EYFS Pirate Activities – The Night Pirates, Inspired, Literacy & Maths
Bright, Hand-Drawn Resources Inspired by The Night Pirates by Peter Harris
Dive into 25 pages of engaging early years resources based on the exciting story The Night Pirates. All illustrations are bright and hand drawn by myself, bringing a personal touch to learning.
This pack includes a variety of activities across maths, literacy, and PSHE:
Counting
More/Less
Subitising game
Positional language (2 worksheets)
Silhouettes
Simile activities
Labelling
Describe a character (2 worksheets)
Feelings activities
Ordering by size
3 literacy writing tasks
Design a pirate flag
Thought bubbles
Simple sentence writing
2 packs of feelings cards
Perfect for EYFS settings or home learning, these resources support a wide range of early learning goals.
Please explore my other hand-drawn book-themed resource packs, and your positive feedback is always appreciated!
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The Pirate Game (End of Term Activity) Updated
This, is the Pirate Game! It is amazing! Updated for 2026. I play this with each of my classes at the end of each term. This resource includes my updated version of my original game sheet included a symbol I’ve used over the past few years - the ‘Lightning Bolt’ symbol. The resource includes my Pirate Game sheet (pdf), a fully editable ppt file with the Pirate Game sheet so you can adapt it to include your own symbols/rules. The Grid to display on the IWB and I have also updated and provided a guide as to how to play the game for anyone who hasn’t had the pleasure as of yet.
Pirate Treasure First Then Now Addition & Subtraction
Pirate themed first, then and now.
Comes with ten frame treasure chests, coins numbers 0-10 and chests with finger representations 0-10
Also comes with first, then and now templates in both subtraction and addition.
Geography of Crime- Somali Pirates
-Whole lesson on the phenomenon of Somali Piracy as shown in the film Captain Phillips. New and updated in 2018 to show the drop off and then (slight) recent resurgence in Somali piracy. Fascinating topic that always stirs the imagination of pupils.
-Suitable for KS3 Geography classes.
-Includes starter, main, plenary, key questions and differentiated outcomes.
-Powerpoint has instructions in notes pages to assist.
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The Football Game... Like the Pirate Game!
A simplified football version of the classroom favourite The Pirate Game!
a 25 square grid is used rather than the 49 and all the symbols are football related to link in with the Premier League, Euros or World Cup.
The Pirate Game
An easy-to-use PowerPoint of the Pirate Game for use in maths lessons. Step-by-step explanation and brief example. Blank grid to print for students on the last page.
Pirate Game - Pre-Filled Board Generator
Load this app in any browser, then with a single click generate a new set of 32 pre-filled Pirate Game sheets for saving as a pdf, with one sheet per A4 page.
Supplied as .txt
Just change the extension to .html and run it in your browser.
Students absolutely love the Pirate Game, but one of the few drawbacks is the time taken for everyone to fill in their grid before the action can begin. For some classes, particularly younger pupils or slower writers, this can take several minutes and eat into valuable lesson time.
These easily-generated game boards remove that problem completely. Simply print, hand out, and start playing.
Included on each board are:
A fully completed 7×7 Pirate Game grid -no duplicates
Clearly labelled coordinates
A quick-reference key for all special squares
A points-recording area
Shield and Mirror tracking boxes
A Bank box for students to record their final banked score
Year 1/2 Pirate Poetry Unit
I have uploaded my mini pirate poetry unit that is suitable for year 1 and 2. This unit is only 5 lessons (but could be spread further or tweaked to be less). The lessons include 2 reading lessons linking to the poem ‘I wish I was a pirate’ by Tony Bradman, followed by 2 writing lessons, 1 of which focuses on alliteration. Differentiation of tasks is evident for almost all, with the end visual success criterias adapted for all learners from year 1 and year 2. Success criterias are picture based throughout to help students be successful as independently as possible. The end product is a verse (or more for year 2 children) of a pirate poem using the word bank and structure given.
