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Australia Special
S22E01 · Australia Special

May 27, 1987

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Ciao/Food - Pizzas and Containers
S22E02 · Ciao/Food - Pizzas and Containers

Mar 02, 1987

Aka 216.1 ep#926 The song of the week is 'Ciao. Buongiorno!' sung to the tune of 'Frere Jacques'. Benita, Philip and Anna-Maria make pizza with dough, mozzarella, tomatoes, pepperoni, olives and anchovies. They make take-away pizza boxes with paper plates stapled together. Through the windows customers order and eat spaghetti at an open-air restaurant. Anna-Maria reads 'Dov'e Spotty?', the Italian translation of 'Where's Spot' by Eric Hill. The presenters eat their pizza at an 'open-air restaurant', singing 'Mmm...buono!'.

Ciao/Food - Eggs and Flags
S22E03 · Ciao/Food - Eggs and Flags

Mar 03, 1987

Aka 216.2 ep#927 Benita and Lloyd make people puppets from empty egg shells. They make green eggs from hard-boiled eggs, parsley, olive oil, garlic and pimento. Two flip-books are made: One shows a flag going up a pole; the other shows a bird flying up in the air. They wave streamers and sing 'Here is a streamer' ('Trumpet Song'). Through the windows there is flag throwing at an Italian festival. The story is 'Old Giovanni and the Green Egg' told with the egg puppets: Giovanni, Caterina, a rooster, a hen, a duck, a turkey and an emu.

Ciao/Food - Panini, Vegetables and Animals
S22E04 · Ciao/Food - Panini, Vegetables and Animals

Mar 04, 1987

Aka 216.3 ep#928 Benita, Anna-Maria and Philip make a mural of a park scene with cut-out paper chains of people and animals. They make panini: bread rolls stuffed with lettuce, carrot, tomato, onions and capsicum. Through the windows animals are being fed at the zoo. Philip sings 'I like dogs'. It's seven o'clock on the flower clock, with flowers underneath. Anna-Maria reads the book 'Spotty va a Spasso': the Italian translation of 'Spot's First Walk' by Eric Hill. Philip adds some flying elephants to the park mural and goes for a walk, singing 'Everybody Do This'. ...

Ciao/Food - Pasta, Hats and Festa
S22E05 · Ciao/Food - Pasta, Hats and Festa

Mar 05, 1987

Aka 216.4 ep#929 Benita and John make hats from paper and plastic containers. They improvise an Italian festa with mock spaghetti, pizza and gelato. Through the windows there is an Italian festa. The story is an animated version of the book 'Strega Nonna: an old tale' retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.

Ciao/Food - Gelato, Shops and Fruit
S22E06 · Ciao/Food - Gelato, Shops and Fruit

Mar 06, 1987

Aka 216.5 ep#930 John presses some bottle tops to make coins. He sings 'We are all Shopping (Stamping)' as he visits a variety of shops run by Benita: a newsagent, a delicatessen, a bookshop and a florist. Fruit juice is made in a blender: watermelon juice and rock melon juice. A huge gelato is made with tissue paper of different colours. Through the windows orange gelato is made at an Italian gelateria. The story is 'Mr Patelli's Shop' by Ann Reay, with fold out illustrations from the BBC book 'Play School Stories'.

Rocks and Earth - Rocks for Play Activities
S22E07 · Rocks and Earth - Rocks for Play Activities

Mar 09, 1987

Aka 217.1 ep#931 The poem of the week is 'There are Rocks That are Big' by Robin McKellar. Benita and Philip put rocks in plastic containers to make shakers. They sing 'Jump, jump, jump'. A rock people picture is made in a dirt tray. A train is made from an egg carton with plastic punnet and foil box carriages. Gravel and plastic animals are loaded into the train, with 'I'm a Train' and 'Train is a-coming' sung. Train 'bits' are then made into a digging machine to construct a gravel road. Through the windows digging machines are at work at Darling Harbour in Sydney. ...

