Primary School Chess Club - Complete Course
Teach children chess from complete beginner to confident developing club player with this structured, school-ready course.
The course includes 20 progressive sessions across four stages: beginner foundations; tactics and thinking; strategy and endgames; and developing club-player skills. Every session contains a teacher lesson plan, pupil-friendly explanation, worked board examples, student practice, suggested answers, a practical mini-game and home practice.
TOPICS INCLUDE
Board setup, coordinates and piece movement
Check, checkmate and stalemate
Chess notation and opening principles
Material, loose pieces and the CCT thinking routine
Forks, pins, skewers and discovered attacks
Mate patterns and mating nets
Piece activity and pawn structure
King-and-pawn endings and opposition
Queen/rook basic checkmates
Planning and candidate moves
Calculation and defensive thinking
Analysing games
Tournament routines, clocks and sportsmanship
Final assessment and next-step planning
ALSO INCLUDED
Accurate chessboard diagrams
Worked examples
Printable pupil exercises
Suggested answers
Club progress rubric
Tournament pairings sheet
Game reflection page
Parent/carer information page
Certificate of completion
AGE RANGE
7-11 years
FORMAT
PDF, 100+ pages
Original teaching content and graphics
Designed for school chess clubs, enrichment and home learning.


