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40 Episodes 1967 - 1967
Episode 1
28 mins
Aka ep#31 Anne polishes some boots and Kerry tears paper into snowflakes. They recite a poem about snow, while looking at pictures. Some ice blocks are floated in a tank.
Episode 2
28 mins
Aka ep#32 Anne and Kerry look through a basket of shoes and recite 'One Two Buckle My Shoe'.
Episode 3
28 mins
Aka ep#33 Anne and Kerry look at Peter Rabbit, the Play School bunny rabbit, and examine his fur. They compare the budgies feathers. An angora rabbit is also visiting Play School. They look at how Peter Rabbit is different from the angora rabbit. Through the windows there are penguins at the south pole. Anne and Kerry pretend to be penguins. The toys are slid down a timber plank, as penguins do on ice. The story is 'Polonius Penguin Learns to Swim' by Anthony Abrahams. The presenters mime swimming and a sea rescue.
Episode 4
28 mins
Aka ep#34 Anne and Kerry look at drawings that have been sent into Play School. Anne looks at a snowman pictures while reciting a poem about a snowman. Kerry mimes being a snowman, and is dressed by Anne with a white sheet, sticky tape face, scarf, hat, matchbox nose and a pipe in the mouth to stop him talking. Kerry recites 'The More it Snows (Tiddely Pom)'. Anne puts snow-boots on. Kerry pretends to melt into a blob under the white sheet. Anne sits down on Kerry, thinking he's a lump of snow. She sings a song about tying shoe laces. Through the round window workers are using gelignite to blow a hole in the Snowy Mountains for a tunnel. Kerry pretends to be a tunnel. Anne goes through the tunnel. They make paper snowballs and play a game to see who can throw the most paper balls into a bucket. It is four o'clock on the flower clock, with helicopters underneath. James tells a story about Ricky who lived in the Snowy Mountains with his father who worked making tunnels. Anne makes a tunnel for the toys Owl, Hamble, Teddy, Humpty and Jemima. Kerry and Anne sing 'The Bear Went over the Mountain'. They act out a helicopter mountain rescue to help Jemima.
Episode 5
28 mins
Aka ep#35 Anne and Kerry look at the weather report in the newspaper. Kerry explains how anemometers and balloons are used to tell the weather. It's five o'clock on the clock. Aileen tells the story of 'Little Pig Barnaby'. Kerry makes an anemometer. Anne uses newspaper to create wind and the presenters try to keep balloons in the air by blowing them with the paper. They have a balloon race.
Episode 6
28 mins
Aka 32.1 ep#36 Diane and Alister find a toy aeroplane in the Useful Box and they build a hangar, a runway and a terminal. The story is about Bill who found a mother duck and her ducklings near an aerodrome. The film is of ducks and other water birds.
Episode 7
28 mins
Aka 32.2 ep#37 Diane dresses in an old fashioned gown and Alister puts on a coat. They pretend to go up in a balloon. The story is of Daedalus and Icarus. The film is of astronauts, rockets and a space walk.
Episode 8
28 mins
Aka 32.3 ep#38 The visitor for pets day is a bat. Through the windows is a film of racing pigeons. The story is of some birds who live in an aviary and is told by Tom.
Episode 9
28 mins
Aka 32.4 ep#39 Teddy is going on a flight to Melbourne and has to collect his ticket and luggage labels. The story is "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Alister gives teddy a ride in a balloon. The film is of an airport.
Episode 10
28 mins
Aka 32.5 ep#40 Alister and Diane have made two model planes and Diane shows how the propellers, wings and engine work. Alister pretends to be a duck and then a swan. The story is "The Butterfly that stamped". The film is of bees.
Episode 11
28 mins
Aka 33.1 ep#41 Lorraine and Donald make puppets from paper bags. Donald makes gingerbread men. Robin tells the story of the Gingerbread Man. The film is of the baking of bread.
Episode 12
28 mins
Aka 33.2 ep#42 Lorraine dresses as a Pacific Island native girl with a grass skirt. She and Donald pretend to sail away to the island on a raft. They make a grass skirt for Jemima out of newspaper. The story is "The Grandfather of the Coconuts", and the film is of a tropical island.
Episode 13
28 mins
Aka 33.3 ep#43 The visitor for pets day is a goose. Donald mimes being a goose and he mentions the names of male and female animals. Robin tells the story of the Goose that was a Watchdog. The film is of lifesavers on the beach.
Episode 14
28 mins
Aka 33.4 ep#44 Donald and Lorraine pretend to visit a farm and sing "Old Macdonald had a farm". Donald mimes being a puppet while Lorraine sings "Popo the Puppet". Robin tells the story of "Farmer Barnes buys a pig". The film is of marionettes.
Episode 15
28 mins
Aka 33.5 ep#45 Lorraine and Donald play tunes on glasses. They look at how a clock works and the film is of clocks. The story is "The Musicians of Bremen".
Episode 16
28 mins
Aka 34.1 ep#46 Alister and Diane make a house with things from the useful box. The story is of Six Blind Mice and an Elephant. The film is of elephants being trained for the circus.
Episode 17
28 mins
Aka 34.2 ep#47 Diane dresses up to go shopping. Alister is the shopkeeper. Diane tells the story of the Red Door. The film is of a boy and his mother shopping in a departmental store.
