We Will Sing learning resource: write a Letter to the Future

Support your learners to write a letter to the future with this free resource. Suitable for ages 5+

We Will Sing is a new artwork inspired by Salts Mill and Bradford’s textile heritage, created by artist Ann Hamilton for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.

Hamilton is inviting us all to write a Letter to the Future, connecting our memories of the past and what we love about the present to tomorrow’s world and the people who’ll live in it. What do you think the future needs to know? What would you share with it, and what could you teach it? What stories would you tell the future – and what do you hope the future never forgets?

Below are some activity ideas that you could use to help link your letter writing into your group’s wider learning, but you can write your letters in any way that works for your group!

This learning resource is suitable for ages 5+, including KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4, and supports learners to get involved with We Will Sing and write their own Letter to the Future.

Find out more about this letter-writing call-out and exhibition here, and download the learning resource below.