Chess

Offered for Part-time and Bilingual Program – Full-time: 1st to 9th grade

Course proposal:

The course aims to use the game as a powerful pedagogical tool that helps in the development of many cognitive and socio-affective skills, as well as fulfill an important social role connected to leisure time and relationship between people. The classes are dinamic, with the board and pieces as well as technological resources like the platform Chessity with its games and exercises.

About the team of teachers:

Xeque & Mate was founded in 2002 and its mission is to promote the study and practice of the chess game for everybody. It is a service provider that operates in school and clubs in São Paulo. Through chess courses and championship and tournament organizations for all ages. They have a qualified team of chess masters and a lot of experience.

Period	Classes	Days of the week	Timetable
Part-time	1^st to 5^th grade 1^st to 5^th grade 1^st to 5^th grade 1^st to 5^th grade 6^th to 9^th grade	Monday Monday Thursday Friday Monday	12h30 à 13h30 14h15 às 15h15 18h25 às 19h25 18h25 às 19h25 12h30 à 13h30
Full-time	1^st to 5^th grade 1^st to 5^th grade 6^th to 9^th grade	Monday Thursday Monday	15h50 às 16h50 16h30 às 17h30 16h30 às 17h30

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