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Series 303: Putting It All Together

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Putting It All Together

Like puzzles, many aspects of a child’s life involves different pieces that are put together to

make the whole. In this series of Play School we explore the idea of parts and whole and

different ways of putting it all together.

There are many parts to routines like getting dressed, having breakfast or getting ready to go

out. Play can involve putting things together - building and constructing with blocks, drawing

a picture or telling a story with toys. Many activities in homes and communities, such as

cooking, gardening, washing, and tidying up, need us to put things together in certain ways

and in a certain order.

Join us throughout this series as we put together recipes, a broom scarecrow, indoor and

outdoor scenes and all sorts of things to play with! We also look through the windows to see

some children making crafty dress ups, being part of a school band, preparing homemade

pizzas, creating cardboard box cars and setting up a lemonade stand!

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Episode 1

PRESENTERS

Alex Papps & Michelle Lim Davidson

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Poppy Cat

Author: Sara Acton

Publisher: Scholastic Press

FILM

Dress Ups

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Create your own farm scene with pillows,

fabric and plastic farm animals. You could

use recycled plastic containers for farm

buildings like a shed or perhaps a water

tank. Can you find something in your

recycling that could be used as a pig pen

or a chicken coop?

Play a guessing game with a friend. Take

turns to make different animal sounds and

guess which animal makes that sound.

Do you have a dog or a cat? Can you

watch carefully and copy the way your

dog or cat moves, or eats or plays?

SONGS

Do You Put Your Hat On?

Composer: Val Donlon & Claire Henderson

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Composer: Geoffrey Russell-Smith & Molly

Russell-Smith

Publisher: EMI Music

If You Want To Know How To Be A Cow

Composer: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage

Publisher: Origin/Control

Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty

Composer: Traditional


Come To The Party

Composer: George Dewey

Publisher: A&C Black

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Scarecrow

You will need:

A broom

Long cardboard cylinder

Bucket with sand

An old shirt

A paper plate

Large buttons

Marker pen

An old, floppy hat

Masking tape

Make a hole half way along the cardboard cylinder big enough for the broom handle.

Slide the broom handle through the hole.

Place the broom handle end into bucket filled with sand.

Place the shirt over the cardboard cylinder arms.

Stick buttons on to the paper plate and draw on a mouth to create a face.

Tape the face onto the straw broom.

Place hat on top of broom and your scarecrow is ready!

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Episode 2

PRESENTERS

Leah Vandenberg and Teo Gerbert

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

The Moon Party

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

School Band

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Use some small plastic containers as boats

in the bath.

Place some small stones in an empty pizza

box, close the box and tape it around all

sides so it is sealed. Gently shake the box to

create the sounds of waves at the sea.

Look out the window before you go to bed.

Can you see the moon? What shape is it?

SONGS

Flutter Flutter Butterfly

Composer: Lesley Lees

Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

Walking In The City

Composer: Ann North & Martin Wesley-Smith

Publisher: Control

Hey There Shaky, Shaky

Composer: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Murray

Cook & Greg Page

Publisher: Wiggly Tunes

Only A Paper Moon

Composer: Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg &

Billy Rose

Publisher: Warner/Chappell

Here Is The Sea

Composer: John Fox


By The Light Of the Silvery Moon

Composer: Gus Edwards & Edward Madden

Publisher: Public Domain in Australia

Twinkle Twinkle



A-Jump

Composer: Traditional /Louise Wood

Publisher: Chambers Harrap Publishing

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make Hand Print Caterpillar and

Butterfly

You will need:

Large piece of black card

An assortment of coloured paint

Plastic plates to hold paint

Apron

Place finger tips in paint.

Carefully place your finger tips down on the

card to create two rows of dots.

Create a fist and dip into one colour of paint.

Do the same with the other hand.

Make a fist with your hand and place one fist

down after the other to create a series of

round shapes all the way to the rows of dots.

This makes a caterpillar with two feelers.

Cover both your hands with paint and place

them down on to the paper with the wrists

together.

Carefully remove hands to see a butterfly

print.

How to Make Tap Shoes For Your Toys

You will need:

Assorted lids from jars

Masking tape

Elastic hair ties

Take a piece of tape and pass it through the

hair tie.

Attach hair tie to the lid.

Put the jar lid tap shoes onto toy’s feet and

they can tap dance away!

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Episode 3

PRESENTERS

Rachael Coopes and Alex Papps

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

The Man Who Loved Boxes

Author: Stephen Michael King

Publisher: Scholastic Press

FILM

Making Pizza

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make a sand cake in the garden or at the

beach using sand and water and decorate

with gumnuts or shells.

Find some cardboard boxes and put them

together to make a cardboard box tower.

