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  • Mandon Vale Handball Tournament

    Published 30/01/26

    Mandon Vale Handball Tournament (29.02.26)

    On Thursday we hosted an interschool Handball tournament at Manadon Vale for Years 1-6. Children were handpicked to represent their house groups. The day started with the year 6 boys who played 5-minute games against each other. There were some very impressive handball skills and plenty of goals scored. Mr Williams has clearly been giving the children some coaching sessions as the skill level was very high. We then moved onto the girls and other year groups. After lunch it was the turn of KS1, the court was made a lot smaller, which made some off the games very intense and close. A huge well done to everyone that took part and a big thank you to the sports captains and sports leaders who captained the house group teams and refereed the matches. The winning house was Plym house scoring 41 points.

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  • PSSP Primary Boccia

    Published 20/01/26

    Monday 19th January 2026 – A great morning of sport today at Tor Bridge High – our fab team of Sports Leaders hosted 8 teams for one of our PSSP Primary Inclusion Boccia events. Children from Pilgrim, Thornbury, Cann Bridge and Widey Court came along to take part in our friendly event, aimed at developing new skills and having a lot of fun. On arrival each school was 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 team. 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. On arrival the children often seem a little nervous but once we are underway, it is great to see so many smiling faces of children enjoying being active and learning something new. I would like to say a huge thank you to our Tor Bridge Sports leaders – you were so welcoming and really engaged with the children. Thank you as well to all of the staff who brought their children along today – I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Check out the PSSP website for more upcoming Inclusion events. Claire Cormack Plymouth School Sports Partnership PE Specialist Teacher

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  • Plympton Family Football 2026

    Published 19/01/26

    Friday 16th January 2026 - This morning children from Plympton St. Maurice and Old Priory came along to Heles to take part in a friendly Football festival, aimed at developing skills and confidence. On arrival we had a thorough warm-up to help with the bitterly cold conditions and then on to a few drills with some coaching. After that it was straight into a relaxed, coached game. Throughout play, we looked at some key areas such as passing, dribbling, shooting and positioning. The aim being to be able to work on our skills whilst still in a game situation. Everyone got stuck in and did incredibly well – definitely making progress by the end of the morning. At the end of the morning, we defrosted the teachers from their spots and celebrated with a well earned certificate. Thank you to the teachers/staff for braving the cold for your children to attend – I think you will agree, the smiles made it worthwhile. Check out the PSSP website for upcoming events.

    Mrs Claire Cormack

    PE Specialist Teacher

    Plymouth School Sports Partnership

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  • Primary Netball

    Published 16/01/26

    This week we hosted 36 netball teams at the Plymouth Life Centre for our PSSP Primary Netball Festivals with 300 young people taking part over the 3 days of netball activity.

    The week started on Monday with our Fun Festival for students who had no prior experience of netball.  The format of the day was skills-based sessions run by our amazing leaders from Notre Dame, which then led onto mini games to see how the skills linked together.  Eleven schools attended with 12 teams, 100 young players and 12 young leaders.  The leaders had completed the Netball Young Leaders and Officiating Award in December to prepare for the event.

    On Wednesday, we held our Development Festival which was for schools who had started to play netball but wanted to play coached games supported by staff to develop knowledge of the rules and positional awareness.  Nine young umpires from Coombe Dean attended the event to officiate the games and to help the young players to understand and enjoy netball.  We hosted 14 teams from 14 schools with 120 young players.

    The final event of the week was on Thursday where we hosted our Competitive Festival attended by 10 teams from 10 schools with 80 young players attending.  This event was for those schools who have more experience of playing netball and wanted to play competitive games against other schools.  The games were umpired by 12 young leaders from Notre Dame.

    Thank you to all those who worked so hard to get the children to the event including staff and parents who provided transport and to those who walked.  Also, a big thank you to Notre Dame and Coombe Dean and their netball leaders. 

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  • PSSP Primary & Special Schools Football

    Published 14/01/26

    Wednesday 14th January 2026 – This morning Sports Leaders from Stoke Damerel (pictured below) hosted 3 schools for our termly PSSP Inclusion Football event.

