Level Three Quicksticks Hockey Tournament

Yesterday saw 6 Year Six pupils travel to the St. Ivo Outdoor Centre to take part in the Level Three Quicksticks Hockey Tournament. 

We were one of four teams selected to represent the Huntingdonshire School Sports Partnership after finishing equal third in the Level Two Competition the week before. 

There were four teams representing each of the following School Sports Partnerships at the competition: Huntingdonshire, Peterborough, Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire and Witchford. 

Our team consisted of Megan C, Morgan C, Katie G, Sami F, Luke M and Alex B. We played 4 group matches and a placings match. 

Crosshall 1 – 2 Bottisham

Megan, Morgan, Luke and Sami took to the pitch for our first match with Luke opening our scoring. 

Little Thetford 0 – 1 Crosshall

Megan, Katie, Sami and Alex played the second match with Sami scoring our second goal of the tournament. Sami was substituted by Alex part way through the second half. 

Eye 3 – 0 Crosshall

Katie, Morgan, Sami and Alex played the third match in which Katie was substituted by Megan and Sami by Luke. 

Crosshall 0 – 4 Swavesey

Megan, Morgan, Sami and Luke played the final group match which was the toughest by far. 

Kingsfield 1 – 2 Crosshall

Megan, Morgan, Alex and Luke started our placings match with Katie substituting Morgan and Sami, Alex for the second half. Morgan and Alex score our goals. 

We finished fourth in our group of five – we are still waiting to hear where we finished overall. 

We would like to thank the team for their commitment over the past year and we are really pleased with the progress that they have made since they started training last summer.

Level Three School Games Gymnastics Final

Today, six children from across the school represented Huntingdonshire schools in the Level Three School Games Gymnastics Final held at Huntingdon Gymnasium. After their success at the Level Two Competition, securing a top two finish out of twenty one teams, Crosshall gymnasts were keen to practise ahead of the final and put in hours of work at home and at school. 

Children attended an opening ceremony at St. Ives Indoor Centre and were able to be a part of celebrating the School Games Competition with other schools from across the county. Children heard a motivational speech from Henni Goya, English professional golfer, who spoke about her top tips for performing at your best and about her work as a Sky News presenter.

After the opening ceremony, competitors were dispersed to their locations to compete. Crosshall Junior School children, representing Huntingdonshire schools, turned up in high spirits in their bright pink School Games t-shirts. The children were nervous, but excited to perform against ten other schools. 

Holly, Alice and Sid demonstrated their floor routine excellently and displayed tremendous sportsmanship throughout. Jessica, Kasia and Sophia competed in the body management routine competition with outstanding gymnastic technique and determination. All children participated in performing a vault for the judges, to which they were commended on their performances. The competition was extremely competitive with all children performing at an extremely high level. 

After all rotations had been completed, children were encouraged to participate in some fun games. While waiting, we were able to interview Henni Goya about her successes and ask her some very important questions. She was a great School Games ambassador and even gave us her signature!

Children had a final surprise as Louis Smith turned up to train at the gym. At the end of the competition, Louis Smith kindly allowed the children to take photographs with him and ask a few questions. All of our competitors were in awe of meeting an Olympic gymnast! 

The team finished in 7th place and were excited to receive their certificates. Miss Howell and Mrs Flowers would like to praise the children on their behaviour and outstanding efforts throughout. 

The children had an invaluable experience in performing in such a fantastic facility and had the opportunity to meet some influential athletes too! Sophia said, "I am really grateful for the opportunity to perform this routine. We have worked so hard to learn in front of so many people."  Holly excitedly said, "I will never forget this experience!"

We would like to thank staff, parents and carers for their support. The competition provided children with many new skills and a chance to demonstrate the School Games' core values. We are looking forward to competing again next year! 

Multi Sports Festival

Today, Bella, Aydin, Oscar, Lucas and Skye went to the St Ives Sports Centre to take part in a Multi Sports Festival hosted by the Huntingdon School Sports Partnership. 

We started off playing Krazy Cones. This is where 4 coloured cones light up in sequence, you have to remember the sequence and re-light the lights. We then moved onto archery and all the children enjoyed being Robin Hood. We then played New Age Curling. This is similar to traditional curling, except the stones are on wheels instead of ice. All managed to gain brilliant scores. Then came Boccia, which is like bowls, but with soft balls. Next was Crazy Catch. This produced lots of laughter as the balls bounced off the nets as some funny angles. Oscar set the record of the day with 45 catches in 1 minute. We then played a target throwing game where several children managed to equal the highest available score of 72. Our final game was table cricket. This is played on a table tennis table with walls marked with numbers and ‘fielders’. The ball is bowled down a ramp and hit with a small cricket bat. If you hit a ‘fielder’ you are ‘caught out’, if you hit a number (2,4, or 6) you score that many runs. Lucas showed fantastic leadership during this helping some of the other children with their batting technique. 

We then finished the morning off with a presentation where the children received a medal each. All the children had a fantastic morning showing some great sportsmanship and team work.

Cambridgeshire County Cross Country Championships 2018

Today saw 27 Year Five & Six athletes from the school cross country squad take on the mud of Priory Park in cold, sunny conditions. We had 10 boys and 10 girls running in the Under 11 Boys and Girls, racing over 1.7km. Also, 5 boys and 3 girls in the Under 13 Boys and Girls races, running 2.9km. 

