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Helping Children Cope With Losing in Chess
Last month’s Chess Fest in London’s Trafalgar Square was a huge success. This year I was part of the Chess and Bridge bookstand. It was a glorious day sharing my debut children’s book The Gift of Chess. Today’s blog is dedicated to some of the day’s reflections. There were two key themes that consistently came…
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New on LogiqBoard: Texting tool and Training Manual
Today is the first day of a new half term and a seven week countdown to summer: my favourite time of year! I’ll be sharing some highlights from the month gone by and telling you about our latest feature: Texting on LogiqBoard. To access our new Texting feature find the numbers and letters icon from…
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Engaging Students with Chess and Mathematics Through Stories
Hi LogiqBoarders, I hope today’s blog reaches you in time for your teacher planning and preparation for World Book Day. 📚 World Book Day 2026 is on the 5th March On this day we celebrate World Book Day. Schools all over the country will be dressing up as book characters, authors will be visiting schools…
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Happy International Chess Day!
Photos by Chess Fest Hi everyone and happy international chess day for the 20th July! 🖤🤍🖤 Summer holidays have arrived and the six week ‘reset and renew’ break has begun. At the moment I’m at the in-between stage teachers often find themselves. I can’t switch off completely. Maybe I need to reflect on the year…
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Highlights from the Strategy Games Festival in London
On Sunday I attended the first ever Strategy Games Festival at the London Mindsport Centre in Hammersmith. 🇬🇧 When Great Minds Come Together The Festival was organised by John Foley and Brigitta Peszleg from ChessPlus and Fransesco Salerno. ChessPlus, is an educational organisation that offers chess, plus other games. Follow them on social media, visit…
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Using Strategy Games on Transition Day
Happy June teachers ☀️ I’m writing the June blog for my primary school teacher colleagues who are working up until the end of July. The last week of term includes many fun activities but it also includes a transition day or session. This is where teachers meet their classes for the new academic year. ‘Help,…
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Starting a Chess Club: A Teacher’s Guide
Teachers we need you ♛♚♛♚♛♚ My latest article for Rise Education magazine is aimed at primary and secondary teachers who are curious about starting a chess club. I explore six myths in the hope that I can persuade educators to take a chance with this ancient and beautiful strategy game. It’s my 5th chess article…
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The Double-sided Counter for chess & maths teachers 🔴🟡
Today’s blog is all about the double-sided counter. It’s one of my top ten maths resources but it’s also a wonderful resource for the chess classroom. In today’s blog I’m going to share some tried and tested ways you can use the counters when teaching chess. Using counters as markers Last Monday my lovely year…
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Engaging Students with Chess and Mathematics Through Stories
Hi LogiqBoarders, I hope today’s blog reaches you in time for your teacher planning and preparation for World Book Day. 📚 World Book Day 2026 is on the 5th March On this day we celebrate World Book Day. Schools all over the country will be dressing up as book characters, authors will be visiting schools…
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Bett London highlights & Kamisado
Welcome to February’s blog. I’m dedicating this blog to last month’s Bett show in London and a favourite strategy game of mine, Kamisado Bett highlights Bett is the biggest show in edtech. It’s a three day conference and exhibition held in London, bringing together educators, policy makers and industry leaders in technology, showcasing the future…
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