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Yoga for kids is a mind-body complementary and alternative practice to improve physical and mental health conditions. Yoga works holistically, offering children a strong and healthy body, concentration and self-discipline while boosting self-esteem and relaxing from tension or overstimulation by means of proper breathing and special body poses (asanas).

Children are the ultimate "yogis", as they are born with the ability to breathe deeply, have the right body posture and prove open-minded towards life. Yoga helps considerably with kid life, as children learn how to calm themselves down and build confidence. If kids can learn some of the benefits of yoga from an early age, we’d all have an amazing future world!

The activity is available at: Kindergarten - Primary

Practicing in football provides a number of benefits for children. Players have the opportunity to improve their speed, agility, strength, hand-eye coordination and overall cardiovascular endurance while learning how important teamwork is and building discipline.

There are various individual skills and team tactics needed to play effective football. Kessaris football training programme includes learning side-foot passes and straight shots, practicing offensive tactics (Give and Go, Pass and Move), free tactics, throw-ins, goal and corner kicks.
Having learnt and improved all the required techniques, children manage to participate in in-school and out of school tournaments.

The activity is available at: Primary - Gymnasium

The young dancers do their exercises in a circle learning how to use the space and dance in groups. Gradually, they learn the positions and do exercises on the floor that help them understand how to use their body parts creatively, in their own way.

Kessaris ballet class takes place in a suitably designed room on our school premises and follows the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) method. This training system is taught in more than 80 countries and has 13,000 members worldwide. At the same time, children have the opportunity to take part in exams exclusively administrated by the British Council in Greece.

The activity is available at: Kindergarten - Primary

Kessaris Basketball School curriculum has been developed to help players better understand the process of improvement. The curriculum depends on players mastering new skills before advancing to the next level.

Coaches focus on teaching student-athletes the basic fundamentals and techniques of the game of basketball, such as Stance and Balance, Shot Pocket, Grip, Balance Hand, Delivery, Correct Shot, etc. As players progress through each level, they will be challenged by increasing the level of difficulty and intensity of the drills.

Practicing in basketball provides a number of extra benefits for children. Players have the opportunity to improve their speed, agility, strength, hand-eye coordination and overall cardiovascular endurance while learning how important teamwork is and building discipline.

The activity is available at: Kindergarten - Primary - Gymnasium - 1^st Grade of Lyceum

Getting into water polo is easy. Children can be introduced to the game during swimming lessons. Kessaris swimming programme has water polo modules known as the Aquatics Skills Framework.

The programme involves learning the basics of the sport from movement, shooting and passing to more complex skills and technique as the young players grow older and become more experienced. At the same time, students attend nutrition and lifesaving classes.

Also, our school delivers a preparation programme that guarantees students successful entry to the School of Physical Education and Sports Science.

The activity is available at: Kindergarten - Primary - Gymnasium - Lyceum

Kessaris Tennis programme gives student-athletes a unique growth experience, as well as all the tools they need to grow as individuals, learn key values such as hard work, autonomy and a great sense of organization and discipline.

We tailor our training method to different age groups in order to optimize learning experience. In other words, our Tennis programme is not a one-size-fits-all.

Children discover the beauty of the sport through innovative techniques and games, under the supervision and guidance of an experienced coach.

When the children have all the basic skills and are willing to develop and improve upon them, they can participate and compete in in-school and inter-school tournaments.

The activity is available at: Kindergarten - Primary - Gymnasium - Lyceum 

Described as “Kessaris most innovative programme,” the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts) Academy gives school students a learning experience unlike any other while engaging them with real world science and futuristic technology.

STEAM Academy is a school for future inventors and entrepreneurs. Every year, we host a number of missions inviting students to choose from challenges to complete as scientists, engineers, artists, digital makers and entrepreneurs. Kessaris students serving as peer instructors learn ‘elbow to elbow’ with their teachers in a specially designed course focused on school readiness skills and problem-based learning.

Since 2015, Kessaris STEAM Team has been participating in FLL Research and Robotics Championships, both at a national and international level, presenting original projects and thus gaining distinctions, awards and prizes.
In the years 2017 and 2018, Kessaris STEAM Team excelled at the Lego World Competitions held in Athens and took part in the Tournaments held in St. Louis and Detroit, U.S.A.

In 2019, it distinguished itself at the FLL Lego World Competition held in Montevideo, Uruguay, winning the 1st World Prize in the category ‘Innovative Solution’ and the 4th Place at the Robot Game competing with 90 teams from all over the world.

