Year 3: Pirates and Treasure Part 2 Monday 29th June 2020

Dear children and parents/carers,

We hope that you’re all keeping well and enjoying the sunshine. The second part of our

Pirates and Treasure themed activities are below; as always we hope that they are both fun

and educational. We’ve seen some wonderful examples of home learning this week and would

love for you to keep emailing us your work at year3@winns.waltham.sch.uk.

Best wishes,

The Year 3 Team

Literacy:

1 Pirates often used to write messages and directions to each other in secret code! Here is

one example of a pirate code:

Using this code, you could…

* Try to decipher this secret message!

* Write your own name (or your best friend’s name!)

* Write your own secret message and send it to the Year 3 team by email for us to solve!

* Make your own pirate code using different symbols and write a message!

* Create your very own treasure hunt; hide a ‘treasure’ somewhere at home and write clues

for finding it in pirate code for someone to solve.

Use prepositions to make your directions specific and easy to follow (e.g. “You will find the

next clue inside the pages of my favourite book!”)

2 Design your own pirate character.

* What are the characteristics of a pirate? Draw what they look like.

* Think up an adventurous voyage your pirate could go on. Are they battling enemy pirates

with their crew? Are they on a treasure hunt?

* Turn your pirate’s voyage into a comic strip!

3 Imagine you have been shipwrecked on a deserted island...

* Write a letter describing what happened! How did it feel to be on a sinking ship? Where

have you ended up? What does it look like?

* Write a survival log of your first week on the mysterious island…

4 Write a short biography (life story) of a famous pirate. Here are some examples of pirates

you could research (with adult supervision) and write about…

* William Kidd * Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach * Mary Read

(Short, child-friendly pirate biographies can be found at the following link:

https://www.dltk-kids.com/articles/famouspirates.htm)

5 Shiver me timbers! Captain Gunpowder Squint’s crew just

discovered a glowing treasure chest, but unfortunately it

contains a cursed treasure!

Write a fantasy story about the cursed treasure and what

happens to Captain Squint and his crew once they steal it…

Reading: Retrieving information/performance poetry

1 Read through this short biography of Anne Bonny – a famous female pirate who proved that

women in the 1700s could be just as dangerous on the high seas as men!

Day 1 on the Island

When I woke up, the first thing I could see was… There was no sign of the ship anywhere. All around me, I could hear…

I don’t know where everyone else is. I think it’s just me here. This island is…

I’m feeling… I need to make a plan because without one I won’t survive for long!

Tomorrow I will start by…

Anne Bonny

Anne Bonny was just as fearless as any male pirate, and was a tough, independent woman

who had to fight hard to be accepted amongst her fellow pirates in an age where women

had few rights. She would often fight in battles alongside the men, and was just as

effective in combat.

Anne Bonny was born as Anne Cormac to her father's maid in Cork, Ireland around

1700.

Her father took her to Charleston, South Carolina to

escape his wife's family and start his legal career

again. Anne was said to have fiery red hair and a fiery

temper to match! There are stories that she attacked

a servant girl with a knife when she just 13.

When Anne was 16, she fell in love with a small-time

pirate named James Bonny and married him against

her father's wishes. The newly-weds travelled to a

pirate's hideout and Anne became acquainted with

many pirates.

James Bonny became a pirate informer for the

governor, but by now Anne had many pirate friends,

and had fallen in love with a pirate captain called

Calico Jack Rackham. He was a small-time pirate who attacked ships around the

Caribbean. Anne lived on Rackham's ship and became good friends with another female

pirate called Mary Read.

In October 1720, Rackham and his pirate crew were attacked by a British Navy ship.

Most of the men were too drunk to fight, but Bonny and Read fought bravely for as long

as they could. In the end, all of Rackham's crew were captured and taken to Jamaica for

trial.

The sentence for all the crew was death by hanging. Mary and Anne both claimed to be

pregnant and were spared.

Mary died in a Jamaican prison from fever, but nobody really knows what happened to

Anne. Many believe her father paid her ransom and brought her back to Charleston,

where she started a new life and lived for around 60 years.

2 Now have a go at answering these questions:

1. Where was Anne Bonny born? _________________________________

2. How old was Anne when she married her husband? _________

3. What was the name of Anne Bonny’s female pirate friend? _______________________

4. In what year was Anne Bonney’s crew captured? _____________________

5. How did Anne escape being hanged along with the rest of Rackham’s crew?

________________________

True or False…?

a) Anne had jet black hair. _______________

b) Anne was born in Ireland. _______________

c) Anne died in prison from a fever. ______________

2 Read through this pirate-themed poem and have a go at as many activities as you like!

Pirate Pete by James Carter Activities… Pirate Pete had a ship on the sea had a fish for his tea had a peg for a knee and a tiny little parrot called… Polly Pirate Pete had a book with a map had a skull on his cap had a cat on his lap and another little parrot called… Dolly Pirate Pete had a trunk full of treasure had a belt made of leather had a cap with a feather and another little parrot called… Jolly Pirate Pete had a patch on his eye had a flag he would fly had a plank way up high and another little parrot called… Molly So, Pirate Pete and the parrots four they sailed the world from shore to shore – collecting gold and gifts galore. And that’s their tale – there is no more!

