What's on at Johnsonville Library?


Celebrating New Zealand Music Month!

During May, Johnsonville Library will be making music with performances by students and bands from our local community. Come and share in the joy of music, and support our local budding musicians and singers, some of whom have only just started learning. At the end of the each session performers will have the opportunity to write their names up on our Library Hall of Fame.

Below are pictures of Patricia Collier and her students performing, and pictures of students of Loretta Lander. For details of performance dates and times, or if you are interested in performing, contact the staff at the Johnsonville Library.

Patricia Collier & student. Patricia Collier with her students. Loretta Lander's students Loretta Lander's students

Down the Back of the Chair! April School Holiday Programme

Syndetics book cover60 children and adults came to Johnsonville's holiday programme, on Monday 22nd April, for an interactive story-time where Justin and Susannah acted out "Down the back of the chair" by Margaret Mahy. Half way through they did a dance to Dave Dobbyn's song, "Slice of Heaven."

Acting out the story Pinning the worm on the kiwi

This was followed by a game of Pin the Worm on the Kiwi, with 2 children getting closest equal to pinning the worm onto the kiwi's beak. Then the programme finished up with Justin teaching the kids how to make poi. Loads of fun was had by everyone!

Playing with poi making poi

Book Sale!

Check out Johnsonville Library's regular booksales where you can grab yourself a bargain. Buy a withdrawn book for as little as a $1! New sale books added regularly.

BookSale

Christmas Storytime

About 30 children and adults came along to Johnsonville Library's Special Christmas Storytime on Friday 21st December. Some children came along in costume to hear staff members Jade and Swee Chan read Christmas stories aloud. There was music and dancing, and even a special guest, Faith, who played the violin!

Reading aloud Violin Music

$2 DVD Collection!

$2 DVDs

Johnsonville Library now has a great collection of DVDs to borrow for only $2! Just look out for the DVDs marked with a pink sticker: they range from Classics to Family Movies; from Documentaries to Foreign Films; from Arthouse to TV Series. Drop in and check them out!

Some of the choices.

Free Wi-fi

WifiJohnsonville Library now has free wi-fi! Just bring in your wireless-compatible device, and you will be able to use the Wellington Wi-fi for free. Wi-fi is available Monday - Saturday during opening hours.

 

Previous Events

April 2012 Holiday Program

We had a wonderful time during the April 2012 Holiday Programs - have a look and see what we got up to!

Angelina Ballerina

Sink or Swim

 

Regular Activities

For more information about any of the events or programmes below, call or email us. We'd love to hear from you!

Baby Rock & Rhyme

When: every Wednesday and Thursday from 9.30 - 10:00 am.

Baby Rock and Rhyme

Baby Rock & Rhyme is a free, fun programme for babies 0 - 2 year old. You won't have to register, just come and have an enjoyable time with your baby. For more information and for details of sessions at other branches, check out What's On @ the Library for information about Baby Rock and Rhyme.

We're bringing Baby Rock and Rhyme music to your home. You can download the whole CD from iTunes for $18.99 or select your baby's favourites and creat your own playlist for as low as $1.79 each song.

Preschool Storytimes

Psst
  • Storytime in English is every Tuesday morning at Johnsonville Library at 10:30am in the children's area
  • Story-telling and singing runs for about half an hour
  • Pre-school storytimes are fun and free - there's no charge, and you don't have to book
  • Storytime is aimed at pre-school age children (three and four years old) - but younger siblings are always welcome!

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What's on here?

There's always something fun and exciting for everyone in Johnsonville Library. Check these out!

Any Questions?

We offer online homework help for New Zealand school students. Visit AnyQuestions for more info.

Deceased authors display

We had a successful display of books by authors who had passed away but continue to live through the books they have written

Adult Graphic Novels

Our collection of Adult Graphic Novels are getting bigger, thanks to you! Located next to the large print books, these are free to borrow for three weeks.

Horrible Books Collection

Check out our Horrible Books Collection in the Junior non fiction area!

Photo Gallery

Paralympics Holiday Programme

Look at what fun we had during the Paralympics Holiday programme. A real live paralympian came to show us how play basketball using wheelchairs and other fun games.

Paralympic Fun Paralympic Fun Paralympic Fun

Blast from the Past Holiday Programme

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Science Holiday Programme

Fairytales & Fantasy Holiday Programme

Mad Hatter Holiday Programme

Mrs. Wishy WashyHoliday Programme