HMS Pickle

Expedition Date: September

Location: Kaleidoscope

Expedition Description: Design & Discover: Explore Bermuda’s Naval History

Set sail, P5 historians! Join BEN and Kaleidoscope for a creative journey into Bermuda’s naval past. Students explore the history of the Bermuda Sloop and its role in global events, discovering how ships like the HMS Pickle helped shape Bermuda’s story. Through hands-on design, pupils create their own model ship while learning about important historical figures and events.

Students will:

• Explore the design and significance of the Bermuda Sloop
• Understand how global events influenced Bermuda’s history
• Learn about key historical figures and their impact
• Develop creative skills through model-making and design

Curriculum Links (P5 Social Studies):

• 5.SS.H5a – Evaluate how global events have affected Bermuda in the past and/or the present.
• 5.SS.C2b – Evaluate the importance of Bermuda’s historical personalities’
• deeds in their time period and to Bermuda’s development

A free copy of the Mentor Text is provided at the expedition:

Vocabulary Voyage

The P5 HMS Pickle thematic unit is built around the mentor text supporting ELA curriculum-aligned literacy learning alongside an experiential school visit with AgraLiving as part of the Horizons Programme.

The Vocabulary Voyage offers a set of optional resources designed to enrich language learning in an engaging and practical way. Three short, flexible vocabulary activities encourage pupils to develop language through through small-group discussion, collaboration and creative thinking. Two additional independent writing tasks, linked to the theme of the unit, provide structured opportunities for pupils to apply new vocabulary in meaningful written contexts.

These resources ssupport oral language development, vocabulary growth, comprehension, and writing skills, while remaining easy to incorporate into short literacy blocks or small pockets of classroom time.