Schools First is a fantastic new initiative that is about improving outcomes for young people. At its heart, Schools First is about bringing together students, teachers, parents and community members, to support each other and help improve student outcomes....
Excellent chess in the schools video
Here is an excellent 5′ 57″ video about the chess in the schools program from our friends at Castlemaine, Australia. Click here to see it. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Building mental muscles
Students learn chess is not for squares16/09/2008 4:00:00 AM STUDENTS were given the chance to build their mental muscles during the national Chess Kids championship yesterday. More than 200 primary school students in the Mount Alexander and Goldfields region...
3rd Mt. Alexander Cluster Chess Tournament
This was recently posted by our friends from Australia 3rd Mt. Alexander Cluster Chess Tournament Schools chess is ‘big’ in Castlemaine. And when they built the Old Castlemaine Gaol 150-odd years ago, nobody thought one day it would be...
All aboard the Chess Bus
All Aboard In CastlemaineThe Castlemaine Chess In Schools Project- Chess-Squared- has formed a partnership with The Golden Hope Foundation- a local youth foundation promoting mental health. The Golden Hope Foundation has recently purchased four 1970’s double decker buses to...
Chess the fastest growing sport
School students make the move to chess Justine Ferrari, Education writer November 24, 2007 NO longer the secret, dusty passion of nerdy types that live in the school library, chess is now the fastest growing sport in the nation’s...
Chess in the schools in Castlemaine
These are our friends from Castlemaine program in Australia. They are here at the International Chess Conference in Aberdeen, Scotland. Talk about commitment to chess and education to fly half way around the globe to attend! A numeracy initiative...