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All students are welcome to play in our daily events from 3pm to 4.30pm.

And we will have a School Team event starting on Friday, May 15th.

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Using chess to educate Irish school children by  supporting teachers and schools.  Moves For Life encourages everyone to play and have fun, and enables teachers to use chess to teach further thinking and social skills. 

 

 

Ficheall le Una

Free download (chess rules) in Irish ..  leabhair-ficheall . And for more ‘As Gealige’ click link ficheall-website

News

Galway Jamboree 2019

November 24, 2019 / Brendan / Uncategorized

ETNS Knocknacarra hosted a jamboree on Tuesday 19th Nov.  Most students who played are still learning the basics .. plans are to extend this event to more schools next year.   The next step for these young players is most likely the ficheall.ie regional matches in February 2020.

Congratulations to ..

October 24, 2019 / Brendan / Uncategorized

.. the following schools who have started their students solving chess puzzles on Chessossity.com and are now included in our prize draws to be held in early December after NCM.

St. Joseph’s Co-ed. Primary School
Scoil An Linbh Íosa
Caherleaheen N.S.
Mary Help of Christians GNS

Getting ready for NCM 2019

September 8, 2019 / Brendan / Uncategorized

 

Participating teachers can win a voucher for up to € 500.00 for chess equipment, with many more prises of € 100.00 . To qualify for the draw in early December email us  at mfl@movesforlife.ie or join the National Chess Month facebook page and tell us how your class used chess during Nov. 2019.  Here’s some ideas of what you can do:

  • Join in one of our free teacher training evenings at you’re local Education Centre.
  • Play one of the 14 mini-games with your class, demo videos are on our getting started page.
  • Participate in one of our Monster Chess Jamborees.  IF you’d like to organise your own Jamboree .. email us and we will give you financial support.
  • Chalenge another class or school to a match.
  • For students who already know how to play chess  ..  Get free access to Chessossity.com  until 7th of December, your students can then practice their thinking skills in a safe environment .. for details have a look at the short videos on the going further page above.
  • See Intouch magazine for ideas on how to use chess for Maths Week.

If you are totally new to chess .. Great !!   Have a look at the getting started page for some fun beginner games.

Dublin Jamboree

July 18, 2019 / Brendan / Uncategorized
Schools can register for a Chess Jamboree grant at  mfl@movesforlife.ie now
The Talbot Hotel (Stillorgan, Co. Dublin) hosted a large chess event on Friday 12th of April.   Over 170 children from 10 schools enjoyed playing in this larger than normal Jamboree.  Pictured is organiser April Cronin with some VIP guests  INTO General Secretary John Boyle and Comhair Linn’s Brendan Kelly.
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Make and do projects:

Above is Isabella’s fantastic Oragami chess set ..

plese send us in a picture of your creation and you could then play a fun mini-game with your family !

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Working Commettee :

Desmond Beatty, April Cronin, Alice O’Gorman, John Conlon & Brendan Buckley.

 

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