This afternoon, four children from Mr Morgan’s class represented Christopher Pickering in the school’s first every chess fixture.

After studying chess every Tuesday afternoon for the last term, we have now entered into the Hull District Junior Chess League. This afternoon was our first fixture against Hymers College. The games should be held remotely from schools, but as this was our first time playing online, Hymers were kind enough to invite us down to their school to help us get to grips with the online game system.

It was a steep learning curve for our children against some talented Y6 players from Hymers. Unfortunately, apart from one draw, our children lost their games. However, they were enthusiastic and showed real resilience and willingness to improve.

Thank you to the children of Hymers for being so supportive and kind to our Y4s – we hope to play you again soon!

Y4 Chess Team: Eden F, Rebecca G, Cael W & Eden T.