Episodes (51)

Christmas Special
S05E01 · Christmas Special

Dec 25, 1970

Lorraine and Don sing 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas'. Lorraine looks at the Christmas tree's decorations. They sing about being a wooden doll on a Christmas Tree. Lorraine tells the story of the nativity using wooden figurines. Don sings about baby Jesus in the manger. Through the round window two children deliver presents to their grandmother and eat fruit mince pies. Lorraine, Marianne and Don sing 'Ding Dong Merrily on High'. Marianne sings 'Little Drummer Boy'. Lorraine looks at Christmas cards, which have been sent in to Play School. She has presents for the ...

Keys - Brick Houses
S05E02 · Keys - Brick Houses

Jan 01, 1970

Lorraine and Ken build a house from different shaped boxes. Poem of week is "Key of the Kingdom". Film is of a brick layer building a wall. Lorraine builds a wall with shoe box bricks. She reads the story "Are you my Mother?". Ken mimes being a tree and sings a tree song.

Keys - Marching Bands
S05E03 · Keys - Marching Bands

Jan 01, 1970

Lorraine and Ken build up sounds with different instruments. Ken dresses as a drummer and plays the bass drum and the side drum. Stanley tells the story of "The Stamping Elephant". Film is of drummers. Lorraine dresses as a drum Majorette and she and Ken march and sing.

Keys - Eggs
S05E04 · Keys - Eggs

Jan 01, 1970

The budgies are given a nesting box and Lorraine shows a wild bird's nest. Ken reads the story "Straw for a Nest". Lorraine mentions that other creatures besides birds hatch from eggs. Film is of crocodiles hatching. The visitor is a baby crocodile. Ken talks about crocodiles and Lorraine sings "She sailed away".

Keys - Clockwork Toys
S05E05 · Keys - Clockwork Toys

Jan 01, 1970

Lorraine and Ken look at a variety of keys. Lorraine mimes a clockwork doll. Ken reads the story: "The King, the Mice and the Cheese". Lorraine has built a kingdom for the toys and she dresses up as a Queen. Ken is the King.

Keys - Vegetables
S05E06 · Keys - Vegetables

Jan 01, 1970

Lorraine and Ken plant onions, carrots and potatoes. Stanley tells a Native American story and illustrates it with hand movements. Lorraine uses some potatoes to print with and builds up different pictures with the potato shapes. Ken tries to build a pyramid of potatoes. Lorraine prepares a salad for Stanley and Ken.

Faces - Parts of the Face
S05E07 · Faces - Parts of the Face

Jan 01, 1970

Darlene and Don make a hand puppet. Don sings "Put your Finger on your Nose". He tells a story of himself and his nephew Peter on a walk and he illustrates it with photos. Darlene uses different items to make a variety of sounds. Don joins her with a drum and trumpet. She mimes the conducting of an orchestra. Film is of an orchestra. They dance their puppet to music.

Faces - Hair
S05E08 · Faces - Hair

Jan 01, 1970

Don dresses as a hairdresser and washes and dries Darlene's hair. Film is of animals being beautified and the story is about a vain and dandy lion. Don prepares a party for the toys. Darlene arrives with her freshly set hair. They play and sing a party game.

Faces - Eyes and Spectacles
S05E09 · Faces - Eyes and Spectacles

Jan 01, 1970

The visitors for pets day are a cat and her newly born kittens. Don makes a pair of glasses and plays the finger game "Here are Grandma's Glasses". The story is of a girl with poor eye-sight and the Film is of a maternity hospital. Don and Darlene put the toys to bed and sing them a lullaby.

Faces - Masks and Teeth
S05E10 · Faces - Masks and Teeth

Jan 01, 1970

Darlene and Don use paper plates to make some animal masks. Darlene talks about the growth and care of teeth. Film: Child at the dentist. Don and Darlene show different ways of cleaning teeth. Don reads the story: "Who likes What?". He then matches different foods to each animal mask. Darlene takes Jemima shopping to buy some food.

Faces - Mirros and Shadows
S05E11 · Faces - Mirros and Shadows

Jan 01, 1970

Darlene has a variety of mirrors and shows the use of them. Film: Children at an amusement park "Hall of Mirrors". Don and Darlene set up a screen and lights and make different shadows. Richard Bradshaw uses his shadow puppets to illustrate the story "Mouse, Hippopotamus and Ostrich". The toys act out a shadow play called "The Sad Adventures of Humpty Dumpty".

