'A' Team League

The teams were evenly matched and all matches were closely contested.  No team won all their matches and the winner was decided on goal difference! The standard of play was excellent and the sporting attitude of all teams a credit to their Schools and the SSP.

Hooe managed to maintain their winning reputation and claimed First place thanks to an impressive +20 goal difference!

1st     Hooe             24 pts    + 20 goal difference
2nd    Goosewell      24 pts    + 7 goal difference
3rd     Oreston         22 pts
4th     Elburton         20pts
5th     Dunstone       18 pts
6th     Pomphlett      12 pts
7th     Wembury       6 pts.

'B' Team League

The 'B' Team League involved the 3 teams playing each other twice and it was also hotly contested with all 3 teams winning and losing to each other.

1st    Goosewell     18 pts
2nd   Oreston         12 pts
3rd    Pomphlett     10 pts

Thank you to all the Sports Leaders who gave their time to help with this League. 

Chloe Brew, Year 10, had another outstanding event. Not only did she gain First place by some considerable distance but she also achieved a Personal Best and Championship record. She rowed 1325m in 5 minutes. In Rowing terms this is outstanding and above the National Gold Target (1275m) for her age group.

Congratulations also to Samuel Barrett, Year 7, for coming 3rd in his first ever rowing competition.

Coombe Dean Results

Year 7 Girls
Whitney Wright* 6th
Ellie Morris* 7th
Caroline Jasper Eustis* 11th
Rebecca Lapthorne* 14th
Frankie Whitehouse* 17th
Libby Ward 22nd

Year 7 Boys
Samuel Barrett* 3rd
Jack Crocker* 6th
Matthew Pope* 8th
Harry Churchward 19th
Jake Fahy 20th

Year 8 Girls
Hayley Barker 15th

Year 8 Boys
Josh Wills* 5th

Year 10 Girls
Chloe Brew * 1st

Year 12 Boys
Nick Slaney* 10th

* These Rowers have achieved the Regional qualifying standard and they can now enter the Regional Finals on 30th March at Marjons.

Well done to all our competitors.

SGreen

The TOPActivity programme aims to encourage children to participate in physical activity through a range of non-traditional activities. This makes it an exciting programme to deliver and allows the Sportsleaders the opportunity to explore a range of activity themes.
The two groups have already delivered their first sessions and a special mention should go to Josh  for his outstanding work at Hooe. He kept a group of 5 & 6 years olds fully active and engaged for a full hour. Something a seasoned Primary School Teacher admitted was no easy task!
Later this term we are hoping more local Primary Schools will take up the offer of working with our outstanding leaders to help the schools with their delivery of quality after school clubs. For their part our Sports Leaders are looking forward to continuing their relationships with Primary Schools as part of their Community Sports Leaders Award.

A group of students attended the Playground to Podium Talent ID day at The Devonshire Club. This programme aims to find future Paralympians and offer them a range of after school clubs to attend. The group spent the day completing a number of physical challenges designed to measure and record their athletic ability. The challenges included sprinting, slalom, throwing and jumping and looking at their faces and by their comments at the end of the day it would be fair to say the group found the activities physically draining!
‘It was hard work and it was exhausting' James
‘It was tiring' Bradley
‘It was very good and also the food was good!' Matt

     
The day was also attended by two current Paralympians, Lauren Steadman, GB swimmer and Ellen Kean, Irish swimmer. Lauren gave an inspirational speech at the start of the day. She outlined how she had achieved her dream of competing at an Olympics through first attending an event such as the Playground 2 Podium. She said it was important all who attended this day gave their best and had fun in the process, a good motto for everyday life.
Jack, TJ, Anastasia, James, Bradley and Matt will now eagerly wait to see if they have been selected for the next stage of the process and maybe we will be seeing one of them at a future Paralympics!

The groups battled all sorts of weather including snow to complete the courses and praise should go to the intrepid Instructors for their excellent work delivering these courses and maintaining the pupils enthusiam and concentration.

This group of enthusiastic potential leaders was one of the best I have worked with so far and I'm sure they will go onto to be outstanding role models for their school during lunchtime play.

For a number of years Plymouth Raiders have provided high quality coaching for our local Schools and this year as an added incentive Raiders  invited the top two teams from the Festival to play at Plymouth Pavillions during a Raiders match in April. As a result Pomphlett and Oreston Primary Schools will now take part in the Raiders game in April.

The Festival itself was organised by myself (Sarah Green, SSCo, Coombe Dean School) and run by Yr 11 BTEC leaders from Coombe Dean and they did an excellent job officiating and refereeing. 

Thanks must also go to Jamie Burchell, Plymouth Raiders Schools and Community Coach for his help organising the clubs, arranging the Pavillions game and visiting the Festival.

