Episode list

Teo and Zindzi meet a Possum named Blossom and her baby joey in the Play School Animal Sanctuary. Ben explains how the possum eats, sleeps and builds nests. Teo and Zindzi dress up as different animals. They make crafty marsupials. It is eleven o'clock on the Hickory Dickory clock with a koala underneath. The crafty marsupials are used to create a "Story Salad". Through the diamond window is Christian and his horse Daisy. The presenters sing 'Old Macdonald' with Slush, Sam and Daisy, with each animal singing in a different style: opera, scatting and yodeling.

Animal expert Ben is in the Animal Sanctuary with a beautiful Blue Winged Kookaburra, to show Emma and Kaeng how kookaburras communicate and eat. It is four o'clock on the Hickory Dickory clock, with a nest of speckled eggs underneath. Emma reads 'Chirp' by Mary Murphy. Kaeng makes a nest for three little feather bird chicks, and sings 'I have made a little nest'. He makes a mother bird out of a paper plate. The mother bird collects pipe cleaner worms. Maralma demonstrates how she paints her totem animal the emu. Through the round window we meet Emmett and his blue budgerigar Jerry. Kaeng goes bird spotting with Jemima, trying to find a bowerbird. They find Emma pretending to be a lyrebird, white ibis and finally a bowerbird.

Miah and Matt meet two slithery snakes with Ben in the Play School Animal Sanctuary. Miah paints a snake skin design onto cardboard with a rolling pin covered with holey paper. She cuts the cardboard into a spiral to make a green tree snake. It is eight o'clock on the Hickory Dickory Clock with a chameleon underneath. Both presenters explore reptiles and how they use camouflage with a 'Story Salad' followed by a fun musical number with Charlie the chameleon. Miah and Matt dress up in blue and pink clothes to camouflage against coloured towels. Through the square window Mariah introduces her pet central bearded dragon. Maurice has a dress-up party at the 'Reptile Theme Park'. Maurice is dressed as a crocodile, Little Ted is a frilled neck lizard and Humpty dresses as a turtle. Everyone sings 'Snappy Birthday' to Maurice and share a crocodile themed birthday cake.

Animal expert Ben Dessen is in the Play School Animal Sanctuary with tadpoles and frogs. Rachael makes three little speckled frogs out of cardboard cylinders. It is half past two on the Hickory Dickory Clock with a trophy underneath. Matt and Rachel tells a story about "Grumpy-No-Jumpy the Toad" using the speckled frogs and other puppets. Matt and Rachael make delicious edible Green Frogs using fruit. Through the arched window Logan shows his pet frogs and axolotls. Matt has a small pedal bin decorated as a frog. Rachael feeds Barry the Bin Frog some sock 'flies'. The presenters eat their fruit frog.

Michelle and Kaeng meet Ben's goldfish, Siamese fighting fish and saltwater clown fish in the Play School Animal Sanctuary. Michelle and Kaeng take turns dressing up as fish and guessing which fish they are. It is five o'clock on the Hickory Dickory Clock with an emu, kangaroo and crocodile underneath. Michelle reads 'The River' by Sally Morgan and illustrated by Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr. They make craft fish kites to fly at the Fun Fishy Festival'. Through the diamond window Henry picks some pet fish for his fish tank. Big Ted, Kiya and Joey fly the fish kites at the Fun Fishy Festival. Michelle and Kaeng sing 'Hip Hip Hooray', while flying the kites.

Australia's most iconic performers and entertainers perform special renditions of a song, story, skit or nursery rhyme.

What will the Play School Get-Set-Go Mobile be today? Beep-beep, a car. Rachael and Kaeng explore road transport, take a ride on their scooters, and have a big race at the Play School Car Racetrack. They paint patterns using the wheels of a toy bicycle, motorcycle, motor trike, tractor and digger. It is half past ten on the Train Clock with diggers on the carriage. Rachael reads 'Roadworks' by Sally Sutton and illustrated by Brian Lovelock. Through the round window there are different road vehicles.

What will the Play School Get-Set-Go Mobile be today? Choo-choo, a train. Rachael and Teo make a colourful cargo veggie train with capsicums and cucumbers and tell the story of Slush's Shop Train. Through the square window there are different types of trains. It is one o'clock on the train clock with vegetable in baskets on the train carriage. Teo reads 'The Shop Train' by Josie Wowolla Boyle and illustrated by Paul Seden. Rachael and Teo sing 'Morningtown Ride'.

