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.