    Pennycross, St. Joseph’s and Courtlands came along to take part in our very relaxed and friendly Football festival. We kicked things off (see what I did there?!) with some friendly games between the 3 schools with the Sports Leaders refereeing, scoring and coaching. For some of the children with us today it was their first time representing their school and they were absolutely fabulous! Everyone tried really hard and we all had lot’s of fun. After some game play, it was time for a penalty shootout challenge – we had some volunteer goal keepers from each school step up to challenge the opposition. Although we were small in numbers this morning, I think I can safely say we all had a great time and enjoyed being active and playing games with our friends from school and friends we’ve just made from other schools. A huge thank you as always to our amazing SDCC Sports Leaders – you are absolutely brilliant with the children and make these events very special. Thank you to all of the staff for bringing your teams along – I hope to see you at another inclusion event very soon.

    Mrs Claire Cormack

    PE Specialist Teacher

    Plymouth School Sports Partnership

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  • PSSP Primary & Special Schools GIRLS Football

    Published 17/12/25

    Wednesday 17th December 2025 – Today was a shining example of Girl Power! Our termly PSSP Inclusive Football event just for girls was hosted by an all-female team of Sports Leaders from Stoke Damerel. We have 7 schools with us today, prepared to face the weather to take part in our friendly round-robin tournament. Represented today was Courtlands, Yealmpstone Farm, Beechwood, Pilgrim, Knowle, Mount Street and College Road. This event is aimed at promoting teamwork, respect and most importantly – having lots of fun! Speaking to the teams on arrival, a number of children told me that they were nervous but I think these lasted about 30 seconds into the first game and then it was smiles all-round. One of the girls who had spoke to me at the beginning said ‘this is awesome’ as she sprinted past me! I certainly this so too – it is fantastic to see what girls can do and how much fun we can have playing together. Our Sports Leaders did an amazing job as always (thank you ladies) of refereeing and scoring. At the end of the event, all of the scores are tallied and we do a presentation back inside in the warm. Congratulations to Pilgrim who were our overall winners today and to College Road who were right on their heals in runner-up position. Well done to everyone who played today – you represented your schools admirably and above all, I really hope you had fun. I look forward to seeing you at another PSSP event coming up in 2026! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from team PSSP.

    Position 

    Team 

    Points 

    Goals Scored 

    01st 

    Pilgrim 

    26 

    13 

    02nd 

    College Road 

    24 

    11 

    03rd 

    Mount Street 

    20 

    4 

    04th 

    Courtlands 

    17 

    13 

    05th 

    Yealmpstone Farm 

    16 

    9 

    06th 

    Knowle 

    16 

    7 

    07th 

    Beechwood 

    6 

    4 

    Mrs Claire Cormack

    PE Specialist Teacher

    Plymouth School Sports Partnership

     

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  • Inclusion Table Tennis – December 2025

    Published 16/12/25

    Monday 15th December 2025 – Today we hosted our PSSP Inclusion Table Tennis event in partnership with Paul Whiting and Bailey Page. Our Plympton Academy Sports Leaders were on hand to greet the teams and take them through individual skills and partner challenges. 6 teams came along today – representing Pilgrim, Eggbuckland Vale, Chaddlewood, Prince Rock, Leigham and Plympton Academy. Paul and Bailey had designed today’s session to develop sport specific skills but most importantly, be a lot of fun and provide children with the opportunity to play lots of Table Tennis.

    When they first arrived, there were definitely some nervous children but mere minutes into the first activity, there were smiles all around for the rest of the morning. Today’s competitive element was all about personal challenge: children worked with their partner to first practice each skill and then persevere to score the highest they could in each challenge. Well done to all of the children who participated today – you made amazing progress and it was fantastic to see you all having so much fun. I would like to say a huge thank you to Paul and Bailey – it was a brilliant event and the children loved it. A huge thank you as well to our fab Sports Leaders – you really helped to make this a very successful morning. Check out the PSSP website for more upcoming inclusive events.

