The PE curriculum and vision

Children at Manadon will apply and develop a broad range of skills and sports in order to develop their own physical literacy. They will learn how to enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other and develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports whilst learning how to evaluate and recognise their skills and abilities.

Together with the Plymouth School Sports Partnership (Plymouth SSP - News), District Sports (Home), YMCA Plymouth (YMCA Plymouth | Supporting our community - Education, Health, Families) and School Games (Your School Games - Your School Games), here at Manadon School there are plenty of opportunities to get involved with sport at all levels.

Currently we have a bronze award.

Manadon and School Games

  • Inclusion and Accessibility - Work to ensure all young people, regardless of ability or background, can take part and achieve 60 Active Minutes of physical activity a day.
  • Youth Voice and Leadership - Provides young people with leading, coaching, or officiating opportunities to support personal development.
  • Positive Experience and Engagement - Focuses on enjoyment to encourage regular involvement in sport and physical activity.
  • Community Links - Activities signpost young people to relevant community sports opportunities for continued participation.
  • Spirit of the Games Values - Promotes determination, eco-friendliness, honesty, passion, respect, self-belief, and teamwork.
  • Youth-Informed Design - Activities are age-appropriate and involve young people (through pupil voice/school council and sports leaders) in their design and delivery.
  • School Games Formats - Incorporates National Governing Body competition formats to enhance structure and engagement.

Interschool Competition

Connect Academy Cross Country @ Widey

PSSP Cross Country Finals - October

Amazing performance form the teams in year 3,4,5 and 6. Despite it being windy, the sun was out and the children were able to enjoy the races.

All the children competed with great enthusiasm and made new friends. Particular well done must go to Ben, Felicity and Erryn who finished in the top 5 of their respective events.

PAFC yr3/4 Football at Manadon Hub - November

PAFC Knock Out Cup vs Glen Park (1-2)

Unfortunately in a very close match the mixed team have been knocked out in the second round.

Connect Academy Netball @Eggbuckland

A great chance for players who are new to netball take on schools from other

School Games Bee Netball - January

Fantastic job from the school team, who qualified first and unbeaten in their group. Next month they will travel to Paignton to compete in the Devon regional finals!

Year 3/4 Indoor Athletics at Life Centre

Rowing at Life Centre - The year 6s have been practising rowing at school and a few were able to compete at the Life Centre.

Devon County Netball Competition - Well done to the team to making it to the Devon county championships.  They played some extremely good teams and came away with some excellent results!

Connect Academy Squares Tournament (y3/4) @ Manadon Vale

5 different schools came together with children, who have never represented their school before taking part in a throwing and catching game called Squares.  In total, 16 pupils (8 boys and 8 girls) from Manadon took part.  Every child had a great time and definitely showed respect and enjoyment in joining in. Well done all!

Plymouth Girls Football Cup - Well done to the girls for finishing unbeaten without conceding a goal. We may have lost the penalty shootout at the end but we have made it through to the county finals :)

Cheerleading Festival

Dance Festival - Plymouth Life Centre (May 2025)

Devon County Girls Football (Newton Abbot - May 2025)

A tough day against some very good teams. Despite being a key player down the girls were amazing today and were great role models for the school.

Rounders Festival - July

House Tournaments

The house captains, who have been elected by the children, choose and train their teams ready for the house competitions.  The competitions themselves are organised by a team of sports leaders helping to develop their leadership skills.

Cross Country Competition (Upper School boys/girls and Lower School boys/girls) - October 2024

Intent: To improve health, To increase motivation, To develop character and life skills

House Handball (Y6 only)

Intent: Increase participation

Football Mixed Competition --WINNERS: MEAVY - March 2025

Intent: To develop confidence, and build social skills, To develop different sport specific skills

Football Girls Competition --WINNERS: DART - March 2025

Intent: To develop confidence and build social skills, To develop different sport specific skills

Squares Festival - KS2 Lower School

Intent: To foster social connections

House Rounders Competition - July 2025

Intent: To increase knowledge of sports.

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Dolphin class collaborated to create some brilliant points of balance shapes on and off the bench today.
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Year 2 children have thoroughly enjoyed their gymnastics lessons! They’ve learned a lot, from mastering basic moves to developing new skills. The lessons have been a great opportunity for them to build strength, flexibility, and coordination while having fun. Key areas of focus included balance exercises, basic tumbling, and simple routines. It’s been fantastic to see them progress and gain confidence in their abilities.
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House Competition for KS2: The year 6 house captains have chosen their own in-house competitions. They will select the winners themselves. The deadline for entries is Friday February 28th. Meavy - create a model linked to a book. Tamar - design a t--shirt, on paper, linked to the colour blue. Dart - writing competition answering what you would do if you had a time machine. Plym - a drawing competition linked to the colour green but not including the colours blue, yellow or red. The prize will be an individual 'mufti' day for the winner and 2 friends.
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Happy Lunar New Year to all our families who celebrate! 🐍
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Foundation stage have enjoyed learning all about Lunar New Year today! We have made lanterns, snakes, firework pictures and have completed some amazing writing all about Lunar New Year. We have been able to learn lots of new things!
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We had so much fun today brushing our teeth with disclosing tablets! Tomorrow, we’ll be writing instructions on how to brush our teeth. It was a great learning experience, and we even got to see where we missed while brushing! 🦷😁
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In Design & Technology, Dolphins have created fantastic finger puppets to use when listening to the story ‘Oh Dear!’ 🐶🐰🐷🐮
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Jellyfish class have loved created finger puppets in DT! Take a look at how amazing they look⭐
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Today, we had an exciting visit from Peninsula Dental, who delivered the “Open Wide and Step Inside” program to our Year 2 students! The children had a fantastic time learning about dental care and each received a book, toothbrush, toothpaste, and a timer to help them practice good oral hygiene at home. 🦷
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❌ No running club tomorrow for Year 3 This is due to the weather warning. Forecast is showing blustery showers 💨 🌧️ Thought you’d all appreciate the advance notice. Thanks Mr Cuzner
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Year 3 tried Monoprinting. It’s is printmaking technique that produces unique prints by applying ink to a smooth surface and then transferring the image to paper. It's a good way to create spontaneous and expressive art.
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Year 2 has had a fun-filled week! 🎉 We learned all about The British Values and even got to experience voting! 🗳️ In science, we did an experiment to see where cress would grow best, and today we checked if our predictions were correct 🌱. In Jigsaw, we discussed what makes good and bad teamwork and worked together to create a team image.
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Hayley from PSSP has been in since the start of term teaching half of our year 6 children a dance for a competition later on this year. They are really enjoying it and look amazing!
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Year 3 have been learning how to divide 2 digit numbers by a 1 digit number (with remainders). Today we used concrete resources to support our learning
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❗️Young Voices: Grown-up Meeting - rescheduled Due to sickness, the Young Voices Grown-up meeting has been rescheduled to Monday 27th January. Miss Eastgate will be available on the playground to welcome you up into the classroom to go over trip information at the end of the school day. For any grown up unable to attend, all the information will be sent home on Friday 24th. Miss Eastgate can also be available to reach you by telephone or email. An email has also been sent - thank you for your patience and understanding! 🎼
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Our Year 2s are all ready and set for indoor athletics
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Foundation Stage are enjoying learning all about dinosaurs. They have been showing us their amazing knowledge and writing skills this week!
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Angelfish PSSP Rowing Event 20/1/25 A great morning!
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