KS1 Topic: Oceans and Seas Block E: Fantasy Islands
Write a fantasy island poem inspired by a message in a bottle from a shipwrecked sailor. Develop map
reading skills and knowledge of compass points. Learn how to talk like a pirate; design treasure maps;
create treasure island models complete with characters, creatures and shelters. Celebrate the work
achieved in this block with a pirate themed day.
Block E: Fantasy Islands
[4 sessions]
Main outcome: Geography
Other outcomes: Geography, English, PSHE, Maths, Art and DT
By the end of this block you
will have achieved the
following outcomes:

Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries,
as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage.
 Recognise simple recurring literary language in stories and poetry.
 Develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by writing poetry writing
for different purposes.
 Adopt, create and sustain a range of roles, responding appropriately to others in
role.
 Become more familiar with and confident in using language in a variety of situations
and for a variety of role-play situations.
 Have an awareness of how people live and work together.
 Understand the difference between the things people need and the things people
want for survival.
 Use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement,
including movement in a straight line.
 Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.
 Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences
and imagination.
 Design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users
based on design criteria.
 Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for
example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing].
Children will
 Write ‘fantasy island’ poetry inspired by a message in a bottle.
 Use vocabulary that creates an image in the mind of the reader.
 Write in a poetic style on a given theme.
Session 1: English
Message in a Bottle
Write a ‘fantasy island’ poem
inspired by a message in a
bottle.
Children will
Session 2: PSHE/English
 Work together to consider how to survive with the minimum of material goods.
Fantasy Island Survival
 Choose between the necessary and the unnecessary for survival.
Work as a team to win a
 Work as a team to escape from an island.
desert-island survival game.
Session 3: Art/Geography/
Maths
We Found Treasure!
Develop map-reading skills
and knowledge of compass
points; Design and decorate
treasure islands maps.
 Write a ‘mayday’ message
Children will
 Use the 4 compass points to find a point within the school grounds.
 Develop knowledge of compass points.
 Develop map-reading skills.
 Use paint techniques to design treasure maps from their imagination.
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KS1 Topic: Oceans and Seas Block E: Fantasy Islands
Session 4: Art/DT
Fantasy Island Modelling
Use ‘junk’ to create models
of treasure islands, complete
with characters, creatures
and shelters; Celebrate the
work achieved in this block
with a pirate-themed day.
Children will
 Refer to 2D treasure maps to create 3D models.
 Design a fantasy island using ideas gained from earlier sessions.
 Use ‘junk’ to create a 3D model of their island.
 Evaluate their model and improve their ideas.
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KS1 Topic: Oceans and Seas Block E: Fantasy Islands
Resources
Session 1
Provided: Presentation: Ten Things Found in a Shipwrecked Sailor’s Pocket; Message in a Bottle; Scroll;
Ten Things Found in a Shipwrecked Sailor’s Pocket.
You will need: An old bottle; Large sheets of sugar paper; Marker pens.
Session 2
Provided: Presentation: Desert Island Survival; Presentation: Simple Shelters; Survival Task Tips;
Survival Task Score Sheet.
You will need: Large sheets of paper; Marker Pens; Stopwatches; Recording equipment.
Session 3
Provided: How to Make a Treasure Map; Pirate Phrases; Captain’s Coming; Presentation: Treasure Map
Examples.
You will need: Chocolate coins or other ‘treasure’; A compass; White paper; Marker pens; Tea bags;
Cooking oil; Paper towels; Ribbons.
Session 4
Provided: Re-used Rubbish; Junk-Modelling an Island; Pirate Party Tips; Pirate Party Invitation.
You will need: A large sheet of thick card / smaller sheets per pair; Re-usable rubbish (e.g. pots,
packets and old cardboard); Masking tape; Newspapers; Glue; Trays for glue; Paint.
Optional whole-block resources
Sea-themed fiction suggestions:
Novels: M. T. Anderson, The Serpent Came to Gloucester; Giles Andreae, Commotion in the Ocean;
Marianne Berkes, Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef; Corinne Demas, The Disappearing Island; Jean Lee
Latham, Carry on Mr. Bowditch; Taylor Morrison, The Coast Mappers; Robert Louis Stevenson,
Treasure Island; Jonathon Swift, Gulliver’s Travels; David Wiesner, Flotsam.
Poetry and songs: Edward Lear, The Jumblies; B. J. Lee, The Sense-sational Sea; Brenda Williams, Count
On Me at the Seaside; Brenda Williams, Footprints in the Sand; John A. Glover-Kind, Oh I Do Like to be
Beside the Seaside; A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea (traditional); She Sells Sea Shells (traditional).
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KS1 Topic: Oceans and Seas Block E: Fantasy Islands
Useful websites for background information:
Visual stimuli of ships in stormy seas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG6FhK96dBg
Video clip: Ship in stormy seas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uXN1z4vBJM
Image montage of ships in stormy seas
Desert island survival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ABGr_kDIQ
Video clip: Ray Mears on desert island survival
Pirate island inspiration
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/x1cmnv7
Video clip: Treasure Island stage show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhFgBs8YQgU
Video clip: Aerial view of Halmahera Island, Indonesia
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