Play School

Play School: Growing Strong Special

Monday 3 February 9.00am

Join Miah, Teo and Leah and their friends Rhys, Tessa and Isaac to prepare and perform The Growing Strong Show!

With lots to do, everyone works together to help out, with Rhys and Teo making delicious pizza for everyone, Miah and Tessa creating paper flowers for the set, and Leah and Isaac setting up the stage. And you can’t forget about music with Isobel on bass guitar, Luka on the ukelele and Yoshi playing the saxophone!

The Growing Strong Show explores the things that help us to grow strong and feel safe and happy in our own bodies as we grow up. So, please take your seats, The Growing Strong Show is about to begin, and this is a Play School event you will not want to miss!

Production credit: An ABC Original

Play School – Mighty Machines

Monday 24 February 9.00am

Put on your hard hat and grab your high vis vest, it’s time to explore Mighty Machines. Featuring special guest, Australian Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg.

Beep Beep! Mighty Machines are everywhere on Play School! Put on your hard hat and grab your high vis vest, it’s time to explore machines that move, float, fly, dig, mix, clean or build!

Through The Windows we have fun playing with and pretending to be Mighty Machines.

Production credit: An ABC Original.

All Together Special

Wednesday 19 March 9.00am

Available to stream on ABC iview from 7.00am Monday 17

Miah, Zindzi, Michelle, Teo, and Alex are getting ready for a Fun Friendship Party! Come join the celebration of friendship All Together!

Miah, Zindzi, Michelle, Teo, and Alex will explore what it means to be an ally, the importance of including others who’d like to join in, and how we can all share love and kindness.

Working together, they’ll help each other and make sure everyone feels welcomed and included.
With exciting games to play and songs to sing, come join the fun on Play School for a celebration of friendship All Together!

Production credit: An ABC Original

I hope there’s a Rocket Clock!

WHEN I GROW UP

MONDAY 5 MAY 9.00AM

With special guests, Tim Minchin, Adam Goodes and Nate Byrne, Play School’s When I Grow Up explores some of the amazing jobs kids can do when they grow up.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A Fashion Designer making beautiful clothes? A Paramedic flying around in a helicopter taking care of people? A Park Ranger looking after native wildlife?

Step inside the ‘Wondrous Workers Wardrobe’ and imagine anything you want to be!

I’m pretty sure they’ll have the Rocket Clock on the When I Grow Up series!

PLAY SCHOOL: MY PLACE MY HOME

MONDAY 9 JUNE 9.00AM

Teo is off on an adventure all around Australia, sending back parcels and videos that showcase the amazing places he has been and the friends he has made!

From busy cities to incredible islands, Play School’s My Place, My Home explores the beauty and diversity of Australia, the incredible place we call home.

Through The Windows we see breathtaking places from kids across Australia.

PLAY SCHOOL: SCIENCE TIME

MONDAY 4 AUGUST 3.45 pm

Put on your lab coat! It’s time for a new series of Play School’s Science Time!

Join Leah and Teo to learn all about fascinating fossils, brilliant bubbles, magnificent magnets…even wonderful whale blubber!

With help from some very clever friends, Leah and Teo make discoveries and create science experiments that are easy to do and fun for the whole family.

Can we make chalk from something found around the house or garden? Can we make our own fossils? How does the harmonica make sound? Find out in Science Time.

PLAYTIME WITH PETS

MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 9.00 AM

Together we discover what different pets eat, how they communicate, and what makes pets so special to us. The series features curious and cuddly friends, including playful puppies, lovable lizards and marvellous mice!

Playtime With Pets also highlights the responsibility, time and care involved with having a pet. Through The Windows we see the interesting pets found in homes all across Australia.

PLAY SCHOOL: MAKE AND CREATE

MONDAY 3 NOVEMBER 9.00 AM

Join the Play School presenters and their creative friends in the Make & Create Studio as they explore magical ideas and marvellous materials from The Useful Box.

Be inspired by nature to design beautiful creations, experiment with building spectacular structures, recycle and upcycle to invent something new, splash into paper, paint, and fabric for awesome artworks, and even whip up wonderfully tasty treats!

Whatever the materials, this is the perfect crafter- noon for the whole family.