Our theme is PIRATES!

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Our theme is PIRATES!

• Key stage 1/ Early Key Stage 2

By Katie Herbert, Amy Vaughan, Kate Adamson,
Caroline Gibbs, Rebecca Mckay
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PIRATES

• Lots of curriculum links
• Exciting and imaginative theme
• Recent resources and stimuli e.g. Pirates of the
  Caribbean
• Offers opportunities to be creative
• Develop relationships as a class collaborative
  skills
• Interactive
• Originally we planned to go to Irchester Country
  Park linking our theme Pirates, with the focus on
  the curriculum areas Physical Education and
  History.

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Medium Term Planning over a half term.
DT - Telescope

• P.E.
• Orienteering
• Dance
• Swimming
• ART
• - Colour and drawing
• - Sculpture
• LITERACY
• Poetry
• Diaries
• Drama
• Stories
• Speaking Listening

• HISTORY
• Grace OMally
• Trading
• MATHS
• Coordinates
• Money
• Fractions
• GEOGRAPHY
• Map reading
• Trading

Pirates

• SCIENCE
• Floating and sinking
• Healthy eating

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History
National Curriculum 2a b, 3, 4a- b, 5a c,
8a - Knowledge and understanding of events,
people and changes in the past - Historical
enquiry - Historical interpretation -
Organisation and communication - British history

• What is a pirate?
• What pirates look like
• Life on a pirate ship
• Food and drink
• Pirate battles
• Weapons
• Punishments
• Famous Pirates Grace OMally

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Physical Education

• Dance National Curriculum 6a-d
• - create and perform their own dance from pirate
  culture
• Use imaginative movements also linked to the
  pirate theme
• Respond to a stimuli e.g. pirate music or
  picture.
• Orienteering National curriculum 11a - c
• - taking part in outdoor challenges in familiar
  environments
• - using a range of orienteering and problem
  solving skills
• Working with others to meet challenges
• Swimming National Curriculum 9d
• - use a range of recognised strokes and personal
  survival skills.

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Geography

• Map reading National Curriculum 2b,c,e, 7c
• Geographical enquiry and skills
• Themes/Breadth of study skills
• Trading
• - routes of trading

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Art
Sculptures/3D work National Curriculum 2a-c -
Investigating and making art, craft and
design Colour and drawing National Curriculum
5d - Investigating and making art, craft and
design in the locality and in a variety of
genres, styles and traditions. Digital
Photography National Curriculum 5c - Using a
range of materials and processes including ICT.
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Core subjects

• Literacy
• - Drama (Hot seating, role play)
• - Writing letters (e.g. Grace OMally to Queen
  Elizabeth)
• Poetry
• Stories (reading and writing)
• Maths
• Coordinates
• Money (fractions, percentages)

Science - Floating and sinking - Health (healthy
eating, lifestyle)
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Before the outdoor learning experience
History elements Looking at history of pirates
(where, when, who etc.) Introduce Grace OMalley

• Geography/Maths elements
• Map work/
• Coordinates
• Physical Education
• -what is orienteering
• -team work skills

Science -Floating and sinking
Literacy -Reading stories surrounding pirate
theme
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The Outdoor learning experience the playground!

• A beneficial experience in the school grounds
  without the expense, organisation and staffing of
  a school trip.
• Can make the theme more controlled by creating
  the orienteering yourself.
• Can make the playground into a suitable pirate
  environment to any extremes you want.
• Can control and minimise the health and safety
  risks.
• Accessible for all children.
• The focus will be on the subjects instead of
  being on a trip.

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What are we going to do?

• Orienteering
• In groups
• Use a map to locate questions
• They will be using their teamwork and problem
  solving skills
• When all the questions have been answered, the
  teacher will give them one last clue to find the
  treasure.

History Questions on each marker would have a
history link, e.g. based on Grace OMalley Used
as an informal assessment of their knowledge
gained in previous lessons.
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What happens following the Outdoor learning
experience?

• Art elements-
• Sculptures / drawings
• Use water colours.
• Looking at artists from the time of Grace
  OMalley
• The use of art in interpreting pirate life.

PE elements- Creating a dance using pictures and
music as a stimulus.
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• Maths elements-
• - Fractions of money
• Literacy elements-
• Role play of pirate life
• Hot-seating e.g. Grace OMalley
• Recount of the orienteering experience
• Write their own pirate story