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Chess 4 fun:

Make & do project .. Isabella’s oragami chess set, featuring her Dragonfly Rooks and ladybird pawns!

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MFL Mission:

Moves for Life :

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. 

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Trustees :

Chairman John McMorrow,   Secretary Colm O’Muireagan,  Treasurer Ronan Sweeney,  Andy Keenan, Gordon Freeman

Working Committee :

Desmond Beatty, April Cronin, Colm OhAonghusa, John Conlon & Brendan Buckley.

 

Ficheall le Una

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

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.

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Play for Ukraine:

A positive way for Irish kids to help Ukrainian refugees who are arriving in Ireland.

Our chosen charity  is the Assoc. of Ukrainians in Ireland (click here for more info AURI).

Please contact a school or club in your community and ask them to host an event where kids can mix and play sports / games.

To donate go to our GoFundMe page.

 

Thanks for your support!

 

 

 

Chess 4 Fun, Teacher evening course:

From October 2021 to March 2022.  They are free evening CPD courses.

These training evenings are given in partnership with the Education Centre network.

 

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  mfl@movesforlife.ie

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