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This week we are looking at pirates. Pirates have been around for as long as Read Write Inc. lessons continue on YouTube: Pirate ships had to be fast and well-armed. flag was intended to people have used the oceans of the world as trade routes. Can you remember https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/channels spread fear when it was sighted coming towards you. The most famous pirate the name of the 5 world oceans? The’ golden age of ’ was from the year flag is the or ‘skull and crossbones’ but many pirates designed their 1660 to 1730. We still have pirates today! own flags. Do you have any books at home that are about pirates? Are they fiction or Art- Can you be the captain and design your own nonfiction books? Can you share them with a family member? pirate flag? Pirate flags mainly only used the colours

Pirates often had a strict ‘code of conduct’ on their red, black, and white. Can you find any information to read about pirates? You can look in books, ships which was a set of rules all about pirate life. Can explore the internet or ask your family. you write your own pirate ‘code of conduct’? is what pirates lived for. They took it from

You might include ideas such as: ships or on land. Often, they had huge fortunes in Do you think that you would have liked to have been a pirate? Would you like 1. Every pirate gets equal amounts of food and drink. gold, jewels, silks, and spices. In most cases, ‘booty’ to spend life at sea, battling and stealing from others or would you not like to 2. All weapons must be ready for battle. was divided live on board a pirate ship? Explain your reasons. Does your family share your up among the pirate crew. Some views? To help you with your ideas visit captains hoarded their gold and hid

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/58900/11-rules- it on islands. Put the information you have found into a Timeline. For example: actual-pirate-code 1718 - In battle of one of the most famous pirates of all time was killed - Art/Geography-Can you draw a . Our spellings this week are pirate, treasure, island, booty (valuable, stolen map? 1720 - Crew of pirate Captain Jack Rackham became captured by the English. goods), parrot, (a short sword with a slightly curved blade), captain (the Do not forget the cross to ‘mark the Among them were two famous female pirates and person in charge of a ship). Put these words into sentences which also include spot’, ‘key’ and ‘compass points’. adjectives.

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Pirates would often make up songs and sing them as they worked onboard Captain Blackbeard is one of the most famous pirates. His real name is thought ship. These ‘sea shanties’ helped the pirates keep a rhythm to their work and to be Edward Teach (or Thatch). He was born in Bristol, England in 1680 and make them feel happy. They would often dance too as a way of keeping fit and began his piracy career in 1717. He sailed an area that spanned from the active. You could keep active by joining in with this dance. Caribbean to the Atlantic coast of the 13 Colonies. Blackbeard captured merchant vessels and stole their cargo. A reward was offered for the capture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eklkuD0vF6s of this fearsome pirate.

You may prefer to make up your own ‘pirate dance’. We would love to Blackbeard’s appearance was said to strike terror see it. into the hearts of others.

Can you create your own WANTED poster for a Pirates ate beans, pulses, sea biscuits, salted meat and pickled pirate? What would he/she look like? What vegetables and fruit. Weevils (a type of beetle) and rats used to share clothes would they wear and what be his/her the sailors’ food supplies. Many pirates became ill because they did name? Additional activities can be found here not have enough vitamin c in their diet which comes from fruit and https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ vegetables. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eyKPDsOyR8 Follow this link to learn . Have you had your (at least 5 portions of different types) fruit and more about Blackbeard’s piracy. vegetables for the day?

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