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Wednesday 5th February - We held the year 3/4 indoor athletics event at the Life Centre. 10 teams came to compete, bringing many children who had never taken part in this event before.
During the event, children took part in various relay races on the track and also field events. These included standing long jump, javelin, speed bounce and chest push. We saw some fantastic results on each event and a lot of close finishes!
The event finished with an all-time favourite, the obstacle race! Children had to hop through a high stepper, jump on the speed bounce, leap over a hurdle and sprint as fast as they could back to their team.
A huge well done to all teams that came to participate, you all had great determination and resilience in all you did.
The results are below:
1st Bickleigh Down- 310 pts
2nd Pennycross- 238 pts
3rd Hyde Park- 222 pts
4th St Edward's -178 pts
5th " Whitleigh & Widey Court 176 pts
7th Cathedral/St Jospeh's- 136 pts
8th Plympton St Maurice- 108pts
9th Holy Cross- 100 pts
Thank you to students from Plymouth Argyle for supporting this event.
Lipson X-country was well attended with Mount Street, Prince Rock and Salisbury Road bringing a mixture of KS2 children. The year 3/4 race was a huge loop of the field (approximately 600metres). The year 5/6 race had to cross another field, up two hills and then complete the same loop as well, which added around 400 metres to the course overall. There was some really impressive runs and a lot of the children didn't stop for the whole race! All schools won medals and showed brilliant teamwork and resilience. A big thank you to Lipson for hosting and providing leaders for the event.
We had 14 primary schools take part in the KS1 indoor Athletics (168 children), which was held at The Plymouth Life Centre. Everyone worked so hard, there were individual events and team events. We saw lots of happy faces, it was some of the children's first time out at an event, so they were very excited. We hope they all had a great time. Hopefully we will see them at future events.
A big thank you to the sports leaders from Lipson and Stoke Damerel secondary schools for all your help supporting this event, you were all amazing.
2 schools entered the Primary year 5/6 basketball competition held at Coombe Dean School today. Teams from Elburton and Pomphlett arrived with their squads which were divided into an A and B team so a round robin competition could be held. Games were 12 mins in length with a short break, during which the teams' changed ends. Every time a basket was scored, a big cheer went up before the teams quickly continued their game. There was some great skill on display and every game ended with a score. The morning was run by year 7 and 8 boys from the Coombe Dean basketball team who did a great job at officiating , score keeping, motivating and handing out certificates, stickers and fist bumps!
Final results were:
1st Place - Pomphlett B
2nd Place - Elburton B
3rd Place - Elburton A
4th Place - Pomphlett A
Well done to everyone who took part today and congratulations to Pomphlett who go through to a final game to be played at Plympton Academy on Wednesday 2nd April 3.30pm.
This week we held 3 different netball events. Monday was the Fun Festival, Tuesday Development and yesterday was the Competitive Event at the Life Centre. Thank you to all the schools who attended, and a massive thank you to the Sports Leaders from Notra Dame and Plymouth High School for Girls for their support. They did a fantastic job and a credit to their school.
The results from Bee Netball competition yesterday. Every one played really well! Teams got awarded 5 points for a win, 3 for a draw and 1 for a loss.
Here are the overall results for the morning pools and afternoon:
AM-
Manadon Vale- 20 points
Hyde Park & Widey Court- 14 points
College Road- 8 points
Stoke Damerel- 4 points
Bickleigh Down & Leigham- 18 points
Eggbuckland Vale- 12 points
Montpelier- 8 points
Boringdon- 4 points
PM-
Compton- 20 points
Chaddlewood- 16 points
Pilgrim- 12 points
Knowle- 8 points
Glen Park- 4 points
We are able to take four teams through to the Devon finals. As there was a tie for first place in one of the morning pools, congratulations to the following schools who will advance:
Manadon Vale
Leigham Primary
Bickleigh Down
Compton Primary
This week we saw the start of our Indoor Screen Rowing Programme which is being run over the next couple of months. We go into Primary schools with rowing machines and our coaches deliver sessions to Y6/5 children. This week we have been into Compton Primary, Whitleigh Primary and Knowle Primary. All the children enjoyed the experience, and we are looking forward to visiting another 5 primary schools next week. We hope to see some of the children at the Championships in April, which will be held at the Life Centre.
PSSP Indoor Rowing Programme 2025
Intent – Why?
· Build confidence to engage in physical activity and try new sports and physical activities
· Develop and improve physical fitness
· Develop positive attitudes and habits
· Opportunity to represent your school for the first time
Intent – Who?
· Upper KS2
· Hidden child - under the radar
· Not the first team players
PSSP Indoor Rowing Championships 2025 ...
This is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 2nd April 2025 at the Life Centre from 12:30 – 15:00; we currently have 24 spaces available. If when you come to book, the event is full, please book onto the waiting list; we’ll manage this to ensure every school who wants to attend is able to do so.
