Kim Normanton went to Kensal Rise Primary school in North West London to hear some of the pupils' thoughts about their dads...

Father's Day Facts

• Father's Day always falls on the third Sunday in June
• Father's Day originated in America
• The first Father's Day took place on June 19 1910 in Spokane, Washington USA
• The idea for Father's Day came from a Mrs Sonora Smart Dodd who was so proud of her own father, a Civil War veteran, that she thought there should be a special day in his honour
• In 1972 Father's Day was permanently established as a holiday by President Richard Nixon
• Every February the Romans honored their fathers - but only dead ones.
• The necktie is the most common Father's Day gift

Listen again to the children of Kensal Rise Primary School