Machines · 2019. 10. 18. · Machines are devices designed to make work easier. We look at machines in the home, machines we see when we are out and about and simple machines that

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Series 287: Machines

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Machines

Young children are wide eyed and curious about the world around them. They are eager to

understand how things work. Like scientists they observe, touch and manipulate objects. They

formulate ideas and hypotheses and test their theories in processes of exploration and discovery. In

this series of Play School we explore machines. Machines are devices designed to make work

easier. We look at machines in the home, machines we see when we are out and about and

simple machines that can be made from recycled and household materials. We hope this series of

Play School provides lots of interesting opportunities for playing, making and finding out more

about machines.

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Episode 1

PRESENTERS

Andrew McFarlane – Zindzi Okenyo

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Dig Dig Digging

Author: Margaret Mayo

Illustrator: Alex Ayliffe

Walker Books

FILM

Broken Hill Quarry

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Watch the big machines in your

neighbourhood. Have you seen a digger, a

garbage truck or a tractor?

Make a cape for dressing up from a brightly

coloured towel or an old tablecloth.

Stretch yourself as tall as you can go and

ask someone to measure you with a tape

measure. How tall are you?

SONGS

Bikeling

Composer: Jay Laga’aia

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

Wheels On The Bus

Composer: Traditional

Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

Dressing Up

Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage

Publisher: Origin/Control

I Like Swimming

Composers: Phil Barton, Ben O’Hara & Kristy

Gentz

Publisher: Larrikin/ABC Music Publishing

I Jump Out Of Bed In The Morning

Composers: Traditional


Johnny Works With One Hammer



We’re Going Up

Composer: Ron Gamack


Let’s Play Together

Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting


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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Lifter and Shifter

You will need:

A long cardboard tube

A long piece of string, about twice the length of the cardboard tube

A cotton reel, slightly larger than the diameter of the cardboard tube, as pictured above

A pipe cleaner

Masking tape

A clothes peg

Thread a piece of string through a long cardboard tube.

Take a cotton reel, slightly larger than the diameter of the cardboard tube, and thread a pipe

cleaner through the middle.

Attach the cotton reel to the cardboard tube by taping either end of the pipe cleaner to the tube,

as pictured above.

Pull the string over the cotton reel.

Attach a clothes peg to the end of the string and tie it on to hold.

Use your lifter and shifter to pick up and move small objects around your play building site.

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Episode 2

PRESENTERS

Luke Carroll – Zindzi Okenyo

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

Jemima’s Mystery Box

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Street Machines

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Wash some socks in a bowl of warm sudsy

water, rinse them out in clean water and

peg them out to dry on a little clothes line.

Make your own puzzle. Cut a large picture

from an old magazine. Stick it on to

cardboard. Cut it into pieces and then put

it back together again.

Pour some water into different shaped

recycled containers. Place them in the

freezer. When they are frozen, place them

in a large plastic trough and play with small

plastic animals or figures in your icy

“Antarctic” world.

SONGS

Let’s Twist Again

Composer: Kal Mann & Dave Appell

Publisher: Warner Chappell

Garbage Man Song

Composer: Valerie Ann Donlon


Washing Machine

Composer: John Shortis

Publisher: Unpublished

Wet Washing

Composer: Liz Olsen


Blow Up A Balloon

Composers: Lucille Wood & Roberta

McLaughlin

Publisher: Chambers Harrap Publishing

Bikeling

Composer: Jay Laga’aia


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MAKE AND DO

How to Make Balloon Message Whizzer

You will need:

Two curtain rings

Net bag

Large straw

Balloons

Small piece of paper

Pencil

Masking tape

String

Pegs

Thread two curtain rings through top of a net bag, as pictured.

Attach a straw to the two curtain rings with tape.

Thread a long piece of string through the straw.

Blow up a balloon, tie it off with a peg and put it in the net bag.

Draw a picture or write a message on the piece of paper and place in the net bag.

Tie each end of the string to a post or something secure.

Count down and then undo the peg and watch the Balloon Message Whizzer fly through the air to

deliver your message.

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How to Make Orange Freezies

You will need:

3 -4 oranges

Orange squeezer

Jug

Ice cream machine

Place the ice cream machine bowl into the freezer to become icy cold.

Cut the oranges in half and use the orange squeezer to make orange juice.

Remove the remaining flesh from the oranges and set the orange cavities aside for later.

Pour the orange juice into the ice cream machine bowl when it is icy cold and switch on.

Spoon frozen mixture into the orange cavities and serve.

Store any remaining orange freezie mixture in a plastic container in the freezer.

Note: 3 to 4 large oranges will yield approximately 2 cups of orange juice.

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Episode 3

PRESENTERS

Justine Clarke – Sofya Gollan – Alex Papps

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

The Girl Who Loved Wellies

Written & Illustrated by Zehra Hicks

Macmillan Children’s Books 2012

FILM

Car Assembly Line

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make sandwiches using all sorts of different

bread - round, square, rolled up.

Create your own robot friend from

cardboard boxes.

Put on gum boots and jump in puddles.

