Wellington festival of Education -great weekend family fun!

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? The Wellington Festival of Education is on at TSB Arena, Frank Kitts Park and Shed 6 on Saturday 29th March.

This freefamily day is packed full of fun activities, technology to try out, stalls and performances,

Wellington City Libraries will be there performing our very own library Baby Rock & Rhyme and Storytime sessions on the feature stage in the TSB arena! You can hang out in the storytelling zone and hear well-known New Zealanders read aloud their favourite stories, or learn a new move at the dance workshop. There’s so much to do!

Check out the programme of events for details.

Christmas Baby Rock & Rhyme and Preschool Storytimes

Over the Christmas and New Year holiday period and throughout January there will be some temporary changes to the Preschool Storytime and Baby Rock & Rhyme schedule.

 

Preschool Storytime

Branch Libraries: There will be no Preschool Storytimes in branch libraries during the week of Christmas 24-28 December. Regular Preschool Storytime session will start again from Monday 31st December onwards.

Central Library: will continue running Preschool Storytimes through Christmas with a session on Friday 28th December at 10.30 as usual.

 

Baby Rock & Rhyme

Branch Libraries: there will be no Baby Rock & Rhyme sessions in branch libraries from Monday 24th December to Friday 25th January. Baby Rock & Rhyme will start for 2013  from Monday 28th January.

Central Library: will not run Baby Rock & Rhyme over the weeks 24th December to 4th January, but will continue as usual with their weekly Wednesday 9.30am session from 9th January onwards.

 

Check out the Wellington Libraries events calendar for daily session dates and times over Christmas, New Year and January.

 

Celebrate Christmas with us at special evening storytimes for 3-8 year olds at participating Wellington City Libraries. Check out where and when here

 

Changes to Storytime and Baby Rock & Rhyme

There have been a few changes to the days and times for Preschool Storytime and Baby Rock & Rhyme.

 

Here is the new schedule for Preschool Storytime:

Brooklyn Library: Tuesday 10.30am

Central Library: Tuesday and Friday 10.30am

Cummings Park Library (Ngaio): Wednesday 10.30am

Island Bay Library: Thursday 10.30am

Johnsonville Library: Tuesday 10.30am

Karori Library: Monday, tuesday and Wednesday 10.30am

Khandallah Library:  Tuesday 10.30am

Mervyn Kemp Library (Tawa): Monday 10.30am

Miramar Library: Thursday 10.15am

Newtown Library: Wednesday 10.30am

Ruth Gotlieb Library (Kilbirnie): Monday and Wednesday 10.30am

 

Here is the new schedule for Baby Rock & Rhyme:

Central Library: Wednesday 9.30am

Cummings Park Library (Ngaio): Tuesday 10.30am

Island Bay Library: Wednesday 9.30am

Johnsonville library: Wednesday and Thursday 9.30am

Karori Library: Thursday and Fiday 10.30am

Mervyn Kemp Library (Tawa): Friday 9.30am

Miramar Library: Tuesday 10.15am

Ruth Gotlieb Library (Kilbirnie): Friday 10.15 am

 

These sessions are free and no bookings are required. Preschool Storytime is designed with 3-5 year olds in mind, and Baby Rock & Rhyme is perfect for developing early literacy skills for 0-2 year olds. Go to the Kids What’s On page to find out when events are on in your local library.

School Holiday Activities for April 19th

Looking for free fun during the school holidays? Events in your libraries today:

Baby Rock & Rhyme at Johnsonville Library (9.30am). 0-2yr olds.

Preschool Storytimes at Karori (10.30am) and Island Bay (10.30am) Libraries. 2-5 yr olds.

Angelina Ballerina Storytime Dance with a member of the Royal New Zealand Ballet Dance Explorer Team at a special library storytime at 10.15am at Miramar Library at at 2pm at Khandallah Library. 3-8yr olds. Koha for RNZB appreciated.

