Energy, Space, Night, Transport and Weather songs

Understanding Our World – Energy and the Environment

Donna has bundled together five of her packs of songs which contain the theme of “Understanding Our World” - 45 songs altogether! Each of the song packs contains:

• mp3 files of all the songs, with both vocal and piano backing tracks
• PDF of the music and lyrics
• an illustrated PowerPoint of each song for use with digital projectors and whiteboards. The audio tracks, vocal and instrumental, are embedded in the PowerPoint - you just have to click on the relevant icon to select vocal or piano only.
• separate Word document containing the lyrics.
• teaching notes and guidelines are included in the PDF document for each pack which provide some useful advice.
• The music and lyrics may be copied freely for use within or by your school.

Energy and the Environment

Fire
Oil Rigs
Seed Dispersal
Persley Waste Water Treatment Works
The Wind
Clouds (Water Cycle)
Finite Fuel
Recycle It!
Electricity
All Kinds Of Energy

Sample song: “All Kinds of Energy”:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zIHmVMNuMKm_JCLoXSqCVuDVi7bUd2S5/view?usp=sharing

Weather

Clouds
Dressed For Fun
Thermometer
The Sun Is Shining
Stormy Nights
The Wind Is Blowing
Rainbow Set
The Rain In Spain
Tornado
Hurricanes
Night

Sample song: “Clouds”:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kHtcqCjmndrlkK7acr0kzH9lDp6Cbhxs/view?usp=sharing

Last Thing At Night
Stars
Cuddle Him!
Have You Seen The Leaves?
Be Safe, Be Seen!
I’m A Badger
Outside Loo

Sample song: “Last Thing at Night”:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uZpUhpycNiE2E9ZkV_854SY_nkm7bFhG/view?usp=sharing

Space

Mars
Astronauts
Time Machine
Ollie From Outer Space
Countdown
This Disappearing Spacecraft
Martin The Monster
Moon Snow
Three Little Astronauts

Sample song: “Astronauts”:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1csI70F8cAHIC-pWDHoVMnnqVC5lcyQTT/view?usp=sharing

Transport

Then And Now
The SS Kingswells
Look Around
Travel On The Motorway
On The Ferry
Traffic Signs
We’re Off!
We’ve Got A Red Bus
Union Street

Sample song: “We’re Off”:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16eptAvIYyENgsHJ3xDj3sqvhKJG95KnG/view?usp=sharing

Please note: For a limited time bundles of some of Donna’s other songs are available on TES at low cost £5 for 5 song packs. Each song pack includes lyrics, audio files, a PowerPoint with lyrics and audios plus teacher’s notes.

“Mini-Musicals” includes Cinderella, Goldilocks, Sleeping Beauty, Jack and the Beanstalk and a bonus Christmas song pack. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12917383

Her “Ancient World” bundle includes Ancient Egypt, Celts and Romans, Vikings, Dinosaurs and a bonus Pirates song pack. Again all 5 packs are on offer for only £5 – ie £1 per song pack!
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12918200

Donna Minto is Chairperson of S.A.M.E. (The Scottish Association for Music Education). She is the author of the popular “Games, Ideas and Activities for Primary Music”, published by Pearson Longman.