Episode 18
28 mins
Aka 34.3 ep#48 The visitor for Pets day is a tortoise. The story is of "Tin Can Tortoise". The film is of various reptiles. Diane and Alister act out the race between the Hare and the Tortoise.
Episode 19
28 mins
Aka 34.4 ep#49 Alister tells the story of the Old Shoemaker and the Elves. He explains that some people work during the day and some at night. The film is of various night jobs. Diane and Alister play Hunt the Slipper.
Episode 20
28 mins
Aka 34.5 ep#50 Peter tells a story of an old tree house. Diane experiments with paper to see which kind of paper is the strongest. She makes a tree out of newspaper. The film is of wood pulping and paper processing.
Episode 21
28 mins
Aka 35.1 ep#51 Lorraine and Donald search for their shell collection in the Useful Box. They find shells, pebbles etc and discuss them. They go for a row in a boat and search for pebbles on the seashore.
Episode 22
28 mins
Aka 35.2 ep#52 Lorraine and Donald dress for the beach. They find buckets and spades etc. Donald wears flippers and pretends to swim underwater. The story is about a sponge called Sam.
Episode 23
28 mins
Aka 35.3 ep#53 The visitor is a seahorse and the story is "Serina and the Seahorse". Lorraine is a "horse" and she mimes galloping, trotting etc.
Episode 24
28 mins
Aka 35.4 ep#54 Donald pretends to be a parrot and Lorraine teaches him to talk. The story is about Captain Kidd and his parrot and the film is of shell divers.
Episode 25
28 mins
Aka 35.5 ep#55 Lorraine and Donald have an aquarium and compare sea plants and land plants. They show an oyster and discuss pearls. The story is told by Nancy and is of her uncle's potato farm in Ireland. The film is of an oyster farm.
Episode 26
28 mins
Aka 36.1 ep#56 Anne and Tom build bridges out of match boxes found in the Useful Box. Through the windows there are bridges that open. Richard uses shadow puppets to tell the story of 'The Mouse, Hippopotamus and Ostrich'.
Episode 27
28 mins
Aka 36.2 ep#57 Anne dresses up as a tourist and Tom as a gondolier and they pretend to be in Venice. They explain that Venice is built on water. Anne tells the story of 'Mouse Deer'.
Episode 28
28 mins
Aka 36.3 ep#58 The visitors for Pets' Day are an owl and a black cat. Richard again uses shadow puppets and tells the story of 'Moon's reflection'. Through the windows are white cats on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Episode 29
28 mins
Aka 36.4 ep#59 Anne and Tom are the Play School band and play a variety of musical instruments. The story is about a country mouse who visits the city and goes to a pop concert. The film is of bridge traffic.
Episode 30
28 mins
Aka 36.5 ep#60 Tom shows how the sun's rays make shadows. Anne looks at a sunflower and some daisies. Richard tells a story of a broken bridge and uses his shadow puppets. Through the windows there are people moving in unison.
Episode 31
Aka 37.1 ep#61 Diane and Alister build a sheep station out of boxes, found in the Useful Box. The story told today is about 'Sam the Ram' and how he won a ribbon at the show. Through the windows we see sheep being shorn.
Episode 32
Aka 37.2 ep#62 Diane dresses up as a police officer to direct traffic. Alister tells the story of 'Cranky The Camel'. Through the windows we see Aboriginal police trackers at work.
Episode 33
Aka 37.3 ep#63 Diane and Alister have a koala visit Play School. The story is 'Kerri and Honey'. Diane and Alister play a game pinning the tails on animals. Through the windows we see lots of tails.
Episode 34
Aka 37.4 ep#64 Diane and Alister draw pictures for the Poem of the Week. The story told by Diane with tuba accompaniment is 'Little Boy With a Big Horn'. Through the Magic Windows we see the real flying ambulance.
Episode 35
Aka 37.5 ep#65 Diane and Alister show a statue made out of stone. Alister demonstrates how a sculptor uses a chisel and hammer. The story is 'Yiri and Jandu'. Through the magic windows, we see implements stone-cutters use to make things.
Episode 36
Aka 38.1 ep#66 Lorraine and Donald make cakes to sell at the Play School fair. Donald decorates a cardboard plate for the cakes with the willow pattern design. We hear the story of the Willow Pattern. Donald prepares toffee apples for the fair. Through the Magic Windows we see how apples get from the orchard to the greengrocer.
Episode 37
Aka 38.2 ep#67 Lorraine and Donald dress up as the chef and waitress of the Play School Restaurant. Donald tells the story of Hansel and Gretel.
Episode 38
Aka 38.3 ep#68 Lorraine and Donald feed the pets and introduce the visitor - a pig. Donald holds an auction. We hear the story of an old lady buying the wrong animal at an auction.
Episode 39
Aka 38.4 ep#69 The toys are going to a wedding so Donald and Lorraine are teaching them to waltz. Lorraine tells the story of 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses'. We watch Princess Margaret's Wedding through the Magic Windows.
Episode 40
Aka 38.5 ep#70 Lorraine and Donald discuss food and milk. Lorraine says some nursery rhymes. Viewers hear the story of an old lady whose goat ate her prize strawberries. Lorraine says nursery rhymes about food.