Louth schools called on to enter Safe Cross Code Dance Competition

Following on from the success of Castletown Girls School in Dundalk in last year's Road Safety Authority (RSA) Safe Cross Code Dance Competition, the 2019 competition was launched today by the RSA.

Now entering its fifth year, the competition encourages children to demonstrate to all pedestrians how to cross the road safely.

Along with their teachers, students nationwide from junior infants to sixth class recreate the dance, performing the song in either Irish or English, for a chance to win great prizes for their school. Schools not only get to have fun but also to learn valuable life lessons.

To enter the competition schools must record their students doing the Safe Cross Code dance – this can be done on a phone or tablet.

The video must then be emailed directly to safecrosscode@rsa.ie along with a short description of the dance routine and some details on how the school actively promotes road safety. The closing date for entries is May 10, 2019 at 5pm and full details are on www.rsa.ie.

Last year’s Safe Cross Code Dance competition saw a fantastic response with entries from all across the country. Against some tough competition, Castletown Girls School were the English category winners and Scoil Mologa in Dublin were the Irish category winners.

The winning school in each category will receive 30 x 7 inch tablets for the school while the teacher of the winning classes will each receive a €200 voucher. There is a special engraved award for the runner up in each category.