Only the scurviest dogs will be allowed to board the good ship "Sweaty Sock".
If you're at a Gateshead school, get your teachers to sign up for a Pirate Theme Day with us. Aye, me hearties, when we say Yo, you say Ho!
Then it's a fair wind set for derring-do, tales of doubloons, bleached skulls and marooning, not to mention Stories of Sealegs Ethel, the Terror of Torremolinos (allegedly).
Aye, The Sweaty Sock, the most feared pirate galleon off the shores of Saltwell Lake, home to a cut-throat crew of horribly smelly pirates...Welcome aboard...as long as ye haven't had a wash for six months!
Click each link to learn more...
We hope you had a great time at the Gateshead CLC. Here are some pictures of you really enjoying being Pirates Har! Har! There are more pictures in the Ship's Gallery take a look at see if you can spot yourself. Avast! Me Hearties!
Well done salty ship mates you worked really well and some of you even got triple stars for working well and listening so well done me hearties "Yer no longer landlubbers but part of the crew of the Sweaty Sock Har! Har! there."
"Don't ye be goin near any of that soap now!"
Welcome to The Drive Primary School we hope you manage to pass the test and become swash buckling members of the Sweaty Sock! Har Har!
Adele
Amy
Beth
Caitline
Callum
Calvin
Well Done Barley Mow Year 2 for speaking such great Pirateeeeees!
We hope you enjoyed your visit to the Sweaty Sock Har! Har!
Har! Har! me Hearrties Welcome to the Sweaty Sock!
We hope your gpoing to have a great time learning how to speak in Pirateeeeeees! Har! Har!
Well Done Year 3 you really showed what Pirates can do. I think you worked really hard today and I hope you enjoyed yourselves. ha! Har! me Hearties!
The first bunch of pirates and princesses of 2009/10 have finally joined the crew of the Sweaty Sock this week...
Check out the video of them introducing themselves! Click the image to see the video...
Ahoy! there Me Hearties" We hope you had a great time! Ha! Har!
Well done you pesky pirates and princesses you worked very hard today and because oif that yoiu are now members of the Sweaty Sock Ha! Har!
Walk the Plank is a multimedia weblog literacy project for Gateshead schools.
The blog encourages young people to add to the adventures of the ship's crew using text, images, audio and video.
The stories of the entirely fearsome and frankly smelly Sealegs Ethel can either be read online or downloaded as a bi-weekly podcast.
Pirates participating in our workshop sessions at Gateshead City Learning Centre get to create their own crew member and upload the details to the weblog. They can then upload original pirate artwork to the ship's Gallery.
Having listened to a podcast of the initial story they can then record their own versions and upload them directly to the site. Meantime, Pirate TV will be interviewing the scurvy dogs using chromakey technology. These videos will be available for viewing on this site.
Where's me grog...
