Cipher Wheels

WALT...

- Identify what is a cipher wheel.

-Describe how they are used.

-Create a cipher wheel to use.

This start of the term, our school is focusing and learning about pirates. For Topic we are learnt about Cipher Wheels and how pirates used them. There were information and links for us to read so that we would know how to make and use one. Pirates would use cipher wheels to send secret messages to people and they would have to make a code for the other pirate or person to figure out what they said. The reason why pirates used cipher wheels to send messages to their crew mate or someone was because they didn't want others to know what they wrote. Pirates were also around for many years and they probably used cipher wheels for a very long time.

For the last couple of days we made a cipher wheel and wrote a code message to our buddy to figure out where we hid the treasure that was given to us and we used a crunchie bar as our treasure for our buddy to find. The cipher wheel has letters and numbers on it so that when you right the code and the sentence, you have to write the numbers down that is facing the letters in the sentence you wrote. It is kinda hard to understand but it will get kinda easier when you try and do it. I also found it quite hard to do because of all of the numbers and letters but I think I just did it wrong but today I think I learnt how to do it properly.

Here is a picture of my cipher wheel: