Pirate Workshop?
Bring pirates to life in the classroom with an unforgettable Pirate Wow Day!
Looking for a relevant pirate experience for EYFS, KS1 or KS2?
Is your EYFS, Key Stage One or Key Stage Two learning about pirates?
Are your reception students starting their “Tell Me A Story” topic?
Is your key stage one class studying their “Let’s Go On An Adventure” topic?
Dan Tastic Education can bring pirates to life!
Dan Tastic Education provide the perfect Pirate Immersion Day with an in school visit!
Offering a Pirate Workshop which will bring history to life and spark a love for learning, don’t miss your chance to book one of the most exciting education workshop facilitators in the UK!
Our workshops have been carefully crafted and updated over the last 10 years, they were designed from the ground up using the perspectives of a reception teacher with 40 years experience, a retired primary headmaster who went on to work as an educational consultant, a critically acclaimed children’s entertainer who specialises in ADHD and neurodivergent engagement & a West End scenic artist who worked on sets and props for Master Chef, Madame Tussauds & The Royal Opera House.
Our mission has been and always will be to give children an experience that they will remember
and bring topics to life so they stick around in their minds well into adulthood
Pirate Workshops & Wow Day
Topics Covered
The History of Pirates
Treasure
Life at Sea
Pirate Flags
Life in the 1700s
Looking at Parts of a Ship
Handling Historical Weapons & Artefacts
Buccaneers & Surviving On A Caribbean Island
Navigation! (Maps, Continents, Oceans, Compass, Telescope & Sextant)
Pirate Songs & Stories
Creative Thinking & EYFS Friendly Sessions
We know that young ones don’t want to sit still for hours listening to long lists of big words & numbers!
Our Pirate Workshops include artefacts to touch, games to play, videos to see and movement to help engage all of their senses and bring Pirates to life!
Handling Artefacts
Your class will have the opportunity to touch, hold & handle different artefacts & items
In a single Standard Session our core content will be covered
& your pupils being able to briefly touch a range of artefacts
If you opt for Spectacular Sessions or book any timetable that goes over two hours the children will also be able to split into groups and handle a range of artefacts, draw them and write about them
A full day with one group? That’s the very best we can offer, and allows everything mentioned above plus an extra session of studying fragile artefacts up close, being able to write about and draw them and then finishing the day off with an extra topic related activity based on the children’s attention span & interest
Pirate Workshops are the perfect topic hook for your Pirate topic!
Booking a Pirate Workshop with Dan Tastic Education will bring fun and excitement into your class, leaving your students with an array of knowledge and ideas to write about, and we are often told by children “this is the best day of school ever!”
Using historical artefacts, props, games, video presentations, teacher in role style activities and group discussions we teach children all about Pirate whilst also using the topic to relate back to modern times, PSHE, gender equality, wellbeing, English, maths, citizenship & inclusivity
Our Pirate Workshops & Wow Days can be delivered right in the classroom!
This saves the hassle & cost of booking a coach
You can split the day between a year group, key stage or even the entire school which makes booking Dan Tastic Education excellent value for money!
Click Here to see our prices, the different timetable options
& find out our availability in your area!
Dan Tastic Education visited our school and the children absolutely loved it! The facilitator was very knowledgeable, the props were amazing and the children (and staff) were engrossed! I would highly recommend it to anyone who is doing a pirate topic
We had Dan Tastic Education for our pirate day for all our Foundation Phase children. They were very accommodating to our requests. The children had an amazing day and so did the staff! They learnt so much and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We also had so many parents giving positive comments the next day after their children had told them all about their day. Would highly recommend.
We had Dan Tastic Education come and do an Egyptian day for our Year 4 class. It was fantastic! The use of artefacts and practical activities helped bring the history to life. Considering we are living through a pandemic, Dan was very conscientious and made sure the guidelines and our risk assessment was followed through! Fantastic day and would happily invite Dan Tastic Education back!
"Dan Tastic Education led a wonderful morning pirate workshop for my mixed KS1 class. The workshop really brought the topic alive for the children through his interesting anecdotes and artefacts, keeping them engrossed through out. Captain Dan Tastic obviously had a good knowledge of the NC - as many elements from history, geography and english were threaded through this fun workshop. Can't recommend enough!"
Where can I start, what an amazing day with Dan Tastic Education! The children and teachers were fully immersed from start to finish. There was no doubt that Captain Dan Tastic was a real pirate! An awe inspiring, jam packed, fun and imaginative day. The children learnt so many pirate facts and will treasure their special pirate ruby forever.
Thank you Captain Dan Tastic!
The children and adults really enjoyed your visit. The children can remember all the facts that you told us, especially the price of the pineapple! We have made pirate ships using logs in the woods, remembering that the sails need wind in order to move the ships forwards, they explained that we needed an anchor to stop the ship. They also absolutely love and 'treasure' the piece of Ruby that you gave to them all. We are going to try and make some 'Hard Tack' biscuits ... without the bugs of course!
Thanks again, it was really wonderful.
Year 1
Captain Dan Tastic came to our school for a pirate workshop and we all, children and staff, absolutely loved the visit. Captain Dan kept the children engaged throughout. It was educational and full of fun. The children loved seeing the props and finding out lots of information. Highly recommended. Thank you Dan Tastic Education!
We loved having Captain Dan Tastic for our Reception pirate day. All 150 children had the best day, learning and laughing a lot with him. So cleverly done virtually too & the children were transfixed. Thank you so much we will definitely book Dan Tastic Education again.