Play School - Season 20 (1985)

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Hats are made from paper plates, margarine containers and other items from the useful box. Noni decorates some hats. The presenters make imaginary hats with their arms. They make damper from flour and water. A "camping trip" with a large beach umbrella used as a tent. The Beach umbrella is later used as a large hat.

Noni and John go on a rowing trip. They take along compact items such as a fold up hat, fold up umbrella, stack of cups, inflatable beach ball. Noni pulls a cord and inflates a raft. They mime a beach ball being blown up. John is a fish, swimming in the water. A plaster of paris snow scene is made, "trees and a match box sled are added. John acts out a story called John's Telephone Call.

Noni and John make a split box animal with three boxes laid out horizontally. These boxes are later mixed up to make crazy animals. Two small turtles visit. Noni dresses up as a turtle with a basket shell and the presenters sing "You Can't Make A Turtle Come Out". A horse is made from a broom, clothes horse and mop with a rig saddle. The horse is in a race with Jemima as a jockey. Noni pretends to be a horse in a stable, which John has to look after.

Noni and John make a puppet theatre from a sombrero with cloth draped from the brim to hide the puppeteer. Crazy hats are made and the presenters sing "Boom Boom". A three piece jigsaw puzzle is completed with each piece matched to an outline on a board. The presenters fly like birds.

Noni and John play a hat game, picking different hats from a basket and stopping when the music stops. Jim and Jemima are dressed as miners and are taken in a trolley down into a mine. Noni tells the story of Red Bird and Brown Bear using a paper tree, nest, river, eggs and birds she made. The toys are put to bed and Noni sings a lullaby.

Noni and Philip make play dough and play dough animals. They dress up as a kangaroo with leaves for ears, and an apron for a pouch. Through the windows there are Australian Animals in Fauna Park. The story is told by the presenters using puppets, about a Lost Joey.

aka ep203.2 Ducks are fed in the studio. Miming being a dog. Diddle, Slush and William the Goat are dressed up. Through the windows there is more dressing up. The story is 'Angus and the Ducks' by Marjorie Flack.

aka ep203.3 All the animals for 'Hey Diddle Diddle' are put on the felt board. The animals are changed about to sing a mixed up version of the song. Abyssinian kittens visit. The Play School pets are fed. A puppet game is played with horse and foal, dog and puppy, and cat and kitten. Through the windows is a horse and foal. The story is 'Angus and the Cat' by Marjorie Flack.

aka S203E4 - Funny animal faces are made from tubes, newspapers and boxes. A "Walking through the jungle" game is played. Giraffe, lion and monkey are mimed. Raisins and fresh fruit are added to yoghurt. Through the windows animals are fed at the zoo. The story is 'The Saggy Baggy Elephant'.

aka ep203.5 A scarecrow is made from a broomstick with a straw stuffed coat, an old hat and carrot nose. Miming a windmill, while singing 'Windmills go round'. Whipped cream and fresh fruit are added to fruity yoghurt. The story is 'The Cow who fell Into the Canal' by Phyllis Krasilovsky. ON LOCATION at farm, Alister shows, feeds and milks a cow. Later he helps separate milk.

Aka 204.1 ep#866 Benita and John build a cardboard box house. A shower is made from a plastic cup with a tin foil bath. Jim is given a shower. John cleans an imaginary car then he and Benita load things into it and 'move house' singing 'Riding in my Car'. Through the windows people are moving house. The story is 'An Evening at Alfie's' by Shirley Hughes.

Aka 204.2 ep#867 Benita and John hang children's pictures of houses. Candle drawings are made of different places where animals live. A cardboard dressing table is made with an alfoil mirror for the cardboard box house. Pipe cleaner coat-hangers are made. John plaits some wool. Through the windows a girl goes with her mother to get a haircut. The 'Bananas in Pyjamas' animation is shown. The story is 'Hairy McLary from Donaldson's Dairy' by Lynley Dodd.

Aka 204.3 ep#869 Benita and John look at the Play School pets. They put the Henry and Henrietta into the mouse house and feed them. They feed Jack and Jill the guinea pigs, Peppino and Peppina the budgies, and Bit and Bot the fish. The presenters imitate pets and do appropriate movements. A crazy path is made, for the cardboard box house, using small pieces of cardboard. A pop stick fence is made also. Through the windows a dog kennel is made. It's half past three on the flower clock and The story is 'The Apple Tree' by Lynley Dodd. The animation 'Jump or Jiggle' is ...

Aka 204.4 ep#869 Benita and John make a kitchen robot using items from the kitchen. Other utensils are used to make music. They sing 'O We Can Play'. A cardboard stove with paper spaghetti cooking on top is added to the cardboard box house. A cardboard fridge full of toy food is made also. Through the windows sausages are being made. The story 'Odd Job Jill' is performed.

Aka 204.5 ep#870 Noni and Philip have a 'sand race' with wet and dry sand. Sand painting is done with dry sand on painted paper. A sand pit is made for the garden of the cardboard box house. The toys' clothes are hung on a washing line outside the house. They sing 'Wet Washing'. Through the windows are baby owls and through another window the construction site for a home. The story is 'The Sand Pit' which is told accompanied with illustrations.

aka ep205.1 Nonsense toys are made from kitchen utensils.

Merridy and Philip play at dressing toys.

Merridy and Philip construct two jungle-bugs.

A nonsense 'Ning Nang Nong' party is held.

Merridy and Philip make a face in orange jelly.

Aka 206.1 ep#876 Everyday this week a montage of boats is shown, while a poem is recited. Benita and Don make a cardboard container ship. They sing 'The Big Ship Sails Through the Alley O'. Containers made from small boxes are loaded onto the ship by a cardboard carton crane. Rope people and tube people with eggshell heads are made. The story is 'Amy's Place' by Marianne Stafford. Through the windows riggers make rope fenders for work boats and small rope dogs.

Aka 206.2 ep#877 Benita and Don make a flag archway. Don makes his own flag from old material. The toys are dressed up to go on a ship made from an upturned table. Benita and Don perform the story 'The Good Ship Starlight' with the toys. Through the windows a Spanish boy rows across a river with his dog to watch a bell maker at work. Benita and Don make a bell mobile and sing 'Shake your Bells and Let them Ring'.

Aka 206.3 ep#878 Alister makes a City Freeway System from blocks. He sings 'Build it up'. Benita and Merridy are in the park, where they feed ducks, make a 'food' boat for the ducks, and do park activities. Pocket bread sandwiches are made for a picnic. The story is 'Pearl's Place' by Bob Graham.

Aka 206.4 ep#879 Benita and Don make finger prints, foot prints and cotton reel tracks in clay. The toys go on a doona sea with slippers, brushes etc used for boats. They sing 'Rolling all around on a Boat on the Sea'. Through the windows model boats are sailed on a pond with a child making a paper boat with their mother then sailing it on the pond. The story is 'The Wonderful Bedmobile' by Achim Broger and Gisela Kalow. They sing 'Zoom'.

Aka 206.5 ep#880 Benita and Don make a harbour in a water tank with cheeseboard wharf and boats made from different household objects. Felt cut-out hen, emu and kiwi bird are shown with their eggs on a felt board. 'Higgledy Piggledy' is sung. Sailors made from eggshells (heads), egg carton and cream lids, are put into the boats and floated in the harbour. Through the windows a montage is shown of things which make distinctive sounds in the city. The story is 'Mindi' by Maureen and Richard Simpson.