North Pole Letters

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and model how to format and structure letters correctly to and from different characters living at the North Pole. The class can describe some of the sentence structures and vocabulary that can be used to structure letters for specific purposes.

Dear Santa
Explain and record how to write a reply to a letter to persuade Santa Claus to deliver presents on Christmas Eve

Santa’s Letters
Devise and compose sets of letters that might be written and sent by Santa Claus for a range of different purposes to other characters

Elf Pen Pal
Plan and write a selection of different letters that might have been sent from elves working at the North Pole to a special friend
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Theme Park Visit
Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip
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Family Holiday Trips
Identify and record how to compose and publish recounts using adverbials of time and place to describe family holidays to different places in the world
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Money Multiplication
Explain and model how to use standard written calculation methods to multiply money amounts in pounds and pence when solving number problems
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Sport Teams
Explain and model how to use brackets and dashes to add extra information to sentences describing how to play sports and games as part of a team