KS1 and KS2 Assemblies About Peace
Assemblies about peace can offer fantastic ways to teach your schoolchildren a range of values, from the importance of compassion and empathy to the role of forgiveness and friendship. But if you’re scratching your head and wondering how to start putting your show together, don’t worry – here at the School Musical Company, we’ve got tons of ideas to help you navigate it.
With 2025 bringing the 80th anniversary of VE Day, this is a great time to get students talking about the importance of peace and what peace can look like. Check out our VE Day song pack, with a ready-to-go, fully editable assembly for your peace assembly – free when you use our discount code!
In this blog, we’ll talk you through some bright suggestions for peace assemblies, including common goals and catchy songs to help you along the way. Let’s get right to it and make your assembly the talk of the school!
Ideas for Running Assemblies about Peace
1. Choose your learning objectives
No two assemblies about peace are the same. Whatever show you want to put on, you first have to think about which goal – or goals – you want to focus on. Here are some potential aims you could work towards before planning your assembly:
- Develop your schoolchildren’s conflict resolution skills
- Help children understand core concepts like compassion, empathy, and forgiveness
- Encourage students to engage in regular acts of kindness
- Teach children the importance of communication
- Provide children with an opportunity to engage in self-reflection
Once you’ve chosen your objectives, you can start to map out your peace assembly’s story centred on them.
2. Incorporate peace-themed activities
When conducting a peace assembly for KS1 or KS2 pupils, it may be a good idea to incorporate some interactive activities with themes of peace to encourage your schoolchildren to engage in self-reflection. Some activity ideas include:
- Defining peace: Ask the students what peace means to them, inspiring them to think deeply about the word. Consider where we can find peace and why finding it is important. Answers can be read out in the assembly or held up on a creative sign, depending on how comfortable the children feel with public speaking.
- Role plays for conflict resolution: If you have a class that likes to act, encourage them to act out a short story about a conflict that gets resolved. Resolution techniques could include listening and compromising.
- Peace artwork: Get stuck in and unleash the creativity – encourage your students to create drawings, paintings, and collages that depict what peace means to them. The posters could be revealed in the assembly to reinforce key messages.
- Peace poetry: Boost the students’ literacy skills by instructing them to create their own poems about peace. The most confident students could read these aloud in the assembly.
3. Play a heartfelt video
Playing a video with a story of peace can be a fantastic way to engage your audience and give the children a break from singing and acting!
Take this as an opportunity to self-reflect on conflict resolution and persuade the students to take what they have learned about peace and apply it to the world around them after the assembly has finished. Don’t forget – having a little quiet time during this video is also a form of peace!
4. Put on a show
If you want to create a more upbeat assembly about peace, throw in a couple of songs about peace to increase student engagement.
If you want to ramp up the engagement even further, why not add a dance routine, some instruments, and a meaningful story? For example, if you’re looking to put on a peace assembly centring on the anniversary of VE Day, consider our songs ‘Sing for the King’ and ‘Street Party’ to get students thinking about their place in the wider world. We also have some Remembrance Day songs perfect to supplement or support your peace assembly.
Explore the option of conducting a peace-themed primary school musical later on this page with some excitement-filled storylines.
5. Round up with a moral message
When concluding an assembly about peace, you’ll want to end on an inspiring message that will prompt your students and audience to take action on what they have learned.
Keep the conclusion short and sweet; remember to thank your audience for watching and end on a bow!
School Musicals with the Theme of Peace
If you think a school musical about peace will assist your students’ learning and hit your key objectives, we have a fantastic selection you can browse. These popular musicals explore different interpretations of peace, so take note of which type you want to focus on.
Though wrapped up more strongly in the theme of rebellion, this musical presents Robin Hood as a compassionate leader who wants to help the poor. This character seeks restoration of peace by taking action against the Sheriff, working to redistribute wealth. He demonstrates that a peaceful community doesn’t always come from submission to authority but can instead come from courageous action for the greater good.
The defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West in the story represents the overcoming of evil and the restoration of peace in the Land of Oz. Furthermore, some of the main characters develop in their journey towards inner peace. The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion each seek something they lack (a brain, a heart, and courage). When they achieve their goals, the characters embrace internal growth and self-acceptance, suggesting that peace comes from realising one’s inner qualities.
Though not the central theme of this school musical, peace is sprinkled throughout Pantastic, making it so fantastic. For example, Wendy’s role as the mother figure for the Lost Boys generates a sense of peace through love and belonging. Furthermore, the final battle sees the destruction of Hook, representing the triumph of peace and harmony over violence and chaos.
The climax of Mission Implausible shows the downfall of Dr. Yes and his control over the Prime Minister. The villain is captured at last, representing the victory of peace over tyranny and the restoration of freedom of speech – which are vital components of peaceful societies.
Ready to Give Assemblies about Peace a Try?
So, that’s a wrap on our ideas for assemblies about peace! If you’re inspired to shake up your current school assembly game, why not give a few of our ideas a go and make your class shine this year? Be sure to check out our everyday assembly songs to bring your pupils out of their shells!
Check out our selection of KS1 and KS2 assembly songs, download our 100% discounted peace songs code, or put on a school musical to remember to end this school term with a bang.
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