Season 347 • Episode 5
LatestAbi and Zindzi learn how to make a wall cake for Humpty's birthday party. They create pictures with shapes for party decorations and visit Banksy's preschool. Through The Windows, we look at how teachers help us learn and grow.
Play School is an Australian Gold Logie award winning educational television show for children produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and then Southern Star Entertainment in 2014. It is the longest-running children's show in Australia, and the second longest running children's show in the world. In 2016, Play School celebrated 50 years on the air. An estimated 80% of pre-school children under six watch the programme at least once a week. It is screened twice every weekday afternoon at 3:05 pm on ABC1 every day 9:30 am and weekday 4:30 pm on ABC2's ABC4 Kids.
Production
The iconic rocket and arched windows—Australian design history.
Writing
Scripts that respect kids' intelligence without talking down.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Play School has launched more Australian cultural icons than most drama series—hosts regularly become national treasures, and the show's windows and rocket clock are preserved in the National Museum of Australia.
The famous 'through the windows' segments were originally shot on 16mm film by presenters themselves, creating an accidental documentary archive of 1960s-70s Australian life.
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