Monday 22nd June Please work through the packs in your tray until all the children have arrived.

Have you washed your hands? The theme for the next few weeks is Pirates!

Pirates

Pirates were people who sailed ships around the world looking for other ships to attack. When they attacked ships, they would try to steal whatever the other ship had, especially .

Some pirates had unusual nicknames, such as , and . All about Pirates

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This flag is called the . Lots of pirates wore gold and Some pirates wore an . It Lots of pirate ships flew this flag. jewellery because they believed it is believed that they did this to When other ships saw the Jolly gave them good eyesight. make each stronger so they Roger, they knew there was trouble could see in the dark. ahead. pardon - to No Girls Allowed forgive Most pirates believed that it was unlucky to have women on board. However, that didn’t stop these women!

Grace O’Malley Grace lived nearly 500 years ago and was a leader of the Ó Máille clan in Ireland. Although she had lots of land and people to rule, Grace loved sailing and became known as a fearsome pirate.

Anne Bonny Over 300 years ago, while sailing to the , Anne met a pirate called Jack Rackham. They got married and became a feared pirate couple.

Cheng I Sao After Cheng I Sao’s pirate husband died, she took over leading his pirate crew. After years of ruling her fearsome fleet, the government stated that, if she stopped being a pirate, they would offer her a . Cheng I Sao agreed and even got to keep most of her treasure! pardon What Is Your Pirate Name? Write it in your book. Use this pirate name generator to make yourself a pirate name. First Name Second Name Your Favourite Colour Your Pirate First Name Your Favourite Animal Your Pirate Second Name Favourite Colour First Name Favourite Animal Second Name Colour Animal

Blue Matey Cat Blackbeard Red Captain Dog Sparrow Pink Pegleg Bird Hornswoggle Purple One-eyed Hamster Swashbuckler Green Scallywag Horse Lubber Orange Something else McBoatface Yellow Master else Black Skipper White Shipmate Talk like a Pirate Pirates had special words for lots of different things. Can you guess what these words and phrases mean?

doubloons Ahoy! Avast ye! landlubber Hello! Pay attention! a non-pirate gold coins

matey booty sea shanty friend treasure yo ho ho song Something you say aye when you’re happy. Land ahoy! yes Shiver me I can see land up timbers! Oh my ahead. goodness! Talk like a Pirate

Here are some tips for talking like a • pirate. Have a go at making your voice sound like a growl.

• Try to emphasise the ‘r’ sound in all of your words.

• Don’t say the letter ‘h’ in any words, for example ‘me hearties’ would be ‘me arties’.

• Don’t say the letter ‘g’ at the end of words, for example ‘sailing’ would be ‘sailin’. ‘Shiver me ‘Yo ho ho, there be lots of timbers, land doubloons for us.’ ahoy!’

‘Arrgh, me matey, lets go sailin’ and get some booty!’ ‘Avast, ye scurvy dog!’ https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tg-a-08-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day-tutorial- animation-1

Who Are Pirates?

Pirates are people who steal things from ships while at sea. This still happens but much less than it used to!

The period of time between 1650 and 1730 is commonly known as the Golden Age of as this was a time when piracy was common. During this time, there were many ships carrying valuable cargo around the Caribbean and Indian Ocean and everyone wanted a piece of it!

During the , there were also some specific types of pirate: Who Are Pirates?

Buccaneers Corsairs

These were pirates A was Corsairs were specifically based someone paid by pirates based around the the Government to around the Barbary Caribbean, mainly commit piracy. Coast in North between 1650 and was West Africa 1680. one of these. working in the Mediterranean..

Click to find out more about being a pirate… Who Are Pirates?

The map shows some of the key areas of piracy. They are all in places where valuable goods are on shipping routes. Click on the hotspot to find out more. In the 1500s and 1600s, the Barbary European pirates in Roman times Coast was popular with pirates and is even capture Julius Caesar. More even sung about in the song ‘High piracy in the 1200s and 1300s. Barbaree’.

