involves accuracy and strategy and more importantly, is a lot of fun. We don’t keep any scores at these events, instead the focus is on having fun, meeting other children from different schools and developing our target skills. We play a few games and then move around so each school can play as many other children as possible. I would like to say a huge thank you to our leaders from Plympton Academy – you were incredibly professional, the games were well organised and all of the children had a great time – thank you all. Thank you to all of the schools who attended, I hope you will be keen to come along to another event soon - Check out the PSSP website for more upcoming Inclusion events.

Boccia (pronounced 'bot-cha') is a Paralympic sport, which was introduced in 1984.

Claire Cormack

Plymouth School Sports Partnership

PE Specialist Teacher

Wednesday 30th September 2026 – What a fantastic start to our PSSP Secondary Inclusive
Sports Program for 26/27. Today was our first Inclusion Football event at Harper’s for the
year and we had 8 teams representing Cann Bridge, All Saints, Tor Bridge High, Plympton
Academy and Devonport High School for Boys. Students from these PSSP schools came
along to take part in our friendly tournament which focuses on Teamwork, Respect and fun.
We have a slightly different format that we utilise to support one player on each team: down
either side of the pitch, we create a channel which means that 1 player can play unopposed
and support their team from there. This works incredibly well to develop confidence and as a
team tactic. Throughout the morning we use a round-robin format so that each team gets to
play everyone else. 5 points are awarded for a win/ 3 points for a draw and 1 point for a loss.
Once all of the matches are complete, we tally the scores, announce the results and
everyone receives a well-earned certificate. Tallying the scores was easier said than done
today with 4 teams finishing on the same amount of points: to work out the final positions we
looked at the number of goals scored by each team over the course of the morning – as it
turns out, we had to go even further than this – we then also had to work out the number of
goals conceded as two teams were still tied. After some head scratching and maths we got
there in then end and were able to award our teams. Congratulations to Devonport High
School for Boys who were our overall winners today. Fully table to results below. Well done
to everyone who played today, we were all incredible proud watching you and we really hope
you had such a great time that you want to come back again next term. As always, a special
thank you goes to the Sports Leaders from Stoke Damerel for all their hard work refereeing
and scoring. There are tonnes more inclusive PSSP competitions coming up – check out the
PSSP website and sign your teams up.

Mrs Claire Cormack

PE Specialist Teacher Plymouth School Sports Partnership.

 What a start to the 2026 2027 PSSP Inclusive Sports Programme!