School Holiday Activities for April 18th

Looking for free fun during the school holidays? Events in your libraries today:

Baby Rock & Rhyme at Central (9.30am), Island Bay (9.30am), Johnsonville (9.30am) and Cummings Park (10.15am) libraries. 0-2yr olds.

Preschool Storytimes at Karori (10.30am), Kilbirnie (10.30am) and Newtown (10.30am) Libraries. 2-5 yr olds.

Angelina Ballerina Storytime Dance with a member of the Royal New Zealand Ballet Dance Explorer Team at a special library storytime at 10.30am at Tawa Library at at 2pm at Newtown Library. 3-8yr olds. Koha for RNZB appreciated.

Will You Sink or Swim? Activities to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. On at Central Library at 11am). 5-12 yr olds.

School Holiday Activities for April 17th

Looking for free fun during the school holidays? Events in your libraries today:

Baby Rock & Rhyme at Miramar library (10.15am). 0-2yr olds.

Preschool Storytimes at Cummings Park (10.15am), Central (10.30am), Brooklyn (10.30am) and Khandallah (10.30am) Libraries . 2-5 yr olds.

Angelina Ballerina Storytime Dance with a member of the Royal New Zealand Ballet Dance Explorer Team at a special library storytime at 10.30am at Johnsonville Library at at 2pm at Karori Library. 3-8yr olds. Koha for RNZB appreciated.

School Holiday Activities 16th April

Looking for free fun during the school holidays? Events in your libraries today:

Baby Rock & Rhyme at Karori Library (9.45am) 0-2yr olds.

Preschool Storytimes at 10.30am at Karori, Tawa, Kilbirnie and Johnsonville Libraries. 2-5 yr olds.

Angelina Ballerina Storytime Dance with a member of the Royal New Zealand Ballet Dance Explorer Team at a special library storytime at 10.30am at Kilbirnie Library and 2pm at Cummings Park Library. 3-8yr olds. Koha for RNZB appreciated.

School Holiday Activities 13th April

Looking for free fun during the school holidays? Events in your libraries today:

Baby Rock & Rhyme at Tawa (9.30am), Karori (9.45am) and Kilbirnie (10.15am). 0-2yr olds.

Preschool Storytimes at 10.30am at Karori and Wadestown Libraries. 2-5 yr olds.

Angelina Ballerina Storytime Dance with a member of the Royal New Zealand Ballet Dance Explorer Team at a special library storytime at 10.30am at Central Library. 3-8yr olds. Koha for RNZB appreciated.

Will You Sink or Swim? Activities to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. On at Cummings Park Library (11am) and Island bay Library (2pm). 5-12 yr olds.

School Holiday Activities for 12th April

Looking for free fun during the school holidays? Events in your libraries today:

Baby Rock & Rhyme at 9.30am at Johnsonville Library. 0-2yr olds.

Preschool Storytimes at 10.15am at Miramar Library and at 10.30am at Island Bay and Karori Libraries. 2-5 yr olds.

Will You Sink or Swim? Activities to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Khandallah (10.30am), Kilbirnie (11am), Johnsonville (11am), Wadestown (2pm) and Newtown (2pm). 5-12 yr olds

BookSeekers Bookclub for 9-12 year olds. On at Johnsonville and Kilbirnie Libraries at 4pm.

School holiday activities for 11th April

Looking for free fun during the school holidays? Events in your libraries today:

Baby Rock & Rhyme at 9.30am at Central, Island Bay and Johnsonville Libraries,  and at 10.15am at Cummings Park Library. 0-2yr olds

Preschool Storytimes at 10.30am at Karori, Kilbirnie and Newtown Libraries. 2-5 yr olds

Will You Sink or Swim? Activities to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. On at Tawa Library (10.30am), Miramar Library (11am), Karori Library (11.15am), and Brooklyn Library (2pm). 5-12 yr olds

BookSeekers Bookclub for 9-12 year olds. On at Tawa Library at 4pm.