This event from the OSHL clubs, the Festival and the Pavillions match is an example of the outstanding opportunities available to students through the School Sports Partnership.

The emphasis on my training is teaching the youngsters a range of simple games which they can take into the playground and play with their peers and younger children.  The children are also taught how to be leaders using the Young Leaders Award model.  They are taught the importance of being a good role model.

The emphasis throughout the training is on delivering  Fun, Fair and Safe play.

These children will now become part of their Schools team of Playleaders and they will ensure playtimes at Dunstone, Elburton, Goosewell, Hooe,  Oreston and Wembury Primary Schools are active and fun!

On Friday 22nd October as part of the Schools Sports Partnership programme Emma, Jemma, Sophie and Abi plus more than 100 other girls from Schools across the City gave up a day of their school holiday to attend a Girl's Active Leadership day which was held at the Devonshire Health and Racquets Club. The aim of the Girl's Active intitiative is to try and encourage more young people, especially girls, to become engaged in sport and physical activity.

Girls were invited to participate in National Governing Body Leadership Awards in Indoor Rowing, Netball, Tennis, Table Tennis and Badminton. Emma spent her day learning how to deliver Badminton sessions and Jemma learnt the same for Table Tennis whilst Sophie and Abi began the Netball 'C' Umpiring Award. All the sessions involved the girls learning how to deliver a practical session as well as helping to improve their knowledge and understanding of the specific sports and the necessary health and safety procedures. They were given an insight into the qualities needed to become an effective coach/umpire.

Emma, Jemma, Sophie and Abi thoroughly enjoyed their day and benefitted from working collaboratively with peers from across the City. They have also gained a nationally recognised award. They will now help run clubs in their chosen sport back at school and will record their voluntary hours on their Step into Sport Passport.

Organiser of the event Howard Turner said "it has been a pleasure to see the girls empowered to take their first steps towards leading from the front in a variety of sports."

These Leadership opportunities are highly valued at Coombe Dean as they help the individual student to become more confident and willing to volunteer. This in turn helps other students as our leaders pass on their knowledge and enthusiasm to their peers as well as supporting the PE department with the delivery of extra curricular clubs

SGreen

SSCo

Coombe Dean School recently held a Year 3 & 4 Multi Skills Festival. Over 60 Children from Elburton, Goosewell, Oreston, Pomphlett and Wembury Primary Schools took part in this exciting event which the Year 11 BTEC Sports Leaders were responsible for running as part of their BTEC course. The Year 3 & 4 pupils took part in a range of activities designed to improve their Agility, Balance, Co-ordination and Speed. All the children taking part were kept busy by our Leaders and they had a really enjoyable time completing the tasks.

Whilst the emphasis was on participation and enjoyment there was a competitive element and the children were awarded points in some of the activities for their performance. The Leaders also had the task of judging good performances, effort and enthusiasm and they rewarded the younger children with PE merit stickers. The children from Pomphlett Primary School were delighted to be announced the winners narrowly beating Elburton Primary by 1 point!

This event was a huge success with the Year 11 BTEC Sports Leaders excelling in their role. They all worked tirelessly to keep the activities fun and enjoyable for the younger pupils. For many of these BTEC students it was the first opportunity they have had to work with younger pupils and they rose to the occasion magnificently.

SGreen

SSCo

All PAAC Schools are committed to offering Level 2 Bikeability and last year 70% of all year 6 children completed this award.  We hope to achieve an even higher past rate this year!

S Green

SSCo Coombe Dean School

Raiders Basketball are delivering clubs at Elburton, Wembury, Hooe, Pomphlett and Dunstone Primary Schools.  The standard of coaching from the players and coaching staff from Raiders Basketball has always been excellent and the children enjoy learning from the best!

Gilly Ellis continues to deliver excellent Dance clubs for our schools.

Football coaches and clubs have been provided for Wembury, Pomphlett, Dunstone, Elburton, Hooe, Oreston and Goosewell Primary Schools through Chris French, Plymstock School Football Development.

Later in the school year I hope to offer further coaching and clubs with assistance from a local Golf Coach and Rugby club.

Playleaders are responsible for helping to deliver Positive Playtimes within their Schools. The Schools' involved have a range of equipment for use by children at lunchtimes and the Playleaders' help engage the younger children in play. They learn how to play a number of games and how to lead these games with younger children. During the training they also learn the importance of being a positive role model as well as understanding the need to be responsible, organised and reliable.

My motto for the Playleaders is to make playtime  " Fun, Fair and Safe".

PAAC Primary Schools have been involved in this initiative for a number of years now and the Schools continue to see the benefit of improved behaviour at lunchtimes as well as giving children the opportunity to be actively involved in leading and volunteering.

