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