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Play School Season 41 Episodes

45 Episodes 2006 - 2007

Episode 1

Trees - Monkeys

25 mins

Aka series157 ep1. Justine and Andrew make play dough patterns and measure the toys. On the tree calendar is a monkey. Through the windows are animal skin patterns. The story is 'The Sun' by Kate Lynch.

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Episode 2

Trees - Pigs

25 mins

Aka s157.2 Justine and Alex make fruity fridge magnets and lemonade. They tell 'The Three Little Pigs' using the toys. Through the windows animals eat and drink. A pig is on the tree calendar.

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Episode 3

Trees - Birds

25 mins

Aka s157.3 Justine and Rhys make a bird and nest. Through the windows is a glider. The story is 'In the Nest' by Anna Milbourne and Laurence Cleyet-Merle.

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Episode 4

Trees - Seeds

25 mins

Aka s157.4 Justine and Rhys make a baby mobile for baby Little Ted and baby Maurice. Change tables, high chairs and cots were all made from different boxes. Through the windows seedlings are potted in a nursery. A kangaroo is hidden on the calendar. The story is 'The Elephant and the Bad Baby' by Elfrida Vipont.

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Episode 5

Trees - Avocados and Apples

25 mins

Aka s157.5 Justine and Andrew make a castle and forest leaves. The story 'I have nothing to wear' is performed. Through the windows is a baseball game. An avocado is in the calendar tree.

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Episode 6

Buses and Trains - Train Rides

25 mins

Aka series158 ep1. Jay draws a train on paper, and then pastes on the appropriate wheels. Next he uses a big and a little wheel to form a cat, and draws two pointy ears and a long tail. Finally Jay makes a caterpillar picture by pasting lots of wheels in a row, and drawing legs and antennae. Georgie and Jay play 'Three in a Bed' with the toys. Through the windows it's bedtime. The story is 'Down at the Station' illustrated by Siobhan Dodds.

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Episode 7

Buses and Trains - Buskers and Bands

25 mins

Aka s158.2 Georgie and Jay make play dough and a pop band. Through the windows pasta is made. 'This Little Piggy' animation is shown. The story 'The Noisy Bus Ride' is performed.

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Episode 8

Buses and Trains - Driving

25 mins

Aka s158.3 Georgie and Andrew make a bus and paper bag animals. Through the windows a cat goes to the vet. 'Stop Look and Listen' animation is shown. The story 'The Tiger and the Mouse' is told with Maurice.

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Episode 9

Buses and Trains - The Station

25 mins

Aka s158.4 Georgie and Andrew make muffins and a cafe. Through the windows a train is departing. The story is 'Don't Forget the Bacon' by Pat Hutchins.

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Episode 10

Buses and Trains - Buses

25 mins

Aka s158.5 Peter's band The Umbrellas visit Play School. Leah make a magazine. Through the windows a bus is washed. The story is 'Bus Stop Bop' by Robin Kingsland.

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Episode 11

Eggs - Painted Eggs

25 mins

Aka series223 ep1.

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Episode 12

Eggs - Scrambled Eggs

25 mins

Aka s223.2 Leah and Teo make scrambled eggs. Through the windows are different egg laying animals. The story is 'Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing' by Judi Barrett, illustrated by Ron Barrett.

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Episode 13

Eggs - Dinosaur Eggs

25 mins

Aka s223.3 Brooke and Teo make a doll family with ping pong balls attached to the top of bottles with paste. Hair is made from wool. A face is drawn on with a texta, and clothes are put on using scraps of material. With a cycad, Brooke hides dinosaurs, and removes one. Then she asks the child which one is missing, giving clues to help. Through the windows are sea lions. 'Dino Stomp' animation is shown. The story 'Max's Sandcastle' is told with the doll family in a sand tray.

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Episode 14

Eggs - Decorating Eggs

25 mins

Aka s223.4 Brooke and Matt paint eggs and decorate bags. Through the windows a chair is decorated. The story is 'Dog Blue' by Polly Dunbar.

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Episode 15

Eggs - Farms

25 mins

Aka s223.5 Brooke and Matt make cardboard rocking farm animals, a crepe paper cabbage patch and a cereal box mobile phone. Through the windows people are shopping and speaking French. 'Dingle Dangle Scarecrow' animation is shown. The story 'Old Mother Hubbard' is performed.