Episode #5.11
S05E12 · Episode #5.11

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#171 Monday

Episode #5.12
S05E13 · Episode #5.12

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#172 Tuesday

Episode #5.13
S05E14 · Episode #5.13

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#173 Wednesday

Episode #5.14
S05E15 · Episode #5.14

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#174 Thursday

Episode #5.15
S05E16 · Episode #5.15

Jan 01, 1970

Aka #175 Friday

Episode #5.16
S05E17 · Episode #5.16

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#176 Monday

Episode #5.17
S05E18 · Episode #5.17

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#177 Tuesday

Episode #5.18
S05E19 · Episode #5.18

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#178 Wednesday

Episode #5.19
S05E20 · Episode #5.19

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#179 Thursday

Episode #5.20
S05E21 · Episode #5.20

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#180 Friday

Episode #5.21
S05E22 · Episode #5.21

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#181 Monday

Episode #5.22
S05E23 · Episode #5.22

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#182 Tuesday

Episode #5.23
S05E24 · Episode #5.23

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#183 Wednesday

Episode #5.24
S05E25 · Episode #5.24

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#184 Thursday

Episode #5.25
S05E26 · Episode #5.25

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#185 Friday

Baby Animals - Birds
S05E27 · Baby Animals - Birds

Jan 01, 1970

Anne and Don are in the Play School garden. Anne plants some seeds and Don makes a bird feeding box. The story is "The Best Nest" and the Film shows birds feeding in the winter. Anne mentions that birds live in nests but people live in houses. She shows photos of different homes.

Baby Animals - Building Homes
S05E28 · Baby Animals - Building Homes

Jan 01, 1970

Anne and Don do a matching puzzle game. Don dresses in overalls as a builder. Anne uses the felt board to illustrate the story/verse of "The House that Jack Built". Don builds a house from the blocks for the toys. Film shows the assembling and building of a mobile house. Don and Anne sing and recite various songs and rhymes about houses.

Baby Animals - Milk
S05E29 · Baby Animals - Milk

Jan 01, 1970

The mice have some babies. The visitor is a Jersey Cow called Daisy which Don milks in studio. The story is told by a mother with her baby and she shows the bathing and feeding of her son. Film is of babies both human and animal, being carried. Don gives the cow a drink and Anne gives her something to eat.

Baby Animals - Birthdays
S05E30 · Baby Animals - Birthdays

Jan 01, 1970

Anne and Don look at a picture book of animals and their young. Anne reads the story "Ask Mr Bear". Don uses the felt board to recap the story with the different animals and their suggested gifts. He plays a finger game about candles and the Film shows a barbecue birthday party. Anne and Don have a slippery dip in studio and give the toys a slide.

Baby Animals - Farms
S05E31 · Baby Animals - Farms

Jan 01, 1970

Anne and Don cook pop-corn, and Don has a model farm. He explains that most of the food we eat comes from farms. He tells the story of "The Little Red Hen". Anne cooks some sweetcorn and she and Don each eat a cob. Film of farm animals being fed. Anne and Don look at some food from a farm and show bread which has been baked from wheat.

Musicians - Guitarist
S05E32 · Musicians - Guitarist

Jan 01, 1970

Benita and Alister have a guitar which Alister plays. Benita makes a toy guitar from a cake-tin lid and rubber bands. David sings and tells the story of a pop singer "Spud Wallace". Alister plays a record which he and Benita dances to. Film of a dancing puppet. Alister and Benita shake and move like puppets.

Musicians - Violinist
S05E33 · Musicians - Violinist

Jan 01, 1970

Alister dresses in tie and tails. He acts a waiter and then changes roles to become a musician. Alister shows a violin and then plays a double bass. Benita tells the story of "Patrick and the Violin". The violin in the story was magic and so Alister does some magic tricks. Film shows a magician. Alister wears his tails to be a conductor of an orchestra.

