Chess in Schools

      

Chess in Schools:

Learning chess helps school children to build their confidence, enhance their critical  thinking skills and learn other important values such as sportsmanship and healthy competition.

Children involved in a school chess programme learn more quickly and get better grades than non-chess playing children, plus perform better in the NAPLAN test.

Observe the following excerpt:

Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Jesli A. Lapus  said that children exposed to chess learn faster and get better grades. He has ordered the integration of chess into the curriculum of grade school and high school students in the Philippines.

“Chess is among the activities that help build memory skills, concentration, self-confidence, self-esteem and in making disciplined decisions.”
“Playing chess provides opportunities to practice such values as perseverance, honesty, and sportsmanship,”

- Jesli A. Lapus

Secretary Philippines Department of Education


Smart Dolphins Chess is the elite in school chess coaching with programmes to suit the needs of any school community and currently teaches children from all over NSW ,  Kindergarten to Year 12 and even some university students!

We offer many programmes for school chess coaching and although some schools choose to customize their own programme, the following options are most commonly adopted.

    • Chess coaching before or after school (Most popular)
    • Lunchtime Chess Club (with lessons)
    • Chess during special activity and “enrichment” programmes
    • “Learn to play” beginners classes (Great for Kindergarten and Year 1)
    • Chess as a  programme for the gifted and talented
    • Chess within the school curriculum (Excellent results in the infants dept)
    • Chess as a maths extension course
    • Extra-curricular chess

 

School Chess Coaching can either be funded by the children (on a “user pays” basis) or funded by the school , costing is as follows;

 

User Pays: $6 per  child, per lesson (paid by the term)

 

School Funded: $90 per lesson (invoiced usually mid-term)

 

 

Chess gives children hours of fun at a low cost,so why not give your preferred programme some thought and try your first term of chess now!

Age to start?

Chess is popular with all ages from K-12 and even gets surprising results in children suffering from learning disabilities, so nobody should be limited from playing our royal game…it is open for everyone.