Welcome to Hometime with Robbie and Susie
This new, fun educational series features songs, stories and activities you can do at home. Originally designed to help and support children self-isolating at home, this series is being enjoyed by children all over Australia. Please feel free to share with any families you feel would enjoy them.
- Ocean Week
Jellyfish
- Ocean Week
Fish
- Easter Week
Episode 4
- Ocean Week
Bubbles
- Sustainability Week
The Ocean
- Easter Week
Episode 3
- Sustainability Week
Worms
- Sustainability Week
Seeds
- Sustainability Week
Recycling
- Easter Week
Episode 1
- Sustainability Week
Paper
- Ocean Week
Ocean
- Easter Week
Episode 2
- Ocean Week
The Beach
- Transport Week
Space
- Australian Animals Week
Possums
- Transport Week
Rail
- Transport Week
Air
- Australian Animals Week
Kangaroos
- Transport Week
Water
Insects
Minibeasts
Stacey sings a song about beetles, Anna and Susie take us on a bushwalk and show us the insects they find. We read a story about Ants and an Echidna called Millie loves ants. For our craft experience we make some ants in a lovely picture.
Butterflies
I hope you are ready to learn some more about Insects, in particular Butterflies. We have some beautiful craft you could try at home, learn about the life cycle of a Butterfly, read a great book called The Very Hungry Caterpillar and lots more fun.
Ladybugs
Lady Bugs are a beautiful insect that often has red wings with black spots. We learn about the lifecycle of a lady bug and about their anatomy, we read a book called Yoo Hoo Ladybird, sing some songs and also create some yummy insect inspired snacks.
Spider
This episode we are learning about Spiders! Spiders can do some amazing things including making spider webs. We might even make a spider web in today’s episode, along with lots more.
Beasts
Today we are exploring Bees! We sing a song about a baby bumblebee, we make some bees with tissue paper. Bees are amazing and a crucial part of our ecosystem, Anna teaches us some fascinating facts about them.
Indigenous Connections
Flags
We learn about about the Aboriginal flag, the Torres Strait flag and the Australian flag. We hear a dreamtime story from Uncle Russ, a Biripi, Worimi man called the rainbow serpent about how the mountains and rivers were made. We also make Indigenous Australian flags as our craft experience.
Echidna
Uncle Russ shows us some traditional instruments and makes some music and teaches Anna to make some too. Lauren reads a dreamtime story call Kootear the Echidna and sings us a song about an echidna. Uncle Russ also shows us how to make an echidna out of clay.
Musical
Shannon reads Ernie dances to the didgeridoo and Uncle Russ plays the didgeridoo and teaches us all about it and the different sounds it can make. We also learn to make our own tapping sticks and rain sticks.
Walk About
In todays episode we explore Australian native plants and sing a song about a Wattle tree. Uncle Russ tells us a dreamtime story Bilinga the magpie and the fig tree, we see the Waang Djarii Traditional Dancers and we do a 2 beautiful artworks based on the wattle plant.
Culture
Today we are continuing our Indigenous Connections and read a story called Big Rain Coming, Uncle Russ talks to us about the map of Australia and different languages, we watch the Waang Djarii aboriginal dance group and do Dot painting with Uncle Russ.
Australia Week featuring the Alison Lester book “Are we there yet?”
South Australia
On our first day of exploring we are driving through South Australia. We sing a song about South Australia, we read Possum Magic and learn to make a pavlova!
Western Australia
As we continue to travel around Australia our next stop is Western Australia. Come and join Robbie and Susie as they learn about some amazing places like Turquoise Bay and explore creatively using gum leaves.
NT: Top End
As we are continuing our journey through Uluru, Alice Springs, Kakadu and all the way to the top of Australia in our ” Are we there yet?” story, we ready another book about the outback – we explore some songs and craft that you could try at home.
Queensland
There are so many amazing places in Queensland including the Daintree Rainforest which is what we are creating today by making our very own rainforest in a bottle! We learn about these special ecosystems that we find in far north Queensland.
NSW, TAS & VIC
We finish reading “Are we there yet” as they visit places including Sydney and the Blue Mountains in NSW, Canberra, Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and Phillip Island in Victoria. We sing songs about platypus and dingo and make 2 different crafts inspired by Sydney Harbour!
Oceania Week
Australia & Torres Strait Islands
We look at some of the unique birds and animals that live in Oceania. Today we hear a book about crocodiles, sing a song from the Torres Strait and use some paper plates for a craft experience making islands.
Fiji
Bula. Today we are exploring the beautiful, Fiji! We read a story about turtles, and make some traditional Fijian fans along with singing some songs.
Papua New Guinea
In this episode we have 2 great crafts you could try at home, a book where we learn about the culture called “The Lost Tail” and song about a Silly Snake!
New Zealand
We learn about the Kiwi, make some Maori necklaces with clay, sing some songs and so much more. We had so much fun and can’t wait for you to join in.
Animal Migration
There are so many amazing animals that migrate from colder and warmer weather throughout the years – whales, seagulls, turtles just to name a few. Have you seen a whale?
Asia Week
Japan
We learn about Japan and the beautiful culture. We learn to count to 10 in Japanese, we read a Japanese folk tale story called the Talkative Tortoise, we also show you 2 different beautiful cherry blossom crafts you could try at home.
China
China is a part of the continent Asia and today we are learning about the Chinese new year, we read a book called A Friend Like You, sang a poem about a panda and we made a paper lantern and a fan.
India
Lauren, Anna and Bree have actually all visited India and share their experiences with us in a colourful and fun episode. They show us their beautiful saris, sing us a song and dance about an elephant, we read a folktale story called “The tiger and the wise man” and do some painting.
Indonesia
We welcome BaliLife Daycare to explore the wonderful county of Indonesia.The educators tell us fascinating things about the islands they grew up on, we see some dancing, a recipe for an Indonesian fruit salad and also hear a story called Tari the Balinese dancer.
Thailand
We look at the tuk tuk and other forms of transport they use there and sing a song about a tuk tuk, we read a book called Whoever you are and for our activity we create our own boat!