Series 275: In the Bush (Friday)
In this series we explore the wonders and diversity of the Australian bush.
Throughout the week, Play School is filled with Australia’s unique flora and fauna. Each day, our gumnut people go for a walk in the bush to explore landforms, animals, plants and landscape.
Travelling through the windows we have the opportunity to observe possums at close range and native birds on Lake Eyre. We also benefit from a guide’s expertise on bush tucker.
PRESENTERS
Teo Gebert – Leah Vandenberg
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
Show Day
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Emily’s Farm
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
- Play a “What’s in the Box?” game with a friend or family member. Hide toys or items from around your house in boxes. Describe each item. What does it look like? What does it do? Where would you find it? Your friend or family member has to guess what’s hiding in the box!
SONGS
The Wombat Wobble
Composer: Val Donlon
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing c/o Mushroom Music
Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree
Composer: Marion Sinclair Publisher: Larrikin Music
Walking in the Bush
Composer: Tony Strutton Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
This is the Way
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Frill Neck Lizard, a Kookaburra and an Echidna
A Frill Neck Lizard
You will need:
- A stick
- Rubber band
- Fern
Find an interesting stick and a fern in the garden.
Tie a rubber band around the stick and thread a fern through the rubber band for a frill.
A Kookaburra
You will need:
- A banksia
- Rubber band
- Two long leaves
Tie a rubber band around a banksia flower.
Push two long leaves under the band for the kookaburr