🌦️ Weather Poems KS2: Seasonal & Creative Writing Ideas ✍️
Why Try Weather Poems in KS2?
Weather is something children experience every day — rain at playtime, snow in winter, blazing sun on sports day! That makes it the perfect theme for poetry in KS2.
Through weather poems KS2, children can:
Experiment with similes, metaphors and personification ☁️
Explore seasonal changes and link to science & geography 🌍
Perform poems with rhythm, sound effects and actions 🎭
Create vivid displays for the classroom 🎨
👉 This blog brings you ready-to-use models and activities for teaching weather poems in KS2. They’re simple, engaging, and perfect for linking poetry with the wider curriculum.
👉 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)
➡ Secure your date here: Poets in Schools – Ian Bland
📝 Example Weather & Seasonal Poems for KS2
Here are some model poems to inspire your classroom.
🌧️ Rain on the Playground
Drip, drop, plop —
The football match must stop!
Puddles growing, shoes are wet,
The wettest playtime we’ve had yet!
💡 Activity idea: Ask pupils to write their own funny playground weather poem — Snowball fight maths lesson, Wind in the dinner hall, Hailstones in PE!
🍂 Autumn Leaves (short haiku model)
Golden leaves swirling,
Wind whispers across the field,
Children chase the sky.
💡 Activity idea: Pupils write seasonal haiku — one each for autumn, winter, spring and summer.
👉 Related: Haiku Poems KS2
❄️ Winter Morning (list poem)
Frost on the window,
Frost on the grass,
Frost on the playground
Where no one can pass.
Frost on the slide,
Frost on the swing,
Winter is here —
I don’t feel a thing!
💡 Activity idea: Pupils write a list poem about a frosty morning, windy day, or summer holiday.
👉 Related: List Poems KS2
🌞 Summer’s Here (personification model)
The sun puts on his golden hat,
And struts across the sky,
He paints the world in colours bright,
And warms it with a sigh.
💡 Activity idea: Challenge pupils to personify the sun, rain, snow, wind or storm. What would they say or do if they had human qualities?
🌈 Seasonal Acrostic (frame idea)
S – Sunlight through the clouds
P – Puddles after rain
R – Rainbows shining brightly
I – Ice that chills the lane
N – New green shoots are growing
G – Gardens full of flowers
💡 Activity idea: Pupils create acrostic poems for each season (SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER).
👉 Related: Acrostic Poems KS2
🎉 Extra Weather Poetry Activities
Onomatopoeia Storms – children create sound poems using words like whoosh, crash, bang, drip.
Season Shape Poems – write in the shape of a raindrop, sun, leaf, or snowflake.
👉 Related: Shape Poems KS2Weather Raps – turn forecasts into raps: “Tomorrow’s rain, so bring your hood, / Flooded playground, not so good!”
Weather & Art – illustrate poems with storm clouds, rainbow colours or leaf collages for display.
👩🏫 Teacher Pedagogy Notes
Curriculum links: English (poetic forms, vocabulary), Science (seasons, water cycle), Geography (weather and climate).
Differentiation: Haiku & acrostics for support; personification & performance poems for challenge.
Engagement: Weather poems feel real to children — they write from direct experience.
🌟 Final Thought
Weather poems KS2 are a brilliant way to bring the seasons into your classroom. From rainy playtimes to frosty mornings, poetry helps children capture the fun, frustration and wonder of the weather.
They’re also perfect for:
Cross-curricular teaching – link to science and geography
Quick classroom activities – haiku, acrostics, personification
Beautiful displays – raindrops, sunshine, rainbow collages with poems
👉 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)
➡ Secure your date here: Poets in Schools – Ian Bland
