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Canyon Heights Elementary - After-School (Spring 2025)
Canyon Heights Elementary - After-School (Spring 2025)

Thu, Apr 10

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Canyon Heights - Portable Room

Canyon Heights Elementary - After-School (Spring 2025)

Come explore the world of strategy board games (including Chess). This screen-free after-school program focuses entirely on in-person games that develop skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, math, logic, planning, communication and negotiation.

Time & Location

Apr 10, 2025, 3:00 p.m. – Jun 19, 2025, 5:00 p.m.

Canyon Heights - Portable Room, 4501 Highland Blvd, North Vancouver, BC V7R 3A2, Canada

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About the event

Come explore the power of strategic thinking through fun, engaging, hands-on and strategy-based board-games such as Chess, Mastermind, Blokus, Chinese Checkers, Match Madness, Codenames and many more. Enroll your child in this screen-free class that encourages critical thinking and problem-solving. In this adventure, students will learn the importance of planning, making thoughtful choices and understanding the reasons behind their decisions while playing games and having fun. The program will focus on teaching kids new board-games, strategic foundations, skill development and game strategy improvement. When playing chess, the focus will be on learning piece functions, openings, endgame tactics, variations and puzzles (depending on the skill level). 


Spring Term (2025)

Duration: April 10 to June 19 (11 classes)

Frequency: Every Thursday

Time: 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: Portable Room


Open to: Kids in Kindergarten and above

Fees: $340 + GST


Curriculum

  • Board Games

    • Learning new strategy board-games

    • Skill development

    • Game strategy improvement

  • Chess

    • Openings

    • Mid-Game Strategies

    • Endgame Tactics

    • Variations

    • Puzzles

    • Clocked-moves

    • Tournaments

  • Free play time (indoor)

  • Outdoor strategy games (weather-permitting)










Registration

  • Registration Fee

    CA$340.00
    Tax: +CA$17.00 GST

Total

CA$0.00

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