Students lobby local businesses for assistance with building and/or maintaining a school garden by writing them a letter.  Teachers of younger students use this as an opportunity to model letter writing whilst older students can research possible businesses and write individual letters.

Suitable for Years 1 to 7.

National Curriculum Area/s: English

Strands

• Language – Text structure and organisation
• Language – Expressing and developing ideas
• Literature – Creating literature
• Literacy – Creating texts

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