Fun in comfort at libraries
WHETHER you are six or 60, Bass Coast and South Gippsland libraries have something for you this summer.
So when boredom strikes, Christmas is a distant dream, and it is 40 degrees outside, take in an event or activity at your local library.
For the less technically minded, Leongatha, Korumburra and Poowong libraries are running a series of get to know your Christmas present sessions in January and February.
If you’re baffled by that new iPad, or you feel like your smartphone is smarter than you, they can help.
For Bass Coast residents, Wonthaggi, Inverloch and Phillip Island libraries will continue to provide one on one Tech Talks. Contact your local library for details.
And it need not end there.
For those inspired by their new found mastery over their computerised gadgets, Inverloch will be running an introduction to online resources, providing a taster of the amazing things that are waiting only a click away.
At Leongatha they will be explaining how to get started with researching your family tree.
If you prefer gardening to staring at a screen, then you may want to check out Inverloch Library’s regular produce swaps, which will continue through the summer season, or attend Wonthaggi Library’s backyard chooks and all things chicken session, at the beginning of February, where chicken expert Elise Hoc will explain all things fowl.
What about books? At Wonthaggi there will be a special colouring in for adults session in February, where you can rediscover one of the simple pleasures of childhood.
Or, if you have the next bestseller gathering dust in your bottom drawer, you can book a place on local writer Beth Montgomery’s editing workshop, also at Wonthaggi.
The Phillip Island Library will be holding both a January author talk, where Greg Buchanan will tell all about the Phillip Island penguins’ fight for survival.
Finally, also at Phillip Island, there’ll be a book chat session, where you can discuss all things literary over a cup of tea and a biscuit.
Libraries do not stop for summer, and after a short break for Christmas and the New Year, their popular Story Time, Rhyme Time and Lego Clubs will be back and running right through the hot months of the year.
CARP Productions, the hugely popular children’s theatre group, will be performing in Leongatha and Wonthaggi in the second week of January. Bookings are essential for this one, so call your library.
Also in January, Wonthaggi and Phillip Island libraries will be running How to Write Revolting Rhymes workshops. Run by Bass Coast libraries’ poet in residence Jon Dixon, children aged eight to 12 are guaranteed to leave with an amusing poem about their mum, dad or sibling.
Stimulate the mental and creative urges of primary aged children with the SCRATCH computer coding sessions at Wonthaggi and Leongatha in January. If your child is going to be the next Bill Gates, maybe this could be their first step to world recognition.
The curtain will be going up twice in January at the Phillip Island Kids’ Movie Club. Like all library events tickets are free. Bring your own snacks and drinks.
And finally, if paints and paper are more your children’s thing, then try one of the following. Stories, crafts and holiday fun for ages five-plus at Inverloch, making paper planes and origami workshops at Wonthaggi, and special paint your pillow case sessions across the South Gippsland libraries.
All of the above events are on in January and February. They are all free of charge, but you need to book tickets for several of them.
To take the next step, visit www.wgrlc.vic.gov.au or telephone Wonthaggi Library on 5672 1875, or Leongatha Library on 5662 4829.
Place to be: keep cool while enjoying interesting activities in air-conditioned comfort at your local library this summer.
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Posted by Sarah Vella on Jan 5 2016. Filed under Business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