The Caribbean, where The Indian Ocean and Red Sea had stole from Spanish ships, taking riches rich trade routes that attracted pirates from South America back to Spain in around 1690. It is also a hotspot for the late 1600s. modern day piracy.

Click to find out more about being a pirate… Pirate Job Advertisement

Job title: Pirate Salary: Whatever you can plunder Location: The high seas Hours: Any time of day or night (eyepatch recommended for night-vision training) Job description: Steal loot, gold or (anything that is worth any money) from other ships on the high seas. Key skills: Sailing and fighting Desirable skills: Sing sea shanties, Cook, Perform surgery, Talk like a pirate. We are also on the look out for Buccaneers to work Working with: A crew of other pirates specifically in under a male or female captain the Caribbean and also Privateers to be paid by the government. Could you have been a pirate? So you want to be a pirate! You have to complete an application.

What You Need to Be a Pirate

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A Pirate Ship

A Pirate Name

A Pirate Flag

I’ve got those things… what now? Pirate Names

Some pirates had aliases (nicknames) that became well known and often made them sound more scary or courageous.

Do you know the real names of these pirates? Click on the name to find out their real name.

Edward Captain Her real name BlackbeardTeach BartholomewBlack Bart CalicoJohn Rakham Jack was Anne Bonny! (or Thatch) Roberts

Long Ben or The His real name Her real name Benjamin StedeGentleman Bonnet Edwardwas Edward Lowe was Mary Read! (or Avery) Bridgeman Pirate Lowe!

What else do I need? Pirate Ships

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What else do I need? Pirate Flags

People often think that all pirates flew the Jolly Roger flag (also known as the skull and crossbones).

This was flown by some pirates, but many pirates had their own personal flag or even just flew a black flag. Do you know who these flags belong to?

Calico Jack Edward Lowe Black Bart

Blackbeard

What else do I need? Pirate Crew

On board a pirate ship there are many jobs needed, not just to commit piracy but to actually keep the ship sailing and all the crew looked after.

There could sometimes be up to 300 crew members on a ship.

The captain is in charge of the ship but there are also other senior roles with official responsibilities as well as the sailing crew and powder monkeys.

Find out more about the roles on a ship… Senior Pirates

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Quartermaster The Captain First Mate

The quartermaster The captain is The first mate is in charge of the main person takes over the all the supplies in charge. They ship if the and water on the own the ship and captain can’t ship and a close have a crew below lead. They are deputy for the them. They lead not always found captain. They have their crew into on pirate ships. the authority to battle and make If there was no punish people. strategic first mate, then decisions. Voted the quartermaster forWho by isthe next? crew. would take over. Pirates in Charge

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Navigator Bosun First Mate

The navigator, also A bosun, also The master gunner known as a sailing called the is in charge of a master, is a very boatswain, is team of gunners knowledgeable just below the operating the sailor who is able quartermaster and cannons. It takes to read maps captain and often around five crew directing and in charge of members to operate navigating the anchoring and a cannon, ship. A sailing supplies. including master is well aiming, firing, educated and often Who is next? resetting, made to go on swabbing and pirate ships but loading. paid well. Pirates with Special Jobs

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Surgeon/Doctor Cooper Musician

Not usually a real or The cooper is skilled The musician keeps the

even a trained surgeon, with tools and in crew entertained by the ship’s medic is good barrel making. singing and playing sea with tools. If no shanties and tunes for surgeon is available, Cook dancing. They are often they often use the stolen from a non- The cook is not ship’s carpenter. pirate ship. usually properly trained, just a normal pirate who prepares and cooks the food. Who is next? Junior and Lower Rank Pirates

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Powder Monkey Swabbie Gunner

The powder The swabbie is a The gunner is one monkey assists crew member who of the gunners. swabs (mops) the the crew members, It is a very decks. in a group of dangerous job, around five often done by Rigger people, who fire teenage boys who the cannons. could then work A rigger is a up to being a crew member gunner. who climbs the rigging. Imagine that you are a Pirate…

What would your pirate name be?

What role would you have on the ship?

What ship would you choose and what would you call it?

