Play School

- Season 99

(2005)

Angela and Colin make a 'bush habitat' out of a doona draped over blocks and a blue sheet for a running creek. Angela makes an echidna. Colin digs like the echidna, jumps like the kangaroo and runs like the possum. Angela and Colin play the 'Pick-A-Pocket' game. Cards are hidden in the pockets of clothing on a hat stand. The presenters take turns to choose a card and hop, jump or wriggle according to the picture on the card.

Angela and David cut paper butterflies, dip them in a container of water, then drip paint from a paintbrush onto them. Angela tie-dyes fabric. David shows the colours of the toys clothes. David and Angela play an animal movement with a large cardboard box with different animal pictures on each side. Don presents the story of The Baby Platypus. Angela, David and Jemima dress up as butterflies with pipecleaner antennae and tie-dye cloth wings.

Shot on location at the AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PARK, Gosford, NSW. The presenters show us a statue of a frill-neck lizard. Angela introduces Eric the crocodile, small turtles, various snakes, a blue tongue lizard and a baby crocodile. Angela and Colin go for a walk in the bush. The presenters act out the story of The Crocodile Hunt in the playground. Glenn and Colin sing about dingoes. The presenters enjoy a picnic and ask questions about the types of food different animals enjoy and which animals are covered in feathers, fur or fins.

Angela and David show white, black, yellow and red sand, then use the sand to make a stripey sand castle. They make a wavy stripey sand jar by pouring dry sand of each colour into a jar then pressing down with a stick to create a wavy pattern. David shows posters of native animals. There are two pictures of the same house, one during the day and one at night. Characters are added to each picture to show who sleeps at night and who sleeps during the day. The presenters create sand pictures of a shark, turtle and snake by drawing outlines with glue on paper, then ...

Angela and Colin undress Banana and wash his pyjamas and hang them on on a clothes line. The presenters experiment to see how many drops of water from an eye-dropper fit onto a five cent piece. Angela creates the 'Silly Animal Book' by cutting in half pictures of a duck, a wombat and a kangaroo, then mixing and matching the top and bottom sections of their bodies. Colin paddles in a box-canoe around the wetlands to go bird watching.