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Theme Notes
Series 241: Paper
Page 1 of 12
Paper
Paper is an accessible and versatile material with endless possibilities for imaginative play
and creativity. Young children enjoy paper art and craft activities such as collage, painting,
drawing, folding and cutting. They also enjoy using paper to play games, such as pass-the-
parcel, and to make dress ups, such as elephant ears, pirate hats, party hats and horse tails.
This week in Play School we use paper to make a cubby house for the toys, a kite, paintings,
paper chains, paper hats, a newspaper, cards and much more! We also make our own
paper to demonstrate the importance and practice of recycling this valuable resource.
Each day this week we ask you to imagine, what “If All the World Were Paper”? This question
is posed in the song sung every day at the Paper Calendar.
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Series 241: Paper
Page 2 of 12
Monday
PRESENTERS
Justine Clarke – Alex Papps
PIANIST
Franky Valentyn
STORY
P. B Bear Fly Away Kite
Author & Illustrator: Lee Davis
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited, London
FILM
Dress for a Mess
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make some paper hats to wear.
Have a paper aeroplane race with a friend
or family member.
Invite your friends over for a painting party.
Make a kite from a painting.
SONGS
Our House
Composers: Carl Smyth & Chris Foreman
Move Over and Make Room
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
If All the World Were Paper
Composers: J. Whitfield & P. Reade
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Watermelon
Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Basting
Publisher: Origin/Control
Knees Up Mother Brown
Composer: Harris Weston & Bert Lee
Publisher: Albert Music
Let’s Go Fly a Kite
Composer: Richard M. Sherman & Robert B.
Sherman
Publisher: Walt Disney Music
Friends All Together
Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage
Publisher: Control/Origin
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Series 241: Paper
Page 3 of 12
MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Golf Ball Painting
You will need:
Plain paper
A plastic tray
Different coloured paint
Golf balls
A spoon
Place a piece of paper in the plastic tray.
Spoon different coloured paint on the piece of paper.
Put two golf balls in the plastic tray. Rock the tray back and forth, rolling the golf balls all over
the paper.
Take out the golf balls and look at the colourful patterns you have created. Some colours
may have mixed and made new colours.
Try experimenting with different colours.
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Series 241: Paper
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Tuesday
PRESENTERS
Karen Pang – Jay Laga’aia
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
There was a Princess
(A story told by the Play School Team)
FILM
Whales at Sea
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Incy Wincy Spider
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make an aquarium diorama in a recycled
cardboard box. Paint the inside of the box
blue, like the sea. Hang sea creatures from
the top of the box so they dangle down.
What can you add for the ocean floor?
Make a newspaper horse tail and go for a
gallop.
SONGS
Making a Hat
Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage
Publisher: Control/Origin
I Like Swimming
Composers: Phil Barton, Ben O’Hara & Kristy
Gentz
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/Larrikin
Incy Wincy Spider
Composers: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
If All the World Were Paper
Composers: J. Whitfield & P. Reade
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
There Was A Princess Long Ago
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Giddiap Horsey
Composers: L. Scott & L. Wood
Publisher: Harrup Publishing
Let’s Dress Up
Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost
Publisher: Origin/Control
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Series 241: Paper
Page 5 of 12
MAKE AND DO
How to Make an Ice Block Boat
You will need:
Coloured paper
Safety scissors
A straw
Tape
Tac
A rectangle takeaway container
Vegetable dye
A jug of water
A tray
A full bath, water trough or a large bowl
of water
Cut a triangle from a piece of coloured paper.
Tape it to a straw to make a mast for your ice
block boat.
Secure the mast to the inside of the takeaway
container with tac. Make sure the mast stands
up straight.
Add a few drops of vegetable dye to the jug
of water.
Fill the takeaway container with the coloured
water.
Put the takeaway container on a tray and
place it in the freezer.
When the water has frozen, the mast will be
suspended in ice and you will have an ice
block boat!
Remove the ice block boat from the container
and float it in a full bath, water trough or a
large bowl of water. What happens to the
boat?
How to Make an Ice Cube Painting
You will need:
Ice cubes made with different coloured
vegetable dye and water
Plain paper
Select one ice cube and move it across a
piece of paper. As the ice block melts, it will
make a colourful pattern.
Try using different coloured ice cubes!
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Series 241: Paper
Page 6 of 12
Wednesday
PRESENTERS
Andrew McFarlane – Justine Clarke
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
Hamilton’s Hats
Author: Martine Osborne
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: MacMillan Children’s Books
FILM
Children Digging at the Museum
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make some floppy elephant ears from
newspaper and stick them to a headband.
Make an elephant tail from newspaper and
stick it to a piece of elastic. Put on your
elephant costume and try balancing “step
by step on a piece of string” stretched out
on the floor.
Play a game of “Find the Treasure”. Hide
something in your house or garden and
send a friend or family member on a
mission to find it. Give them verbal clues to
help them on their way: tell them they are
“cold” if they are a long way away from
the treasure, “warm” if they are getting
close or “hot” if they have almost found it!
SONGS
If All the World Were Paper
Composers: J. Whitfield & P. Reade
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
One Grey Elephant Balancing
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Making a Hat
Composers: Sophie Emtage & Peter Dasent
Publisher: Control/Origin
Friends All Together
Composers: Sophie Emtage & Peter Dasent
Publisher: Control/Origin
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Series 241: Paper
Page 7 of 12
MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Teddy Bear Paper Chain
You will need:
A3 coloured paper
A marker or pencil
Safety scissors
Fold a piece of A3 coloured paper in half three
times.
Draw the outline of a teddy bear on the folded
paper, with the arms and legs pointing
outwards and reaching the edges.
