Island-Adventures

Dive into this fascinating cross-curricular topic with fiction and non-fiction books based around Islands and the sea. Find out about life on and around islands, different types of ships and some famous shipwrecks!

If you’re using ‘Treasure Island’ as a key text make sure to leave some time to study pirates! Develop map reading skills and knowledge of compass points, create your own treasure maps and discover the real Pirates of the Caribbean!

You can also use this topic to study the water cycle and the physical geography of coasts and coastal features. Learn about coastal erosion and the impact of the sea on human activity.