S Green

SSCo Coombe Dean School

For the first time PE HOD's from Coombe Dean and Plymstock Schools will be invited to attend.

For timetable click here

For Planning Day review form click here

This was an inter-family event with girls from the Plymstock and Plympton Family's of Schools working together. The coaching was lead by coaches working for Plymstock Football Development assisted by yr 10 Football Leaders from Plymstock School. Thank you to Chris French for organising this.

One aim of this Festival was to act as transition event, giving the girls the opportunity to meet with girls from other local schools and to help them with the transition from primary to secondary school in September. Whilst initially nervous and shy of each other the teams soon gelled and new friendships were soon made.

By mixing teams the schools which didn't have enough players for a full squad were still able to participate and all involved agreed the format of the event is excellent.

The competition was won by a team calling themselves 'The Champions' - a brilliant bit of positive thinking and show of confidence by the girls (they choose their team name as part of the team building process).

An excellent day helped by the best weather of the year so far!

S Green
SSCo

High 5 Netball league
We have just finished this league , which has been held over three weeks at Plymstock School, and the standard of play has been excellent and the results very close.
The first week was postpone d due to poor weather and it was bitterly cold for week two but the sun shone for the final week and allowed for some exciting matches and excellent scoring.
In the ‘ A' League the top two teams could not be split even on points difference so Hooe and Oreston Primary Schools were declared joint winners of the League. Hooe B Team also won the ‘B' League.
Thank you to the students from Coombe Dean School, Devonport High School for Girls and Plymouth University who helped with the umpiring of this event. An excellent example of schools co-operating and working together across the partnership.

Multi Skills Festival for Year 1 & 2
Plymstock School hosted the yr 1/2 Multi Skills with great success. The event was based on activities from the Active Play resource pack. The yr 1 & 2 pupils took part in a range of activities designed to improve their Agility, Balance, Co-ordination and Speed. Click here to see details of stations.
The event was run by Year 8 Leaders from Plymstock School and they did a really good job of motivating and encouraging the younger children.

Multi Skills Festival for Year 3 & 4
Coombe Dean School was the host for the year 3 & 4 Festival and this time the Year 11 Level 1 SportsLeaders were running the event as part of their assessment for the Level 1 Award.
This Festival was the same as the year 1 & 2 event with the addition of a competitive element. For some of the stations the children were awarded points for their performance and the school with the most points were the winners. Click here for schools score sheet
This event was a huge success with the Year 11 Level 1 Sports Leaders excelling in their role. They all worked tirelessly to keep the activities fun and enjoyable for the younger pupils.

Still to come over the next two weeks: PAAC Basketball Festival and PAAC Netball Festival

The group explored the use of the STEP principle for running an activity. They looked how important it is to consider Space, Task, Equipment and People when planning and running a session. They discovered how the success of a session can be influenced by altering any one or all of these elements.

They had great fun practising using a loud voice (sorry for the noise if you were one of the people having a workout in the fitness suite!!) and controlling a game through correct use of space and equipment. They particularly enjoyed planning and leading their own session to the rest of the group.

This group have now the opportunity to gain a school based award. By volunteering and helping with school or community based activities they can gain a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award. The students can help with extra-curricular activities, inter-tutor/guild competitions and sports festivals. The next Young Leaders course will take place after half term and by the end of the school I hope to have trained all year 8 students as Young Leaders. In KS4 these students will then be encouraged to register as a ‘Step Into Sport' Volunteer. The nationally run leadership and volunteering programme for young people.

The Young Leaders Award is an important aspect of Coombe Deans strong leadership programme. KS 4 & 5 students already have the opportunity to complete the Youth Sports Trusts Level 1 & 2 Sports Leaders Awards and sports governing body ‘Bolt on' awards and the PE department include leadership as part of its' KS 3 & 4 core PE curriculum.

To continue to develop leadership and volunteering I am in the process of setting up a Leadership Academy at Coombe Dean School. This will give those students with an interest in leading and volunteering an opportunity to be part of the Schools already strong student voice.

Entry Forms also available on this website.

PAAC High 5 Netball League @ Plymstock School, Weds 24th Feb, 3rd and 10th March, 3.45pm-5.30pm

PAAC Yr 1/2 Multi Skills Festival @ Plymstock School, Tues 2nd March, 9.30am-11.30am Click here for details of festival stations.

PAAC  Yr 3/4 Multi Skills Festival @ Coombe Dean School, Weds 10th March, 12.45pm-2.45pm

PAAC & Plympton Yr 5/6 Basketball Festival @ Plymstock School, Thurs 11th March, 1pm-3pm.

PAAC Yr 5/6 High 5 Netball Festival @Plymstock School, Weds 24th March, 1pm-3pm.

More  details will be posted once entries have been received. 

