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Go

This week in Play School we explore things that „go‟! This includes human, animal and

mechanical movement.

Each day a „go‟ obstacle course has been developed with a different theme to encourage

creativity as well as gross motor coordination.

Young children‟s ability to physically move and manoeuvre around their environment

increases with age, practice and awareness. For some children physical movement may be

limited due to a disability. It is important to be encouraging and accepting of children as

they learn to „go‟ about their surroundings.

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Monday

PRESENTERS

Andrew McFarlane – Karen Pang

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Toddle Waddle by Julia Donaldson and Nick

Sharratt, Macmillan Children‟s Books, UK

FILM

Look What I Can Do!

(Play School, ABC)

ANIMATION

Der Glumph

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Visit an art gallery and look at all the

wonderful paintings.

Go out to the backyard, playground or a

park and draw or make a list of the things

that you see moving.

Play a guessing game! Find pictures of

animals, objects or machines in storybooks

or old magazines and then pretend to

move like these animals, objects or

machines. Ask a friend or family member to

guess who or what you are by watching

you move.

SONGS

Painting a Picture

Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost

Publisher: Origin

Down in the Valley Where Nobody Goes

Composer: Traditional

Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

Heads and Shoulders



Chicken Talk

Composers: David Butts, Atoine Demarest &

Bruce Thorburn (Hooley Dooleys)

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

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MAKE AND DO

How to Paint a Picture to Music

You will need:

Large pieces of paper, such as

butcher‟s paper

Different coloured paint

Paint brushes

Music

Large plastic containers you can fit your

feet into

This activity can get messy, so you might like to

paint outside and keep a bucket of warm,

soapy water and some old towels on hand to

clean up afterwards.

Ask an adult to play different types of music

while you paint. Paint in time to the music –

paint quickly to fast music and slowly to slow

music etc. Stop painting when the music stops!

First, try painting with paint brushes. Then, try

using your fingers and hands.

Fill some large plastic containers with paint and

put some paper on the ground. Dip your feet

into the paint and use them to paint a picture

to music. Be careful it‟s slippery!

How to Make a ‘Go’ Course

You will need:

Anything you can use to run around,

crawl under or roll on to make an

obstacle course. For example, chairs,

tables, bean bags, buckets, cushions, a

mattress etc.

Find a large space to build your obstacle

course in, such as a backyard or a large room.

Place your items a short distance apart and

have fun moving in different ways from one

object to another.

Try walking, crawling, rolling and jumping.

Ready, set go!

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Tuesday

PRESENTERS

Luke Carroll – Teo Gebert

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Handa’s Surprise

Author & Illustrator: Eileen Browne

Publisher: Walker Books, Australia

FILM

Josie’s Ferry Ride

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Go on a treasure hunt in your backyard or

a play ground.

Make a delicious fruit salad or fruit kebab.

Play a “What‟s Missing?” game with a

friend. Collect a few different objects, such

as toys, fruits and vegetables and line them

up in a row. One person has to close their

eyes while the other takes one of the

objects away. The person with their eyes

closed has to look at all the objects and

guess what‟s missing. Take turns guessing!

SONGS

I am the King

Composer: Ron Gamack

Publisher: Control

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Composers: Molly & Geoffrey Russell-Smith

Publisher: EMI

I’m a Pirate

Composer: Sean O‟Boyle

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/Mushroom

Big Adventure

Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting

Publisher: Origin/Control/ABC Music Publishing

Walking Through the Jungle

Composer: Max Lambert

Watermelon


Publisher: Origin/Control

Rock the Boat

Composers: W. Fine & J. Irwig

Publisher: Warner Bros. Music Australia

Walking in the City

Composers: Ann North & Martin Welsey-Smith

Publishers: ABC Music Publishing

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MAKE AND DO

How to Play Musical Dress Ups

You will need:

A basket full of dress up clothes. These

might include a coat or a striped t-shirt,

a scarf, a pirate hat, a plastic crown or

cardboard crown, a towel or material

cloak for a king, a straw hat for a

scarecrow etc.

Music

Ask an adult to play some music. Try to get

dressed up as a pirate, king, scarecrow or any

character you like (depending on what dress

up clothes you have) as quickly as possible,

before the music stops.

How to Make Banana and Pineapple Tropical

Ice Blocks

Quantities depend on the size of your moulds

and the number of ice blocks made.

You will need:

Pineapple chunks (fresh or canned)

Coconut cream

Bananas

A drizzle of honey

Yoghurt

A blender

Ice block moulds

Mix all the ingredients together in the blender.

Pour the mixture into moulds and place in

freezer for 2 -4 hours, until iceblocks have set.

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Wednesday

PRESENTERS

Andrew McFarlane – Teo Gebert

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

The Tortoise and the Hare

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Visiting Friends

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make some tortoises from egg cartons and

coloured paper or cardboard.