The activity is available at: Kindergarten - Primary - Gymnasium - Lyceum 

The main aim of debate is to train pupils in the skills of public speaking while investigating social, scientific and humanistic issues.
Kessaris Forensics Club encourages students to quick thinking, promotes the values of free speech and logical interpretation, helps students develop confidence and receive award certificates and honors. Relying on the skills of English grammar and dialectic, teachers help students find the best means of persuasion in order to lead others toward what is true good and beautiful.

The Forensics club makes students realize that life is not simplistic. It is filled with complexity nuance and variation. Students engage in social issues that demand deeper thinking and strive to express their thoughts with accurate analysis and interesting style in English.

Every year, Kessaris Forensics Club takes part in the Panhellenic Forensics Tournament. Participants compete in Impromptu Speaking, Original Oratory, Group Discussion and Debate.

The activity is available at: Gymnasium - Lyceum

The aim of Kessaris Drama club “Kivotos Oneiron” is to familiarize students with the process of producing a theatrical work (acting, directing, creating scenery, costumes, music, lighting), cooperation in a team and the dedication required of everyone to a common goal. Members of the Club develop their skills, take initiative, gain self-confidence, share in the significant experience of presenting a complete performance in front of an audience and, most importantly, broaden their knowledge of the theater while, at the same time, they become more artistically aware.

Kessaris Drama Club uses Stanislavski’s Method whose principles of directing and collective theories on acting were very influential in the late nineteenth century and are still used by actors and directors today.

Stanislavski and Nemirovish-Danchenko were the founders of Moscow Music Theatre, one of the most popular theatres in the world that mainly organizes contemporary productions.

The activity is available at: Gymnasium - Lyceum

Kessaris Science Team, Kessaris Mathematics Team and Kessaris Physics Team consist a club for excellent students having a flair for Physical Science and Mathematics.
Students use the school’s laboratory equipment to carry out projects, do research and conduct experiments while working cooperatively with peers in an environment in which they are free to pursue solutions to problems that interest them.

This Club is a unique opportunity for students to acquire the mental skills associated with learning physics as well as the experience to participate in demanding competitions.

The activity is available at: Gymnasium - Lyceum

In this Club, students practice constructing sound and well-argued arguments for or against a position, learn to be active listeners and think logically, discover wrong or weak arguments, become aware of social problems, and finally develop a spirit of cooperation and mutual respect.

Students acquire the ability to use speech as a means of persuasion, build a good case on a controversial topic and support their personal views. Also, they manage to overcome the all-too-common fear of speaking in public so that they can deliver crisp and well-prepared speeches.

Skill in public speaking, which is cultivated through systematic practice and preparation for competitions, (Impromptu Speaking and Debate) is essential for the participation in debate tournaments that take place in Greece annually.

The activity is available at: Lyceum

Students are taught classical piano in a familiar environment by an experienced teacher. Depending on their piano skill level, children get to know the keyboard with notes, half steps and note values. They also learn to play with melody, play pause etc. In due course, they will be able to perform well-known classical and art songs, in order to develop their piano technique.

Our goal is to make students love music and express their thoughts and feelings while playing popular pieces on the piano.

The activity is available at: Primary

Reinforcement language classes can be a rewarding extracurricular activity and could even give children an academic advantage. Kessaris extra language classes give children the opportunity to improve language skills while having fun and developing their social skills.

While staying at school, children have the option to attend French, Spanish or German under the guidance of experienced foreign language teachers.
Group sizes are kept small in order to help students take language exams and are modified according to the student’s linguistic ability.

The activity is available at: Gymnasium - Lyceum

Singing in choir provides a sense of real belonging, offers new opportunities for learning, encourages student engagement and promotes civic involvement. Also, it improves the way children listen to music, it draws out their innate musical ability and intensifies their appreciation of harmony.

The school-based choral programme includes song analysis, diaphragmatic breathing exercises and other techniques that improve vocal range and abilities. At the same time, students are taught music theory, solfège (a music education method used to teach aural skills, pitch and sight-reading of Western music) and polyphony (the simultaneous combination of tones or melodic lines).

For a positive emotional experience, energy and relaxation, singing together is good for kids' wellbeing. Choir singing appears to be achieving calming effects in a similar way that breathing and posture exercises in yoga do.

The activity is available at: Primary

The young dancers can choose between contemporary dance and hip hop.

Contemporary dance consists of a series of exercises starting from those done on the floor and ending with dance combinations using breath and weight, emphasizing the flow of movement. The course helps to strengthen and improve the quality of movement.
Through hip hop, the little dancers acquires greater expressiveness and technique. They can speak their minds and emotions. Also, thinking of lyrics helps the brain focus and work.

The activity is available at: Primary - Gymnasium