1. My pirate adventure logbook
Key Stage 1 – My Pirate Adventure
My pirate adventure logbook
pirate name: __________________
(real name: ________________ )
Teachers’ notes
Invent a pirate alias
Have the children create their own ‘pirate identity’ drawing inspiration from images of famous pirates in the online ‘Popular Pirates Hall of Infamy’ gallery.
Pirate fact: Pirates didn’t use their real names. Often, they tried to cultivate a fearsome or memorable image and reputation
The cover page’s illustrated pirate could be replaced with a favourite pirate image, or removed to leave room for pupils to draw their own pirate. Or children could insert a photograph of themselves dressed as a pirate.

2. My pirate ship Ship name: ________________ jolly roger deck stern bow
Key Stage 1 – My Pirate Adventure
My pirate ship
jolly roger
deck
stern
bow
anchor
sail
mast
Parts of
your ship
Teachers’ notes
Pirate ship vocabulary mat
Have children personalize their pirate ship by giving it a name.
They should also complete the vocabulary activity by connecting the different parts of their ship to the relevant words.
Parts of the ship:
Mast – pole that holds up a sail
Bow – the front of the ship
Sail – fabric supported by the mast used to propel a sailing vessel
Anchor – device used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water, to keep it from drifting
Stern – the rear of the ship
Jolly roger – a pirate’s flag
Crow’s nest – lookout at the top of the mast
Hull – the outer shell of the ship; it’s watertight to keep the ship afloat
Bowspirit – pole or spar pointing forward from the bow of the ship
 Pirate fact: Pirates often gave their ships unfriendly names to intimidate their victims. See the list below
Have the children think creatively about naming their ship. See below for a few actual ship names, taken from Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories Handbook, Pirates (Scholastic, 2006):
Ship Pirate
Black Joke Benito de Soto
Queen Anne’s Revenge Blackbeard
Night Rambler Captain Cooper
Snap Dragon Captain Goldsmith
Speedy Return John Bowen
Draw a line from
the words to the
correct part of
your pirate ship
Ship name: ________________

3. My pirate flag Teachers’ notes Design a Jolly Roger
Key Stage 1 – My Pirate Adventure
My pirate flag
Teachers’ notes
Design a Jolly Roger
Have the children design their own pirate flag, also known as a Jolly Roger. This helps pupils develop pirate identities that can be used later in writing their own stories.
Illustrations of real Jolly Rogers help inspire students’ creativity. They are from an 18th century book on piracy in the West Indies and are part of the National Maritime Museum’s print collection.

4. My pirate adventure checklist
Key Stage 1 – My Pirate Adventure
My pirate adventure checklist
Stick your picture here
Stick your picture here
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pieces-of-eight
anchor
pistol
coat
Stick your picture here
Stick your picture here
Stick your picture here
Stick your picture here
biscuits
hat
sword
telescope
Teachers’ notes
Pirate adventure checklist – vocabulary matching activity
Print out the colourful images of objects from the museum collection (next slide) and have the children stick them onto their ‘pirate adventure checklist’
The objects and items introduced here are reincorporated into the model pirate story in Activity 2 – Retelling and writing a pirate story, and so offer good preparation for the later activity.
Stick your picture here
Stick your picture here
Stick your picture here
Stick your picture here
treasure
map
ship
compass

5. Pirate adventure checklist – vocabulary matching activity
Key Stage 1 – My Pirate Adventure
Teachers’ notes
Pirate adventure checklist – vocabulary matching activity
These objects and items can also be viewed in the Pirates in Pictures online glossary