Year 3 Summer 2 Topic

Pirates

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Read...
Look out for these books in your classroom, the Imagination Room or at Brierfield Library!  

Key vocabulary...

capture
compass
co-ordinates
fleet
merchant ships
piracy
plunder
privateer
trade routes
treasure map

Fantastic facts...

  • Pirates were thieves at sea.

  • Pirates would attack the British and American trade routes and steal the cargo that was being shipped to different places.

  • A privateer was a sailor who worked for the Government.

  • Sometimes the crew would turn against the captain of the ship – this was known as mutiny.

  • Pirates that were caught were often hung as a punishment.

  • Long Island in America is famously known to have buried treasure that was never found – it may still be there today!

Explore...

You can listen to and watch an animation of the story of Treasure Island via BBC School Radio.
Click on the picture to check out the DK website for lots of interesting pirate facts.
Use this fun CBBC quiz to find out your pirate name!

Visit...
Sealife - Blackpool
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Merseyside Martime Museum - Liverpool

Do...

  • Make a treasure map.  You could even bury (hide) some treasure in your house and create a map for a friend, brother, sister or cousin to follow.  Will they find your buried treasure?

  • The Jolly Roger is the most famous pirate flag.  Why not design your own pirate flag...

  • Use an old kitchen roll or wrapping paper tube to create your own pirate's telescope.

In school...

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Class Novel - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (simplified retelling)