Everyone loves pirates. Who doesn't love a good swashbuckling adventure? We couldn't resist ourselves when it came to our love of the original rebels and decided to school our campers this week with a little bit of the seafarin' life!
The kids made their own pirate hats, eyepatches and swords as part of their costumes, and we've been working on a bit of pirate speak, courtesy of International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Alessandra will have the kids decorate their very own treasure chests to participate in a scavenger hunt! We're looking forward to that on Friday. In the meantime, have a read of our Pirate Adventure!
Pirates are celebrating and feasting on fruits and veggies to make sure they don’t get scurvy on their sea journey – they’ve found a treasure map in a bottle! The map leads to a mysterious island in the middle of the ocean and the legend of the buried treasure of Captain Bluenose! They’ll have to be brave pirates to battle a sea monster and overcome a terrible storm – and finally find the mysterious island! They follow the map and dig at the ‘X’, where they find a chest full of pieces of eight, doubloons, precious gems and pearls – and they wondrous treasure of the Magical Invisible Ever-Changing Whirly-Burly Ball – changing into any round object the holder desires! With their bountiful booty, they sail back home to the Caribbean, where they become the most famous pirates of all for revealing the legend of Captain Bluenose!
Scene: The pirates are feasting on their favourite fruits and vegetables as they prepare to take a sea journey. They sing heartily and dance a jig and practice their ‘sword fighting’ until the pirate Captain Sassypants enters with her parrot, Peggy. The pirates all cheer when the captain holds up a bottle with a message inside.
