Play School Season 36 Episodes

Episode 0

Nursery Rhymes - Special

65 mins

Deborah, Karen, Jay and Rhys perform over 30 favourite nursery rhymes and songs from Play School. Interspersed are clips from previous episodes of Andrew, Noni and Justine creating craft.

Episode 1

First Steps - Monday

25 mins

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Episode 2

First Steps - Tuesday

25 mins

Episode 3

First Steps - Wednesday

25 mins

Rhys and Karen perform The Wriggly Green Caterpillar - Rhys as the caterpillar and butterfly, and Karen as the bee, mosquito and galah.

Episode 4

First Steps - Thursday

25 mins

Episode 5

First Steps - Friday

25 mins

Episode 6

Communication - Monday

25 mins

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Episode 7

Communication - Tuesday

25 mins

Aka s117.2 Karen and Andrew set up a tape recorder, and play back the voices of 'Chatterboxes' to spell out the day using magnetic letters on a board. They perform the story of 'Muddled Up Martin'.

Episode 8

Communication - Wednesday

25 mins

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Episode 9

Communication - Thursday

25 mins

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Episode 10

Communication - Friday

25 mins

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Episode 11

Nursery Rhymes - Little Boy Blue

25 mins

Noni and Andrew make a Hickory Dickory Dock clock. The poem on the calendar is Little Boy Blue. They make a woolly cat, mouse and dog.

Episode 12

Nursery Rhymes - Polly Put the Kettle On

25 mins

Aka s118.2 Leah and Andrew tell the story of Kev's Empty Cupboard. The nursery rhyme calendar shows Polly Put the Kettle On.

Episode 13

Nursery Rhymes - Ride a Cock Horse

25 mins

The nursery rhyme of the day is Ride a Cock Horse.

Episode 14

Nursery Rhymes - Little Miss Muffet

25 mins

Aka s118.4 Justine and Andrew make a miniature garden. Through the windows there is a Topiary Garden. The rhyme on the calendar is Little Miss Muffet.

Episode 15

Nursery Rhymes - Jack and Jill

25 mins

Aka s118.5 The nursery rhyme on the calendar is Jack and Jill.

Episode 16

Puppets - Monday

25 mins

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Episode 17

Puppets - Tuesday

25 mins

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Episode 18

Puppets - Wednesday

25 mins

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Episode 19

Puppets - Thursday

25 mins

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Episode 20

Puppets - Friday

25 mins

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Episode 21

Paper - Newspapers

25 mins

Aka season120 ep1 Deborah and Jay make a Play School newspaper.

Episode 22

Paper - Wrapping Paper

25 mins

Aka s120.2 Deborah and Jay cover old boxes with old wrapping paper. They build towers from the boxes and sing "There was a Princess Long Ago".

Episode 23

Paper - Paper Art

25 mins

Aka s120.3 Peter's band The Umbrellas perform songs for Jay and Justine to sing along. Justine and Jay paint to the sound of the music. Justine makes a shaker from a bottle.

Episode 24

Paper - Cellophane

25 mins

Aka s120.4 Deborah and Rhys make stain glass windows of the Play School windows using cellophane. They tell the story of "Fergus' Birthday".

Episode 25

Paper - Cutting Paper Shapes

25 mins

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Episode 26

Faces - Monday

25 mins

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Episode 27

Faces - Tuesday

25 mins

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Episode 28

Faces - Wednesday

25 mins

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Episode 29

Faces - Thursday

25 mins

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Episode 30

Faces - Friday

25 mins

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Episode 31

Frogs - Monday

25 mins

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Episode 32

Frogs - Tuesday

25 mins

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Episode 33

Frogs - Wednesday

25 mins

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Episode 34

Frogs - Thursday

25 mins

Aka s122.4 Andrew sings 'How many people live at your house'. Andrew's dog Slipper is visiting Play School. Karen organises a water bowl and blanket for Slipper. The presenters make a house and some puppets for the story. Karen and Andrew perform the story 'The Very Noisy House', using the puppets. Photo frames are made for photographs of pets. Through the windows there are children jumping. Karen looks at the speckled frog calendar. Karen and Andrew play a moving game by rolling a cube onto drawings of a train, dog, firetruck, car, kangaroo and frog. Slipper the dog watches.

Episode 35

Frogs - Friday

25 mins

Aka s122.5 Justine and Simon make computers out of cardboard boxes. They send each other 'email' about which window to look through. Through the diamond window a dog biscuit recipe is found on the internet and biscuits are made for a pet dog's birthday. Simon mimes being a dog. Justine reads 'Ginger' by Charlotte Voake. Simon sings 'Here's a House'. The toys are dressed as different animals and matched to habitats: Maurice as a polar bear in the arctic, Little Ted as a camel in the desert, and Jemima as a monkey in the rainforest. Justine looks at the speckled frog calendar. Simon, Lisa and Kim receive an 'email' from the toys to visit their animal habitats.

Episode 36

Water - Monday

25 mins

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Episode 37

Water - Tuesday

25 mins

Aka s123.2 Leah and Simon make coloured ice blocks.

Episode 38

Water - Wednesday

25 mins

Aka s123.3 Leah and Simon make penguins from bottles.

Episode 39

Water - Thursday

25 mins

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Episode 40

Water - Friday

25 mins

Aka s123.5 Justine washes Rhys' hair.