EYFS Pirates Autumn 2
PSED
Learning Experiences:
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Talking about roles on board a pirate ship and
team work.
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Working collaboratively to build a pirate ship.
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Taking photographs of each other in pirate
costumes.
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Treasure chests with special objects from home
to share.
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Circle time based on what the children treasure.
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What do the children think about pirates
stealing cargo from other ships?
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Pirate performances e.g. songs, dances, drama to
other children or parents.
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CLL & L
Learning Experiences:
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Learning pirate vocabulary and writing speech
bubbles.
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Non fiction texts – fact files about pirates.
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Peter Pan film text. -focus on character,
settings, order of events.
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Instruction sheets – how to make a pirate
hat/ship etc.
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Messages in a bottle.
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Small world ships and pirates.
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Pirate ship/desert island role play area.
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Pirate stories – The Night Pirates, Pirate Pete,
Maisy’s Treasure Hunt, Captain Teachum’s Buried
Treasure etc.
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Pirate exhibition – reading and writing captions.
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Writing captions to describe parts of the pirate
ship.
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Recount of a pirate activity day.
Mathematics
Learning Experiences:
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Treasure hunt – positional language.
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Estimating coins in a chest then counting them.
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Sorting coloured jewels.
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Selecting two colours of jewels to make a total.
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Pirate themed number hunt.
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Repeating patterns – making jewellery to go in
the chest.
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Ordering pirates to walk the plank, cross a
bridge, dig for treasure etc – First, second,
third . . .
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Crocodile subtraction game.
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Bottles of different sizes in water tray to
explore capacity.
UTW
PD
Learning Experiences:
 Designing a pirate ship that can float.
 Exploring telescopes and compasses.
 Exploring metal detectors.
 Treasure map and programmable toys.
 Bicarbonate of soda erupting volcanoes.
 Creating/following treasure maps and
identifying features on them.
 Making a pirate hat.
 Building a pirate ship from large materials.
 Taking photographs of each other in
costume.
 Pirate CD ROMs.
 Involve the children in planning pirate
activities over a period of several weeks.
 Black History Week - explore Carnivals touch on slavery and then move on to
famous black role models e.g. Mary Seacole.
Learning Experiences:
 Digging for treasure.
 Pirate dances to “Barnacle Bill”, the “Pirates
of the Caribbean” soundtrack, the “Captain
Pugwash” theme tune.
 Sewing a parrot from felt.
 Parachute treasure game.
 Playing pop up pirate.
 Pirate action game.
 Making clay pirates/scenes.
 Designing and making a treasure island.
EA
Possible Learning Experiences:
 Designing and creating a pirate flag.
 Pirate songs – Drunken sailor, When I was
one, I am a hungry crocodile etc.
 Pirate ship role play.
 Resources to make pirate accessories e.g.
eye patches, hooks, bandannas and hats.
 Painting a pirate.
 Handprint parrots – colour mixing activity.
 Treasure hunt role play.
 Pirate dances to Barnacle Bill, Pirates of the
Caribbean soundtrack, Pugwash theme tune,
Jake and the Neverland Pirates,
 Explore Carnival Music and design carnival
mask for a class display to celebrate Black
History.