After the interest in chess at Nūhaka was sparked by a workshop given by Genesis Potini (subject of the New Zealand film The Dark Horse) several years ago, Nūhaka won the title of “Most Successful School” in the Hawke’s Bay junior chess championship.

This pack contains a range of response activities complete with activity explainer videos for exploring thinking skills and developing emotional understandings and compassionate inquiry including:

• Blooms Higher Order Thinking activities
• Book Club guide for deepening text discussion
• A range of activities to explore emotional understanding, compassionate inquiry, empathy development, vocabulary and developing skills for self and co-regulation.

Themes explored include: board games, chess, chess notation, concentration, Genesis Potini, Gisborne, inspiration, Nūhaka, teamwork, The Dark Horse, tournaments, old games, checkmate, stalemate