Rocks and Earth - Rock Properties from Different Environments
S22E08 · Rocks and Earth - Rock Properties from Different Environments

Mar 10, 1987

Aka 217.2 ep#932 Benita and Philip play a guessing game with the toys dressed up for various outings, guessing what clothing is inappropriate. Pasta jewellery is dyed and made. River rocks are put in water to see how they change colour and texture. Special rocks are chosen. Through the windows there is a gemstone cutter. The story is 'Acorns and Stew' by Ruth Orbach.

Rocks and Earth - Outback and Different Animals
S22E09 · Rocks and Earth - Outback and Different Animals

Mar 11, 1987

Aka 217.3 ep#933 Benita and Philip use rock paint powder made from sandstone rocks. Hills are painted in a collage of an outback scene with dried gum leaves, clover flowers and twigs. There is an echidna visiting the studio. The presenters look at its nose, claws and watch the echidna burrow in a dirt tray. Bubble blowing is done with a straw and a bubble pipe. Through the windows there is a platypus burrowing, swimming and eating. The story of the 'The Drought' is told.

Rocks and Earth - Different Shapes
S22E10 · Rocks and Earth - Different Shapes

Mar 12, 1987

Aka 217.4 ep#934 Merridy and Alister set up a miniature Japanese garden in a baking dish using sand, twigs, leaves etc. An arched bridge is made from a long leaf. Patterns are made in paint from different shaped leaves and rocks. Merridy and Alister show what is in their pockets. Through the windows a mother and baby walk about in a garden. The story is 'Scruff' by Gerald Rose.

Rocks and Earth - What is in Soil?
S22E11 · Rocks and Earth - What is in Soil?

Mar 13, 1987

Aka 217.5 ep#935 Merridy and Alister pull carrots from the soil in a planter box. The carrots are cut into different shapes, as well as other vegetables. Worms are added to the moist soil. They mime planting a tree. The story 'Springtime on the Farm' is told. Through the windows a tractor is at work on a small farm.

Holes - Holes Everywhere
S22E12 · Holes - Holes Everywhere

Apr 27, 1987

Aka 218.1 ep#936 Benita and John spin hoops. Holes are torn in folded paper to make multiple holes. Paper t-shirts are made by tearing holes in newspaper. Through the windows milk is bottled in a dairy. The story is 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle.

Holes - Fun with Holes
S22E13 · Holes - Fun with Holes

Apr 28, 1987

Aka 218.2 ep#937 Benita and John build a wall with cardboard boxes and leave a hole for a window. A finger play is done with holes. The holes on the calendar are looked at. They dress up in clothes to match the weather. A guessing game is played using cut out figures from nursery rhymes and holes for the presenters' heads. Through the windows is a school fete. The story of 'Herbert Humpletoff's Party' is performed.

Holes - Shadows
S22E14 · Holes - Shadows

Apr 29, 1987

Aka 218.3 ep#938 Musician Haruko visits and plays a Japanese Koto. Jenny and Philip play a shadow guessing game by putting objects behind a rice paper screen. A wombat and a wombat burrow hole are made from clay. Wooden animals are put behind the shadow screen. Through the windows a glassmaker makes a glass fish. The story is 'One Egg, Two Eggs' by Yoshiko Yokochi.

Holes - Buildings
S22E15 · Holes - Buildings

Apr 30, 1987

Aka 218.4 ep#939 Benita and John put together a wooden puzzle of a house. The doors on the calendar are opened. John pretends to be a house for Little Ted. Honeycomb is looked at and put on bread. Through the windows there are bees and honeycomb. The story is 'Mike Mulligan and His SteamShovel' by Virginia Lee Burton.

Holes - Paper
S22E16 · Holes - Paper

May 01, 1987

Aka 218.5 ep#940 Jenny and Philip make a collage from various paper bits, and a paper tiger chase takes place. They choose objects to make a cup of tea. The toys have a tea party with paper 'milkshakes'. Through the windows a shadow play is performed using an overhead projector. The story is 'Hairy MacLary Scattercat' by Lynley Dodd.

