Year One - Treasure Island

 Year One students took place in a range of activities this week for our I.P.C unit 'Treasure Island'! 

First, students learned that pirates in the Caribbean used to steal gold and silver coins from other ships on their way from South America to Spain. Students designed their own pirate coins using air dry clay, beads, buttons and paint.

"I'm making a pattern on my pirate coin with the beads!" - Nancy

"My pirate coin is from London!" - Eva

"My pirate coin was stolen by another pirate!" - Arsha

"You have to make sure the clay is thick enough, or your coin will break!" - Abel

"Pirates would steal gold and silver coins. I made a gold coin!" - Ava-Grace

For Design and Technology, students designed compasses. Students learned that pirates used compasses to navigate the seas on their ships. We learned about cardinal directions and intermediate directions. Then, students made their own compasses using cardboard, paper, and butterfly pins. When we were finished, we used them in imaginative play!

"Real compasses have a magnet in them! We used a pin so we can move the arrow ourselves and pretend!" - Hannah

"My compass tells me where to go!" - Ruby

"We're running from the other pirates who are trying to steal our coins!" - Gershlene and Ava-Grace

"North, East, South and West are the cardinal directions" - Uriah

"Never Eat Shredded Wheat is what helps me remember the cardinal directions!" - Jorel

"My compass is telling me to travel North East! That is an intermediate direction!" - David

Year One students were very engaged during this unit. Great work everyone!