Summer 2014 School Holiday Activities

Why not visit your local library during the Summer School Holidays? We have lots of great activities to keep you entertained! For a full list of activities, please take a look at our holiday flyer.

Please note: Bookings Essential
Bookings open on Monday 16 December.

HJ Daley Library
Ph: 4645 4444

PJ Storytime: Come and join us for a special storytime. Teddies welcome.
Thursday 9 January, 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Ages 3 - 10 years, Free

Fun, Sun, Sand! Bring the beach home with you.
Wednesday 15 January, 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Ages 5 - 12 years, Free

Craftilicious Artinoon: A special craft exclusively for our Bookalicious members.
Friday 17 January, 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Ages 5 - 12 years, Free. Bookalicious members only.

Summer Reading Club Party: Fun, games and prizes to celebrate the end of the Summer Reading Club.
Thursday 23 January, 2.30 - 4pm
Ages 0 - 16 years, Free. Summer Reading Club members only.

Eagle Vale Library
Ph: 4645 4266

Puppet Mania: Have fun making your own puppets!
Wednesday 15 January, 10.30am - 11.30am
Ages 5 - 12 years, Free

Summer Reading Club Party: Fun, games and prizes to celebrate the end of the Summer Reading Club.
Thursday 23 January, 2.30 - 4pm
Ages 0 - 16 years, Free. Summer Reading Club members only.

Greg Percival Library (Ingleburn)
Ph: 4645 4060

Beach Crafts: Surf's up at the library.
Tuesday 14 January, 11am - 12pm
Ages 5 - 12 years, Free

Wacky Science: Explore the world of whacky science!
Monday 20 January, 10am - 11.30am
Ages 5 - 12years, Cost: $2

Summer Reading Club Party: Fun, games and prizes to celebrate the end of the Summer Reading Club.
Thursday 23 January, 2.30 - 4pm
Ages 0 - 16 years, Free. Summer Reading Club members only.

Glenquarie Library
Ph: 4645 4055

Australiana Craft: Down under wonder crafts.
Thursday 16 January, 2pm - 3pm
Ages 5 - 12years, Free

Film - Monsters University - G.
Monster movie mania, bring along a cushion if you'd like.
Wednesday 22 January, 2pm - 3.30pm
Ages 5 - 12years, Free

Summer Reading Club Party: Fun, games and prizes to celebrate the end of the Summer Reading Club.
Thursday 23 January, 2.30 - 4pm
Ages 0 - 16 years, Free. Summer Reading Club members only.

Summer Reading Club 2013

Campbelltown City Library is inviting children and their families to come in and join the Summer Reading Club holiday fun which is a national reading program.

The Summer Reading Club is a free school holiday program designed especially for children and young adults aged 0 - 16 years. This year, the theme is 'Investigation' - so put on your detective hat, grab your magnifying glass and get ready to explore Campbelltown City Library!

Visit any Campbelltown City Library branch from Monday 2 December to Sunday 19 January to register for the program, receive a free starter pack and go in the draw to win great prizes.

Highlights of the Summer Reading Club include:

• Lucky Draw Prize - the more you read, the more chances you have to win!
• Jelly Bean Guessing Competition available at HJ Daley, Greg Percival, Eagle Vale and Glenquarie Library - can you guess how many jelly beans are in the jar?
• A Summer Reading Club party on Thursday 23 January - look out for your invitation in the post!

We look forward to seeing you in the library - happy reading!

For more information, please contact Campbelltown City Library on 4645 4444 or visit our Facebook page.

Summer Reading Club

The Summer Reading Club is coming...

 

Stay tuned for more details!

PJ Storytime

Put on your PJs, grab your family, and bring along your favourite teddy bear for a very special storytime event. PJ Storytime is tomorrow night Thursday 3 October at HJ Daley Library starting at 6.30pm. 
        

Please come and share in the magic of books and reading in the comfort of your own pyjamas!  PJ storytime features stories, songs, rhymes, craft and a bedtime snack.  This activity is suggested for children 3 -10 years. Please come and join us, to book your place please ring 4645 4444.