What flag would you design? Tuesday 23rd June Please carry on with the work packs in your tray until all the children have arrived.

Have you washed your hands? Pirates

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William Kidd Anne Bonney Blackbeard Black Bart

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Born: 1645, Dundee, Scotland Died: 23rd May 1701 by hanging Interesting Facts William Kidd was actually a wealthy and well respected privateer, protecting the British and American trade routes from French warships before he became a pirate.

Kidd was very unlucky as he was forced into piracy by his unruly ship crew whilst on duty. It was also at this time that the American people became very intolerant of all pirates. This led to him being hanged when caught.

Kidd was the only pirate known to have ever buried any treasure on Long Island, New York. It was thought that he did this in the hope of buying his way out of hanging! Captain Blackbeard

Born: 1680 Died: 22nd November 1718. He was shot. Interesting Facts Anne Bonny

Born: 8th March 1698 Died: 22nd April 1782 Interesting Facts

Anne acted and dressed just like a male pirate and was excellent at fighting. Black Bart

Born: 17th May 1682 Died: 10th February 1722 Interesting Facts

He was born in South Wales as John Roberts and later adopted the name 'Bartholomew', or Black Bart, when he became a pirate.

He was known to love expensive clothes and jewellery and was always well-dressed, even in battles!

He was eventually killed by the British Government, and his crew were put on trial in the biggest pirate trial in history! Pirate Questions What did William Kidd do before he became a pirate?

Who was Anne Bonny the girlfriend of?

How many times did Blackbeard marry?

Who killed Black Bart? Create your own wanted poster to try and catch the world’s most notorious outlaw! Example Create your own Pirate theme acrostic poem! Wednesday 24th June Pirates Fact or Myth? Click this button to come back to this page at any time Pirates and found it by reading treasure maps. Fact or Myth? No, Jack lad, it’s a myth

Pirates were far too eager to spend their newly stolen treasure to bury it! The famous Captain Kidd may have possibly hidden some treasure but most pirates just spent theirs as fast as they could. Pirates loved to wear nice clothes.

Fact or Myth? Aye, it’s a fact!

Pirates loved to wear the clothes that they had stolen. They also wore curly wigs and liked to try and look fierce by growing big beards!

NEXT Pirates were not very good seamen at all and were just a bunch of thieves and thugs.

Fact or Myth? It's a myth, Jack lad

Pirates were exceptional seamen. It was a very hard job to run a ship as Captain and be a skilled sailor. The crew would need to have great respect for their Captain, so they would follow his orders. Pirates left their shipmates on islands. Fact or Myth? Aye, it’s a fact!

A pirate ship would have had some very strict rules and regulations, so one type of punishment for not following them was to be abandoned on an island. This was called being ‘marooned’. Pirates only ever stole gold and jewels. Fact or Myth? It's a myth, Jack lad

Though pirates undoubtedly favoured gold and jewels, a lot of the time ships carrying such things were too well guarded for them to plunder, so they would steal anything that they could sell such as sugar or cloth. Pirates pierce their ears with gold and silver to look wealthy and handsome. Fact or Myth? Aye, it’s a fact!

This is partly true as pirates believed that wearing gold or silver would improve their eyesight! Pirates made people ‘walk the plank’.

Fact or Myth? It's a myth, Jack lad

This is a popular myth about Pirates, and although they possibly did do this occasionally, they were much more likely to either throw people overboard, or to kill by fighting. All pirates were men.

Fact or Myth? It's a myth, Jack lad

There are two very famous women pirates in history called Anne Bonny and Mary Read, who sailed with the Pirate ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham in 1719. Jonah was a bad name to have on a pirate ship. Fact or Myth? Aye, it’s a fact!

If a ship was experiencing difficulties, then one crew person was picked out and named the ‘Jonah’ which meant they had brought the ship bad luck. The Jonah would then be thrown overboard.

Thursday 25th June Where have the pirates hidden their treasure? Can you find the pirate treasure? ? Create your own to keep your doubloons away from those pesky pirates? Friday 25th June Please carry on with the work packs in your tray until all the children have arrived. Have you washed your hands?