Understanding the WorldFloating and Sinking

Pirate Pete needs your help! He wants to build a pirate ship but doesn’t know which material would be the best

to use. Collect a range of objects from around your home. Test the objects to see what happens when you

place them in water. Do they float or sink?Don’t forget to test out your completed Pirate ship!

See below for a chart to record your results.

Communication & Language/UWGrown ups. Set up a treasure hunt in your indoor or outdoor space by providing a set of pictorial clues. You could even make these together by getting the children to pick certain objects and

draw them. As the children go to each place in the pictures they can hunt for each clue. Prompt them to use positional language to explain where they need to go. Hide some treasure in the last place. This could be a special snack, a new story to read

or something special for your family.

Understanding of the WorldImagine you are a pirate searching for the treasure. Create your own treasure

map based on where you live. This could be your back garden or even your route to school Try to include as many features as you can. Don’t forget to put

an x to mark the spot!You could tea stain your map to make it

look more authentic!

Expressive Arts & DesignLearn the pirate song and move along with the actions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVfVIcW1alo

Physical Development Play the Pirate game with your family. Choose

someone to shout the instructions. Climb the rigging – climbing action

Scrub the decks – Down on knees scrubbingWalk the plank – balancing with arms out

Captain’s coming – salute the captainShark attack –lie on back with arm up for fin

Hit the decks –lie on stomach

Expressive Arts & DesignCreate your own Pirate ship using junk

modelling materials found in your house. You could use a margarine tub, with straws for a mast. Don’t forget to add your pirate flag from the maths

activity.

Hillside Primary School

Home Learning Grid – Reception –Week 11 &12

Topic- Pirates

Literacy – WritingWrite a postcard as if you are a pirate off on your travels. You can use simple sentences

such as - ‘I am in my boat/ship’, I am looking for the X’ etc.

Use your sound mats to help make your spelling more accurate.

Desert island postcard attached to download.

Literacy-Reading Click on the link to listen to the story of

‘The Night Pirates’See how many of your high frequency and tricky

words you can recognise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnVP6iBAvHg

Don’t forget to check out https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/l

ibrary-page/For more reading opportunities.

Literacy- PhonicsPlay Sound Hunt using the Phase 3 Pirate

sounds attached below. Cut our or write the sounds on a piece of card or paper and then dot around either inside or outside. Ask your grown up to say a word using one of these sounds. E.g

rain – you then need to jump on the correct sound. Continue with different words and

sounds.

Maths-Pattern Take a kitchen roll (or toilet roll) to use as a Pirate telescope. Alternatively use paper or

card, possibly from a cereal box, and roll up to make a tube. Talk about how to make patterns looking at colour and shape. This could be with paints or with tape you have around the house.

Challenge- Can you use 3 colours to make your repeating pattern?

Maths-NumberRight click to open the hyper link to find some lovely pirate and Troll activities linked to the story below.

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2

020/homelearning/early-years/Day-5-Night-Pirates.pdf

Maths- ShapeCreate a flag for your pirate ship.

Fold your paper /card / fabric down the middle – draw a faint pencil line to help you. If you put a square on one side, you have to do it on the other! Have fun and see who rises to the super

maths pirate challenge!