Mon, Feb 20, 2023
Teo and Zindzi meet a Possum named Blossom and her baby joey in the Play School Animal Sanctuary. Ben explains how the possum eats, sleeps and builds nests. Teo and Zindzi dress up as different animals. They make crafty marsupials. It is eleven o'clock on the Hickory Dickory clock with a koala underneath. The crafty marsupials are used to create a "Story Salad". Through the diamond window is Christian and his horse Daisy. The presenters sing 'Old Macdonald' with Slush, Sam and Daisy, with each animal singing in a different style: opera, scatting and yodeling.
Tue, Feb 21, 2023
Animal expert Ben is in the Animal Sanctuary with a beautiful Blue Winged Kookaburra, to show Emma and Kaeng how kookaburras communicate and eat. It is four o'clock on the Hickory Dickory clock, with a nest of speckled eggs underneath. Emma reads 'Chirp' by Mary Murphy. Kaeng makes a nest for three little feather bird chicks, and sings 'I have made a little nest'. He makes a mother bird out of a paper plate. The mother bird collects pipe cleaner worms. Maralma demonstrates how she paints her totem animal the emu. Through the round window we meet Emmett and his blue budgerigar Jerry. Kaeng goes bird spotting with Jemima, trying to find a bowerbird. They find Emma pretending to be a lyrebird, white ibis and finally a bowerbird.
Wed, Feb 22, 2023
Miah and Matt meet two slithery snakes with Ben in the Play School Animal Sanctuary. Miah paints a snake skin design onto cardboard with a rolling pin covered with holey paper. She cuts the cardboard into a spiral to make a green tree snake. It is eight o'clock on the Hickory Dickory Clock with a chameleon underneath. Both presenters explore reptiles and how they use camouflage with a 'Story Salad' followed by a fun musical number with Charlie the chameleon. Miah and Matt dress up in blue and pink clothes to camouflage against coloured towels. Through the square window Mariah introduces her pet central bearded dragon. Maurice has a dress-up party at the 'Reptile Theme Park'. Maurice is dressed as a crocodile, Little Ted is a frilled neck lizard and Humpty dresses as a turtle. Everyone sings 'Snappy Birthday' to Maurice and share a crocodile themed birthday cake.
Thu, Feb 23, 2023
Animal expert Ben Dessen is in the Play School Animal Sanctuary with tadpoles and frogs. Rachael makes three little speckled frogs out of cardboard cylinders. It is half past two on the Hickory Dickory Clock with a trophy underneath. Matt and Rachel tells a story about "Grumpy-No-Jumpy the Toad" using the speckled frogs and other puppets. Matt and Rachael make delicious edible Green Frogs using fruit. Through the arched window Logan shows his pet frogs and axolotls. Matt has a small pedal bin decorated as a frog. Rachael feeds Barry the Bin Frog some sock 'flies'. The presenters eat their fruit frog.
Fri, Feb 24, 2023
Michelle and Kaeng meet Ben's goldfish, Siamese fighting fish and saltwater clown fish in the Play School Animal Sanctuary. Michelle and Kaeng take turns dressing up as fish and guessing which fish they are. It is five o'clock on the Hickory Dickory Clock with an emu, kangaroo and crocodile underneath. Michelle reads 'The River' by Sally Morgan and illustrated by Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr. They make craft fish kites to fly at the Fun Fishy Festival'. Through the diamond window Henry picks some pet fish for his fish tank. Big Ted, Kiya and Joey fly the fish kites at the Fun Fishy Festival. Michelle and Kaeng sing 'Hip Hip Hooray', while flying the kites.
Fri, Jul 1, 2022
Join Michelle, Justine, Matt and all the toys as they get ready for a big street celebration, with Monica, a 5-piece jazz band, tap dancing, dress-ups and all your favourite songs, jazz style. It celebrates community and culminates in the grandest finale Play School has ever seen. Musical appreciation emerges when children have many opportunities to listen to, observe and actively engage in a wide range of music right from the start. From hip-hop to classical, Peruvian pipe music to rhythmical body percussion, Play School has always delighted children around Australia with diverse musical styles and genres. In Play School's Very Jazzy Street Party, we explore one of the most playful and bold genres of them all, JAZZ. Jumping into the world of Jazz is an opportunity for children to build their developing understandings of each fundamental musical element - beat, rhythm, pitch, tempo and timbre. Packed with surprising sounds, improvised syncopated rhythms and dynamic ways to get little bodies moving, Play School's Very Jazzy Street Party will be a special event the whole family will enjoy.
Thu, Aug 4, 2022
Miah (Gadjigal and Bundjalung Woman), Luke (Wiradjuri Man) and Christine (Torres Strait Islander Woman) celebrate National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day. Miah and Luke acknowledge Country, with words and actions created by Aunty Tracey Linn Bostock (Bundjalung). Through The Windows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children share their Country, their language and their hopes and dreams for the future. Christine and Miah sing 'Éverybody Shaking' using Kulap shakers from the Torres Strait. They make their own Kulap shaker using plastic bottle tops. Christine, Miah and Luke sing 'Taba Naba'. Luke reads 'I Want to be a Superhero' by Breanna Humes and Ambelin Kwaymullina. Miah takes Kiya and Dan on an adventure through Noongar Country. They look for bush tucker, which they collect in Kiya's dilly bag. Luke helps a cheeky kookaburra steal the food from the dilly bag. Luckily the toys have set a fish trap and caught a fish, which they wrap in paperbark and cook. Christine, Miah and Luke sing 'Hip Hip Hooray'.
Mon, Nov 28, 2022
OUTSIDE BROADCAST at Calmsley Hill City Farm. Abi and Michelle decorate the barn with Kiya and are joined by the band Perch Creek. The presenters allocate toys to Daisy the Cow, Tippy the Duck and Henny Penny. Abi milks a jersey cow. Michelle feeds a pig. Abi, Michelle and the band take a tractor ride with Daisy, Scrap and Henny Penny. Michelle and Abi have a look at baby ducklings to see how they grow. Through the arched window Molly and Nicholas show us around their farm. We meet all kinds of farm animals, go for a tractor ride and learn about the impacts of the drought. Back at Calmsley Hill, Michelle fills a watering can from the rain water tank to water the veggie patch. Michelle finds Abi pretending to be a scarecrow and they sing 'Dingle Dangle Scarecrow'. Abi feeds the chickens and does some 'Chicken Talk'. She collects the eggs. Michelle dresses Jemima in her boots for the Farmyard Dance Party. Michelle is wearing her tap shoes for the Farmyard Frolic. Abi and Michelle dance along with the band and the toys.