Doors - Bells, Biscuits and Grandmas
S22E17 · Doors - Bells, Biscuits and Grandmas

May 11, 1987

Aka 219.1 ep#941 The door animation is shown each day this week. Benita and George make refrigerator cookies. A wooden box becomes 'Dora' with doorknockers and a doorbell. They play 'Knock-knock. Who's There?'. Faces are put on the biscuits. A pillow becomes a grandmother. Through the windows there is a grandmother and a baby. The story is 'The Doorbell Rang' by Pat Hutchins.

Doors - Houses and Babies
S22E18 · Doors - Houses and Babies

May 12, 1987

Aka 219.2 ep#942 Benita and George open the windows of a house to reveal a baby picture. Benita makes a peg and handkerchief baby. The toys go camping in the Outback with a hammock and tent. Painting is done on perspex and colours mixed to make new ones. Through the windows there is Irish dancing. The story is 'Jane's Quest'.

Doors - Gardens and Animals
S22E19 · Doors - Gardens and Animals

May 13, 1987

Aka 219.3 ep#943 Merridy and Alister look at frogs in a tank. They make clay animals for a game of matching homes. A cupboard house, with plaster of Paris roof, is painted. A garden is made for the house. The house becomes a farm house beside the clay animals. Through the windows is a city garden. The story is 'The Garden' by Arnold Lobel.

Doors - City and Country
S22E20 · Doors - City and Country

May 14, 1987

Aka 919.4 ep#944 Benita and George play games with a door. George sings 'Johnny works with One Hammer'. Pictures of doors are opened to reveal likely and unlikely things. There is a collage picture of a farm and farm animals. Through the windows there are farmers using gates. The story of 'The Quiet Day' is performed.

Doors - French, Cities and Sickness
S22E21 · Doors - French, Cities and Sickness

May 15, 1987

Aka 219.5 ep#945 Merridy and George use paper puppets to act out and sing 'Jack and Jill' in French. The toys are in hospital. George makes a get-well card for the toys. Paris is built using blocks and boxes, and stained glass windows are added to Notre Dame. Through the windows someone is shopping using French language. The story is 'Madeline' by Ludwig Bemelmans.

Paper - Paint
S22E22 · Paper - Paint

Aug 10, 1987

Aka 220.1 ep#946 The song of the week is 'If All the World Were Paper'. Noni and Philip make a house with paper walls for Big Ted and Maurice. Chairs are made with shoe boxes. The house is painted with stripes then decorated with coloured streamers. Streamers are thrown over the calendar. Rainbows are painted on t-shirts in fabric paint. Through the windows children are at home painting. The story is 'The Kinder Hat' by Morag Loh.

Paper - Newspapers and Breakfast
S22E23 · Paper - Newspapers and Breakfast

Aug 11, 1987

Aka 220.2 ep#947 Merridy and George tear holes in newspaper to make simple jigsaw puzzles. Torn strips of newspaper are used as a wig for Little Ted, and a doily dress is made for Ted to become a princess. The story of 'There was a Princess Long Ago' is performed and sung. Through the windows a family is having breakfast. A 'newspaper' is made from pictures torn from old newspapers and the presenters sing 'Looking in the Paper'.

Paper - Paper at Weddings
S22E24 · Paper - Paper at Weddings

Aug 12, 1987

Aka 220.3 ep#948 Merridy and George play pin the tail on the donkey. A newspaper hat is made for Humpty, and a tissue paper hat for Hamble. A wedding is held with Jemima as bride and Little Ted as groom. The presenters mime taking photos. Through the windows is the wedding of Prince Andrew and Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson. The story is 'When Willy Went to the Wedding' by Judith Kerr.

