Shiver mi Timbers

The new Year 5 and 6 Forest School groups joined me today for a pirate themed session. A game of rope tangle sorted the children in to groups before they set about searching for their pirate castaways. Once located, the children were encouraged to build a story and setting around their character. Plans began modestly, but as healthy competition built among the teams, designs and tales became ever more elaborate!

The first team built a pirate ship complete with crow's nest, rudder and plank. The second team  created a shipwreck on a crocodile infested island, while the third team's pirate had been captured and tied above a pyre after floating on the remains of his scuttled boat for weeks on end.