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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

Monday 09th February 2026 – Another fantastic event run by the Sports Leaders from Tor Bridge High and Cann Bridge. 5 teams from PSSP schools across the city came along to take part in our Primary and Special Schools Archery Festival. Children from Cann Bridge, Courtlands (x2 teams), Widey Court and Prince Rock all came along to learn some new skills and compete in different personal challenges events. As each team arrived they were introduced to the young leaders they would be working with all morning and they were taken through the key points of how to use the equipment; after a few quick practice arrows, we were straight in to the competition with each child having 3 chances to score as highly as possible with 3 arrows. Instead of competing against others, this personal challenge event is designed to encourage the children to improve at their own individual pace – striving to score more points with 3 arrows over several rounds. While they were waiting for their turn, there were Archery worksheets for the children to complete and a ‘school crest’ challenge which resulted in some very creative designs. After the highest score competition, each of the leaders took their group through some fun games and challenges. I would like to say a huge thank you to our leaders today both from Cann Bridge and Tor Bridge High – you were fantastic with the children and really ensured that they all had a great time! Thank you to all of the staff that brought their teams along today – I hope that you enjoyed watching our new archers as much as I did. I look forward to seeing you all at another event very soon.

Mrs Cormack - PE Specialist Teacher.

Plymouth School Sports Partnership

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