Port or starboard

Duration:

15 minutes

Estimated Cost:

£0

1.

One volunteer or girl is the captain and the other players are the crew.

2.

The captain calls out the ship-related terms, all of signify that the crew should do a different action:

• To the ship – all players run and stand to the right of the captain
• On land – all players run and stand to the left of the captain
• Down on the deck – all players lie down on their stomachs
• Attention on deck – all players say “Aye, aye Capitan”
• Three men in a boat – all players make groups of three
• Scrub the deck – all players run around circles on their knees
• Woman over board – each player looks for a partner. One lies on the ground on their stomach. The other places their foot on her partner’s bottom
• Starboard – all players run to the left side of the boat
• Port – all players run to the right side of the boat
• Stern – all players run to the back
• Bow  – all players run to the front
• Poorly seagull – each player sits down and flaps their hands and feet around in the air
• Row the boat – each player looks for a partner. The two players hold hands facing each other and make rowing movements
• In the crows nest –each player looks for a partner and one of the two jumps on the other’s back.

3.

Should a member of the crew fail to fulfil the task or make a mistake, the player is out of the game.