Pirate Workshop Day...exciting, educational and fun pirate experience!
Pirate Day...WOW pirates workshop!
About the workshop
KS1 Pirate Workshop Day is the perfect hook for your Pirate Topic.
Pirate Day is an exciting and fun educational experience for younger children.
Suitable for Reception, Yr1, Yr2, Yr3 and Yr4 ages groups.
It includes:
- Learning about pirates, pirate facts and pirate life
- Elements of history and geograpghy
- Watching an exciting and fun Pirate Puppet Show
- Some role play, Pirate activities and lots of joining in
- Learning through discussion, questions and answers
- Who became a Pirate?
- Why did pirates steal treasure?
- Who was the most famous pirate?
- What was life like on a Pirate ship?
- How old were pirates?
- Were there any girl pirates?
- Did Pirates have parrots?
- What was the food like on a pirate ship?
- Where did pirates go to the toilet?
Pirate Day is an extremely exciting experience. The children are usually joining in enthusiastically right from the start and remain fully engaged for the entire day.
Rascally Ron (aka Pirate Ron ) is very silly and you can be sure the children will soon be be laughing, having fun and joining in. Most importantly though, they are learning too and loving every minute.
The children are encouraged to ask questions. Here are some typical examples.
Pirate Day is always lots of fun but with lots of learning too!
Photos from a "Pirate" workshop day
Workshop photos
Class photo. Teachers often like to have a group photo with Pirate Ron in front of the pirate ship. These children were from a well known public school in the Manchester area.
Coming to school in pirate costume is very exciting. Not all schools dress up but Pirate Day is perfect for putting on a costume and usually the teachers come as pirates too.
There is usually a little bit of role play in pirate day plus working in pairs to answer questions, to think up questions or to come up with ideas.
The puppet making acitivity is accessible to all ability levels and requires minimum suprevision. It allows the children to express their creativity often with amazing results.
The pirate puppet show is very exciting. Even children who are normally quiet or withdrawn are usually fully engaged and joining in. Teachers descibe it as more like a mini panto.
Pirate day is a perfect opportunity to encourage parental involvement. Parent helpers often come in to help with puppet making in the afternoon.
Pirate Ron talking to a group of sixty children. Having two or three or even four classes together for the day is no problem. We do it all the time.
Pirate day has so much to offer. The children have a great time from start to finish. They are learning, having fun and they even get their own puppet to keep at the end.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much do you charge?
- Prices vary. Travelling to London and the South is a lot more expensive but we will come providing our costs are covered.
- What is the format for the day?
- When you send in an enquiry we will reply with a quotation and a timetable for the day. We are flexible on timings and will adjust to fit in with your needs.
- What areas do you cover?
- Anywhere in England. We are based in Yorkshire and therefore it costs more the further away you are from us.
- Do you need the school hall?
- Not necessarily. We can work in a large classroom. It may mean moving some of the tables and chairs but we do often work in classrooms.
- Can other classes watch the show?
- Yes, you can bring other classes that are not doing pirate day in to watch the show. There is no extra charge for this.
- What do we need to provide?
- We bring all materials except newspaper. You will need one sheet between two and classroom scissors, pencils, crayons and rubbish bags.
- Can we book just the show or just a half day visit?
- Yes, but the cost will be nearly as much as a full day because of travel.
- Can nursery join in?
- Yes, nursery children can join in and we do sometimes do a full day just with nursery children even if it is just one show in the morning and another in the afternoon for the afternoon children. The cost is the same as for a full day. Please ask for a quote.
Comments (117)
Grove Wood Primary School.
Would certainly recommend!