Cut around the teddy bear with scissors, being
careful to avoid the edges where the teddy’s
arms and legs meet the paper.
Open up the folded paper to reveal lots of
teddy bears holding hands! Draw a face on
each teddy and paste on some paper clothes.
How to Play “Musical Dig”
You will need:
Buckets
An object to bury in each bucket, such
as a ball, a toy dinosaur, a toy car and
a necklace
Shredded or scrunched newspaper
Music
Place one object in each bucket and cover
with newspaper.
Mix up the buckets until you can’t remember
which bucket holds which object. Place the
buckets in a row, leaving enough space for
you to move around each one.
Ask a friend or family member to play some
music. When it starts, dance and skip around
each bucket. When the music stops, find the
nearest bucket and dig to find what surprise is
hidden inside!
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Series 241: Paper
Page 8 of 12
Thursday
PRESENTERS
Alex Papps – Justine Clarke
PIANIST
Franky Valentyn
STORY
Animals Aboard!
Author: Andrew Fusek Peters
Illustrator: Jim Coplestone
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited, London
FILM
Robin Skiing
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Scrunch up newspaper and make a
meteor storm or play newspaper basket
ball.
Take a trip to the snow and build a real
snowman or make a ‘snowman’ from lots
of foam and bubbles in the bath.
Make a newspaper roll cubby and hang
things from it such as stars, a moon or any
dangly decoration you wish.
SONGS
Humpty Dumpty
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Sally Go Round the Stars
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Come to the Party
Composer: George Dewey
Publisher: A & C Black
Silly Sausage Dance
Composers: Vanessa & Karina Johnston
Publisher: Jingle Jam
If All the World Were Paper
Composers: J Whitfield & P Reade
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Down to the Bottom
Composers: Chris Harriott & Simon Hopkinson
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/Music Sales
Bananas in Pyjamas
Composer: Carey Blyton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
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Series 241: Paper
Page 9 of 12
MAKE AND DO
How to Make Your Own Newspaper
You will need:
An old newspaper
Coloured paper
Coloured markers, crayons and
pencils
Old magazines
Safety scissors
Paste
Make a newspaper that tells your own news!
Decide what stories you would like your
newspaper to tell. Use coloured markers,
crayons and pencils to draw, write or
illustrate these stories on pieces of coloured
paper. You might also like to use photos or
pictures from old magazines.
Paste your drawings, stories and magazine
cut-outs into an old newspaper. You might
like to make different sections in your
newspaper, for example you could stick
images of bicycles, soccer balls and people
running and exercising in a sports section.
How to Play a Pass-the-Parcel Dress Up
Game
You will need:
Different dress ups made from paper,
such as a bow tie, hula skirt, pirate
hat, party hat and a pair of elephant
ears and an elephant tail
Lots of newspaper or wrapping paper
Tape
Wrap one or two dress up items in paper and
tape.
Add another layer by putting in more dress
ups and wrapping them with paper. Keep
wrapping and adding dress ups until you
have a few layers.
Sit in a circle with your friends, turn on some
music and start to “pass-the-parcel.”
When the music stops, the person with the
parcel gets to take off the top layer and put
on the paper dress ups inside.
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Friday
PRESENTERS
Jay Laga’aia – Karen Pang
PIANIST
Holly Bury
TOLD STORY
Will I Ever Get My House Painted?
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Children Playing in a Park
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Jump and Jiggle
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make a pom-pom spider. Attach a piece
of elastic so your spider can bounce
around. Sing “Incy Wincy Spider”.
Make some birthday cards for your friends.
Make a pretend pirate ship with a
cardboard box, a broom for a mast and a
sheet or pillow case for a sail.
SONGS
If All the World Were Paper
Composers: J. Whitfield & P. Reade
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Incy Wincy Spider
Composers: M Miller & P Zajan
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
I Like Swimming
Composers: Phil Barton, Ben O’Hara & Kristy
Gentz
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/Larrikin
Nicky, Nacky, Knocky, Noo
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
It’s My Birthday Today
Composer: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting
Publisher: Origin/Control
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make Recycled Paper
You will need:
Used paper such as scrap paper, wrapping paper, old newspaper and tissue paper
Two large bowls or buckets
Water
A blender
A kitchen cloth
Newspaper
A rolling pin
Vegetable dye (optional)
Tear used paper into small pieces and place in a large bowl or bucket. Cover the torn paper
with warm water and set aside to soak for about 30 minutes.
Pour some of the soaked paper into the blender and cover with more water. Blend until the
paper turns into a sloppy pulp. If you want to make coloured paper, add a few drops of
vegetable dye before blending.
Place a newspaper on your workspace and cover it with a kitchen cloth.
Scoop up some of the pulp with your hands, squeeze out the excess water and place it on
top of the kitchen cloth. Press the pulp out flat with your fingers.
Fold the kitchen cloth over so it covers the pulp. Roll over the kitchen cloth with a rolling pin
to flatten out the pulp and squeeze out more water. The newspaper underneath the cloth
will soak up the excess water.
Peel back the kitchen cloth and leave your paper in the sun or in a dry place until dry.
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How to Make a Climbing Spider
You will need:
Cardboard
Coloured crayons or markers
String
Straws
Safety scissors
Tape
String or wool
Draw a spider on a piece of cardboard and decorate using coloured crayons or markers.
Cut out.
Cut two lengths of straw, about 2cm each. Tape the two pieces of straw to the back of your
spider.
Cut a 1 metre length of string or wool.
Fold the string or wool in half and tape the middle to a table or a doorway.
Thread each end of the string or wool through the straws on the back of your spider.
If you hold one end of the wool or string in each hand and pull, one hand at a time, the
spider will climb up!