Ask if you can use a kitchen timer to find

out how long it takes to clean your teeth

and get dressed in the morning.

SONGS

Stir Up The Pudding



Skip To My Lou



Build It Up

Composer: Peter Charlton


Friends All Together



There Is Someone Who Is Hiding

Composer: Henrietta Clark


Man Man Mangia

Composer: Rosemary Sheldon &

Pauline Mitchell


Heel and Toe Polka



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MAKE AND DO

How to Make Crown Biscuits

You will need:

Mixing bowls

Wooden spoon

Rolling pin

Plastic knife

Cookie cutters

Baking paper

125g unsalted butter

80g castor sugar

115g self raising flour

100g plain flour

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Glace cherries

Small jelly beans

Place butter and sugar into a mixing bowl.

Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy and add the vanilla.

Sift the plain flour and self raising flour into a separate mixing bowl.

Add the flour mixture to the creamed butter, sugar and vanilla.

Mix the ingredients together to form firm dough.

Tip the dough out onto a floured board or clean surface and roll it flat will rolling pin.

Use a plastic knife to cut crown shapes. You can make other shapes with cookie cutters or a cup.

Place shapes onto a greased or lined baking tray and decorate with glace cherries and small

jelly beans ‘jewels’.

Bake in a moderate oven for 20 mins or until golden.

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Episode 4

PRESENTERS

Teo Gebert & Michelle Lim Davidson

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

The Robot Who Lost Her Yes Button

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Box Cars

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Can you create a robot from boxes and

other recycled materials? You could use

masking tape to put the pieces together.

Take a walk in your neighbourhood with a

parent or carer. Can you see any buses,

trains, or big machines?

Make a box car! Add some paper plate

wheels and a steering wheel to a large

empty box. Take a drive around the house

or garden in your box car – vroom vroom!

SONGS

What Shall We Do?

Composer: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard


We Are All Stamping



Upsy Down Town



Clickety Clack

Composer: Jay Laga’aia


They’re Digging A Hole In The Road

Composer: J. Holdstock & J. Pitts

Publisher: Permagon Press

Driving In The Car



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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Cardboard Box City

You will need:

Cardboard boxes

Pieces of paper

Masking tape or paste

Coloured pencils or crayons

Pillows

Fabric

Draw pictures of a city across pieces of paper.

The paper should be big enough to cover one

side of each of your boxes.

You can draw buildings, houses, a road, a river

and the sky.

Attach your drawings to the side of the boxes

with masking tape or paste.

Arrange the boxes to form a box city.

Stack the pictures of the sky at the top, the

pictures of the buildings in the middle and the

road and river on the bottom.

Create surrounding hills and parks using pillows

and fabric.

How to Make Button Accessories

You will need:

Different coloured buttons

Pieces of wool

Tie a knot in one end of a piece of wool.

Thread buttons onto wool.

Once all buttons you’d like to use have been

threaded, tie a knot in the other end of the

wool.

Tie both ends together to make a circle.

Use different lengths of wool to create a

bracelet, necklace or a headband!

Wear them yourself, or make accessories for

your toys!

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Episode 5

PRESENTERS

Leah Vandenberg and Alex Papps

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

First Flight

Author: David Miller

Publisher: Working Title Press

FILM

Lemonade Stand

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Squeeze some lemons and add the juice

and some sugar to make some lemonade.

Go for a walk in the bush or park with a

parent or carer and look for native birds.

Can you see a cockatoo or a rainbow

lorikeet?

Ask someone to help you make something

else that flies – a paper aeroplane!

SONGS

Come On And...

Composer: Louie Suthers

Publisher: Control

Do The Cockatoo



Sh-Sh-Sugar Glider

Composer: Don Spence & Allan Casswell

Publisher: MCA Gilbey

Build It Up

Composer: Peter Charlton


The Gumtree Family

Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting

Publisher: Origin

Little Red Wagon



Poss’ Avere Un Gelato

Composer: Rosemary Nicotina & Pauline

Gummer

Publisher: Control

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Scratchy Painting

You will need:

Assorted paints

Plastic plates to hold paint

Large rectangular piece of heavy

paper

Old comb or comb shape made from

cardboard

Drop globs of paint of different colours at one

end of the paper.

Use the comb to scrape the paint from one

end to the other.

This will leave scratch patterns and a mixed

colour pattern in the paint.

How to Make Rubber Glove Cockatoos

You will need:

White and yellow rubber gloves

Black marker pen

Stretchy hair elastics

Place hand in rubber glove.

Add two more gloves as wings with hair elastic

around the wrist.

Use black marker pen to add eyes.

Pinch your index finger and thumb together to

form a beak and use your other fingers as the

cockatoo crest.

Do the cockatoo!

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