Monday 27th April 2026 – Our Plympton Academy Sports Leaders were back in action this morning, hosting another of our PSSP Primary Inclusion Boccia events. 10 teams from 6 schools cam along to take part in our friendly event aimed at developing new skills and having a lot of fun. On arrival Boringdon, Widey Court, Plympton St. Mary’s, Old Priory, Cann Bridge and Courtlands 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 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. 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 (pictured below) – you were incredibly professional, the games were well organised and all of the children had a great time – thank you all. A big thank you as well to Tamsin (PSSP) for supporting me at todays’ event. 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.

Claire Cormack

Plymouth School Sports Partnership PE Specialist Teacher