    Mrs Claire Cormack

    PE Specialist Teacher

    Plymouth School Sports Partnership

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  • PSSP Primary Dodgeball Event 2025

    Published 15/12/25

    One of our most popular events of the year is the PSSP Primary dodgeball festival held at the Plymouth Life Centre. This festival emphasises on fun and being active with a Christmas element as some children wore their best Christmas jumpers and we had Christmas music on all afternoon! We welcomed 13 teams this year bringing up to 10 children per team. After a quick introduction and discussion around the rules the games began. There was some great dodgeball on display and some honesty shown by the children when they were called ‘out’. Teams rotated around the courts to play around 8 games each! The games were roughly around 10 minutes and there were some very hot and sweaty faces by the end. Even some of the teachers joined in on the fun. A huge thank you to Stoke Damerel Secondary school for providing some great referees for the festival. Can’t wait to do it all again next year!

     

     

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  • PSSP PRIMARY INCLUSION ROWING 2025

    Published 08/12/25

    Monday 08th December 2025 – Today was our annual PSSP Primary Inclusion Rowing event hosted at Cann Bridge School. Teams of children from Victoria Road, Pilgrim, Hyde Park, Whitleigh, Cann Bridge and Courtlands came along to compete in a personal best competition, focusing on self-belief, trying new things and having fun being active. We had some fantastic Sports Leaders with us today – also from Cann Bridge – they assisted the children on the equipment, helped to manage the scoring and encouraged all of the participants – thank you so much for your help – you did an amazing job! Today’s event was all about personal best and striving to beat your own score.

    First up was the 100m dash: the children were challenged to row 100m as fast as they can but on their next go they had to try to beat their own score. We also had a 200m dash and a Fish Game challenge for all the children to try and even had some puzzles and art work stations for the children waiting for their turn. I would like to thank the Cann Bridge Sports Leaders again and also Team PSSP – Emma, Tamsin and Josh for all of their help and support – I’m so grateful, thank you. It was such a joy to look around the hall this morning and see so many children smiling and enjoying being active and challenging themselves with something new. Thank you to all of the staff who brought their teams along, I hope you enjoyed it too and would be keen to come along to another PSSP inclusion event. Mrs Cormack PE Specialist Teacher Plymouth School Sports Partnership

    Mrs Cormack

    PE Specialist Teacher

    Plymouth School Sports Partnership

     

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  • PSSP Secondary & Special Schools GIRLS Football

    Published 08/12/25

    Wednesday 03rd December 2025 – Today was our termly Girls only PSSP Inclusive Football event for Secondary age students in mainstream and special schools. Run by girls for girls this event is new to our calendar this year but is already growing in popularity. Representing their schools today were students from Plympton Academy, Tor Bridge High and Devonport High School for Girls. When the teams arrived we quickly went through the focus of the morning – in that this event is really about celebrating women and girls in sport and taking pride in representing their schools. Our all-female team of Sports Leaders from Stoke Damerel were on hand to referee and score all of the games for us. They did a fantastic job as always and the games all ran smoothly and everyone had a good time. Although this event is not really about the competitive element, we do keep scores and at the end of the event, everyone receives a well-earned certificate and we celebrate our achievements. 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. Congratulations to Devonport High School for Girls who were the overall winners today. Well done to everyone who took part though – it was a great event and you all played brilliantly. I’m looking forward to seeing you all at our next one. Check out the PSSP website for upcoming events.

    Position Team Points

    1st       DHSG 15

    2nd     Tor Bridge 11

    3rd       Plympton Academy ‘B’ 7

    4th      Plympton Academy ‘A’ 3

    Mrs Claire Cormack

    PE Specialist Teacher

    Plymouth School Sports Partnership

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  • PSSP New Age Kurling

    Published 27/11/25

    Wednesday 26th November 2025 – Another great 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 8 teams from 7 schools with us this morning – represented were Hooe, Prince Rock, Old Priory, Widey Court, Leigham, Cann Bridge and Beechwood. 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. I look forward to seeing you all at another inclusive event soon.

    Claire Cormack - PE Specialist Teacher

    Plymouth School Sports Partnership 

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  • Inclusion Lead School Newsletter

    Published 24/11/25

    WELCOME TO THE AUTUMN TERM—DEVON INCLUSION NEWSLETTER

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