Dear Mr Walliams ...

This is the year of WRITING at Great Gaddesden and we are continuing to see tremendous quality writing across the school.

Last week, Years 3 & 4 were concentrating on writing persuasive letters to David Walliams.  (Their goal is to get him to name a character after them!)  There are some really terrific examples of great quality writing.  Hattie is one such example:

Great Gaddesden Church of England School

Church Meadow

Great Gaddesden

Hemel Hempstead

Hertfordshire

Thursday 8th May

Dear Mr Walliams,

I hope this is not a waste of your time but I have had a character idea named after me.

Everyone agrees you're the most talented author we know (hence why we are researching you for English!)

My name is Hattie (I can also be called Harriet).  There are many personality traits in the name Hattie - cheeky, adventurous, fiesty, wild and so on.  In addition, Hattie can be spelt in many different ways:  Hatie, Hatty, Hatti, Haty, Harriet - the list is endless!

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Hattie

Well done for the terrific choice of phrasing and vocabulary!