What will the Play School Get-Set-Go Mobile be today? Whoosh, a plane. Michelle and Alex take a ride up in the air. Humpty makes his way through the airport. They make a mobile with flying transport including hot air balloon, helicopter, seaplane, blimp, aeroplane and rocket. Through the arched window are different ways of flying. It is nine o'clock on the train clock with a helicopter on board. Alex and Michelle tell the story of the Annual Aussie Animal Air Show with the toys. The presenters make a balloon rocket.

What will the Play School Get-Set-Go Mobile be today? Splash, a boat. Emma and Alex make craft sponge boats then have fun at the beach with Kiya and Jemima on their surfboards and paddleboards. It is three o'clock on the train clock with a school bag on board. Alex tells the story 'On the Way to School' by Vikki Conley, and illustrated by Lucia Masciullo. Through the diamond window there are different boats and aquatic vessels.

What will the Play School Get-Set-Go Mobile be today? Toot-toot, a taxi. Emma rides a scooter and Teo rides a bicycle, then they both try stilts and space hoppers. It is seven o'clock on the train clock with a camel on the back of the train. They use Alice the camel and a desert setting to tell a Story Salad about wind, popcorn and a cape. Teo dresses up as a camel and they sing 'Teo the camel has three humps'. They play with a craft-made carnival. Through the round window there are lots of fun rides. Daisy, Henny Penny and Scrap have a wagon ride, before the Get-Set-Go Mobile Taxi takes them on the long ride home.

Michelle and Kaeng make baby dinosaur puppets, then explore the Creature Carousel in the Play School Dino Museum. Through the square window we go on a dino egg hunt. Michelle and Kaeng dress as dinosaurs and roar like a T-Rex. They sing 'Long Ago'. It is six o'clock on the train clock with two eggs underneath. They tell the story of Tui the Triceratops and her twins. Michelle and Kaeng have a cuddle with all the toys and sing 'It's so nice to have a cuddle'.

Rachael and Matt make a giant T-Rex using cardboard boxes and spin the Creature Carousel. It is five o'clock on the train clock with a seagull and towel on a deck chair, on the back of the train. Matt reads 'Return of the Dinosaurs' by Bronwyn Houston. Rachael sings 'Dino Stomp'. Through the arched window we take a trip to the museum with Zara who is on a quest to discover dinosaur bones with Tim the paleontologist. The toys join them for a slide show with an overhead projector in the Play School Dino Museum. Rachael and Matt sing 'If You're Happy and you Know it'.

Michelle and Rachael make a flippyosaurus and flappyosaurus. It is eleven o'clock on the train clock with snowy mountains on the back. The flippyosaurus and flappyosaurus are used to tell the 'Long "Tail" of the Dino Ice Skating Festival'. Rachael and Michelle look at ice age creatures on the Creature Carousel and sing 'Long Ago'. Through the diamond window Matt sings 'Stomp, Soar, Swish'. Michelle, Rachael and the toys get dressed up to dance at the Dino Disco.

Loren and Matt are joined by Tim the paleontologist to explore fascinating fossils. They make crafty clay fossils prints by imprinting leaves, pine cones, hands and feet into the clay. Tim shows a tooth fossil. There are Australian dinosaurs and mega-fauna on the Creature Carousel. Loren, Matt and Tim sing 'Long Ago'. Through the round window children Chris and Lana discover dinosaur trees including the Wollemia Pine. Jake the archaeologist helps them on the nature trail. The presenters help Kiya and Little Ted go on a dino dig where they discover a 'Daisyosaurus'. It is two o'clock on the train clock with a cheese sandwich on the back of the train. Matt reads 'Frankie and the Fossil' by Jess McGeachin. Loren and Matt put on dinosaur tails and sing 'Down at the Disco where the Dinosaurs Meet' (to the tune of 'Down in the Jungle').

Abi, Kaeng and Tim the paleontologist explore swimming and soaring prehistoric reptiles, completing puzzles of a plesiosaur and pterosaur. Through the square window we meet some prehistoric puppets. It is half past eight on the train clock with dinosaur footprints on the back of the train. Big Ted and Maurice use the Find-A-Saurus' to identify a mysterious creature, in the story. Abi makes a plesiosaur hat. Abi and Kaeng dress as plesiosaurs and sing 'I like to Swim'. Tim and Kaeng look at the creature carousel. The presenters sing 'Long Ago'.

