Thursday 22^nd May 2025 - Another exciting morning at Plympton Academy today as our sports leaders hosted our annual Y1 Cricket festival. We had 4 teams today: Chaddlewood x2, Plympton Plympton St. Maurice and Boringdon. Prior to their arrival, the sports leaders completed their training so they were ready to welcome our guests and get them underway immediately.

First off, the leaders organised a warm up game for each team which is designed to develop their fielding skills and an awareness of when they need to chase the ball. After that, it was on to batting skills and learning when/how to score runs. Then it was time to get competitive… In a variation of Kwik Cricket, we looked at how many runs each school could score as a team over 3 rounds. It was fantastic to see so many children enjoying playing and having so much fun with their team mates. The more we played, the more everyone improved and soon there were some high scores coming in. There were quite a few superstars in our midst as well so we will be signposting to our local Cricket clubs!  At the end of the event we said a huge thank you to the Plympton Academy sports leaders and everyone who took part received a well-deserved certificate. Congratulations to all of the children taking part today – what fantastic team work – we hope that you all enjoyed it. I can’t wait for our next event – check out the PSSP website to see what is coming up.

Mrs Cormack

PE Specialist Teacher for Plympton Academy.