PIRATES Drama Pirate Name Cards and Pirate Drama Activities
Pirate Drama Cards (to create pirate names) + Drama Activities (including pirate scene scenarios, 2 short pirate scripts and pirate drama activities). Simple and fun drama learning with a pirate theme.
DRAMA TRUNK DRAMA CARDS ARE A DRAMA TEACHER'S BEST FRIEND! Just print, laminate (optional) and cut out a set of versatile drama cards that you can use over and over again. I cannot count how many times and ways I have used drama cards – absolutely my most handy drama resource.
NEVER BE STUCK FOR A DRAMA ACTIVITY AGAIN!
Use DRAMA TRUNK drama cards for tons of creative, fun, imaginative, any day activities, including:
• Drama games (including last minute activities)
• Warm ups
• Team building and cooperation activities
• Improvisation / quick thinking
• Audition / rehearsal activities
• Language activities
• Guided learning
• Listening skills
• Inspiration
• Storytelling
Combine the use of multiple cards for even more activities, challenges and ideas (you will have a HUGE amount of drama activities ready to go when needed). Check out DRAMA TRUNK for tons of drama cards available!
The pirates next door English work
2 weeks of activities based on the story the pirates next door.
I have done this in year 1, focusing on adjectives of settings and retelling the story.
Second week focuses of for and against text, supported by role play which my children really enjoyed and got into character.
I hope your children enjoy this book as much as mine did.
Christmas Pirate Game
A fun, festive, variant on the popular Pirate Game. The rules can be found for The Pirate Game online but let me know if you cannot find them.
I hope you enjoy this resource, I know kids love playing this game multiple times.
Let me know what you think.
Pirate Activities - Playing Pirates
Create a pirate ship role-play area ideal for listening to a story with this resource from Royal Museums Greenwich.
PIRATES – Historical Facts Worksheets
Set of worksheets to learn about pirates of the Caribbean Islands. Activities include reading (comprehension) with options to tick the right answers; labelling; use of word banks; writing information/ facts from own research….and for fun finding facts about Captain Hook and Jack Sparrow, and creating a Wanted Poster :)
Sequence of the worksheets – or use individually as you wish:
The Golden Age of Piracy
Caribbean Islands
Fearsome Thieves
Spanish Treasure
Port Royal
Pirate Ships
Strict Rules
Life Onboard
Buried Treasure
Famous Pirates
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Label a pirate ship.
A great fully animated PowerPoint to introduce the main parts of a pirate ship and to explain their purpose (the preview of the PowewrPoint may look muddled because the animations are layered. Watch the PowerPoint in full screen and watch the magic happen! There is a pirate ship word bank included in this pack and pictures of a pirate ship for children to stick in their books to label (or why not print them on stickers).
The Night Pirates Year 1
Here is a range of resources i have used during our topic of pirates. We focused on the key text ’ The Night Pirates’ and led onto money and co-ordinates in maths. English planning is included. Coastle habitats, flags and the different continents for Geography and the History of pirates e.g. Blackbeard for History.
Pirate counting hunt
A pirate themed scavenger hunt to find the pirate, count the coins and then practice writing the number next to the correct pirate.
Pirates: Pirate Game
Yarr, Ahoy mateys!Join Pirate Pete as he walks the plank! Make sure you finish the task before he ends up in the sea!
If you love our other timers you will certainly love this! It comes with pirate music!
This is a fun countdown timer that can be used as a time management tool in any lesson. You have a choice between a 2 or 5 minute OR 15, 30, 60 or 90 second timer.
The timings can easily be altered in the animation pane to make the timer shorter or longer should you so wish.
The slide can be copied from this presentation and pasted and inserted into your own presentation if you so wish!
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Pirate Patterns
In this activity children will continue the pattern.
This resource includes:
2 simple repeating pirate pattern sheets
1 more complex repeating pirate pattern sheets
Pirates for continuing patterns (7 different pirate images)
Table sign
Blank table sign
This resource particularly supports:
Colour recognition
Pattern recognition
Memory & concentration
Visual discrimination
Oracy e.g. I noticed this one has stripes and this one is plain.