It's night-time at Play School and Rachael and Abi play a game of dress-ups as they get ready for bed. We make night lanterns using a paper bag and a paper cup. It is four o'clock on the rocket clock, with a pile of books on a table, inside. In the story, Big Ted is there to help Maurice and Little Ted as they have trouble going to sleep in our told story. Through the arched window we see families at night-time having dinner, reading bedtime stories and getting ready for bed. Abi and Rachael sing 'Rock a Bye a Bear'.

Rachael and Alex explore nocturnal creatures who rely on the dark. We make a glow worm garden and explore bioluminescence. Two very special guests join Alex as we meet Ravi the bird handler and his friend Diva the Barn Owl. Through the diamond window we see creatures that glow in the dark and other nocturnal native animals moving about at night. It is half-past three on the rocket clock with a teddy bear in bed, inside. Joey listens as Alex reads 'It's Time All Possums Went to Bed' by Jacqui Halpin and illustrated by Gavin Scott. Humpty and Little Ted go spotlighting and listen out for animal sounds before they spot them in the dark.

Michele and Alex make tasty overnight bircher muesli ready for the morning. They tell the story of Big Ted's Big Bread Bakery. Michelle looks at the globe of the world and explains how day changes to night. and explore the different types of jobs people do in the city at night. It is eight o'clock on the rocket clock, with a city at night inside. Alex reads 'Who is Awake at Night?' by Katie Ring and illustrated by Clodagh Crowe. Through The round window we see many people out and about doing important night-time work while we sleep. Big Ted delivers breakfast pizza to the toys, before going to bed after baking through the night. Michelle and Alex eat their muesli.

Astronomer and Wiradjuri woman Kirsten joins Abi and Kaeng to explore the sky at night. We look at the different phases of the moon and explore why we only see the stars at night-time. Kirsten introduces us to constellations. It is ten o'clock on the rocket clock, with a kerosene lamp inside. The story is the 'Dark Emu Expedition', where Kiya and Jemima take a road trip to the desert to find the 'emu in the sky' constellation. Kaeng paints a sunrise and sunset with squirty bottles. Through the square window we see the amazing phenomenon of Aurora Australis and some astronauts in space. Abi and Kaeng dress as astronauts to explore the moon.

Michelle and Matt make a shadow puppet theatre and some frog puppets for a show. It is twelve o'clock on the rocket clock, with chopsticks and noodles inside. In the story, Michelle and Joey go on an evening adventure on the light rail to the moonlight cinema. Michelle dresses up as 'Tracy the tradie' and Matt is 'Tradie Trev', as they set up for the 'Festival of Lights'. Through the arch window we see noodle markets, carnivals and festivals at night. Matt and Michelle take the toys on a nighttime treasure hunt to see the different light displays before they watch the fireworks and sing 'Hip Hip Hooray'.

Aka S363E4. Alex and Abi try to play a violin in the Play School sound studio. They tune a ukulele, then Abi plays guitar, and they both sing in harmony. It's nine o'clock on the Rocket Clock with a paper plane made from sheet music inside. Abi reads the story 'Violin and Cello' by Catherine Greer, illustrated by Joanna Bartel and music composed by Alexander Lau. Alex demonstrates how to play a cello. Alex plays 'The Swan' while Abi dances with a feather boa. Abi and Alex play 'Twinkle Twinkle' and 'Incy Wincy' on water bottle chimes filled with water. Through the diamond window the Pierce Brothers sing 'There's a Bear in There'. Abi and Alex help Kiya and Dan use their voices to call the animals in for dinner on the farm. Abi and Alex sing 'Make One Wonderful Song'.

Aka S363E2. Michelle and Nicholas make a song with the help of a metronome. Through the round window Diver City perform with the help of DJ Dad's equipment and Big Ted. They perform 'Down in the Valley' adding a rap in the middle. Nicholas pretends to be a 'Rhythm Robot'. Michelle and Nicholas help Kiya and Little Ted go for a sound search in the city. It's three o'clock on the rocket clock with a kalimba, a vibraslap and a tambourine stick. The story is about Allegro the famous sound explorer. Nicholas acts as Allegro, while Michelle helps bush animals play different percussion instruments. Michelle and Nicholas sing 'Everybody Do This', using different rhythms.

