A cross-curricular approach to piratesYear
2 students on the BA Primary Education course at the University of
Northampton have made Grace O'Malley, the 'Pirate Queen', the pivot of
an imaginative and creative cross-curricular theme exploring pirates.
The students - listed in order of surname Kate
Adamson, Caroline Gibbs, Kate Herbert, Rebecca McKay and Amy Vaughan.
Why choose this theme and focus?- Lots of curriculum links
- Exciting and imaginative theme
- Recent resources and stimuli e.g. Pirates of the Caribbean
- Opportunities to be creative
- Develop relationships as a class – collaborative skills
- Interactive
- Scope for external visits
Overview of the scheme
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A PowerPoint presentation containing furrther details can be downloaded at:
http://iisresource.org/Documents/UN_Pirates.ppt