A beautifully crafted, ready-to-use writing activity for Year 6, perfect for the lead-up to Father’s Day. Pupils write a personal, descriptive tribute to a father figure of their choice - Dad, Grandad, Stepdad, uncle or another important person in their life, using carefully selected vocabulary, figurative language and precise sensory detail.

This isn’t a generic card-making task. It’s a full, high-quality writing lesson that challenges Year 6 pupils to write with craft and intentionality, producing a piece they’ll be genuinely proud of.

WHAT’S INCLUDED
A Think and Talk warm-up to generate personal, specific memories before writing
A rich vocabulary toolkit across appearance, sound and character — words to stretch, not spoon-feed
Three mentor sentences with analysis prompts, modelling metaphor, sensory detail and inference
Guided figurative language practice tasks (simile, metaphor, sensory sentence)
A clear planning frame with opening, middle and ending guidance — with an exemplar opening sentence
Lined writing pages (250–350 word target)
A peer assessment checklist with six success criteria and space for written feedback

WHY TEACHERS LOVE IT
Fully inclusive — prompts cover all kinds of father figures
Builds on KS2 writing objectives: figurative language, precise vocabulary, structural choices
Teaches pupils to write from specific memory, not vague generalisation
Works brilliantly as a standalone lesson or as a culminating piece after a writing unit
Print and go — no prep needed

FATHER’S DAY
YEAR 6 WRITING
KS2 ENGLISH
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
PERSONAL WRITING
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
CREATIVE WRITING YEAR 6
SATS WRITING
UKS2
END OF YEAR WRITING