SONGS

Robot

Composers: Vanessa Johnston & Karina

Johnston

Publisher: Jingle Jam Pty. Ltd.

New Shoe Laces

Composer: Adrian Bell

Publisher: Unpublished

The Mixing Song

Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting

Publisher: Origin

How Much Further

Composer: Colin Buchanan

Publisher: Rondor

Playing Ball

Composer: Edna G Buttolph

Publisher: Willis Music Company

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Pachoonga

You will need:

Cardboard tube

Two large hair elastics

Wooden spoon

Scrunched up recycled paper

Place hair elastics around cardboard tube so that they cross over.

Thread large wooden spoon between the elastics and the tube.

Place scrunched up paper in the end of the spoon and pull the spoon gently away from the tube

and release.

Pachoonga! Watch your paper ball fly through the air!

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Episode 4

PRESENTERS

Justine Clarke – Alex Papps

PIANIST & GUEST PERFORMER

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

Farmer Brown’s New Cow

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Cheese Making

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Visit a junk shop or trash and treasure

market to see all sorts of bits and pieces for

making, creating or inventing.

Make your own workshop by sorting out

recycling materials that you could up-cycle

into new machines and creations.

Visit a shop that sells clocks to see all the

different sorts of clocks.

SONGS

Inventor’s Song

Composer: Mark Barnard & Peter Dasent


I’m A Clock

Composer: Satis Coleman & Alice Thorn

Publisher: Music Sales Australia

My Body Makes Music (Mi Cuerpo)



Stir Up The Pudding



What Can A Cow Do But Moo?

Composer: Peter Gosling & Michael Cole

Publisher: Stickysongs

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make Spanakopita

You will need:

A bunch of fresh spinach, cooked and finely chopped

or 1/4 packet frozen spinach, thawed

50 g feta cheese

100 g ricotta cheese

1 egg

1 green shallot, finely chopped

Nutmeg

3 sheets filo pastry

3 tablespoons melted butter

Preheat oven to 180 C.

Squeeze spinach gently to remove excess liquid and place in bowl.

Add crumbled feta cheese, ricotta cheese, beaten egg, shallots and grated nutmeg.

Stir gently to combine.

Place one sheet of filo pastry on a chopping board and brush with melted butter. Lay another two

more pastry sheets on top, brushing with melted butter each time.

Spoon the cheesy spinach mix along the edge of the filo pastry. Fold the pastry over the mixture

and roll to create a sausage shape. Gently coil the pastry roll round and round to form a spiral.

Place the spanakopita on a greased oven tray using a large spatula.

Brush lightly with a little more melted butter and bake for approximately 20 mins, or until lightly

browned.

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How to Make a Tinger and Dinger

You will need:

Length of hat elastic, about 30cm

long

Rubber band

Mini Colander

Pencil

Cotton reel

Three jar lids

Three lengths of string, about 15 cm

each

Masking tape

Small cardboard box

Single hole punch

To make the Dinger –

Tie each end of the length of hat elastic to a rubber band, and fit the rubber band over the base

of the mini colander.

Make a winder for the Dinger by pushing a pencil through the cotton reel.

To make the Tingers –

Attach lids to string with masking tape. Tape the strings to the top of the inside of the box, allowing

the lids to dangle.

Use the pencil or a single hole punch to make a hole in the top of the box.

Thread the hat elastic on the Dinger through the hole, from the inside of the box to the outside.

Pull the elastic loop up and place the winder through the loop at the top of the box.

Wind the winder pencil handle round and round, making the elastic tighter and tighter.

Then release and listen as the Tinger and Dinger tings and dings and tings and dings until it stops. A

musical instrument complete!

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Episode 5

PRESENTERS

Justine Clarke – Andrew McFarlane

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car

Written & illustrated by John Burningham

Red Fox Books

FILM

Callaghan Goes to the Library

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make your own mobile phone from a small

cardboard box.

Find out what the weather will be like in

your local area and other areas – you can

watch or listen to the weather report on

television or radio or look up the internet to

learn more.

Visit your local library and borrow a book or

magazine.

SONGS

Off To The Library

Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting


My Big Blue Boat



Two Little Boats



Both Boots Stuck In The Mud (chant)

Composer: Ruth Craft

Publisher: BBC

Friends All Together

Composer: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage

Publisher: Origin/Control

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Spinny Tinny

You will need:

Metal cake tin (we used a loaf tin)

1 x piece of plastic cut from a recycled plastic lid (approx. 4cm x 8cm)

Large and small elastic bands

2 x chopsticks

Large tray or tub of water

Place two large elastic bands around the width of the tin. One elastic should be almost near the

centre of the tin, the other at the end of the tin.

Slide the chopsticks through the elastic, one on each side.

Place a smaller elastic band around the end of the chopsticks.

Slide the piece of plastic into the middle of the small elastic. Wind the piece of plastic round and

round and then launch your spinny tinny in the tub of water and see it motor away, powered by its

spinny. There you have it – a spinny tinny!

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Machines · 2019. 10. 18. · Machines are devices designed to make work easier. We look at machines in the home, machines we see when we are out and about and simple machines that