Aim

• Write a letter to Father Christmas using the features of a letter.

Success Criteria
• Write it from yourself
• Begin with ‘Dear’
• End with ‘From…’
• Make it clear what you are asking for
Children have written
letters to Father
Christmas for many
years.
In these letters they write
what they would like for
Christmas.
Children have
If they have written
been very, If they haven’t been
letters to Father
very good then Father good then they will be
Christmas
Christmas for many
might give put on the ‘naughty list’
years.
them what they have and will get coal.
asked for. These children In these letters they write
are put on the ‘good list’. what they would like for
Christmas.
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If they to have
haven’t been
If theywould
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you like presents
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yourself,
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Christmas? Think of one you canthe
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are
list.put on the ‘good list’.
 It’s great to have
If theywould
What have been very,for
you like presents for yourself, but
very good then
Christmas? Father
Think of one you can also wish for
Christmas
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Christmas
year to give
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list.put on the ‘good list’.
You might just ask him
to make sure that nobody
is lonely over Christmas.
What might you ask
Father Christmas to give
someone else?

You might just ask him

to make sure that nobody
is lonely over Christmas.
 Start off
with Write
‘Dear’. using ‘I’.

Dear Father Christmas,

List what
I have been really good this you would
Give an
year helping my mum and dad with my new baby like.
example of
something brother. I would like a DVD of a film I saw this
good you've year, a new bike, a chocolate making kit, a book
done. about dinosaurs and an encyclopaedia. I would
also wish that we can go and visit my gran and
granddad on Christmas day because I know they
can get lonely.

Thank you.
Make a
From Michael Christmas wish
to help someone
else or make
them feel better.
When your letter is
finished, you will need to
give it to an adult so that
they can pass it on to
Father Christmas.

Sometimes you can post

the letters, but if you
leave them by the
fireplace then they can be
collected by the elves at
night.
 What should you begin a letter with?

What should you end a letter with?

What did you ask Father Christmas for?

 Aim
• Write a letter to Father Christmas using the features of a letter.

Success Criteria
• Write it from yourself
• Begin with ‘Dear’
• End with ‘From…’
• Make it clear what you are asking for