Pirate Adventure

We have thoroughly enjoyed our Pirate Adventure this half term. The children have took part in many activities linked to all seven areas of the curriculum. Here are some of the activities we have carried out to support children's development.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Pirate themed playdough, promoting children's relationships with others, providing space where children can play with others in a quieter environment giving them the privacy and therefore confidence to start conversations with others, talking about what they are doing.

Displaying children's work they have created, giving them praise and encouraging them to take pride in their achievements.

Communication and Language

Making and sailing pirate boats, promoting children to work in groups providing opportunities for children to communicate with others and share their experiences.

Eye Spy pirate bottles, promoting children's language, labelling items for them and encouraging them to talk about what they can see hidden in the bottles. Activity extended to home too for children to talk about their own pirate treasure bottle.

Physical Development

Walking the plank, indoors and out, promoting children' s physical skills and building their confidence when it comes to climbing, balancing and jumping.

Pirate themed obstacle course, moving in a variety of different ways.

Island hopping game, promoting physical skills to move from one desert island to another in different ways.

Pirate themed Wake and Shake songs to copy actions and promote movement.

Literacy

Enjoying a variety of pirate themed stories. Children can learn to understand how stories are structured, become confident with the story and ask questions about it.

Pirate ship themed book area, providing an interesting and exciting space for children to enjoy stories and look at books independently.

Mathematics

Pirate treasure game, learning about subtraction, numerals and counting up to or beyond 10, knowing the quantity of numbers.

Pirate Island splat game, finding the correct numbered spot to try and find the treasure and splat the spot to see if you can find the gold splodge.

Interactive pirate map, looking at numbers and promoting children's counting skills.


Understanding the World

Pirate themed small world play, engaging in play involving pirates and treasure and a pirate ship


Expressive Arts and Design

Creating  pirate hats, flags, eye patches.

Promoting creative skills and creating a pirate themed display.

Pirate pictures, using our handprints.

Pirate ship building, using empty boxes and promoting children's imaginative skills. Children to play pirates, extending and adapting their play to suit their imagination.

Creating a treasure map, using and developing their imagination.