Wednesday 11th March 2026 – What a morning! Today we hosted our termly PSSP Secondary Inclusion Football event at Harper’s. For the first time ever in this age group, we were at capacity! We had 10 teams, representing All Saints, Heles, Tor Bridge High, Coombe Dean, Plympton Academy, Stoke Damerel and Cann Bridge. Nearly 60 students taking part and loving being physically active and playing for their school. This friendly tournament 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. We are incredibly fortunate at these event to be supported by the amazing Sports Leaders from Stoke Damerel – they referee and score all of our games as well as supporting the teams and making sure the event runs smoothly so everyone can have a good time. They were always brilliant but today they absolutely dazzled, particularly with their support of the students from the special school – incredible team, thank you. At the end of the morning, when all the games have been played it is my pleasure to announce the results – quite tricky today as many schools were evenly matched so we had a few finishing on the same points. After looking back over the number of goals scored by each team to work out the final order… congratulations to Coombe Dean who were our overall winners today and well done to everyone who took part – you played brilliantly and represented your schools admirably – well done everyone. Thank you to all of the teachers/staff for bringing your teams along – can’t wait to see you all at the next one. 

Mrs Claire Cormack 

PE Specialist Teacher  

Plymouth School Sports Partnership. 

Monday 09th March 2026 – A fab morning of sport at Plympton Academy with our Sports Leaders running a New Age Kurling event for children in mainstream and special schools. We had 7 teams with us today – represented were Chaddlewood, Plympton St. Mary’s, Old Priory, Plympton St. Maurice, Courtlands and Cann Bridge. On arrival the teams were greeted by our leaders and introduced to the game and the skills… Played in its original form, New Age Kurling is a target-based sport that has been adapted from curling so that it can be played indoors, on a flat surface. Each player delivers a ‘stone’ towards the target at the other end by sliding it smoothly across the floor. The score is then determined by the number of stones closest to the centre of the target. After a little bit of practice we get into fun games against other schools and then we are off. We use a round-robin format to try to ensure that every school has the opportunity to play everyone else. We don’t keep scores, instead the focus is very much on developing our skills (both social and physical) and really just having a lot of fun. At the end of the event, every child receives a certificate and I am pleased to say that they all told me they would definitely come back to play again. A huge thank you and well done to our Sports Leaders – you were brilliant with the children and a thank you as well to all of the staff for bringing your teams along and a special thank you to Tamsin (PSSP) for helping me today. I look forward to seeing you all at another inclusive event soon. Claire Cormack Plympton Academy & Plymouth School Sports Partnership PE Specialist Teacher

Claire Cormack

Plympton Academy & Plymouth School Sports Partnership PE Specialist Teacher

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Wednesday 4th March 2026 – Today Sports Leaders from Stoke Damerel hosted 5 teams for our termly PSSP Inclusion Football event. Montpelier, Prince Rock, Old Priory, Yealmpstone Farm and Leigham all came along to take part in our relaxed, friendly Football festival aimed at developing confidence, social connections and a love of physical activity. We use a round-robin format at these events so that every school gets to play everyone else and we squeeze in as much game play as possible. 5 points are awarded for a win, 3 points for a draw and 1 point for a loss. Although there are points, the emphasis is always on fun and having the opportunity to demonstrate fantastic sportsmanship qualities such as teamwork, respect and determination. Once all of the matches have been played, the scores are tallied and the winners announced at our certificate presentation…Congratulations to Prince Rock who were the overall winners today. Well done to everyone who took part, I really hope you enjoyed it. I would like to say a big thank you once again to the SDCC Sports Leaders for doing such a splendid job of refereeing, scoring and coaching the teams. Check out the PSSP website for more upcoming Inclusion events. 

Mrs Claire Cormack

PE Specialist Teacher

Plymouth School Sports Partnership

Thursday 26th February 2026 – Today some of our talented Plympton Academy Sports Leaders hosted 3 schools for Heat 2 of the PSSP Primary Basketball. Teams from Chaddlewood, Plympton St. Maurice and Holy Cross took part in our round-robin event where 5 points are awarded for a win/3 points for a draw and 1 point for a loss. The sports hall was buzzing with excitement from the players and spectators. It was brilliant to see so many children playing and having a great time. We played full court to allow the children more room to demonstrate their skills and we had some evenly matched games. We definitely had some talented players who were putting up some big scores. When all of the schools had played each other, the points were tallied and the winners announced… Congratulations to Chaddlewood Primary who were our overall winners today and will be competing in the final next week against the winners from the previous heat. Well done to all of the children who took part today, I hope you all enjoyed it – keep practicing and I look forward to seeing you all back here for another event very soon. Thank you to all of the staff for bringing their teams along and a special thank you to our Sports Leaders for all your excellent work.

Mrs Claire Cormack

PE Specialist Teacher for Plympton Academy

Wednesday 25th February 2026 – Today was our first PSSP Primary Inclusion Seated Volleyball event. Sports Leaders from Coombe Dean hosted 5 schools this morning for a fun festival, aimed at developing volleyball skills, social skills and inspire a passion for physical activity. What an exciting morning! Teams from Courtlands, Hooe, Montpelier, Pilgrim, Widey Court and Hyde Park arrived at the Sports Centre to be greeted by the leaders: they took them through a warm up, showed them technique and started with some cooperative game play. Once confidence levels were up, we go into some more competitive games and played against some of the other schools. This may have just become my favourite event of the year so far – it was fantastic to look around and see all of the children engaging and smiling. The sports leaders went above and beyond and were truly inspirational with these children today – thank you so much for all your hard work and a huge thank you to Mrs Walpole for hosting and helping me to lead today’s event. I can’t wait to put this one on again so watch the PSSP website and get signed up to some more inclusion events.

Mrs Claire Cormack

PE Specialist Teacher

Plymouth School Sports Partnership