Our Summer Reading Programme - Dig Deeper: Read, Investigate, Discover - is back for the 2023/2024 summer. It is important children don't lose their reading skills while having a long break from school (known as the summer slump), and our reading programme is a great way to keep children engaged with their reading over the holidays. Children earn rewards for reading and participating in the activities we have on offer. We have 145 reading packs to give away aimed at toddlers, primary aged children and tweens. We will also have a few fun things to do over summer for our teens and adults as well.
District Library Summer Holiday Programme
December Timetable
Monday 4 December From 10am - Launch Day: Come down and grab your summer reading bags from the library
Wednesday 6 December 3:30pm-4:30pm - Christmas Creations: Help us design and decorate craft Santas, reindeer and more.
Monday 11 December 3:30pm-4:30pm - Lego Creations: Build your Christmas Lego scene for us to display in the library
Wednesday 13 December 3:30pm-4:30pm - Christmas Stars: Decorate a star for your Christmas tree or give it as a gift.
Monday 18 December 10:30am- 12pm Christmas Parcels: Learn how to make a small parcel for those special little gifts
Wednesday 20 December 10:30am- 12 pm Christmas Trees: Join us as we create our last Christmas decoration you can hang on the tree or somewhere around your whare
Thursday 28 December 10:30am-12pm New Year Celebration Glasses 2024: Join us in creating your very own New Years celebration glasses to welcome in the year 2024
January Timetable
Wednesday 3 January 10:30am-12pm Lego Day: Build a Lego model representing your idea of dig deeper and enter our competition
Friday 5 January 10:30am-12pm Dino Eggs and Scent Detection: Watch the magic of salt and watercolours unearth our dinosaurs
Monday 8 January 10:30am-12pm Book Detection: Can you figure out which books our librarians are searching for?
Wednesday 10 January 10:30am – 12pm Puzzles and Board Games: Lets go offline. Come down and have a chat while we put together some puzzles and play some board games
Monday 15 January 10:30am- 12pm Mystery Box and Clues: Take a guess at what might be in the boxes with our what is in the box challenge
Wednesday 17 January 10:30am-12pm Design a Planet: “To infinity and... other places” Come down and design your own planet
Monday 22 January 10:30am-12pm Genetic Bracelets: Let us piece together bits of our genes with beads to create a bracelet of who we are
Wednesday 24 January 10:30am-12pm Travelling Tuataras: Dance, sing and enjoy a performance by the amazing Travelling Tuataras
Friday 26 January 10:30am-12pm Who Dunnit!: A crime has been committed! Using your investigation skills help us find the culprit