Pirates are an often misunderstood part of history. But they play an important role in how the planet grew and evolved over time. This series of workshops will bring to light the truth of the world of pirates in either a half-day or full-day experience. This workshop is available to any elementary grade level and can be presented to multiple grades at the same time. We have listed the curriculum connections below to help facilitate your planning whether it be for S.T.E.A.M., Social Studies, History, Geography, Phys. Ed. or any other area of interest. Please fill out the form below to request a quote and move towards booking a workshop.
Half-Day: Truth About Pirates Presentation
During the half-day presentation (roughly three hours in duration) our instructors dressed in full, accurate, reproduction pirate garb, will dispel the myths brought forth by major movie franchises and TV shows and help students understand who, what and why pirates came to be. They will explore daily life aboard a sailing ship, what pirates would do for fun and leisure by taking part in various activities and the whole event culminates with a live fencing demonstration.
Full-Day: Pirate Festival
This customized full-day event has teachers select four sessions for their students to rotate through. Each session is between 45 and 60 minutes in length depending on your daily time schedule. Session choices include:
• Fencing 101 - where students will be provided full equipment to learn the modern sport of fencing from an experienced swordsman. The difference between movie sword fighting and actual sword fighting will be discussed as well as proper footwork and blade techniques before participants will be given the chance to duel one another. This session is only available for grades 4 and up and there are group size limitations when this session is chosen.
• Singing & Sea Shanties - most pirate ships didn't have wifi so pirates had to look for very different ways to entertain themselves. Singing was a big part of their daily lives and this session explores it and even has students writing their very own work songs.
• Historical Dance - one of a pirate's few leisurely pastimes was dance. This session teaches students a variety of dances from all over the world that pirates might have learned during their journeys.
• Cartography - one of the most important aspects of being a pirate was ship navigation. This workshop explores the evolution of map making including the invention of the compass and allows students to create their very own map.
• Watercolour 101 - one of the many ways a pirate would have documented their adventures was through painting (especially since many could not read and write). This session teaches students the ancient art of watercolour painting. All supplies are included. A small fee to cover the cost of supplies is required.
• Shipboard Games & Activities - other than singing and dancing (and drinking), what did pirates and seafaring folk do for fun? This session explores activities they would have taken part in, providing the origins and a chance to give them a try.
• Drumming From Around the World - drumming is an important element of sea voyage. But why? What was it used for? This session explains it all and allows students the chance to try a variety of percussion instruments. Please bear in mind that this session gets loud!
Once students have completed their four sessions they will gather in the gym for the culminating activity of the day called the Pirate Jamboree which features a fencing demonstration by our experienced instructors as well as a discussion of how justice was handled aboard a ship. A short Q&A session will end the day's festivities.
Curriculum Expectations
Here is a list of the curriculum connections based on grade level and the specific activity that explores the strands.
Grade 1:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 2:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 3:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 4:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Fencing - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 5:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy, Life Systems.
Fencing - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 6:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Fencing - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 7:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Fencing - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Geography, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 8:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Fencing - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Geography, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Half-Day: Truth About Pirates Presentation
During the half-day presentation (roughly three hours in duration) our instructors dressed in full, accurate, reproduction pirate garb, will dispel the myths brought forth by major movie franchises and TV shows and help students understand who, what and why pirates came to be. They will explore daily life aboard a sailing ship, what pirates would do for fun and leisure by taking part in various activities and the whole event culminates with a live fencing demonstration.
Full-Day: Pirate Festival
This customized full-day event has teachers select four sessions for their students to rotate through. Each session is between 45 and 60 minutes in length depending on your daily time schedule. Session choices include:
• Fencing 101 - where students will be provided full equipment to learn the modern sport of fencing from an experienced swordsman. The difference between movie sword fighting and actual sword fighting will be discussed as well as proper footwork and blade techniques before participants will be given the chance to duel one another. This session is only available for grades 4 and up and there are group size limitations when this session is chosen.
• Singing & Sea Shanties - most pirate ships didn't have wifi so pirates had to look for very different ways to entertain themselves. Singing was a big part of their daily lives and this session explores it and even has students writing their very own work songs.
• Historical Dance - one of a pirate's few leisurely pastimes was dance. This session teaches students a variety of dances from all over the world that pirates might have learned during their journeys.
• Cartography - one of the most important aspects of being a pirate was ship navigation. This workshop explores the evolution of map making including the invention of the compass and allows students to create their very own map.
• Watercolour 101 - one of the many ways a pirate would have documented their adventures was through painting (especially since many could not read and write). This session teaches students the ancient art of watercolour painting. All supplies are included. A small fee to cover the cost of supplies is required.
• Shipboard Games & Activities - other than singing and dancing (and drinking), what did pirates and seafaring folk do for fun? This session explores activities they would have taken part in, providing the origins and a chance to give them a try.
• Drumming From Around the World - drumming is an important element of sea voyage. But why? What was it used for? This session explains it all and allows students the chance to try a variety of percussion instruments. Please bear in mind that this session gets loud!
Once students have completed their four sessions they will gather in the gym for the culminating activity of the day called the Pirate Jamboree which features a fencing demonstration by our experienced instructors as well as a discussion of how justice was handled aboard a ship. A short Q&A session will end the day's festivities.
Curriculum Expectations
Here is a list of the curriculum connections based on grade level and the specific activity that explores the strands.
Grade 1:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 2:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 3:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 4:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Fencing - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 5:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy, Life Systems.
Fencing - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 6:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Fencing - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Social Studies, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 7:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Fencing - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Geography, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Grade 8:
Drumming - Music, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Shipboard Games & Activities - Physical education, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Dance - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Matter and Energy.
Fencing - Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra, Data Management and Probability, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy.
Singing & Sea Shanties - Music: Understanding a variety of musical genres and styles and their sociocultural and historical contexts, Applying the creative process to create and perform music.
Cartography - Visual arts, Geography, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management.
Watercolour 101 - Visual arts, Geometry and Spatial Sense.