Aka S363E3. Miah and Matt play instruments in the Play School sound studio. Miah plays a recorder loud and quiet. Matt looks for a quiet instrument to play and settles on leaves brushing on paper. Miah looks for something loud and settles on a gong. Miah makes a kazoo with a comb and Matt squeaks air out of a balloon. Through the square window The Cat Empire perform 'Let's Play Together'. Miah and Matt use a cajon to make loud and soft noises, which help in a hide and seek game. It's nine o'clock on the rocket clock with a bird whistle inside. Matt and Miah perform the story 'Buzz Fest Abuzz' with the toys, about Kim and Lisa making their way to the Buzz Fest. The presenters sing 'Friends All Together'. They make storm sounds with drums, then sing 'Drip Drop'.

Aka S363E1. Leah plays tambourine, Teo plays triangle and Holly plays drums, keeping different beats. It's one o'clock on the rocket clock with a possum and gum leaves inside. Teo reads 'My Possum Plays the Drums' by Catherine Meatheringham and illustrated by Max Hamilton. Leah makes sounds, while finger painting. Leah and Teo use kitchen utensils to create percussion and sing 'Singing in the Kitchen'. Holly helps Leah and Teo create body percussion. They also do beatboxing. Through the arch window The Pierce Brothers sing 'I am a Fine Musician'. The presenters help Maurice, Jemima and Kiya form a band. They sing 'Let's Play Together'.

Aka S363E5. Matt and Takaya look at a flexatone and a tuba. They are joined by Peter and Roy. Peter plays piano, Roy plays guitar and Matt plays trumpet, while Takaya sings 'Stomp Stomp'. Takaya cuts an apple into a spring, and is joined by Clare playing piano accordion. Clare plays, while Takaya cuts another apple spring. Takaya then pretends his apple is an accordion and sings a song about accordions. It's half past eleven on the Rocket Clock, with schoolbooks and dancing shoes inside. Matt reads 'Frances Dean who loved to Dance and Dance' by Birgitta Sif. Matt and Takaya pretend to play different types of music on a phone and dress up accordingly to match the style. They sing 'Dancing Pants'. Through the diamond window The Cat Empire perform 'Let's Play Together'. Little Ted is forming a band for a music festival. Little Ted plays trumpet, Maurice plays ukulele, Big Ted plays drums, and Humpty plays bells and cymbals. The presenters and musicians sing and play 'Boogie Woogie'.

Leah and Takaya get ready to have fun down at the beach. There's so much to discover. They make a craft rock pool and are later joined by Bucky the Seagull.

Explore under the water with Miah and Michelle when they go snorkeling under the sea. They make craft sea creatures and tell the story of Mermaid Muriel.

Eddie and Teo pack the Beach Buggy with games for a day at the beach enjoying the sea and sand. They go on a shell hunt and tell the story of the Runaway Beach Ball.

There are lots of jobs to do at the beach. Emma and Eddie are joined by special guest Surf Life Savers, Chelsea, Courtney and helpful Nipper Big Ted. They tell the story of Sally's Sunhat Saga and discover jobs at the beach.

Alex and Emma are joined by special guest wildlife scientist Dr. Vanessa who shows us her special diving equipment. Humpty and Little Ted discover sea turtle eggs in the sand and collect rubbish from the beach.

In this Father's Day Special, Andrew and Kaeng help Humpty and his father Humphrey Dumpty to finish a design for a cubby house. Humphrey is an expert designer of walls. Kiya is dressed as an engineer and gives some assistance to the design of the cubby. Hamish arrives, and Humpty asks whether Hamish can make a thank you cake by 'this afternoon'. Hamish and Kaeng begin to make the cake. Through the round window Leora and her brothers Kabeh and Ronnie introduce their family and eat brunch together. Andrew and Kaeng play with some toilet roll dolls who live on a street together with a community garden. Hamish checks how the cake is baking and tries to control his nerves about it not being ready in time. Andrew gets Meeka and Fergus to help with the construction of the cubby house. Scrap and his father Patches help also. Andrew and Kaeng sing 'Here' a House'. Kaeng and Hamish sing 'Singing in the Kitchen'. It's half past one on the rocket clock with carrots inside. Andrew reads 'My Dad' by Susan Quinn, illustrated by Marina Ruiz. Andrew sings 'It's So Nice to Have a Cuddle' with Little Ted. Kaeng and Andrew help the toys to finish building the cubby. Hamish decorates the cake. Kaeng and Andrew decorate the cubby. Humpty takes Humphrey on a ferry ride with Big Ted, as a distraction. Hamish is ready with the toys and the cake to surprise Humphrey. The presenters sing 'Hip Hip Hooray'.