Sarah

Separate races for Yr 3,4,5 and 6 pupils. 

10-15 minute off road races.

Aimed at keen and confident cyclists riding either BMX or mountain bikes

Contact Lee Rounce @ Dunstone Primary School or Sarah Green @ Coombe Dean School for more details

Forthcoming Festivals include Cross Country, Hockey and Indoor Athletics.

Already c70 year 6 pupils have completed Level 2 Bikeability awards, making the most of this delightful late summer weather.

Keep posted for more exciting events within PAAC!

The PAAC family has has another very successful year and continues to go from strength to strength.  The highlights of the year include over 215 pupils having passed their Level 2 Bikeability award, over 550 pupils having experienced Bell Boating and pupils from year 1 to 13 having been involved with 14 Sports Festivals.

Well done to Dunstone, Elburton, Goosewell, Hooe, Oreston, Pomphlett and Wembury Primary Schools especially their PLT's for all your hard work and involvement in the partnership programme this year.

Thanks also to Coombe Dean and Plymstock Schools for their support for the Primary events and also for their continuing involvement in the numerous partnership activities.

And for next year?....

Well we've already booked in Bikeability, Playleaders training and Coaches for the start of next term and dates have been set for more festivals with the exciting progression of the Plympton family joining us for some of the events.

If you'd like details of next terms OSHL programme and the Calendar of Events you can download the documents from here...

We held a successful and interesting meeting in which we went through the questions in the new PESSYP data collection.  This led to a lively discussion  about the definition of regular participation and children's involvement in sport!  All PLT's have been asked to submit the data on line by the deadline date.

The PAAC group continues to be very positive in it's support for the partnership and the events it hosts. 

(Minutes of meeting and accompanying documents available to download shortly)

Next meeting:

Planning and Evaluation Day @ Coombe Dean School, Thursday 25th June, 9.00am-3.00pm

Lipson has recently hosted two Multi Skills Festivals for our local primary schools. The first festival was for KS 1 children. This festival gave children as young as 5 their first taste of a fun inter school event.

The festival was designed to give all the children the opportunity to try out their skills; the stations tested their balance, speed, agility, power and co-ordination.

The children were given stickers as a reward for a good performance and for trying really hard. Judging by the loud cheering the children had a fantastic time and went away covered in stickers and with huge smiles on their faces!

The second Multi Skills Festival was for chidren in years 3 and 4. It was also more competitive with the children earning points for their school at each station. Some of the performances were brilliant and the level of skill on show was impressive.

One year 4 boy could do a standing long jump of 1.68m ! These older children had a really good time and relished the competition. The overall winning team for the year 3/4 competition was Lipson Vale.

These festivals were supported by the Sportsleaders from Lipson Community College.
The Community Sportsleaders from years 12/13 acted as team managers for both festivals and the year 11 Junior Sportsleaders judged and recorded the scores for the KS 2 event.

They all did really well and proved themselves to be mature and capable leaders.

Well done to everyone involved.

Mrs S Green
SSCo

Panathlon – The City Final

Well done to all our outstanding Panathlon competitors for achieving a brilliant 3^rd place in the City of Plymouth Final on Thursday 2^nd April at Marjons. We qualified for the Final in a ‘best runner up spot ‘, so to finish in the top 3 out of all 14 secondary schools is fantastic. The manner of our success was particularly pleasing. We were competitive yet upheld the spirit of the competition by having fun and competing in a fair way. To put it simply our students were some of the best behaved, most polite and most sporting at the event. All the staff accompanying our team commented on our student’s camaraderie and general good nature. We had a great day at Marjons.

Some particularly good results were the 1^st place gained by our Chess team, beating teams from Plymouth High and Plymstock in the process, plus the Fair Play nominations for our Girls’ Football team and the Cyclists.

The Netball and Basketball players acquitted themselves well and displayed some excellent individual skills and positive team work. The Table Tennis players valiantly attempted to win some points against teams consisting of National standard players and they even managed to do so with smiles on their faces! The Badminton players worked together as a team and did really well as did both the Girls’ and Boys’ Football Teams.

It’s hard to pick out individuals in what is after all a team event but some did stand out. Ray Spear, Year 11 and Lydia Gannon, Year 9, did the difficult task of team managing the Football teams in a mature and efficient manner, Sarah Bickell and Harley Thomas, Year 13, acted as team managers for their 4^th Panathlon event, Jemma Dudley for her calm and responsible refereeing of the Table Tennis and Charlotte Friend for coaching and assisting younger students in the Table Tennis.

The Panathlon is about taking part and having fun and our competitors certainly achieved this as well as being successful. Well done everyone for being part of the most enjoyable and fun Panathlon event to date. Roll on December 2009!

S Green