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Play School

Season 141
TV-G

  • ABC Comedy
  • 25m
  • Australia
  • English
Activities, songs and games with either host passing back to each other at the end of their segment, and frequently joining each other in activities. Each day the presenters look at the calendar to find out which day of the week it is, read a story, and look through the windows.

5 episodes

Season Premiere

141x01 Hats - Monday

Season Premiere

141x01 Hats - Monday

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MONDAY
Presenters
Leah Vandenberg and Jay Laga'aia

Pianist - Peter Dasent

Songs
"Hat On My Head"
Composer: Anthony Field & John Field
Publisher: EMI

"Mister Sun " (Chant)
Composer: D Hoermann & D Bridges
Publisher: Unpublished

"Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"Have You Seen Spaghetti"
Composer: Don Spencer
Publisher: Unpublished

"Fly Butterfly"
Composer: Words: Judy Whitfield, Music: Paul Reade
Publisher: Unpublished

"Three Pretty Flowers"
Composer: H Clarke & M Lambert
Publisher: Unpublished

"The Merry Go Round"
Composer: Ruth Hampton
Publisher: Unpublished

"The Little Gray Ponies"
Composer: L Pendleton-Macarteney
Publisher: Allans

Story
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: Eric Carle Studios

Film
"Merry Go Round"
(ABC, Play School)
Make and Do
Making Hats

Ideas for Later
Fun Fair - Visit a fun fair and take a ride on a merry go round, or walk to your local park and slide down a slippery dip. Take a look and see what you can see from the top of the climbing frame.

Butterfly Search - Have a look in the garden or park for a butterfly or go out in the evening and see if you can see a moth or beetle attracted to an outside light. Watch their wings open and close.

Paper Dolls - Make some paper dolls and have fun dressing them for different jobs, activities or sports. Make some hats for them and then you can play the missing hat game.

141x02 Hats - Tuesday

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TUESDAY
Presenters - Andrew McFarlane and Karen Pang
Pianist - Brian Castles-Onion

Songs
"Five Currant Buns"
Composers: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"Boom Boom Ain't It Great To Be Crazy"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"Hat On My Head"
Composer: Anthony Field & John Field
Publisher: EMI

"I'm A Little Teapot" (Chant)
Composer: K Clarence & G H Sanders
Publisher: AMCOS Societies

"My Hat It Has Three Corners"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"Teddy Bears Picnic"
Composer: John W Bratton
Publisher: EMI

"The Bear Went Over The Mountain" (Chant)
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"Rock-A-Bye Your Bear"
Composer: G Page & A Field
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"I Know A Hairy Bear"
Composer: Val Donlon
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Story
"Coming To Tea"
Author: Sarah Garland
Publisher: Laura Cecil, UK

Film
"Teddy Bears Picnic"
(ABC, Play School)
Make and Do
Crazy Mixed Up Picture Game
Fruity Funny Faced Muffin

Ideas for Later
FUN WITH FOOD

Take a walk to a fruit, bread or cake shop and see what they have for sale. Select some small fruits from the fruit shop that can be used for making faces on bread, biscuits, muffins or ice cream.

Make some play dough muffins or sand muffins at the beach or in the sand pit and decorate them with small objects to create funny or serious faces.

Play shops or have a picnic with your toys.

141x03 Hats - Wednesday

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WEDNESDAY
Presenters - Andrew McFarlane and Leah Vandenberg
Pianist - Peter Dasent

Songs
"Three Little Kittens"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"Dingle Dangle Scarecrow"
Composers: G & M Russell-Smith
Publisher: CCP & Belwin, Europe

"Put On Your Happy Hat"
Composer: Peter & Robyn Mapleson
Publisher: Unpublished

"Squeaky Old Truck" (Chant)
Composer: A North & M Smith
Publisher: Unpublished

Story
"Farmer Maurice's Hat"
Author: Play School Team
Publisher: Unpublished

Animation
"Dingle Dangle Scarecrow"
(David Johnson, ABC - Play School)
Film
"Letter Box Montage"
(Play School, ABC)

Make and Do
Scarecrow
Envelope and Letter

Ideas for Later

Visit a Pet Shop - Visit a Pet Shop and see what animals there are to look at. If there are kittens or puppies watch how they play or perhaps they are curled up asleep.

Make your own Letter Box - Take a walk in your neighbourhood or perhaps a drive in the country and look at the different letterboxes. Make your own letterbox out of recycled materials and invite your family to write to you or send you a drawing.

141x04 Hats - Thursday

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THURSDAY
Presenters - Justine Clarke and Jay Laga'aia
Pianist - Brian Castles-Onion

Songs
"Everybody Do This"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"Singing In The Kitchen"
Composer: Silverstein
Publisher: Essex

"Hurry, Hurry, Drive The Firetruck"
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"I'm A Great Big Tiger"
Composer: Zoe McHenry
Publisher: Warner Chappell

"Walking Through The Jungle" (Chant)
Composer: Max Lambert
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"Three Cheeky Monkies " (Chant)
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"Where Did You Get That Hat?"
Composer: Rolmaz
Publisher: Albert and EMI

Story
"You'll Wake The Baby"
Author: Catherine Jinks and Andrew McLean
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia

Film
"Hat Montage Remake 2003"
(ABC, Play School)
Make and Do
Jungle Scene
Make a Hatapatasaurus hat

Ideas for Later
See a Fire Engine - Take a walk or drive to the fire station or bush fire brigade shed and have a look at the fire engine.

Log onto the Internet - Visit the library or look on the internet to find out more about jungle animals - how they hide, where they live, what they eat and what they like to do.

Hats - Ask an elderly friend or grandparent what sort of hats they used to wear in the 'olden days'.

141x05 Hats - Friday

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FRIDAY
Presenters - Justine Clarke and Andrew McFarlane
Pianist - Brian Castles-Onion

Songs
"The Farmer In The Dell" (adapted)
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

"The Black Cat"
Composer: M Britton & Batholomew
Publisher: Silver Birdette, US

"Put On Your Hat"
Composer: Colin Buchanan
Publisher: Rondor

"Here Comes The Bride"
Composer: Richard Wagner
Publisher: Public Domain

"Skidamarink"
Composer: Traditional.
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Story
"Dart's Adventure"
Author: ABC - Play School Team 2003
Publisher: ABC - Play School

"Cleo the Cat"
Author: ABC - Play School Team 2003
Publisher: ABC - Play School

Animation
"Hats" animation
(ABC, Play School)
Film
"Flower Girl"
(ABC, Play School)

Make and Do
Making Flowers
Making Hats

Ideas for Later
Photographs - Take a walk around your neighbourhood. Take some photographs of interesting or familiar landmarks or objects or find some photos or pictures in magazines you already have. Use these to tell a story. Mix them up and tell another story.

Wedding - Ask someone you know, parent, grandparents or friends if they have ever been to a wedding. Maybe they have some photos you could look at. You could have fun dressing up or playing weddings with your toys.

Flowers - Take a walk in your garden or the park, or visit a florist, nursery or flower market and see all the different types of flowers - different colours, sizes, and shapes.

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