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28 Episodes 2022 - 2023
Episode 1
25 mins
Alex and Karen build the 'Great Wall of China' with cardboard boxes and use a world globe to discover where it is found. Karen meets Eric, a chef who teaches us how to make Chinese smacked noodles.
Episode 2
25 mins
Hunter and Emma add the final touches to some Savannah animals and learn where they can be found on a world globe. Hunter is taught the gumboot dance from South Africa by special guest Pepsie.
Episode 3
25 mins
Michelle and Alex discover where sushi and cherry blossoms can be found on a world globe. Alex teaches Michelle a Japanese song about cherry blossoms and Michelle creates some 'beary' cute origami bears.
Episode 4
25 mins
Michelle and Rachael discover where Machu Pichu is found on a world globe. Rachael meets Hansel and Victor, a zampona and a charango player, who play Peruvian music and teach Rachael a dance.
Episode 5
25 mins
Hunter and Luke give homes to their animal creations and use a world globe to discover where they are usually found. Luke makes some chia puddings with some yummy runny maple syrup.
Episode 6
25 mins
Teo and Miah see behind the scenes of a gardening show, filmed by the toys. Miah presents a 'What to Wear' weather report and Teo plays the talented performers on a TV singing competition show.
Episode 7
25 mins
Michelle and Matt discover how fun it is to be behind the scenes of the theatre. They put on a dazzling puppet show, try on funny wigs and rehearse a ballet with the toys.
Episode 8
25 mins
Rachael and Luke have fun exploring the wonderful world of Radio. They record a song, tell a radio news story and hear a ribbet-ing podcast recorded by the toys.
Episode 9
25 mins
Matt and Emma make a stop motion animation using playdough and a tablet. They have fun creating sound effects for a story and use different voices to help the toys sing.
Episode 10
25 mins
Rachael and Kaeng discover what fun can be had on a film set. Kaeng gets into special makeup to play the film's dragon and they're joined by a talented dog named Maple.
Episode 11
25 mins
Miah and Teo are exploring all things big and small within the home. Miah meets Petra the dog and five of her small puppies. In the big Play School pop-up book Teo and Miah find a small bedroom.
Episode 12
25 mins
Luke and Leah are painting flowers and learning about all things big and small in the garden. They cook carrot muffins for a garden picnic. In the big Play School pop-up book, we see a garden with lots of small critters.
Episode 13
25 mins
Miah and Michelle explore all things big and small in the sea. Michelle makes a small sailboat, and races Miah's big tugboat. In the big Play School pop-up book a little boat sails in the big blue sea.
Episode 14
25 mins
Emma and Matt are making big and small buildings for their city. Matt makes a spotty tall giraffe and a little baby giraffe for Play School's city zoo. In the big Play School pop-up book there is a small busy city inside.
Episode 15
25 mins
Luke and Rachael are creating a mural of all things big and small in the outback. Rachael and Scrap go digging for dinosaur bones. In the big Play School pop-up book, there is a small scene in the country.
Episode 16
Teo and Zindzi meet a Possum named Blossom and her baby joey in the Play School Animal Sanctuary. Ben explains how the possum eats, sleeps and builds nests. Teo and Zindzi dress up as different animals. They make crafty marsupials. It is eleven o'clock on the Hickory Dickory clock with a koala underneath. The crafty marsupials are used to create a "Story Salad". Through the diamond window is Christian and his horse Daisy. The presenters sing 'Old Macdonald' with Slush, Sam and Daisy, with each animal singing in a different style: opera, scatting and yodeling.
Episode 17
Animal expert Ben is in the Animal Sanctuary with a beautiful Blue Winged Kookaburra, to show Emma and Kaeng how kookaburras communicate and eat. It is four o'clock on the Hickory Dickory clock, with a nest of speckled eggs underneath. Emma reads 'Chirp' by Mary Murphy. Kaeng makes a nest for three little feather bird chicks, and sings 'I have made a little nest'. He makes a mother bird out of a paper plate. The mother bird collects pipe cleaner worms. Maralma demonstrates how she paints her totem animal the emu. Through the round window we meet Emmett and his blue budgerigar Jerry. Kaeng goes bird spotting with Jemima, trying to find a bowerbird. They find Emma pretending to be a lyrebird, white ibis and finally a bowerbird.
Episode 18
Miah and Matt meet two slithery snakes with Ben in the Play School Animal Sanctuary. Miah paints a snake skin design onto cardboard with a rolling pin covered with holey paper. She cuts the cardboard into a spiral to make a green tree snake. It is eight o'clock on the Hickory Dickory Clock with a chameleon underneath. Both presenters explore reptiles and how they use camouflage with a 'Story Salad' followed by a fun musical number with Charlie the chameleon. Miah and Matt dress up in blue and pink clothes to camouflage against coloured towels. Through the square window Mariah introduces her pet central bearded dragon. Maurice has a dress-up party at the 'Reptile Theme Park'. Maurice is dressed as a crocodile, Little Ted is a frilled neck lizard and Humpty dresses as a turtle. Everyone sings 'Snappy Birthday' to Maurice and share a crocodile themed birthday cake.
