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45 Episodes 1977 - 1977
Episode 1
28 mins
Aka 130.1 ep#496 The presenters play blindman's bluff. Different types of food are smelt and tasted. Jan and John make a fruit salad to show how various fruits are peeled. The story is 'The Big Honey Hunt' and through the windows there is sugar cane.
Episode 2
28 mins
aka 130.2 ep#497 Today we see what happens in restaurants, when Jan and John dress up as a cook and a waitress, with the toys as customers.
Episode 3
28 mins
aka 130.3 ep#498 We look at animals' feeding habits, including pigs, white mice, cockatoos and goldfish.
Episode 4
28 mins
Aka 130.4 ep#499 Jan and John pretend to be fruiterers with a variety of different objects being substitutes for fruit and vegetables in the shop. John shows us how to plant cabbages and the insects which eat cabbages. We meet Aiken Drum.
Episode 5
28 mins
aka 130.5 ep#500 We're experimenting with different milk and cream, discovering what makes them different from each other and what you could do with them i.e. make a milkshake and make some home made butter.
Episode 6
Aka 131.1 ep#501 Benita and John make an airport runway from a piece of Masonite and make a plane from paddle-pop sticks. The film is Flying in an Aeroplane.
Episode 7
Aka 131.2 ep#502 John and Benita launch flying saucers. Through the windows there are astronauts walking in space.
Episode 8
Aka 131.3 ep#503 John and Benita feed Cocky. Through the windows there are glider planes. The story is 'Oscar the Seagull' and is illustrated with slides. The visitor on Play School today is a sugar glider.
Episode 9
Aka 131.4 ep#504 Benita and John blow up balloons and let them go, and John appears with a special helium balloon. They invite children to sing 'Five Big Balloons' using fingers as balloons. Through the windows are parachutists.
Episode 10
Aka 131.5 ep#505 Lyn and John gather Play School toys together and sing 'The Grand Old Duke of York' marching them up a hill of blocks. Through the windows are helicopters. The story is 'Meg at Sea' by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski.
Episode 11
28 mins
Aka 132.1 ep#506 Lyn and Alister make finger puppets from ordinary household items. The story is about a little old man and a little old woman taking a cabbage to market. Through the windows is the story of Little Miss Muffet as performed by hand puppets.
Episode 12
28 mins
Aka 132.2 ep#507 Lyn and Alister have a guessing game, identifying the toys while blindfolded. Through the windows wheat is being harvested. The story is about a scarecrow.
Episode 13
28 mins
Aka 132.3 ep#508 There is a baby in Play School. The story is about a little girl with a new baby brother. Through the windows there are mounted police.
Episode 14
28 mins
Aka 132.4 ep#509 Lyn and Alister use the toys' shadows for a guessing game. Alister makes shadows with his hands for Lyn to guess. Through the windows there are Balinese dancers. The story is about Kartini, a Balinese girl.
Episode 15
28 mins
Aka 132.5 ep#510 Lyn and Alister play a sound identification game. The story is about Patrick and his violin. Through the windows there is a one-man band.
Episode 16
Aka 133.1 ep#511 Jan and Alister imagine they are in the olden days and visit a shop full of olden days items where Jan is the shop keeper. Through the windows Old Sydney town is visited.
Episode 17
Aka 133.2 ep#512 Jan and John have a mangle in Play School today, and show how the washing was done in the olden days. Through the windows toys are being made.
Episode 18
Aka 133.3 ep#513 Today we hear all about baddies (bushrangers). Bushranger John bails up Jan and the toys who are hiding in an olden-days coach. Through the windows we see a rider in the Snowy Mountains. Alex tells the story of Brumby Jack and the film features a rider in the snowy mountains.
Episode 19
Aka 133.4 ep#514 Benita and John make a sailing boat from a wooden wheelbarrow. The toys are being transported as convicts. The story is about a Greek boy who migrates to Australia.
Episode 20
OUTSIDE BROADCAST in the bushland. Aka 133.5 ep#515 Lyn and John are bushwalkers. They camp by a creek, and we see them cooking their meal. They sing 'Waltzing Matilda', then look at some ants who have joined them. Tidying up their litter, they then proceed with their walk through the bush.
Episode 21
Aka 134.1 ep#516 Benita and John make a country road which grows into a busy highway with traffic and pedestrian problems. The story is 'Clanky' and the film shows zebras.
