✌️ Peace Poems KS2 | Creative Writing & Reflection Activities for the Classroom
Peace is a powerful theme for poetry. Whether it’s linked to Remembrance Day, Anti-Bullying Week, or everyday PSHE lessons, Peace Poems KS2 help children explore big ideas like kindness, fairness, and empathy in a way that’s creative and accessible.
In this post, you’ll find a selection of original peace poems for KS2, plus expert literacy activities to inspire your pupils to write and perform their own.
👉 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.
📅 You can book me for:
In-person Poetry Days across the UK
Online Poetry Workshops (affordable and flexible)
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🌍 What If the World Was Peaceful?
What if there were no battles,
No fighting in the street?
What if everyone you met
Was kind to those they meet?
What if there were no weapons,
No shouting, fear, or hate?
What if people chose instead
To love, not separate?
✍️ Activity Idea: “What If” Poems
Encourage children to write their own “What If” poems, focusing on positive alternatives. For example:
What if there was no bullying?
What if the world was fair?
What if we all worked together?
This structure gives pupils a clear scaffold while allowing for creative thinking.
👉 Related blog: Anti-Bullying Poems KS2
🕊️ A Small Act of Peace
A smile in the morning,
A door held wide,
Sharing your pencils,
Standing side by side.
Peace isn’t distant,
It starts with you —
In the things you say
And the things you do.
✍️ Activity Idea: Peace in Everyday Life
Link this poem to PSHE discussions. Ask pupils to list small peaceful actions in school (sharing, helping, including others). Turn these into couplets and build a class poem.
👉 Related blog: Friendship Poems KS2
🌹 The Red Poppy
A flower that whispers softly,
Of lives lost long ago.
A symbol for the fallen,
And the peace we long to know.
Carried on our jackets,
Worn with quiet pride,
A promise to remember
The ones who lived, who died.
✍️ Activity Idea: Peace & Remembrance
Use this poem around Remembrance Day. Pupils can write shape poems in the outline of a poppy or create their own reflective verses about peace after conflict.
👉 Related blog: Remembrance Poems KS2
🌈 Peace in the Playground
No shouting, no pushing,
Just laughter and fun,
A game that includes
Every single one.
A smile for a teammate,
A hand when you fall,
That’s peace in the playground,
Peace for us all.
✍️ Activity Idea: Drama & Performance 🎭
In groups, children act out playground scenarios — one negative (exclusion, arguing), one positive (inclusion, kindness).
Pupils then create a short peace poem to go with their “positive” scene.
Perform for the class as part drama, part poetry.
👉 Related blog: Playground Poems KS2
✍️ How to Write Your Own Peace Poem (Step-by-Step)
As an expert literacy consultant, here’s how I’d scaffold peace poetry in KS2:
Brainstorm Words – List peaceful words: calm, gentle, kindness, friendship, care, hope, sharing.
Choose a Focus – Peace at school, in the world, or in yourself.
Select a Structure – “What If” frame, rhyming couplets, or free verse.
Draft & Refine – Encourage imagery and metaphors (e.g. “Peace is a warm blanket”).
Perform & Share – Pupils read aloud in assembly or record for a class anthology.
👉 Related blog: Feelings & Emotions Poems KS2
🎯 Why Peace Poems Work So Well in KS2
They connect to real-life values children experience daily.
They support cross-curricular learning (PSHE, History, RE, Literacy).
They encourage empathy and reflection.
They make powerful performance pieces for assemblies and displays.
👉 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.
📅 You can book me for:
In-person Poetry Days across the UK
Online Poetry Workshops (affordable and flexible)