We hope to see you there!

Craftalicious Artinoon

Here are the details of our next Craftalicious Artinoon.

This is  a special craft afternoon exclusively for our Bookalicious Members.

Where: HJ Daley Library

When: Monday 30 September

Time: 2.30pm - 3.30pm

Cost: Free!

For bookings and more information please ring 4645 4444.

Please note: This activity is exclusively for Bookalicious members and bookings are essential.

Spring School Holiday Program

Why not visit your local library during the Spring School Holidays. We have a range of great activities planned to keep you entertained! Here is a list of all the activities we have coming up.

Please note: Bookings are essential
Bookings start:  Monday 16 September 2013

HJ Daley Library (Campbelltown)
Phone 4645 4444

Mad Mosaics: come and enjoy making some multi-coloured magical mosaics with us!
Thursday 26 September, 2.30pm – 3.30pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Kids Zumba Class: come along for some dancing fun!

Friday 27 September, 2.00pm – 3.00pm
For children aged 5-12, Cost: $2.00

Craftalicious Artinoon: a special craft afternoon exclusively for our Bookalicious members!
Monday 30 September, 2.30pm – 3.30pm
For children aged 5-12, Free for Bookalicious members only

Under the Sea Show: get up close to some animals that call the sea home.
Tuesday 1 October, 2.30pm – 3.30pm
For children aged 5-12, Cost: $2.00

PJ Storytime: come and join us for a special storytime. Please wear your pyjamas! Teddies are welcome!
Thursday 3 October, 6.30pm – 7.30pm
For children aged 3-10, Free

Greg Percival Library (Ingleburn)
Phone 4645 4060

The Variety Hour: come and join us for an hour of games, dancing and loads of fun!

Friday 27 September, 11am – 12pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Acrostic Poems: express yourself! Come and create and decorate a poem based on your own name.
Wednesday 2 October, 11am – 12pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Eagle Vale Library
Phone 4645 4266

Games, Games, Games: come along and join in the fun playing board games and create your own board game or puzzle to take home.
Thursday 26 September, 10.30am – 11.30am
For children aged 5-12, Free

Magic of Science Workshop: discover how the world of science is full of magic.
Thursday 3 October, 2.30pm – 4.00pm
For children aged 5-12, Cost: $2.00

Minto Community Library
Phone 4645 4125

Film – Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days (PG).
Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer?
Tuesday 24 September, 2.30pm – 4.00pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Creative Collages: personal placemats created by you, using your favourite characters and animals.
Tuesday 1 October, 10.30am – 11.30am
For children aged 5-12, Free

Glenquarie Library
Phone 4645 4055

Go Potty with seeds: come and decorate your own flower pot and plant some seeds.
Wednesday 25 September, 2pm – 3pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Spring Wind Activities: let our kites blow you away.
Wednesday 2 October, 2pm – 3pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Don't forget to book your place. We look forward to seeing you over the holidays!

Spring School Holidays

 

Our Spring School Holiday Program will be out soon.
Bookings will open on Monday 16 September. Watch this space for more details!

Children's Book Week

We hope that you are all enjoying Children's Book Week. If you haven't already visited us this week why not pop into your local library and see our special displays and enter our lucky draw prize.  All you have to do is borrow any junior or young adult book with your library card.  Entries for this competition close tomorrow night!

The Children's Book Week books are very popular at the moment and you may not find them on the shelves. Please ask our friendly staff for help, we are more than happy to put a reserve on any book you want.

We hope that you are all enjoying Children's Book Week.

Library Open Day - Poster Design Competition

 

In the lead up to the Library Open Day on Saturday 21 September, we are running an all ages poster design competition. Entries must be in by Saturday 14 September. For more information, please click on the image or phone 4645 4444.

 

We look forward to seeing everyone's designs!

Children's Book Week Activities

We are celebrating Children's Book Week with a variety of events and activities throughout the week.

For the babies we have a special Baby Read 'n' Rhyme session at HJ Daley Library on Monday 19 August from 10.30am to 11am.

