Thursday 01^st October 2026 – Our Plympton Academy Sports Leaders were back in action this morning, hosting another of our PSSP Inclusion Boccia events. Prior to the event, our leaders had some training in how to lead Boccia activities and support the children to play. 11 teams attended today to take part in our friendly event aimed at developing new skills and having lots of fun. On arrival Old Priory, Pomphlett, Widey Court, Boringdon, Plympton St. Maurice, Holy Cross and Glen Park 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 teams. 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 – you were incredibly professional, the games were well organised and all of the children had a great time – thank you all. 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.

Boccia (pronounced 'bot-cha') is a Paralympic sport, which was introduced in 1984.

Claire Cormack

Plymouth School Sports Partnership

PE Specialist Teacher