Halloween Spooky Walk
The children from Crossreagh NS dressed up for Halloween and completed a Spooky walk around the playground to showcase their magnificent costumes.
Crossreagh NS Shines at the Schools Cross Country – 15th October 2025
It was a fantastic day of running, determination, and school spirit as Crossreagh NS took part in this year’s Cross Country Schools Race on 15th October 2025. With over 1500 runners and around 250 competing in each of the six categories, the event was packed with excitement and strong performances across the board.
Crossreagh NS was proudly represented in every category:
Junior Girls (600m)
Kathleena Clancy, Layla O’Connor, and Luana DiRezze
Junior Boys (600m)
Shay Carolan, Orán Duff, Aodhán Farrelly, Jamie Smith, and Edward Murtagh
Intermediate Girls (800m)
Ciara Lynch and Alessia DiRezze
Intermediate Boys (800m)
Ruan Lynch, Dylan Taite, and Cian Smith
Senior Girls (1000m)
Ellen O’Gorman
Senior Boys (1000m)
Shane Taite, Donnacha O’Carroll, Shay Smith, and Oisín France
A special congratulations goes to Shay Carolan, who ran a superb race to finish 5th in the Junior Boys 600m, and to the Junior Boys team, who claimed an impressive 3rd place overall in the team event.
Every Crossreagh NS runner showed great determination and sportsmanship throughout the day — a true credit to the school. Well done to all our athletes for representing Crossreagh NS with pride!
A special thanks to Michelle Carolan who coached the teams and along with Ciarán Dunne who organised our students on the day.
Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny arrived to Cross School today. The children all enjoyed their egg hunt and were rewarded with buns a drink and an Easter Egg.
Thank you to the Parents Association for organising this event.
Halloween Walk
The children in Cross School put on a great display of costumes for our Halloween Walk. We all enjoyed grooving to some spooky songs.
Easter Egg Hunt
We finished off the 2nd term with an Easter egg hunt for all the children.
Thank you to the Parents Association who kindly organised this active event for us. They even managed to bring The Easter Bunny along for some fun.
Run around Europe
Each class is doing tremendous work visiting lotas of destinations in our Run Around Europe. The km score for each class has been amazing. One more week to go so lets give it a really big effort!!
12 Activities of Fitmas
The horrible weather did not deter the children of Cross NS having fun completing our 12 Activities of Fitmas on Thursday.
Witches Walk and Thriller Dance
To finish up the half term with an active event, the children of Cross School completed a witches walk around the yard and a participated in a whole school thriller dance lead by the active committee.
Active Slogan 2023-2024
Congratulations to our active slogan winner Ciara Lynch. Our new slogan for this year is: ALL RISE LET'S EXERCISE!
The children of Crossreagh National School were all asked to come up with a catchy slogan and wrote a small paragraph about why they wanted to be on the active committee. Two children were then chosen from 2nd to 6th class to make up our "Active Flag Committee".
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Keep an eye on our "Active Flag Notice Board" for all our up to date information
BUSY ACTIVE COMMITTEE
We have two playground breaks 11:00 to 11:10 and 12:45 to 1:15. On a Tuesday and Thursday (during first break) our Active Committee take on the role as playground leaders. They organise games for children in the lower classes to play in the cage and on the playground.
Everyone is thoroughly enjoying the activities and games!!!
ACTIVE BREAKS
From 11th November to 6th December we committed to taking an Active Break every day. We chose between a running break/ dancing break or exercise break. After the first week it was very evident the running break was a great hit in Cross and it is something we will continue to do in each classroom. 
Teachers have incorporated physical activity breaks during the day to improve concentration and well being.
We are adopting a whole school approach to physical activity both inside and outside of school. We have planned active social events throughout the school year. We will keep you posted on these dates via text.
Our first event was a Halloween Catwalk/ Disco. The children thoroughly enjoyed showcasing their costumes and moving to some spooky Halloween music.
FESTIVE FITNESS
Before we parted ways for the Christmas Holidays all the children took part in Festive Fitness. We had 12 different exercises to do against the clock and beat the teachers. Great fun was had by all with a bit of healthy competition mixed in.
Here at Crossreagh National School we have been completing our “Run a day” initiative. We started on the 12th October and will continue for 4 weeks. The children have thoroughly enjoyed it and are improving all the time. Check out all the different destinations We have reached around Ireland.
In conjunction with The Green schoool's Flag the whole school took part in a Walk For Water. Each class walked laps of the football pitch carrying 2 litres of water to represent those who walk at least 6km in other parts of the world to get water from a well.
In March 2020 we launched our ACTIVE SCHOOL WALKWAY but due to lockdown classes haven't been able to avail of it during break times. I am hopefully classes will use this when teaching the orienteering strand.
In September 2021 we set up a new active committee to organise and play games in the 5th and 6th yard area. The games are in full swing and enjoyed by all.