1 Practise reading this poem

out loud until you feel

confident that you can read it

fluently!

2 Think about which

expression would best suit

this poem… Could you have a go

at performing it in a pirate

voice?

3 Fill out a ‘Tell Me’ grid,

exploring any likes, dislikes,

puzzles and patterns you can

share about this poem.

4 Write a short story about

Pirate Pete and his adventures

from the point of view of one

of his parrots!

Pirate SPAG: Commas in a list!

Add the words in the boxes to complete these sentences. Don’t forget those pesky commas!

Ex. My pirate shopping list includes a cutlass, map, compass and spyglass.

a cutlass map Compass spyglass

1 Before setting sail, the pirates needed to stock up on ___________________________.

pistols swords Cannons gunpowder

2 When they opened the chest, the pirates saw _________________________________.

gold emeralds rubies silver

3 Through the telescope, the lookout spotted __________________________________.

enemy ships fierce pirates huge cannons

4 The Captain ordered his crew to ___________________________________________.

scrub the decks climb the rigging load the cannons

Maths: Reading coordinates and grid positions!

Warm up:

* Continue revising your 2, 5, 10, 3, 4 and 8 times tables and division facts using whichever

methods work best for you!

Reading maps can be tricky, even for pirates! To help us to find exact points or positions on a

grid, we use coordinates. These are pairs of numbers (or sometimes, a letter and a number).

The bottom, horizontal line of a grid or graph is called the x axis, and the vertical line is

called the y axis. When reading coordinates, we always read the numbers/letters along the x

axis first, and then the y axis. A trick to help you remember this is “along the corridor, then

up the stairs!” Have a look at this example below…

To find the smiley face…

* Read along the x axis – the face

is in the E column so the first co-

ordinate is E

* Then read up the y axis… the

face is next to the 4, so the

second co-ordinate is 4.

We would write the coordinates

for the location of the smiley face

as (E, 4)! Now try these grids

yourself…

Challenge Level 1

Where is the ship? (____ , ____) Where is the octopus? (____ , ____)

Where is the shark? (____ , ____) Where is the pirate? (____ , ____)

Where is the treasure chest? (____ , ____) Where is the skull? (____ , ____)

Challenge Level 2

3 Challenge Level 3

Don’t forget: along the corridor then up the stairs! The first number is the x axis, and the second

number is the y axis!

Draw…

* a pirate ship (1, 4) * a lake (5, 2) * palm trees (2, 2) and (9, 7) * a beach (2, 6)

* Pick a square and draw an X to mark the spot of buried treasure.

* Add any other landmarks you like to your map.

Now ask someone at home to work out the coordinates for each landmark!

Science: How many pennies can a tin foil boat carry? (Buoyancy)

For this buoyancy experiment, you will need:

* Tin foil

* Pennies (or other small light objects)

* A waterproof container

* Water!

1. Using a sheet of tin foil, create a boat. You may want to have a go at making your own

design, or use one of these ideas:

2. Test your boat in water – does it float? If not, patch up any holes and try again!

3. Start loading up your boat with pennies; count as you go!

4. Keep going until your boat begins to sink. How many pennies could your boat carry?

5. Repeat your experiment and change one variable (thing):

* Your boat design OR the weight (you could use different coins, Lego, seeds, pens etc.)

Now compare your results! Did anything change? Why?

Art:

1 Draw or create your own Treasure Island!

2 Look at these striking ‘ship in a bottle’ artworks! Can you create your own?

3 When sailing the seven seas, pirates used to raise a flag called the Jolly Roger which was

designed to strike fear into the hearts of their

enemies! Do you recognise it?

Now have a go at designing an equally terrifying pirate

flag of your own!

Computing:

1 Practise your number bonds and times tables/division facts by playing Hit the Button:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

2 Carry out some independent research on pirates using the links below or a search engine

(with supervision).

* https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/pirates/

* https://mocomi.com/history-of-pirates/

* https://tenfactsabout.co.uk/0021pirates.htm

3 Type up some notes on your research using Word. Can you figure out how to use bullet

points?

Challenge: Use your notes to create a PowerPoint presentation all about pirates! Make sure to

include bright colours and pictures to catch the attention of your audience.

DT:

1 Expand your pirate wardrobe by making your own eye patch! All you need is some paper,

scissors and a piece of string or yarn.

2 Design and create a (safe!) pirate sword. Think carefully about what properties a sword

should have… flexible or rigid? Lightweight or heavy? Dull or shiny?

Choose the most appropriate materials to suit these properties.

3 Toilet roll art! Can you have a go at creating a parrot or a pirate from toilet or kitchen

rolls? Here’s a picture for inspiration...

4 Using recycling materials, create your own treasure chest!

Challenge: Can you create ‘treasure’ to go inside your chest? You might like to paint and glue

dried pasta to make interesting shapes, use salt dough or play dough to create models or

simply draw and cut out some jewels and coins!