Episode 22
Aka 134.2 ep#517 John is the magician and Benita his assistant for the Play School Magic Show. The story is entitled 'Dreamy Dora' and on film there is a puppet show.
Episode 23
Aka 134.3 ep#518 Benita and John watch snails and caterpillars moving. In the 'Sh-sh-sh' story, John tries to be quiet and not wake the baby. Through the windows a pedestrian uses a crossing painted on a road.
Episode 24
Aka 134.4 ep#519 Magic musical gloves are the cause of an accident in today's story. Benita and John play a Stop-Start game. Through the windows Alister takes us for a drive.
Episode 25
Aka 134.5 ep#520 A home-made chocolate wheel is used for a sound making game. In the story, Benita plays the part of 'Bridget the Fidget who Can't Keep Still'. Through the windows there are puppet ostriches.
Episode 26
Aka 135.1 ep#521 Ros and Alister make a picture of a tree using twigs, leaves and bark. The story 'I want to go on a Bear Hunt' is told by Alister.
Episode 27
Aka 135.2 ep#522 A goanna and lizard are seen in Play School and the story is an Aboriginal tale about how these animals get their markings. Charcoal is used for body painting after a film of Aboriginal dancing.
Episode 28
Aka 135.3 ep#523 Jan and Alister cut out pictures of animals that live in trees. Through the windows a tree is being felled. The story is 'Mrs Mag's Nest'.
Episode 29
Aka 135.4 ep#524 Jan and Alister build a cubby house with boxes, cartons, branches, a broom and a blanket. The story is 'The Tree'.
Episode 30
Aka 135.5 ep#525 Jan and Alister are busy with woodwork. The film shows the making of wooden ladders. The story is 'Trouble in the Ark' by Gerald Rose.
Episode 31
28 mins
Aka 136.1 ep#526 John tells the story of The Three Little Pigs. There is a follow the leader game. Through the windows we see how toys are manufactured.
Episode 32
28 mins
Aka 136.2 ep#527 There is a baby in Play School. Benita and John bathe the baby. The story 'A Pile of Clothes' is about a girl who won't get undressed. Through the windows it's bath time.
Episode 33
28 mins
Aka 136.3 ep#528 Benita and John make printed patterns with vegetables. The story is 'The Great Big Enormous Turnip'. Through the windows milk is being bottled.
Episode 34
28 mins
aka 136.4 ep#529 Benita and John finger paint and make prints. Film shows child's play at pre-school.
Episode 35
28 mins
aka 136.5 ep#530 Benita and John make 'gingerbread men' and they tell the story of the Gingerbread man providing an accompaniment with musical instruments. The films shows a boy 'making music' as he walks along.
Episode 36
28 mins
Aka 137.1 ep#531 John and Benita make a collage showing a house and shop for the nonsense shopping story, Silly Billy. Through the windows a girl and her mother buy blue jeans.
Episode 37
28 mins
Aka 137.2 ep#532 John dresses as a diver. Through the windows there are divers around the Great barrier Reef and the fish that live there. The story is 'Swimmy' by Leo Lionni.
Episode 38
28 mins
Aka 137.3 ep#533 Benita and John play a matching game with clothes to find pairs. A goat visits Play School. The film features the different types of skins and coverings of various animals. The story is 'Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes' by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett.
Episode 39
28 mins
Aka 137.4 ep#534 The special shoes and clothing worn for different types of dancing are featured. Film shows folk-dancers from various countries and the elaborate costumes used. Benita wears magic clothes for a story told by John.
Episode 40
28 mins
Aka 137.5 ep#535 Benita and Peter put together picture puzzles showing the different sorts of clothing needed for different sorts of weather. The story is 'Mrs Mopple's Washing Line' by Anita Hewett and illustrated by Robert Broomfield. Through the windows are different animals grooming themselves.
Episode 41
28 mins
aka 138.1 ep#536 Jan makes roads and Alister makes a truck out of a match box. The story is about a 'Hippo Who Wanted to Fly'.
Episode 42
28 mins
aka 138.2 ep#537 Alister dresses as a clown and Jan helps make a railway. Through the windows is a steam train.
Episode 43
28 mins
aka 138.3 ep#538 A wombat visits Jan and Alister. Through the windows there are animals that dig.
Episode 44
28 mins
aka 138.4 ep#539 Alister becomes an aggressive caveman with a painted face. Through the windows there are cave paintings.
Episode 45
28 mins
aka 138.5 ep#540 Alister and Jan make a picture with vegetable prints.