We also have special storytimes in our regular time slots and displays in all branches of the library as well as our lucky prize draw.

We hope to see you during Children's Book Week.

Children's Book Week

 

We hope that you all enjoy Children's Book Week. Why not pop in to your local library this week and see what is going on. 

Our special Book Week Lucky Draw Prize starts today!

Any child or young adult who borrows with their library card at any branch of the library from Friday 16 August to Friday 23 August can enter our Lucky Draw Prize. There will be two winners from every branch. Entries open today and close 23 August. All winners will be notified on 30 August.

We look forward to seeing you at the library. Happy Children's Book Week Everyone!

Children's Book Week

Children's Book Week will be celebrated this year from 17 to 23 August. The theme is Read across the universe.

During the week, the library will have displays of the shortlisted titles and a few special activities.  More details will be released soon.

Check out the Children's Book Council website at cbca.org.au for details of this year's shortlisted books.  The winners of the Children's Book of the Year will be announced on Friday 16 August. Your favourite book might be the winner!

Winter school holidays

Our winter school holiday program for children concluded this morning with a friendship bracelet workshop at Minto Community Library. Thank you to everyone who joined us for some wonderful activities over the past two weeks. We hope you all have a great time as you head back to school next week. Please keep a watch out for other special events at the Library.

 

PJ Storytime

 

Put on your PJs, grab your family, and bring along your favourite teddy bear for a very special storytime event. PJ Storytime is this Thursday 11 July at HJ Daley Library starting at 6.30pm.

Please come and share in the magic of books and reading in the comfort of your own pyjamas!  PJ storytime features stories, songs, rhymes, craft and a bedtime snack.  This activity is suggested for children 3 -10 years. Please come and join us, for information please ring 4645 4444.

We hope to see you there!

Winter School Holiday Program

Why not visit the Library during the Winter School Holidays. We have a range of great activities planned to keep you entertained! Here is a list of all the activities we have coming up:

Please note: Bookings are essential

Bookings start Monday 24 June 2013

HJ Daley Library (Campbelltown)
Phone 4645 4444

Pirates and Princesses: come and explore the wonderful world of pirates and princesses with us.

Tuesday 16 April, 2.30pm – 3.30pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Craftalicious Artinoon: a special craft afternoon exclusively for our Bookalicious members!
Monday 8 July, 2.30pm – 3.30pm
For children aged 5-12, Free for Bookalicious members only

Unbirthday Party: One birthday not enough? Then come and let’s celebrate everyone’s birthday together on the same day.
Tuesday 9 July, 2.30pm – 3.30pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

PJ Storytime: come and join us for a special storytime. Please wear your pyjamas! Teddies are welcome!
Thursday 11 July, 6.30pm – 7.30pm
For children aged 3-10, Free

Greg Percival Library (Ingleburn)
Phone 4645 4060

Groovy Games: Get your game on at Ingleburn Library.

Wednesday 3 July, 11am – 12pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Puppet Mania: Make and perform you own Puppet show.
Wednesday 10 July, 11am – 12pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Eagle Vale Library
Phone 4645 4266

Film – Wreck it Ralph – PG.
Tells the story of the titular arcade game villain who rebels against his role and dreams of becoming a hero.
Thursday 4 July, 2pm – 3.30pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Carnival: Make your own masquerade
Thursday 11 July, 10.30am – 11.30am
For children aged 5-12, Free

Minto Community Library
Phone 4645 4125

Storybook Dominoes: Come and play this ancient game from China, topple some dominoes and make your own set to keep.
Tuesday 2 July, 10.30am – 11.30am
For children aged 5-12, Free

Friendship Bracelets: Use your plaiting and braiding skills to make these lovely bracelets.
Friday 12 July, 10.30am – 11.30am
For children aged 5-12, Free

Glenquarie Library
Phone 4645 4055

Witches, Wands and Wonder: A craft afternoon full of magic and glitter.
Wednesday 3 July, 2pm – 3pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Saturday Storytime: Come and join us of a special storytime for the whole family.
Saturday 6 July, 10.30am – 11.30am
For children ages 3 -10 years, bring the whole family

Manik the Magician: Join us for a special afternoon of magic and fun.
Wednesday 10 July, 2pm – 4pm
For children aged 5-12, Cost: $2.00

We look forward to seeing you over the holidays!