Paper - Music and Paper Instruments
S22E25 · Paper - Music and Paper Instruments

Aug 13, 1987

Aka 220.4 ep#949 Alister and George join Warren at the piano to sing 'There's a Bear in There'. They sing more songs using different instruments. They make a paper trumpet, pot-lid cymbals, paper and comb mouth organ, and biscuit tin drum. A small present is given which has a Jack-in-the-box inside. George uses his tap shoes to sing 'Walking in the City'. The story is 'Mr Magnolia' by Quentin Blake.

Paper - Different Types of Paper
S22E26 · Paper - Different Types of Paper

Aug 14, 1987

Aka 220.5 ep#950 Noni and Philip make a 'pig'-sun using circles of different types and sizes of paper. A mobile with a circle caterpillar is made. A bear and cat are hung up for decoration. A control panel is made with paper cups, plates, streamers and ribbons. The story is 'Teddy's Ear' by Niki Daly.

Communication - Body Language and Emotions
S22E27 · Communication - Body Language and Emotions

Oct 26, 1987

Aka 221.1 ep#951 Benita and Philip make half-mask paper plate faces with different expressions. They mime different activities. Maurice the bear is introduced. A monkey and baby are made from an old pair of socks. Through the windows a baby has a bath. The story is 'Caps for Sale' by Esphyr Slobodkina.

Communication - Identification
S22E28 · Communication - Identification

Oct 27, 1987

Aka 221.2 ep#952 Benita and Philip play a name-the-missing-toy game. Philip mimes being a vacuum cleaner, a television and a washing machine. Benita makes paper washing for a small clothes line. Through the windows a car is washed. The story is 'Are You My Mother?' by P.D. Eastman.

Communication - Books
S22E29 · Communication - Books

Oct 28, 1987

Aka 221.3 ep#953 Benita and John make a 'feely' book with textural materials: tree bark, grass and raw wool. They make another book with folded and stapled paper, sketching bees on each page. They act out nursery rhymes within the covers of a book made from a large cardboard box. They mime activities in a library. Through the windows there is a library and through another window a zoo. The story of 'The Lion Who Forgot How to Roar' is acted out.

Communication - Signs and Letters
S22E30 · Communication - Signs and Letters

Oct 29, 1987

Aka 221.4 ep#954 Benita makes a dice from a box, and she recites the poem 'One Two Buckle My Shoe'. Benita and Alister roll the dice in a plastic container to play a board game with different modes of transport on the board. They sing 'Alley Alley O'. The toys go on a bus journey. Lisa receives a letter. The story is 'A Letter to Amy' by Ezra Jack Keats. Through the windows people take a ferry and bus trip. The 'Hats' animation is shown. They make party hats out of a cardboard cone and a saucepan, singing 'Where Did You Get That Hat?'. Lisa celebrates her birthday ...

Communication - Sounds and the Beach
S22E31 · Communication - Sounds and the Beach

Oct 30, 1987

Aka 221.5 ep#955 Benita and John record their voices on a tape recorder, changing the speed for different effect. The calendar reveals a drawing of Warren. Benita and John join Warren at the piano to sing 'If You're Happy and You Know It', while recording the song onto the tape recorder. The story is told using felt pieces about a cat at night, and 'Sailor Sue'. They make a boat out of a baby bath, and an island for the toys. Through the windows people are at the beach. Benita and John pretend to make sandcastles at the beach.

Cats - Creative Cats
S22E32 · Cats - Creative Cats

Nov 16, 1987

Aka 222.1 ep#956 'The Black Cat' animation is shown each day this week. Philip and George use a large cardboard box to make a robot. A smaller box is added as a hat. Then the hat is made into a caterpillar and the robot is changed into a dancing cat. An old straw hat and blanket are used for a bed for Diddle. A story is told by drawing a continuous line which ends up looking like a cat. Through the windows is the Victorian Art Gallery. The story is 'Fur' by Jan Mark.

Cats: Habits
S22E33 · Cats: Habits

Nov 17, 1987

Aka 222.2 ep#957 Philip and George make a vegetable jelly. A black cardboard cat is attached to some string, and is animated on the pages of a simply made book called 'The Adventures of a Cat'. Through the windows are fairy penguins. The story is 'When We Went to the Park' by Shirley Hughes.

