Year Two - Home Learning - Design a Stamp to Celebrate the Heroes of The Pandemic

Royal Mail Stamp Design Competition

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, there have been many people who have done great things. Most of them are not famous, but they have done extraordinary work. These are the people who have helped us all through a really difficult time. 

Millions of key workers have kept the country going when most of us were told to stay home for our own safety. And there have been many people who volunteered to help people in their communities who needed help or support.

We think that what these people have done makes them heroes, so Royal Mail wants to honour them by producing a set of eight stamps.

Some are frontline workers in healthcare, others look after elderly or vulnerable people.For more than 50 years Royal Mail’s Special Stamp programme has commemorated British history and achievement. Stamps have also been issued to honour the achievements of many British people. Often, the people who appear on stamps are already famous. They include scientists and explorers, writers, artists, musicians, athletes, and Prime Ministers.

Eight school children will become part of the history of Royal Mail and of the UK this year. The winners will become the designers of stamps that will appear on millions of parcels and letters.They will follow in the footsteps of Arwen Wilson and Ted Lewis-Clark, the winners of the last children’s stamp design competition in 2017.

One of the designs could be yours!