Events
Children's Entertainment
Reading GroupBook Buddies
Thursdays, fortnightly in term time5.00pm until 6.00pm
Our reading group aimed at children aged 8 – 12 years, Book Buddies is a friendly group happy to welcome new members who are interested in enjoying new books and sharing their favourite stories. With reading champion Sharon Carrick you’ll find out that some books are scary, some are silly, and some are adventure packed, but All Books are Fun!
All welcome – come along and join in.
Entertainment During the School Summer Holidays
Including Movie Thursdays...
Movies for children and adults every Thursday during the School Summer Holidays (excluding 27th August)
Quest Seekers
Library Summer Reading challengeWednesday 22 July until Thursday 3 September
We invite you to venture forth on a fantastical journey
and to take part in a Library Summer Reading Challenge.
This year's challenge?...
Well, it's all about the power of the imagination.
Find out more about the Quest Seekers Summer Reading Challenge
The Tales of Desperaux
Thursday 23 July at 3.00pm
Cert: U.
Tickets: £2.50
For further details see Films
A series of workshopsDarwin200
Wednesday's at 10.00am during the school summer holidays
From 29 July until 2 September
A series of workshops on the natural world, in the bicentenary of Charles Darwin’s birth, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection’
Full details to be announced – please contact the Town Hall nearer the time, or watch local press or this web page for details.
A to Z: Special Sessions: Summer
Special sessions for special childrenSaturday 1 August, 10.30 until 11.30am
Does you child attend Evergreens or The Oaks, or has a special need but attends a mainstream school? Then these sessions are aimed at them. Eileen Glenton and Sue Able will be offering stories, music and crafts.
Tickets: £2.00 (places limited to 12 children)
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
TwigletsFab Fish
Wednesday 5 August, 10.30am and 1.30pm
Stories and crafts for the under 5’s, in the Hutchinson Library, led by Sharon Carrick. Come and take a peep at some creatures from the deep, and make you very own fab fish and mini aquarium
Madagascar II: Escape to Africa
Thursday 6 August at 3.00pm
Cert: U
Tickets: £2.50
For further details see Films
Twiglets:Musical MomentsWednesday 2 September, 10.30am and 1.30pm
Stories and crafts for the under 5’s, in the Hutchinson Library, led by Sharon Carrick.
Come and make and shake your very own tambourine and join Twiglets for a September sing-along.
Tickets: £1.00 per session.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Group bookings by prior arrangement only.