LogiqBoard BLOG

The final blog of 2023 is a happy anniversary kind of blog. I’m taking you back to a special school visit and celebrating my new position at LogiqBoard. A year ago today This time last year, I had the pleasure of welcoming Rita Atkins, the co-creator of LogiqBoard to my London primary school, Saint Paul’s…

Hi everyone, as promised here is my bonus blog on some games for the festive period. I wrote Mind Games for Fusion magazine in the Summer. If you’ve tried the game ‘Fox and Hounds’ then ‘Halma’ is a great game to try out next with your students. Fusion magazine is a fab instagram magazine all…

December’s blog is a last minute plea. It’s a plea to nonchess teachers to add some extra magic into the last few weeks of term. A gift to take home. I know most teachers are counting the days to the Winter break. There’s so much to do and our energy levels are low. Our final…

Welcome to blog no.3. As promised I have a book review to share with you and an exciting book launch from Saturday night! Last Summer I had a lunchtime chess club. We had to change rooms and ended up in a small group room. Within the group there were some year six boys playing chess.…

by Hari Neocleous I’m back to school this week after the mid-Autumn break. I’ve had a wonderful week off. My first task was to catch up on Judit Polgar’s Chess Connects Us Education Conference. The biggest global chess festival took place once more in Hungary. So many fabulous speakers talking about the impact chess can…

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by Hari Neocleous Welcome to my second blog where I’ll be taking you on a journey into my classroom. I want to show you how you can teach a brilliant problem solving task called The Minimum Problem. Let’s start at the beginning… Introduce the big question: Can you place the six different chess pieces on…

Welcome to the first LogiqBoard blog where I’ll be sharing a little about myself, how I connected with the team and how even on holiday, I couldn’t escape the magic of LogiqBoard. A little about me. My name is Hari Neocleous and I’m a primary maths and chess teacher. I’ve been teaching in London primary…