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Episode 16

Television - TV News

25 mins

Aka s224.1 Leah and Matt make a box television and dvd player for the toys to perform in. They make strawberry mouse. Through the windows is a corner shop. The story 'Roving Reporter' is performed.

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Episode 17

Television - Programs

25 mins

Aka s224.2 Leah and Matt tell 'Bear's Birthday' using finger puppets. They make wool drawings. Through the windows is a hairdresser's.

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Episode 18

Television - Sports Broadcasting

25 mins

Aka s224.3 Justine and Jay make skittles, paper icecreams for the toys and play with the toys in a ball pit. Through the windows is a netball game being broadcast. 'My Dog Bill' and 'It's so Nice to have a Cuddle' animations are shown. The story is 'The Way I Love You' by David Bedford.

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Episode 19

Television - Animations

25 mins

Aka s224.4 Justine and Jay make a night sky box, poking holes and shining a torch through. Through the windows a claymation is being made. The story is 'When the Moon Smiled' by Petr Horacek.

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Episode 20

Television - Soundtracks

25 mins

Aka s224.5 Georgie and Jay make wash paintings and musical instruments. Through the windows is horse riding. 'Hey Diddle Diddle' animation is shown. The story is 'Baby Brains Superstar' by Simon James.

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Episode 21

Elephants - Riding

25 mins

Aka series225 ep1. Georgie and Jay build a box elephant and a box Howdah for Humpty to ride in. Jay makes animal shapes: he pastes popcorn on a sheep for wool, and adds peggy legs; Next he pastes pieces of pink wettex onto a pig shape and adds peggy legs as well; Finally, he pastes Hessian pieces onto a donkey for hair and adds legs. Through the windows are elephants. The story is 'The Pig in the Pond' by Martin Waddell.

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Episode 22

Elephants - Animal Patterns and Colours

25 mins

Aka s225.2 Alex draws around his thumb and fingers and joins the line at the back. He adds elephant eyes, ears and a tail. Having made three elephants, he paints them purple, gray and yellow, and places them on a piece of string. Justine makes tiger bread, using Vegemite with strips of cheese to form stripes. She makes fluffy bread using cream cheese and covering it with alfalfa. Finally, Justine covers butter with 100's and 1000's for colourful sprinkly bread. Through the windows is a sparkly dress for Jemima. The story is 'Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear?' by Bill Martin Jnr, illustrated by Eric Carle.

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Episode 23

Elephants - Herds

25 mins

Aka s225.3 Karen and Matt make animal stencils, a country airport and a cubby for the toys. Through the windows a tent is put up. The story 'Barry the Baby Elephant' is performed. 'My Dog Bill' animation is shown.

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Episode 24

Elephants - Parades

25 mins

Aka s225.4 Karen decorates a green flag with purple stickers and some tinfoil scraps. Then she finishes a pink flag with 3 orange dots and puts them up for bunting. Matt finishes off a poster of Humpty by adding some woolly hair, some red crepe paper for a bowtie, and spots for his tummy. The flags and bunting decorate an area for a parade, with toys on floats, and the large elephant from Monday. The spectators (the toys) are in place to watch the parade. Through the windows are shoe shops. The story 'The Tug Boat' is performed.

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Episode 25

Elephants - Washing

25 mins

Aka s225.5 Justine and Alex dress Jim and Jemima in paper clothes. Alex makes a paper plate caterpillar, snail and elephant. Through the windows a t-shirt is decorated. The story is 'Five Mess Babies' by Nicola Smee.

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Episode 26

What's Next? - Airports

25 mins

Aka series226 ep1. 'Old MacDonald' animation is shown. Through the windows is an airport. The story is 'Dogger' by Shirley Hughes.

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Episode 27

What's Next? - Getting Ready

25 mins

Aka s226.2 Through the windows a clown puts on make up. The story is 'Kiss Kiss' by Margaret Wild.

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Episode 28

What's Next? - LifeCycles

25 mins

Aka s226.3 Karen and Alex paint butterflies and make butterfly bags. Through the windows children are collected from pre-school. 'Bags' animation is shown. The story is 'The Best Picnic Ever' by Clare Jarrett.

