Wednesday 01st October 2025 - A great morning of sport today at Plympton Academy – our first (for this school year) PSSP Primary Inclusion Boccia event was hosted by 7 of our fabulous Sports Leaders. 5 schools attended with 9 teams to take part in our friendly event, aimed at developing new skills and having a lot of fun. On arrival, Prince Rock, Plympton St. Mary’s, Old Priory, Plympton St. Maurice and Cann Bridge 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. On arrival the children often seem a little nervous but once we are underway, it is great to see so many smiling faces of children enjoying being active and learning something new. I would like to say a huge thank you to our Plympton Academy leaders – you were so welcoming and really engaged with the children. A big thank you as well to Mrs Walpole for your help this morning as well -very much appreciated. Thank you as well to all of the staff who brought their children along today – I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Check out the PSSP website for more upcoming Inclusion events.

Photo below: Sports Leaders from Plympton Academy

Claire Cormack - Plymouth School Sports Partnership

PE Specialist Teacher