Musicians - Flautist
S05E34 · Musicians - Flautist

Jan 01, 1970

Benita tries to play the flute. Don is introduced and he plays the flute while Alister tells the story of "Flutter the Fluter". The visitor for Pets Day is a cockatoo. Film is of a lyrebird. Alister makes two paper birds and Benita gives the cockatoo a biscuit.

Musicians - Bandmen
S05E35 · Musicians - Bandmen

Jan 01, 1970

Benita and Alister have a trombone and a trumpet. Story is of a baby called Trumpet who loves listening to brass bands. Film: A Brass Band. Benita shows the making of a bandman's hat from a piece of thin card and she puts bandsmen's hats on the toys. Alister and Benita mime playing in a band.

Musicians - Percussionist
S05E36 · Musicians - Percussionist

Jan 01, 1970

Alister shows a glockenspiel. He explains that its a percussion instrument and that its played by being hit. He hits a wooden bowl, a metal saucepan and glass bottle to demonstrate the different sounds they make. Film: Percussion Sounds. Story is "Gordon and the Glockenspiel". Benita demonstrates the making of macaroni pictures.

Town and Country - Tractors
S05E37 · Town and Country - Tractors

Jan 01, 1970

Lorraine and Ken make a small Tractor. Film shows the various uses of tractors. Ken reads the story: "The Little Farm". Lorraine dresses as a farmer and she and Ken sing "If I were a farmer". Lorraine sets up a roadside stall and sells fruit, vegetables and diary produce to Ken the customer.

Town and Country - Agricultural Shows
S05E38 · Town and Country - Agricultural Shows

Jan 01, 1970

Today Lorrraine and Ken pretend to visit a "Town Show". Lorraine dresses as a barker at a side-show and Ken dresses as "King Ken the Muscleman". Story is of "Prancer the Carousel Horse". Film shows a variety of horses. Ken has a hoop-la stall and Lorraine tries to win a prize for the toys.

Town and Country - Snakes
S05E39 · Town and Country - Snakes

Jan 01, 1970

Vincent visits Play School and brings with him, a live diamond python. He tells a story of the shedding of snakes' skins. Ken makes a snake from threaded cotton reels. He and Lorraine play a game of "Snakes and ladders". Film: Bush Animals. Lorraine mimes a kookaburra's laugh.

Town and Country - Shopping
S05E40 · Town and Country - Shopping

Jan 01, 1970

Lorraine paints a picture of the country and Ken does a painting of the city. Lorraine builds a city with the blocks and she and Ken push toy cars through the city streets. Lorraine tells a story of George Mouse who visits the city. Lorraine and Ken pretend to be in a department store. Film: Shopping in Town.

Town and Country - Pies
S05E41 · Town and Country - Pies

Jan 01, 1970

Lorraine and Ken make a fresh fruit salad. Lorraine reads the story: "Plum Pie" and Ken makes an apple pie. Film shows the growing, picking, packing and selling of fruit. Ken and Lorraine use the toys to play and sing "Oranges and Lemons". Ken takes his apple pie from the oven. Lorraine and Ken sing some pie songs and then start to eat the apple pie.

Episode #5.41
S05E42 · Episode #5.41

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#201 Monday

Episode #5.42
S05E43 · Episode #5.42

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#202 Tuesday

Episode #5.43
S05E44 · Episode #5.43

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#203 Wednesday

Episode #5.44
S05E45 · Episode #5.44

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#204 Thursday

Episode #5.45
S05E46 · Episode #5.45

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#205 Friday

Episode #5.46
S05E47 · Episode #5.46

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#206 Monday

Episode #5.47
S05E48 · Episode #5.47

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#207 Tuesday

Episode #5.48
S05E49 · Episode #5.48

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#208 Wednesday

Episode #5.49
S05E50 · Episode #5.49

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#209 Thursday

Episode #5.50
S05E51 · Episode #5.50

Jan 01, 1970

Aka ep#210 Friday

About

Play School Season 5 (1970) is released on Dec 25, 1970 and the latest season 245 of Play School is released in 2008. Watch Play School online - the English Family TV series from Australia. Play School is directed by Mark Barnard,Ian Munro,Julie Money,Henrietta Clark and created by Mark Barnard with Benita Collings and Alister Smart.

As know as:

Vui Chơi Cùng Bé, Play School

Countries:

Australia

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Australian Broadcasting Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Official Site:

ABC iView

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