Winter School Holidays

Our Winter School Holiday Program will be out soon.
Bookings will open on Monday 24 June. Watch this space for more details!

 

 

PJ Storytime

Why not put on your PJs, grab your family, bring your teddy and join us for a special storytime in the Library at night. PJ Storytime is tomorrow night Thursday 23 May at Minto Community Library starting at 6pm. There will be stories, songs and a bedtime snack for everyone. This activity is suggested for children 3 - 10 years.

For more information please ring 4645 4125.

We hope you can join us.

National Simultaneous Storytime

Dont' miss the BIGGEST storytime of the year as thousands of kids from around the country read the same book on the same day at the same time! This year we're reading The Wrong Book by Nick Bland. Please join us at the library for the biggest storytime of the year at 11am tomorrow at all Campbelltown City Library locations.

For more information please ring us on 4645 4444.

National Simultaneous Storytime

Don't forget to come and participate in the National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday morning at 11am at your local library. We want to join thousands of children Australia wide who will be reading the same book at the same time.

This year we are reading The Wrong Book by Nick Bland. In this book you can enjoy the frustrations of poor Nicholas as he is trying so hard to tell his story ... but ... keeps getting interrupted. Just what is a boy to do when he is crowded by rats, pirates, a queen .. and well, countless other fun characters?

Come a little early and join in our other storytime activities beforehand. We hope you can join us.

For more information please phone 4645 4444.

Free Comic Book Day

Worldwide Free Comic Book Day will arrive at HJ Daley Library on Saturday 4 May from 10am to 3pm.

This year there will be free comic book give-aways, activities, displays and competitions.

Dress-up as your favourite comic book character on the day and you'll have a chance to win a fantastic prize!

For more information about the day, check out our Facebook page www.facebook.com/campbelltowncitylibrary

National Simultaneous Storytime

Join us for the National Simultaneous Storytime at your local Campbelltown City Library on Wednesday 22 May 2012 at 11:00am . All of our branches will be joining organisations Australia wide, reading the picture book The Wrong Book by Nick Bland.

In the book, Nicholas Ickle is trying to tell us a story, but he keeps getting interrupted by characters from other stories - a pirate, a queen, even some monsters! To get a chance to tell his story, he has to convince the others that they are in the wrong book.  Come and join us to see what happens.

We hope you can join us for this very special storytime and be one of the thousands listening to the same book at the same time.

For more information please ring the Children’s Librarian on 4645 4554.

Autumn School Holiday Program

During the Autumn School Holidays, we have lots of great activities planned to keep you entertained! Here is a list of all the activities coming up:

Please note: Bookings are essential

Bookings start Monday 8 April 2013

HJ Daley Library
Phone 4645 4444

Scrappy Sock Puppets: bring along your favourite odd sock and create a new friend.
Tuesday 16 April, 2.30pm – 3.30pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Craftalicious Artinoon: a special craft afternoon exclusively for our Bookalicious members!
Friday 19 April, 3pm – 4pm
For children aged 5-12, Free for Bookalicious members only

Film – White Lion – G.

Bring along a cushion if you like.
Monday 22 April, 2.30pm – 4pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

PJ Storytime: come and join us for a special storytime. Please wear your pyjamas! Teddies are welcome!
Tuesday 23 April, 6.30pm – 7.30pm
For children aged 3-10, Free

Greg Percival Library Library (Ingleburn)
Phone 4645 4060

Film – Madagascar 3: Europe’s most wanted – PG
Movie madness with Madagascar. Bring along a cushion if you like.
Monday 15 April, 2pm – 3.30pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Cardboard Crafts: Go Crazy with Cardboard!
Wednesday 4 April, 11am – 12pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Eagle Vale Library
Phone 4645 4266

Little Life Biology Workshop with Fizzics Education. Join us in this fun holiday workshop that’s really a hands-on biology lab!
Thursday 18 April, 2pm – 3pm
For children aged 5-12, Cost: $2.00