Episode 19
Animal expert Ben Dessen is in the Play School Animal Sanctuary with tadpoles and frogs. Rachael makes three little speckled frogs out of cardboard cylinders. It is half past two on the Hickory Dickory Clock with a trophy underneath. Matt and Rachel tells a story about "Grumpy-No-Jumpy the Toad" using the speckled frogs and other puppets. Matt and Rachael make delicious edible Green Frogs using fruit. Through the arched window Logan shows his pet frogs and axolotls. Matt has a small pedal bin decorated as a frog. Rachael feeds Barry the Bin Frog some sock 'flies'. The presenters eat their fruit frog.
Episode 20
Michelle and Kaeng meet Ben's goldfish, Siamese fighting fish and saltwater clown fish in the Play School Animal Sanctuary. Michelle and Kaeng take turns dressing up as fish and guessing which fish they are. It is five o'clock on the Hickory Dickory Clock with an emu, kangaroo and crocodile underneath. Michelle reads 'The River' by Sally Morgan and illustrated by Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr. They make craft fish kites to fly at the Fun Fishy Festival'. Through the diamond window Henry picks some pet fish for his fish tank. Big Ted, Kiya and Joey fly the fish kites at the Fun Fishy Festival. Michelle and Kaeng sing 'Hip Hip Hooray', while flying the kites.
Episode 21
45 mins
Join Michelle, Justine, Matt and all the toys as they get ready for a big street celebration, with Monica, a 5-piece jazz band, tap dancing, dress-ups and all your favourite songs, jazz style. It celebrates community and culminates in the grandest finale Play School has ever seen. Musical appreciation emerges when children have many opportunities to listen to, observe and actively engage in a wide range of music right from the start. From hip-hop to classical, Peruvian pipe music to rhythmical body percussion, Play School has always delighted children around Australia with diverse musical styles and genres. In Play School's Very Jazzy Street Party, we explore one of the most playful and bold genres of them all, JAZZ. Jumping into the world of Jazz is an opportunity for children to build their developing understandings of each fundamental musical element - beat, rhythm, pitch, tempo and timbre. Packed with surprising sounds, improvised syncopated rhythms and dynamic ways to get little bodies moving, Play School's Very Jazzy Street Party will be a special event the whole family will enjoy.
Episode 22
25 mins
Miah (Gadjigal and Bundjalung Woman), Luke (Wiradjuri Man) and Christine (Torres Strait Islander Woman) celebrate National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day. Miah and Luke acknowledge Country, with words and actions created by Aunty Tracey Linn Bostock (Bundjalung). Through The Windows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children share their Country, their language and their hopes and dreams for the future. Christine and Miah sing 'Éverybody Shaking' using Kulap shakers from the Torres Strait. They make their own Kulap shaker using plastic bottle tops. Christine, Miah and Luke sing 'Taba Naba'. Luke reads 'I Want to be a Superhero' by Breanna Humes and Ambelin Kwaymullina. Miah takes Kiya and Dan on an adventure through Noongar Country. They look for bush tucker, which they collect in Kiya's dilly bag. Luke helps a cheeky kookaburra steal the food from the dilly bag. Luckily the toys have set a fish trap and caught a fish, which they wrap in paperbark and cook. Christine, Miah and Luke sing 'Hip Hip Hooray'.
Episode 23
25 mins
OUTSIDE BROADCAST at Calmsley Hill City Farm. Abi and Michelle decorate the barn with Kiya and are joined by the band Perch Creek. The presenters allocate toys to Daisy the Cow, Tippy the Duck and Henny Penny. Abi milks a jersey cow. Michelle feeds a pig. Abi, Michelle and the band take a tractor ride with Daisy, Scrap and Henny Penny. Michelle and Abi have a look at baby ducklings to see how they grow. Through the arched window Molly and Nicholas show us around their farm. We meet all kinds of farm animals, go for a tractor ride and learn about the impacts of the drought. Back at Calmsley Hill, Michelle fills a watering can from the rain water tank to water the veggie patch. Michelle finds Abi pretending to be a scarecrow and they sing 'Dingle Dangle Scarecrow'. Abi feeds the chickens and does some 'Chicken Talk'. She collects the eggs. Michelle dresses Jemima in her boots for the Farmyard Dance Party. Michelle is wearing her tap shoes for the Farmyard Frolic. Abi and Michelle dance along with the band and the toys.
Episode 24
25 mins
It's summertime and the toys are off on a Summer Road Trip. Join Emma, Matt, Kaeng and the bears as they get ready to visit the Play School holiday shack. Excited for the holiday - the journey is always part of the fun.
Episode 25
25 mins
Episode 26
25 mins
Episode 27
25 mins
Zindzi, Emma and Alex are joined by the Art Crew to create and explore art in the Play School art studio.
Episode 28
Australia's most iconic performers and entertainers perform special renditions of a song, story, skit or nursery rhyme.