Primary School Songs

The following titles are songs that I wrote during my time as a primary school teacher at Daystar Rudolf Steiner School and at Shearwater The Mullumbimby Steiner School. They represent only a portion of the songs written during my tenure at these schools and you will find live links to a few of them that were recorded with the children who are featured in the vocals.

• Anticipation -this song is a story for children about difficulty of waiting for things and the emotions involved
• Children of the Flame -this song is a story about Salamanders
• Emperor Penguin – this song is a story about Emperor Penguins in Antartica and their behaviour
• Exquisite – this song is a story about articulation, alliteration and communication in the spoken word
• Hercules Hero – this song is a story about the mythological heroic deeds of Hercules
• In the Shade – this song is a story about the qualities of winter
• Mountain of Movement – this song is a story about Mount Warning in winter time
• Numa Night Child – this song is a story about a child growing up in ancient Gual
• Olympia – this song is a story about the Gods of Olympus
• Plant Life – this song is a story about the etheric nature of plants and the essential qualities of life
• Rainbow Winter – this song is a story about the colours of winter time
• Song of Sandstone – this song is a story about the seeming permanence of stone
• Skylark – this is the story of an eastern seagull, his mate, their nest and behaviours
• The Dreamtime Song – this song is a story about Aboriginal perspectives of country
• The Elephant Song – this song is a story about elephants, monkeys and tigers
• The Four Number Movers – this song is a story about the four mathematical operations
• The Mirror Mist – another Autumn song highlighting the combining of states
• The Number Rhumba – this song is also a story about the four mathematical operations
• The Poetry Song – this song is a story about what we do when we write poetry
• The Sky Serpent – this song is a story about the sky serpent and its various colours and forms throughout the year
• The Sun Scribe – this song is a story about a scribe in ancient Egypt and his role in keeping tally of the harvest
• The Temple of Number – this song is a story about the nature of number
• The Whinger’s Medley – this song is a round in three parts based on the season