Karori Library was packed full of fun these school holidays with lots of entertaining activities and stories. We marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and we danced with a Ballerina from the Royal New Zealand Ballet in celebration of the Angelina Ballerina production. It was awesome to see so many of you enjoying your holidays at the library. You might even be able to spot yourselves in some of our photos!
Holiday activities
Johnsonville’s Sink or Swim Holiday Programme
Much fun was had last April 12 at Johnsonville when we had the Sink or Swim Holiday Programme. Since it is also the 100th year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we had lined up some activities to remember it by. There were about 62 people who turned up for the event. We had somebody from the Keith Spry pool who came over to share some helpful swimming safety tips. The children would have to guess what items would sink or float in the bucket of water that she had brought with her. Then we discussed some facts about the Titanic including its size of about 22 school buses! After that we are off to our fun activities.
- Spot the difference between two very big pictures of the Titanic
- Underwater search and find puzzle
- Mind the Iceberg game where you have to fill out the empty squares without hitting the icebergs
- Save the people game where you have to get on a small cardboard boat and try to get as many cardboard rolls with your stick and place them onboard your boat.
- Origami paper boats
Then we ended it with having your photo taken as a female passenger, the captain or peeking through a porthole.
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.
Cummings Park Library Holiday Activities
We had a lot of fun these school holidays at Cummings Park Library. In the first week we marked the 100th year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic then in the second week we had a special visit from a member of the Royal New Zealand Ballet in association with the Angelina Ballerina production. It was lovely seeing so many of you in the library, we hope you all had a great time too.
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 Holidays
Hey Kids!
You have a double feature to enjoy during the April School Holidays (5th – 20th of April, in case you had forgotten)
Will you sink or swim? Find out by taking part in fun stories and activities to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
Angelina Ballerina Dance with a member of the Royal New Zealand Ballet Dance Explorer Team at special storytimes.
All free and all fun, and at a Wellington Library near you.
Watch this space… details soon!
Coming Soon…
The School Holidays are almost here! Yahoo! Looking for something to do? Look no further! We’ve got some really fun stuff happening just for you.
Get down to your local library during the first week of October for your chance to meet some of New Zealand’s best children’s authors! Snuggle up and listen to them reading some of their favourite stories, play some cool writing games and activities and find out all about how to write and be an author.
Monday 4th October at 11am:
Central Library – Kevin Boon (ages 5-10)
Tawa Library – Maggie Rainey-Smith (ages 5-10)
Island Bay Library – Fleur Beale (ages 7-10)
Wadestown Library – Rebekah Palmer (ages 4-8)
Tuesday 5th October at 11am:
Miramar Library – Philippa Werry (ages 6-12)
Cummings Park Library – Barbara Murison (ages 6-8)
Newtown Library – Rebakah Palmer (ages 4-8)
Wednesday 6th October at 11am:
Central Library – Fleur Beale (ages 7-10)
Johnsonvile Library – Kevin Boon (ages 5-10)
Khandallah Library – Maggie Rainey-Smith (ages 5-10)
Thursday 7th October at 11am:
Kilbirnie Library – Frances Cherry (ages 8-14)
Friday 8th October at 11am:
Brooklyn Library – Philippa Werry (ages 6-12)
Karori Library – Kevin Boon (ages 5-10)
All sessions are free, please check in at your local library for more information. See you there!
Fantasy & Fairytales at the Library
Johnsonville Library was full of magic on Wednesday as wizards, fairies, knights and some animals filled the library and our enchanted castle. We enjoyed fantastic holiday activities, with stories, puzzles, pin the glasses on Harry Potter and even a giant board game. We hope you enjoy looking at the photos.
