January 2025

This term year one have been learning all about ‘By the Sea and Pirates’. They have been looking at the books ‘The Treasure of Pirate Frank’ by Elspeth Graham and Mal Peet and ‘The Pirates Next Door’ by Jonny Duddle to inspire their learning.

The children have been finding out about what clothes pirates wore, as well as what they did on their ships. They were all very excited to meet some ‘real’ pirates at their pirate workshop where they had so much fun! They loved dressing up as pirates and learning how to be a real pirate! There were lots of pirate activities for the chidlren to enjoy, including looking through a real telescope, throwing cannon balls at a target and learning some pirate skills such as using a compass and even a cutlass!

The children also enjoyed a sail boat race - they each had a piece of card which they used to create some wind behind their ship to move it along - it was a lot of fun and quite competitive! Finally, finding the treasure chest and discovering the hidden jewels inside was an exciting way to end a fun-filled day!

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