Work wonders with Paper: make use of paper to design and create your own piece of artwork.
Tuesday 23 April, 2pm – 3.30pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Minto Community Library
Phone 4645 4125

Mosaic Madness: come along and have reams of fun tearing paper into squares to make a colourful mosaic to decorate your room.
Tuesday 16 April, 10.30am – 11.30am
For children aged 5-12, Free

Digital Microscopy: there is much more than meets the eye in this interactive hands-on workshop where children get to look at all sorts of weird and wonderful things up close.
Tuesday 23 April 10.30am – 11.30am
For children aged 5-12, Free

Glenquarie Library
Phone 4645 4055

Colourful Collaging and Coasters: create colourful coasters, placemats and butterflies with cellophane, other fun bits and your creativity.
Wednesday 17 April, 2pm – 3pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

Film – Happy feet – PG
Enjoy a classic movie, in style and comfort, with big sound and a big screen. Bring along a cushion if you like.
Wednesday 24 April, 2pm – 4pm
For children aged 5-12, Free

We look forward to seeing you there!

PJ Storytime

Hop to the Minto Community Library on Thursday 28 March to participate in a special Easter PJ Storytime. Wear your PJs, bring your teddy (or bunny) and enjoy stories, songs and craft. PJ Storytime will start at 6pm, with a special pre-bedtime treat for everyone. Please call 4645 4125 for more information.

We hope you can join us for this special storytime!

Autumn School Holiday Program

Our Autumn School Holiday Program will be out soon.
Bookings will open on Monday 8 April.
Watch this space for more details!

Storytime

Storytime will resume at all our branches in the week beginning 4 February. Sessions are held weekly during school terms as follows

Tuesday 10.30am HJ Daley Library

Tuesday 11am Ingleburn Branch Library

Wednesday 10.30am HJ Daley Library

Wednesday 11am Ingleburn Branch Library

Wednesday 11.15am Eagle Vale Library

Thursday 10.30am HJ Daley Library

Friday 10.30am Minto Community Library

Friday 11am Glenquarie Branch Library

For further information about storytime please contact our Children's Librarian on 4645 4554.

Baby Read 'n' Rhyme

Our popular Baby Read 'n' Rhyme sessions are back for 2013. Why not come along to a storytime for the very young!

 

The Baby Read ‘n’ Rhyme program involves music, songs, stories and rhymes to help develop your baby’s language skills. They will also be introduced to board books and simple stories to help develop their literacy skills.
 

Our Baby Read 'n' Rhyme sessions are aimed at children 0-18 months.

Come along to a session and have some fun and quality time with your baby.
For further information please contact the Children's Librarian on 4645 4554.

Summer Reading Club

Thank you to everyone who participated in our second Summer Reading Club. We were very excited to have 457 children register over the school holidays.

The Summer Reading Club concluded for this year with a party held at HJ Daley Library. We had over 100 children and their families come and join us for an afternoon of music, games, food, prizes, balloon animals and a special guest appearance by the Cat in the Hat.

If you'd like to check out the photos you can find them on the Campbelltown City Library Facebook page.

We hope you all enjoyed your summer reading and that it is the start of a wonderful year of reading.

PJ Storytime

Why not put on your PJs, grab your family, bring your teddy and join us for a special storytime in the Library at night. PJ Storytime is this Thursday 17 January at HJ Daley Library starting at 6.30pm. There will be stories, songs and a bedtime snack for everyone. Children of all ages are welcome. For more information please ring 4645 4444. We hope you can join us.

School Holiday Activities

Our popular school holiday activities start next week. 

Our first activity is for our Bookalicious members.  This is a special show called Pass the Poetry Please.  Pass the Poetry Please combines poems past, present, fast, slow, funny and sad with costumed characters and baffling illusions.  This is a poetry show without any boring bits!!! This will be held at HJ Daley Library on Tuesday 8 January starting at 10.30am. If you’d like more information about this activity or Bookalicious our junior book club please phone 4645 4444.