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Play School: Season 262

Once Upon A Time 2011
TV-G

  • 2011-07-10T13:30:00Z on ABC Comedy
  • 25m
  • 2h 5m (5 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
This week in Play School we have fun retelling traditional fairy tales. A fairy tale is a story told to children concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, unicorns, mermaids, giants and elves. These stories often involve princes and princesses and modern versions normally have a happy ending. Fairy tales often begin with the stock line "Once upon a time" and end with "they lived happily ever after". Throughout the week, the Play School presenters and toys have fun dressing up and retelling these magical stories. Each day, the Once Upon a Time Storybook is opened to reveal a new adventure. A magical teapot weaves its way through stories involving kings and queens, mermaids, wizards, genies, unicorns and fairies. On Friday, all these magical characters come together for a banquet.

5 episodes

Season Premiere

2011-07-10T13:30:00Z

262x01 Once Upon A Time (Monday)

Season Premiere

262x01 Once Upon A Time (Monday)

  • 2011-07-10T13:30:00Z25m

PRESENTERS
Teo Gebert - Essie Davis
PIANIST
Peter Dasent

STORY
The Princess and the Pea
(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM
Going to Bed
(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER
Read a fairy tale about a royal family such as “The Frog Prince” by the Brothers Grimm or “The Swineherd” by Hans Christian Andersen.

SONGS
Let’s Dress Up
Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost
Publisher: Origin/Control

Making a Hat
Composers: Sophie Emtage & Peter Dasent
Publisher: Origin/Control

I am the King
Composer: Ronald Gamack
Publisher: Control

Five in the bed
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

I Jump Out of Bed in the Morning
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ ABC Music Publishing

Munch an Apple
Composers: Sophie Emtage & Peter Dasent
Publisher: Origin/Control

ONCE UPON A TIME STORYBOOK
Today the Once Upon a Time Storybook introduces us to King Wally and Queen Shirley, who are granted three wishes by the Magic Teapot.

For more see http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=3264465 and http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r936533_9865422.pdf

262x02 Once Upon A Time (Tuesday)

  • 2011-07-11T13:30:00Z25m

PRESENTERS
Karen Pang – Andrew McFarlane

PIANIST
Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY
Meekapunzel
(A story based on the traditional tale Rapunzel and told by the Play School team)

FILM
Tropical Fish (Marie Davies)

ANIMATION
Der Glumph
(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER
* Dress up as a fairy using flowers and leaves from the garden! Collect some large, hard leaves (Frangipani leaves are good). Use a single hole-punch to make a hole at the top of each leaf. Thread the leaves onto a long piece of string and tie around your waist for a skirt. Put some flowers in your hair and use a scarf for wings. You’re ready to fly!
* Make a wobbly jelly fish from a plastic lid, sticky tape and some dangly scraps, such as curly ribbon, cut up plastic bags or threads and cords from a sewing box. Tape the dangly bits onto the lid so they hang over the sides like tentacles. Add a loop of ribbon for a handle.

SONGS
Two Fat Gentlemen
Composer: Mary Champion de Crespigny
Publisher: EMI

Tippy Toe Tap Tap (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
Composer: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Public Domain

Der Glumph
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

Three Little Speckled Frogs
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

Here is the Sea
Composer: John Fox
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Diving
Composers: S Aplin & P Barton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Friends all Together (Friends, Friends, Friends)
Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage
Publisher: Origin/Control

ONCE UPON A TIME STORYBOOK
Today in the Once Upon a Time Storybook Emma the mermaid has an underwater adventure.

For more see http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=3264465 and http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r936533_9865422.pdf

262x03 Once Upon A Time (Wednesday)

  • 2011-07-12T13:30:00Z25m

PRESENTERS
Essie Davis – Teo Gebert

PIANIST
Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY
Emperor Big Ted’s New Clothes
(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM
Book Parade
(ABC Play School )

IDEAS FOR LATER
* Tell a story with some friends or your toys! You might like to make some props to help. Use a large piece of paper to paint a picture.
* Listen to different pieces of music as you paint and let your painting reflect how the music makes you feel. Is the music fast, slow, loud, soft, smooth, jagged?

SONGS
Painting a Picture
Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost
Publisher: Origin

Seventy-six Trombones
Composer: Meredith Wilson
Publisher: Frank Music Co Ltd

Making Things (It’s Fun to Make Things)
Composers: S Aplin & P Barton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Hat on my Head
Composers: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Murray Cook & Greg Page
Publisher: Wiggly Tunes

Row, Row, Row your Boat
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin Music/ABC Music Publishing

Giddiap Horsey
Composers: L Scott & L Wood
Publisher: Harrup Publishing

The Wheels on the Bus
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin Music/ABC Music Publishing

ONCE UPON A TIME STORYBOOK
Today the Once Upon a Time Storybook features a wizard, a genie and a horse who enjoy a cup of tea made by the Magic Teapot while watching a parade.

For more see http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=3264465 and http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r936533_9865422.pdf

262x04 Once Upon A Time (Thursday)

  • 2011-07-13T13:30:00Z25m

PRESENTERS
Karen Pang – Teo Gebert

PIANIST
Peter Dasent

STORY
The Dudgeon is Coming © Lynley Dodd, 2009
First published by Mallinson Rendel Publishers, 2009
First published by ABC books, 2009
All rights reserved

FILM
Ice Skating
(Play School, ABC)

ANIMATION
Ning Nang Nong
(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER
* Listen to the song “Puff the Magic Dragon”.
* Visit an ice rink and watch the skaters. You might like to have a skate yourself!

SONGS
Dragon Song
Composer: Don Spencer
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/Larrikin

I Can Fly
Composer: Lucille Wood
Publisher: Bowmar

Let Me See You Do The Monkey
Composer: Genevieve Jereb
Publisher: Gellybean Records

Hey There, What Do You Wear?
Composer: Helen Martin

May I Come Over to Your Place?
Composer: Henrietta Clark
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Skating on the Ice (Standing On One Leg)
Composer: Graham Beebee
Publisher: PRS UK

ONCE UPON A TIME STORYBOOK
Today in the Once Upon a Time Storybook a horse asks a wizard to turn him into a unicorn! He meets a fairy and they play a game of cloud watching up in the sky.

For more see http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=3264465 and http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r936533_9865422.pdf

262x05 Once Upon A Time (Friday)

  • 2011-07-14T13:30:00Z25m

PRESENTERS
Karen Pang – Andrew McFarlane

PIANIST
Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY
Snow White
(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM
Lanterns Montage
(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER
* Make a fairy lantern from a Chinese food box. Cut out a square on two sides of the box so you can see into the box. Decorate the box as you like with glitter and sparkly materials. Crunch a piece of yellow cellophane and push it into the box to make the lantern glow.
* Make an obstacle course and take your toys on a big adventure. Make a map to show where you have to go.

SONGS
Big Adventure
Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting
Publisher: Origin Music/ABC Music Publishing

How Do You Feel Today?
Composer: Eileen Diamond

Two Little Apples
Composers: P Zajan & M Miller
Publisher: EMI

The More We Are Together
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin Music/ABC Music Publishing

ONCE UPON A TIME STORYBOOK
Today King Wally and Queen Shirley throw a party for all the Once Upon a Time Storybook characters. Emma the mermaid, Wizard, Genie, Unicorn and Fairy all enjoy a banquet and tea from the Magic Teapot.

For more see http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/about/weeklythemes/?theme=3264465 and http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r936533_9865422.pdf

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