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Episode 29

What's Next? - Meal Time

25 mins

Aka s226.4 Karen and Alex make paper plate fortune cookies and noodles. Through the windows is Yum Cha. The story 'Little Bear Duguld' is performed.

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Episode 30

What's Next? - Bodies

25 mins

Aka s226.5 Simon draws around Leah to form a large outline on paper. He then adds facial features and paints on a dress which he decorates with material. Leah does the same, using an outline of Simon. Simon makes a monkey by adding facial features to a monkey cardboard cutout. He threads the wool through two straws and attaches with tape, the straw pieces to the monkeys hands. Then, Simon pulls the pieces of wool alternately and the monkey climbs up the wool. Through the windows is a dog walker. The story 'The Farmer in the Dell' is performed.

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Episode 31

Rabbits - Peter Rabbit

25 mins

Aka series227 ep1. Brooke and Simon make animals from planter pots and watering cans. Through the windows people are living on a boat. The story is 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Beatrix Potter.

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Episode 32

Rabbits - Ears

25 mins

Aka s227.2 Sofya, Brooke and Jay make rabbit headbands. Through the windows a baby has a massage. 'Soft Kitty' animation is shown. The story is 'The Tale of Tom Kitten' by Beatrix Potter.

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Episode 33

Rabbits - Fur

25 mins

Aka s227.3 Sofya, Brooke and Jay have rabbits visiting and make a sock snowman. Through the windows a playgroup goes ice skating. The story is 'Haircuts for the Woolseys' by Tomie dePaola.

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Episode 34

Rabbits - Carrots

25 mins

Aka 227.4 Brooke and Jay play with the toys in patterned houses. They make a fruit and veggie bunny shake, using bananas for ears. Through the windows children play games. The story is 'The Friends of Apple Street' by Anna Pignataro.

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Episode 35

Rabbits - Miffy

25 mins

Aka 227.5

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Episode 36

Opposites - Up Down On Off

25 mins

Aka series228 ep1. Justine and Rhys make hats from a bowl and colander. 'Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat' animation is shown. Through the windows are hats. The story is 'Henry and Amy' by Stephen Michael King.

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Episode 37

Opposites - In Out Tall Short

25 mins

Aka s228.2 Leah and Jay make box cars for the toys and origami frogs. 'Der Glumph' animation is shown. Through the windows are patterns. The story is 'Hippo has a Hat' by Julia Donaldson.

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Episode 38

Opposites - Big Small Happy Sad

25 mins

Aka s228.3 A pug and St Bernard visit Leah and Jay. The presenters make a paper plate puppet with happy and sad faces, and play with cardboard boats and vehicles. Through the windows are signs. The story is 'Together' by Jane Simmons.

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Episode 39

Opposites - Loud Quiet Light Dark

25 mins

Aka s228.4 Justine and Rhys make paper lanterns and make damper. 'Singing Sheep Choir' animation is shown. Through the windows are lanterns. The story 'Drover Dan' is performed with the toys.

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Episode 40

Opposites - Up Down Over Under

25 mins

Aka s228.5 Karen and Alex look at the monkey calendar, watch sea planes through the windows and tell the story of 'Henny Penny'. 'Jack and Jill' animation is shown.

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Episode 41

Ducks - Swim

25 mins

Aka series229 ep1. Karen and Alex make tennis ball ducks. Through the windows is cycling. 'Three Little Ducks' animation is shown. The story is 'Ebb and Flo and their New Friend' by Jane Simmons.

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Episode 42

Ducks - in the Rain

25 mins

Aka s229.2 Karen and Jay make duck flippers to dress up. Through the windows are feet. 'Old MacDonald had a Farm' animation is shown. The story 'The Interupted Picnic' is performed.

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Episode 43

Ducks - Ponds in the Park

25 mins

Georgie visits the park to see ducks in a pond. Karen and Jay make rice cake biscuits. The story is 'The Egg' by Dick Bruna.

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Episode 44

Ducks - Migrating

25 mins

Aka s229.4 Karen and Andrew make snap cards. Through the windows is a monorail. The story is 'Mouse Finds a Seed' by Nicola Moon.

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Episode 45

Ducks - Poultry

25 mins

Aka s229.5 Karen and Andrew make paper plate chickens. Through the windows is a farm. 'Three Little Ducks' animation is shown. The story is 'Night Ride to Nanna's' by Jenny Koralek.

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