On Board A Pirate Ship - Using Senses

Year 2 have had an awesome time using their senses to explore what it would have been like living a s a pirate on board a ship. Shoes and socks off! right time to lie head to toe to experience sleeping like a pirate in the crews quarters- hot, stifling and plenty of cheesy feet! Now lets listen carefully to the sounds on board the ship - creaking masts, flapping sails, seagulls crying, heavy footsteps, snoring, the captain barking orders, raucous laughter and sea shanties sung heartily were all sounds they experienced whilst listening carefully with their eyes shut.

What would they taste on board the ship? In the beginning of their journey the food was good...fresh water, chicken, eggs, beef, milk and fresh vegetables but .... after a few weeks food stocks would dwindle and they would be left with hard tac biscuits, lemons to prevent deadly scurvy and grog...pirate beer (ginger beer for the children).

The children were not very impressed with the bland, tasteless hard tac and the acidic, sour lemons!

Ginger beer was hit and miss some loved the warm, spicy taste others were totally disgusted with the flavour!

They decided that perhaps life a s a pirate wasn't that great after all !