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Teacher resourcePirates

Avast! Me hearties, welcome to the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Pirate School.

Use your pirate skills to the test by replacing ordinary school subjects with pirate lessons and explore these activities to find some hidden gems for your young pirate recruits. 

They'll learn how to become a pirate with the museum's own resident pirate Grognose Johnny - he's even set some homework activities for the young sea squirts! 

Put your pirate skills to the test by replacing your ordinary school subjects with pirate lessons! 

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English

Practice your 'pirate speak'!

Write a paragraph using the featured pirate words.  

Pirate words

Extra challenge: Try using all the words in less than 4 sentences! 

 

How well do you know your Pirate Captain? 

Match the words to the items the Pirate Captain has in the picture. 

Know your pirate captain

 

Tell it to the parrot

Pete the silly pirate parrot has listened to some pirate sentences, but he doesn’t know the difference between two words that sound the same. Help him by circling the correct word. 

Tell it to the parrot

PDHPE

Do a pirate jig

Practice your pirate dance moves and dance like Grognose Johnny. 

Listen to the sea shanty tune for inspiration.

Art

Make a pirate name badge 

Create your own distinctive pirate name and then turn it into a pirate name badge. 

Make a pirate name badge 

Geography

Make a pirate map

Create a map of your classroom or school playground with a secret hidden treasure – remember, X marks the spot!

Extra challenge: Hide your treasure and challenge someone else to find it using your map. 

Maths

Count your booty

Count the treasure and solve the pirate puzzle. 

Count your booty

 

Share the loot

See if you can work out how to share the loot between all four of the pirates.  

Share the loot

Extra Challenge: Make your own treasure and share it with your pirate crew. 

Drama

Sail the high seas

Use all of the new facts you’ve learnt about pirates to perform a play set on a pirate ship!