Make a tortoise shell from a laundry basket

and two lengths of elastic, threaded from

one end of the basket to the other like the

arm straps on a backpack.

Pretend to be different animals, such as an

animal that moves slowly, like a tortoise,

and an animal that moves very fast, like a

leopard.

SONGS

Two Little Tortoises



One Foot in Front of the Other

Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost

Publisher: Origin

Run a Little

Composers: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorn

Publisher: The Willis Music Co.

Rig-a-Jig-Jig



Let Me See You Do the Monkey

Composer: Genevieve Jereb

Publisher: Gellybean Records

Wheels On the Bus

Text: Traditional


Oomba Baroomba

Composer: Peter Charlton


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MAKE AND DO

How to Make Spoon Puppets

You will need:

Plastic spoons in different colours

Marker

Wool in different colours for hair

Tape

Safety scissors

Felt

Rubber bands or hair ties

Pipe cleaners

Draw a face on the back of a plastic spoon.

Attach some wool hair with tape.

Use scissors to cut a small rectangle of coloured felt. Fold the rectangle in half and cut a

small slit in the middle. Push the spoon through the slit and tie a rubber band or a hair tie

around the middle to keep the felt in place. These are your spoon puppet‟s clothes!

Twist some pipe cleaner arms around your spoon puppet.

Make a few spoon puppets with different colours and features and put on a puppet show!

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Thursday

PRESENTERS

Luke Carroll – Karen Pang

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

Beryl’s Birthday Party for Bill

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Airport

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make a cardboard box plane for your toys.

Have a surprise party for a friend or relative

Make a bouncy ball go course! Line up

some witches hats or buckets and try to

bounce a bouncy ball around them.

SONGS

Making a Hat

Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage


Cleaning

Composers: M. Sullivan & C. Adams

It’s My Birthday Today



Zoom

Composers: Peter Charlton & Paul Reade

Driving in My Car



Climbing Up the Rainbow


Publisher: Origin

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Box Mouse, Computer,

Keyboard and Printer

You will need:

A small box for a mouse

A large square box for a computer

A large, thin rectangular box for a

keyboard

A large rectangular box for a printer

Sticker dots

Coloured markers, crayons and pencils

Safety scissors

Paper

To make a mouse, stick two sticker dots on one

end of a small box for buttons to click on.

To make a computer, draw a screen on a

large, square box. Draw a picture on your

computer screen with markers, crayons and

pencils. Add some sticker dot buttons to turn

the computer on and off!

To make a keyboard, stick lots of sticker dots to

a large, thin rectangular box for keys. Draw

numbers and letters on the sticker dots with a

marker.

To make a printer, cut a slot in one side of a

large rectangular box. Add some sticker dots

for buttons. Draw some pictures on pieces of

paper and feed them through the slot, to

watch your printer “printing”.

How to Go on a Plane Ride

You will need:

Some seats or large blocks to sit on

Find a large room or space to create your

plane in.

Place one seat or box at the front of the plane

for the pilot to sit in. Make rows of seats or

blocks behind the pilot‟s seat for the

passengers.

Go on a plane ride with your friends or toys,

taking turns to be the pilot and passengers.

Use your box computer for pretend play at the

airport check in counter.

Don‟t forget your luggage and passports!

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make Party Decorations

A Party Hoop

You will need:

A hula hoop

Different coloured crepe paper

Tie or loop different coloured strips of crepe paper around the hula hoop. Hang up the hoop

as a colourful decoration.

A Party Hat

You will need:

Firm paper or cardboard

Tape

Things to decorate your hat with, such as stickers, patty pans, glittery paper, markers,

crepe paper etc.

Paste

Roll the paper or cardboard into a cone shape that fits your head. Tape the sides firmly.

Now decorate your hat with anything you wish!

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Friday

PRESENTERS

Abi Tucker – Teo Gebert

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

ANIMATION

Rosie’s Walk

Author & Illustrator: Pat Hutchens

Publisher: Weston Woods/Scholastic USA

FILM

Family Go to a Wildlife Park

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Visit a farm.

Take a bike or scooter to a park.

SONGS

Driving in My Car



Yee Ha Yoo Hoo Yipee

Composers: John Kane & Mark Walmsley


Bikeling

Composer: Jay Laga‟aia


Scoot On My Scooter

Composers: Peter Dasent, Arthur Baysting

& Justine Clarke


La Bamba



Old MacDonald Had a Farm



Shake a Tail Feather

Composers: Otis Hayes, Andrew Williams &

Verlie Rice

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Toy Farm Yard

You will need:

Recycled boxes

Material and towels

Toy farm animals, such as pigs, horses, ducks, cats, dogs, cows etc.

Use the boxes, material and towels to make homes for the animals. For example a hutch for

a chicken, a stable for a horse, a sty for a pig, a blue material pond for a duck and a green

material field for a cow.

Sing “Old McDonald Had a Farm”.

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