The children from Crossreagh NS dressed up for Halloween and completed a Spooky walk around the playground to showcase their magnificent costumes.
Category: Active Flag – Physical Activity
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.
Gymnastics
3rd and 4th class enjoyed our 7 week block of gymnastics in the hall.
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!