Cats - Kittens and Beds
S22E34 · Cats - Kittens and Beds

Nov 18, 1987

Aka 222.3 ep#958 Benita and George make bunk beds out of shoe boxes and cardboard rolls. Calico covers for the beds are decorated with painted stripes. Burmese cats and kittens visit. The toys are put to bed in the bunk beds, with stripey covers. Through the windows children visit the dentist. Benita sings 'Brush, Brush, Brush'. The story is 'John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat' by Jenny Wagner.

Cats - Patterns and Presents
S22E35 · Cats - Patterns and Presents

Nov 19, 1987

Aka 222.4 ep#959 Noni and George paint patterns on a mural and use them for jungle cats: a tiger, a leopard and a panther. They blow up balloons, singing 'Blow up a Balloon' and draw a cat's face on a balloon. The story is 'From Gran' by Rod Campbell.

Cats - Friday
S22E36 · Cats - Friday

Nov 20, 1987

Aka 222.5 ep#960 Noni and George make mosaics using white and brown clay. A clay family is made adding wood shavings, feathers and pieces of pine cones for features. The McClay family then go fishing. Dog, cat and baby paper plate faces are pegged on a line for game, 'Which One is Missing?'. Through the windows Philip has his make-up done. The story of 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' is told.

TV - Producing the Image
S22E37 · TV - Producing the Image

Nov 23, 1987

Aka ep1.1 Noni and John make a vegetable soup with potatoes, capsicum, carrot and celery. John sings 'One Potato, Two Potato', then Noni boils the water and adds the vegetables. John uses the vegetable scraps to print red and green paint onto paper. An animation is shown of a person watching a bear on television. Noni sings 'On TV'. John explores different shot sizes with the studio camera, first showing his feet and then having the camera operator Bronwyn zoom out. John and Brownwyn play a game where Brownyn has to find John with the camera while he moves in and out ...

TV - Animation and Make-Up
S22E38 · TV - Animation and Make-Up

Nov 24, 1987

Aka ep1.2 Noni and John animate 'Jack and Jill' figures up and down a slit hill. 'Five Little Ducks' is shown as a pull-through story in a shoe box. John watches himself on a VCR. Noni makes-up John as a scarecrow. She then 'makes-up' paper plate face. Through the windows is the Glenelg tram ride. The story is 'Two Shoes, New Shoes' by Shirley Hughes.

TV - Different Images and Continuity
S22E39 · TV - Different Images and Continuity

Nov 25, 1987

Aka ep1.3 Benita and George look at Bit and Bot the fish. Benita puts paper scales on a paper fish, staples two fish together and stuffs to make a two dimensional image. George adds scales to a clay fish. Benita cuts out a folded paper bear to make five bears. Through the windows an 'E-flex' vision mixer flips, squeezes and multiplies an image of Big Ted. The story of 'Alexandra's Day' is told. With the aid of Warren, Benita and the toys, George comperes a Play School Talent Quest.

TV - Sound and Vision
S22E40 · TV - Sound and Vision

Nov 26, 1987

Aka 1.4 Benita covers familiar objects and Philip identifies them. Benita uses them to make noises. Benita acts out a television play, using a bicycle bell, spoons, papers, a hooter and a thunder board. Through the windows a potter throws a vase. The story is 'Noisy' by Shirley Hughes.

TV - Bringing the Remote to the Living Room
S22E41 · TV - Bringing the Remote to the Living Room

Nov 27, 1987

Aka 1.5 Jenny and Alister make a 'Whirler'. Alister is a gondolier in an upturned table. Venice is recreated using egg cartons and macaroni over a water tray. Toothpaste box gondolas float up and down the canals. Through the windows there is footage of Venice. The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is acted out.

About

Play School Season 22 (1987) is released on May 27, 1987 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 John Hamblin.

As know as:

Vui Chơi Cùng Bé, Play School

Countries:

Australia

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Australian Broadcasting Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

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