The Under 11 Boys set off first with some fantastic performances. 1st home was Alfie R 9th, George P 15th, Ben S 17th, William S 33rd, Matthew P 38th, Connor C 43rd, William G 44th, Joshua M 45th, Adam S 52nd and Leo H 58th. Alfie, George and Ben were 2nd team home overall. Other team positions were 11th & 12th. 

The Under 11 Girls were next up with Livvie B leading the girls home in 13th and a minute quicker than she ran last year. Georgina B 21st, Willow B 23rd, Natalie O 25th, Amy O 27th, Emily D 29th, Ruby M 31st, Demi Rose Y 32nd, Rebecca S 33rd and Ellianne E 36th. The girls’ team positions were 5th, 6th and 8th. 

Next came the Under 13 races. These were tough races for our athletes as they were some of the youngest in the race. 

The boys raced 1st. Luke M lead the boys home in 54th with Jacob P 55th, Joshua R 57th and Samuel F 66th. The boys finished 15th team. 

The Under 13 Girls finished off the morning with a strong run from Lily-May R leading the girls home in 37th, Millie Y 39th and Bethan T 42nd. The girls were 8th team. 

Really impressive, strong performances that all the athletes put in!

B Team Football Finals

Today saw 9 Year 5 footballers travel to Stukeley Meadows to compete in the B Team Football Finals. 

Our team of Alfie W, Francesca H, Sam T, Alfie W, Tom S, Ryan B, Elliott B, George and Matthew P (GK) faced tough competition from Stukeley, Brampton and Westfield schools. It was a tough afternoon, not only was there a bitter wind, but, the pitch was very muddy and undulating. 

Our 1st match was against Westfield:

Westfield 2 – 0 Crosshall

Westfield kicked off the 1st half scoring 1 goal. We kicked off the 2nd half and Westfield scored again. Crosshall spent most of this matched pinned in their half, but, defended brilliantly. 

Brampton 2 – 0 Crosshall

Brampton kicked off our 2nd match scoring a goal in each half. Crosshall again defended brilliantly and Brampton had to work really hard to break down our defences. 

Stukeley 0 – 0 Crosshall

We kicked off this final match which was evenly balanced. Both teams had numerus attempts on goal, but, both goal keepers stood firm and kept clean sheets. 

Final Positions

1 Westfield 9 points

2 Stukeley 4 points

3 Brampton 3 points

4 Crosshall 1 Point 

Many thanks to Mr Henson for refereeing some of the matches and the parents who braved the cold, windy weather to support the team.

B Team Football Tournament - Victory for Crosshall!

Our first B Team Tournament of the season saw a team of nine Year Five pupils take on teams from Winhills, Priory and Middlefield at home.

The team consisted of George & Matthew P, Francesca H, Sam T, Alfie W, Alfie W, Tom S, Ryan B and Elliott B.


Crosshall 0 – 1 Winhills

Our 1st match saw Alfie W take on the goal keeping duties, keeping a clean sheet until the last minutes, when Winhills scored an unbelievably luck goal. Matthew and Ryan both had near misses on goal.


Crosshall 2 – 0 Priory


In the 2nd match Alfie and Matthew swapped goal keeping duties. We dominated this match having numerous attempts on goal during both halves. Francesca opened the scoring in the 1st half, backed up by Elliot scoring the 2nd goal in the 2nd half.


Crosshall 2- 0 Middlefield


Matthew continued with strong goal keeping duties in our 3rd and final match keeping a clean sheet. Again, we had the most possession with numerous attempts on goal. Elliot scored both goals in this match – one in each half.


We had to wait until the end of the final match (Winhills V Priory) to find out if we had won as we were currently tying for 1st place with Priory. Priory needed to beat Winhills by 2 goals to win. The final score was Winhills 0 – 1 Priory. We had won on goal difference!


The team now go through to the B Team Finals later in the season.



Mrs Blackwell

Cambridgeshire County Cross Country Championships

A mild, sunny Sunday morning met 19 Crosshall pupils at Priory Park for the 2017 Cambridgeshire County Cross Country Championships. 

We had athletes in 4 age groups: Under 11 Girls (1.7Km), Under 11 Boys (1.7Km), Under 13 Girls (2.9Km) and Under 13 Boys (2.9Km). All athletes ran fantastically, especially as they were up against strong competition from athletes who train and race regularly with athletics clubs from all over Cambridgeshire and those that ran in the Under 13 age groups were racing against athletes from school years 6, 7 & 8. 

In the Under 11 Girls race Caris V was first home in 24th, backed up by Lilly H 26th and Isabelle B 30th to complete Crosshall’s 1st team and 4th team overall. Georgia S, Bethan T and Thea H completed the 2nd Crosshall team and 8th team overall. Livvie B, Fabia A and Ella D were our 3rd team and 8th team over all. 

The Under 11 boys were lead home by Luke M in 23rd, followed by Aedon L in 31st and Jake S in 35th completing Crosshall’s 1st team and 8th team overall. Freddy W 39th, Jakob G 43rd and Samuel F 48th completed our 2nd team 

Our only Under 13 girl was Amelia F finishing in 38th. 

In the Under 13 boys we had 2 boys running Henry W finishing 43rd and Adam W 51st.

Congratulations to all athletes that ran today. A big thank you must go to all the parents that supported the children today.