🤝 Kindness Poems KS2: Fun, Uplifting & Inclusive Writing Ideas ✍️💛

Why Teach Kindness Poems in KS2?

Kindness is one of the most powerful themes you can explore in the classroom. Children instantly understand it, and poetry gives them a safe, creative way to talk about friendship, empathy, and respect.

Through kindness poems KS2, pupils can:

Celebrate their individuality and what makes them unique ✨
Explore how friends and family make them feel supported 👫
Write positively about school, community and shared values 🏫
Create powerful assemblies about kindness, respect and inclusion 🎤

👉 This blog brings you ready-to-use kindness poem examples alongside activity ideas to help you bring positivity and empathy into your classroom.

👉 In my Poetry Days in primary schools across the UK I work hard to get the children excited about writing and performing their own poems. I visit over 100 schools every year and I’d love to work with your children and teachers.

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In-person Poetry Days across the UK
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📝 Example Kindness Poems KS2

Here are some original kindness poems to inspire your pupils:

🌟 Glad That I’m Me!

If I was a flag
I’d be flapping and raising
If I was a star
Up high I’d be blazing!

If I was a saint
I’d be singing and praying
If I was some hips
You just know I’d be swaying!

If I was a bird
I’d be nesting and crowing
If I was a cup
I’d be just overflowing!

If I was a mouth
I’d be laughing and joking
If I was a fire
I’d be roaring and smoking!

If I was the sky
You just know I’d be lightning
If I was a ghost
I’d be spooky and frightening!

But just look at me now
As plain as can be
I’m glad that I’m normal
I’m glad that I’m me!

💡 Activity idea: Pupils create their own “Glad That I’m Me” poems by finishing the line If I was… with imaginative, funny, or heartfelt comparisons.
👉 Related: Friendship Poems KS2

💪 Never Going To Keep Me Down

Don’t care if you call me names
Don’t bother that you spoil my games
I’m a firework exploding in the sky
I’m a warrior screaming a battle cry

Never going to keep me down
No, you’re never going to keep me down

Don’t care that you won’t let me past
Don’t bother about the race where I came last
I’m a treasure chest that’s stuffed with jewels
I’m a diamond sparkling in the sun

Never going to keep me down
No, you’re never going to keep me down

Say things about me that just aren’t true?
Think there’s nothing that I can do?
I’m a star with unlimited power
I’m a river that never stops flowing

Never going to keep me down
No, you’re never going to keep me down

Did you really think you could make me cry?
Did you really think I’d just walk on by?
I’m a bullet proof vest six inches thick
I’m a Teflon wall where lies won’t stick

Never going to keep me down
No, you’re never going to keep me down

💡 Activity idea: Pupils write resilience poems using powerful metaphors for strength (e.g. I’m a mountain / I’m a flame / I’m a shield). Perfect for PSHE and anti-bullying.
👉 Related: Anti-Bullying Poems KS2

😊 I’m Glad!

I’m glad that I have legs
So I can run across the ground

I’m glad that I have hands
So I can make a clapping sound

I’m glad that I have eyes
So I can see the clouds above

I’m glad I’ve got a heart
So I can feel the ones I love

I’m glad I’ve got a school
For the way it helps me grow

I’m glad I’ve got a voice
So I can sing the words I know

I’m glad I have a smile
So I can share it with my friends

I’m glad I’ve got a family
For all the joy that never ends

💡 Activity idea: A brilliant gratitude exercise — ask pupils to write their own “I’m glad” verses, focusing on the things they appreciate at home, in school, and in the world around them.
👉 Related: List Poems KS2

😀 I’m Happy That I’m Me!

I’m glad I’m me I’m glad I’m me
I love my friends and family
I love the way they make me smile
Oh won’t you come and see a while?

I’m glad I’m me I’m glad you’re you
Just look at all that we can do
We’ve got no worries, we’re all glad
No reason we should feel so sad,

I’m glad I’m me that I can run
That I can laugh and have some fun
That I can think and I am free
You bet your life I’m glad I’m me!

I’m glad I’m me that I’ve got friends
That pick me up when I am sad
I’m glad I’ve got some friends to share
I’m glad my friends are always there!

I’m glad I’m me that I can play
And kick a football every day
I’m glad that I can score a goal
To celebrate a forward roll!

💡 Activity idea: A wonderful performance poem — children can chant the repeated lines “I’m glad I’m me” together for impact.
👉 Related: Performance Poetry KS2

🌍 Does it Matter?

We all like…

Laughing with our friends
Peace within our families
Making our parents proud
Scoring a wonder goal…

Does it matter if we pray to a different God?

We all get sad when…

Somebody we love dies or gets ill
Friends let us down
Plans don’t turn as we expected
We get low marks in a test…

Does it matter what colour our skin is?

We all like…

Lying in the sunshine
Eating a McDonalds
Going on holiday
Playing computer games…

Does it matter if we wear slightly different clothes?

💡 Activity idea: Use this poem to spark a PSHE discussion about inclusion, diversity, and shared humanity. Pupils can write their own “Does it matter?” poems about differences in hobbies, homes, or cultures.
👉 Related: Poems for Respect KS2

🎉 Extra Activities for Kindness Poetry

Kindness Acrostics – e.g. K.I.N.D.N.E.S.S as a whole-class poem.
Recipe for Kindness – write poems as recipe lists (a cup of laughter, a spoonful of care).
Kindness Shape Poems – inside a heart outline.
👉 Related: Shape Poems KS2
Kindness Performance – turn poems into choral performances for assemblies.
👉 Related: Poems for KS2 Children to Perform

👩‍🏫 Teacher Pedagogy Notes

Curriculum links: English (poetic forms, vocabulary), PSHE (kindness, respect, empathy), Drama (performance).
Differentiation: Use simple frames (I’m glad… / If I was…) for support; open-ended performance or resilience poems for challenge.
Engagement: Kindness is a theme every child can relate to — humour, rhyme and rhythm make it fun and meaningful.

🌟 Final Thought

Kindness poems KS2 remind children that being kind, supportive and inclusive is something to be proud of. They celebrate individuality, friendship and resilience — perfect themes for assemblies, PSHE, and classroom poetry displays.