Term 2 Week 7

Boost 2.

Today we looked at the Habits of Mind as a whole, and the children tried to match the titles of each Habit of Mind with the definitions.  This was a difficult task for the boys, both the group work and the definitions were challenging, but with continued encouragement and support, we finished the task together.

Chess is always a popular way to finish the  session, and today we learned about strategies for getting out of check.  There are three main things to think of if your king is in check.
1. Can I knock off the attacking piece?
2. Can I put another of my pieces in the way?
3. Can I move my king?

We also looked at ways to finish the attacking game.  We looked at how we can use a queen and a rook, (or both rooks), to cut off whole lines of the board, and effectively corner the king into check mate.