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24 Episodes 2021 - 2022
Episode 1
25 mins
Emma and Teo build box pyramids and use a world globe to discover where pyramids can be found. They meet Hamed and Adem, an oud and darbuka player, and play traditional music. Through The Windows we visit extraordinary Egypt.
Episode 2
25 mins
Leah and Kaeng discover Italy and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. They make yummy fruit towers and tell the story of Bella the bell ringer set in a village in Italy. Through The Windows we visit incredible Italy.
Episode 3
25 mins
Michelle and Teo build a crafty rock garden. They learn where Stonehenge can be found on the world globe and the toys build Henny Penny a new home, Cluckington Palace. Through The Windows we visit exciting England.
Episode 4
25 mins
Michelle and Kaeng discover where the Parthenon can be found. They make tzatziki and pita bread and meet George, a bouzouki player, for a dance to 'Zorba The Greek'. Through The Windows we visit glorious Greece.
Episode 5
25 mins
Leah and Nicholas discover where the Taj Mahal can be found. They meet Devinder and Harman, a tumbi and dhol player, to play traditional music and do bhangra dancing. Through The Windows we visit iconic India.
Episode 6
25 mins
Matt and Emma make delicious veggie soup, turning the scraps into compost. We learn how to sort more rubbish to reduce landfill. Through The Windows we see chickens eating food scraps, and collect their eggs to make muffins.
Episode 7
25 mins
Alex and Emma tell the story of a platypus getting food for her babies, and Kiya and Jemima walk amongst the mangroves. Craig Reucassel dials in to talk about ocean oil spills. Through The Windows we see some seahorses.
Episode 8
25 mins
Alex and Abi learn about reusing, recycling and repurposing using Maurice's Marvellous Recycling Machine. Professor Veena Sahajwalla visits to talk about her invention, green steel. Through The Windows we meet some koalas.
Episode 9
25 mins
Alex and Michelle make a green building and tell the story of Buzzy the busy bee. Craig Reucassel joins in for the story of Farmer Jill and her son Jack to explain clean energy. Through The Windows we build a bee hotel.
Episode 10
25 mins
Luke and Michelle make grass seed echidnas and build a laundry landscape of the land and the sunset sky. Clarence shows us seeds and pods from Australian native plants. Through The Windows we learn about bushfood.
Episode 11
25 mins
Eddie joins Emma and Matt in the lab to sort some socks and learn about classification. Eddie also helps Matt make a delicious Greek salad by following a pattern and using a clever step by step algorithm recipe.
Episode 12
25 mins
Eddie joins Abi and Luke in the lab to experiment with balancing different objects, it's all about weight and size. Together, they invent a pattern game with hopping, jumping, spinning and even jazzy hands.
Episode 13
25 mins
Lily joins Rachael and Emma in the lab for a guessing game to estimate how many balls, chickpeas and grains of rice fill up containers. They play another game using dice and numbers to stack the correct number of boxes.
Episode 14
25 mins
Lily joins Matt in the lab for a guessing game called "which one holds more", using measuring jugs to guess which containers hold more liquid. Then Rachael and Matt measure their heads to make some colourful cardboard hats.
Episode 15
25 mins
Join Karen and Kaeng in the lab as they play a shape game exploring squares, circles, and triangles. They also experiment with dividing cake batter into different colours to make a delicious rainbow cake.
Episode 16
25 mins
Emma and Teo introduce the colourful spotty dotty place. They're visited by some camouflaged frog friends, inspiring them to paint animals with sponges and they add red to the 'wiggerly woo line'.
Episode 17
25 mins
Abi and Teo play lots of colourful characters for the story of Caterina's Colourful Clothing Cart. They have a very yellow Wattle Day celebration with the toys, and they add yellow to the 'wiggerly woo line'.
Episode 18
25 mins
Abi and Hunter experiment with mixing colours to make some crafty butterflies. They tell an under the sea story called Finding Bruno and they add blue to the 'wiggely woo line'.
Episode 19
25 mins
Rachael and Hunter paint a with ochre inspired by Pairebeenne/Trawlwoolway artist Lisa Kennedy's 'Spirit Place of Listening'. The toys plant native trees, and Rachael and Hunter add green and brown to the 'wiggely woo line'.
Episode 20
25 mins
Rachael and Matt make Colourful Crescent, with lots of craft characters that live in colourful cardboard houses. Slush journeys to find the pink planet, and Rachael and Matt add rainbow colours to the 'wiggerly woo line'.
Episode 21
45 mins
Emma confuses herself for Matt and vice versa. The cast sing the theme song. Alex reads out the history of Play School from a scroll. Matt and Emma pretend to be dinosaurs. Leah and Alex dress up as monkeys but act like kangaroos. Michelle leads the cast on a quest to find the 'Silliest thing you ever did see'. They are of little help, except for Alex who draws all the threads together. Michelle, Leah and Alex shake their sillies out. Emma and Matt paint a picture with painting implements, which are ever increasing in size. Leah and Michelle mix up nursery rhymes with Humpty. Through the windows Zindzi leads children in being silly. Matt uses a green screen to dance his dancing pants with Leah and Michelle. The presenters tell the story of a magical cafe. The Play School projector shows the 'Ning Nang Nong' animation. Leah leads the singing of the 'Ning Nang Nong' with the help of the toys. The presenters have difficulty taking a selfie due to some silly behaviour from the toys, before singing goodbye.
Episode 22
25 mins
Rachael and Luke have crafty puppets try new foods, enjoy a fresh food picnic in the story and celebrate crunchy-munchy mealtime moments with all the toys. This special reflects what we eat, when we eat and where we eat - supporting children and families to build a lifelong friendship with food and celebrate its vital role in sustaining healthy bodies and happy minds.
Episode 23
145 mins
Ever wondered why the cow jumps over the moon, or where Little Bo Peep's sheep went? Then Play School Nursery Rhyme News Time is for you. With breaking news on nursery rhymes, we take you to the scene of the rhyme. A woman attempting her morning routine is constantly distracted by a mulberry bush, and the urgent need to go round it. Newsreader Kaeng gets to the bottom of the rhyme with Abi. A little lamb has been turned out of a school trying to follow Mary everywhere she goes. Newsreader Teo gets to the bottom of the rhyme with Emma as Mary, and Abi as the Little Lamb. A contrarian gardener shares her secrets on how her garden grows. Newsreader Teo gets to the bottom of the rhyme with Abi as Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.
Episode 24
25 mins
Michelle and Alex explore hover cars, snow, liquid surfaces, rain clouds, parachutes, separating liquids, water, gaseous reactions, sound waves and other science activities.