Pirates

One group in reading read a story about Jolly Roger the Pirate so we thought we'd have a pirate day. We read the books, Margaret Mahy's The Man whose Mother was a Pirate and Joy Cowley's  The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate. We sang sea shanties as we made pirate stuff. All morning we chopped, glued, stuck and coloured and in the afternoon we asked the seniors to come and view our models.

Enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed the making and pretending. Isn't make believe wonderful.

The sides of the pirate galleon.

Ready to attack.

Every pirate needs a parrot to sit on the shoulder.

I'll make the chain and anchor, 

is it long enough yet?

Treasure chest with Cryptic initials. 

Treasure map with the spot marked with a bloody X.

Pirate Hat

Cutlass and eyepatch

The Jolly Roger at full mast.

This cannon making is really serious business, complete with fuses and cannon balls ready to fire.

A barrel to keep the bottles of rum safe.

We made Jamie walk the plank (off the end of the table).