Are you looking for something to do after school? Then come along and have some fun by creating and completing Lego challenges.
Tawa Library have their event on Thursday 12 July at 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
Johnsonville Library have their event on Friday 13th July at 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
Let’s build – Let’s explore – Let’s create… Let’s Go Lego!!
Are you looking for something to do after school? Then come along and have some fun by creating and completing Lego challenges.
Tawa Library have their event on Thursday 14th June at 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
Let’s build – Let’s explore – Let’s create… Let’s Go Lego!!
Suitable for age 5+
Are you looking for something to do after school? Then come along and have some fun by creating and completing Lego challenges.
Johnsonville Library have their event on Friday 8th June at 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
Let’s build – Let’s explore – Let’s create… Let’s Go Lego!!
Suitable for age 5+
This is just a very quick update to let you know that from the 2nd of June, Let’s Go LEGO at Karori Library will be held half an hour earlier from 2:00-3:00pm. Previously it was held from 2:30-3:30pm. We hope that this change means that you’ll all have more time to chat and browse the library for books to take home following each session!
Here’s the updated Let’s Go LEGO schedule:
Cummings Park (Ngaio) Library: First Thursday of the month, 3:30-4:30pm
Khandallah Library: First Friday of the month, 3:30-4:30pm
Karori Library: First Saturday of the month, 2:00-3:00pm
Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) Library: Second Thursday of the month, 3:30-4:30pm
Johnsonville Library: Second Friday of the month, 3:30-4:30pm
For more info about the Let’s Go LEGO programme, check out the What’s On page here, email enquiries@wcl.govt.nz, or ask your local librarian
A Lego creation by the very talented Elijah at Karori Library!
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Are you looking for something to do after school? Then come along for some fun by creating and completing Lego challenges.
Tawa Library have their event on Thursday 10th May at 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
Johnsonville Library have their event on Friday 11th May at 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
Let’s build – Let’s explore – Let’s create!!!
Suitable for age 5+
More exciting news in the world of Let’s Go Lego — the programme is finally coming back to Khandallah Library! The first session will be on Friday the 4th of May at 3:30pm, and sessions will continue on the first Friday of every month thereafter. No need to book, and it’s totally free — just turn up on the day and have fun!
Since our last official update, the programme has also expanded to include Johnsonville Library. The full Let’s Go Lego timetable (for the moment!) is laid out below:
Cummings Park (Ngaio) Library — first Thursday of the month, 3:30-4:30pm
Khandallah Library — first Friday of the month, 3:30-4:30pm
Karori Library — first Saturday of the month, 2:30-3:30pm
Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) Library — second Thursday of the month, 3:30-4:30pm
Johnsonville Library — second Friday of the month, 3:30-4:30pm
Let’s build – Let’s explore – Let’s create!
Let’s Go Lego is returning to Khandallah Library after a long absence — we can’t wait to see you there!
For more information, contact Stephen at Karori Library, 476 8413, or email enquiries@wcl.govt.nz
There are some great sequels and spin-offs in the library film collection at the moment! Cars and Despicable me are both in their third incarnation. With more problems and robberies involving bubblegum these movies are entertaining, fun and who wouldn’t want to see more minions?!
Looking for some DVDs to watch in the school holidays? There were the most popular ones borrowed from the library over the summer months – give them a whirl:
Hey Kids! More new non fiction in the Wellington City Libraries collection for your reading pleasure! Featured in this post are books about lego (and space!), awesome science projects good for your brain, where the world of mathematics and computers collides and much, much more!
Enjoy!
What’s better than space or building with LEGO bricks? Building amazing space projects out of your LEGO bricks, of course! Brick by Brick Space provides more than twenty-five amazing projects to build with your LEGO bricks. Follow the easy step-by-step instructions to create space stations, satellites, planets, rocket ships, and more.
Also check out Brick by brick dinosaurs.
Can I touch your hair? : poems of race, mistakes, and friendship?
Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, present paired poems about topics including family dinners, sports, recess, and much more. This relatable collection explores different experiences of race in America. Great for ages 8 and up. Just in time for Race Relations Day.
Hot from the Maths Quest series, check out Attack on Circuit City, where you must thwart the attacks using your statistical knowledge. Finding the answers enables readers to advance through the story, learning more about maths – focusing on statistics – with every step they take. Clues are dotted along the way, and wrong turns will direct readers towards the right answer! Action, adventure and mathematics all rolled into one amazing book!
“Brain Lab for Kids is an interactive and hands-on book that takes readers on an exciting journey into the functions of the brain through enlightening experiments and creative activities.”– Provided by publisher.
My first ballet class : a book with foldout pages!
A cute little interactive book for young children that features foldout pages and use photographic images to detail the basic dance instructions involved in ballet.
Hey Kids!
Check out the latest new non fiction at Wellington City Libraries. Lots of cool books about from the DK findout! series, lego, coding and augmented reality. Enjoy!
Brick by Brick dinosaurs will teach you how to build more that 15 amazing prehistoric projects, with clearly illustrated step-by-step instructions. An ideal book for anyone who loves lego and dinosaurs.
Coding for kids : create your own videogames with Scratch.
Explains how to use the programming language Scratch to create computer games, presenting projects that can be altered as young readers gain proficiency.
Have you ever wanted to find out how the First World War began? Or how soldiers lived and fought in trenches? This book from the DKfindout! series is packed with surprising facts and amazing pictures for World War 1. It’s a small book filled with big ideas. — Cover.
Look inside your brilliant body with DK’s brand new human body book. DKfindout! Human Body will satisfy any child who is eager to learn and acquire facts – and keep them coming back for more! From gooey gastric juices, to our amazing brains, and everything in the human body in-between, this book will give kids the understanding they crave about how our bodies work. DKfindout! Human Body explains the complex systems like digestion that keep us ticking over, and will satisfy any budding biologist.DKfindout! Human Body will surprise and delight young readers aged 6 to 9.
“IExplore Micro Monsters is an amazing book that reveals the tiny creatures all around us that are normally invisible to the human eye. Marvel at these incredible mini monsters – and watch as Digital Magic makes them leap off the page! Fact-filled spreads give the reader background information on each tiny beast: where it’s found, what it does and how it survives in even the harshest conditions, from skin cells to outer space! Then simply open the app on your smartphone or tablet to trigger the AR action and awaken the Digital Magic. The book comes to life using the latest technology of augmented reality with the free app. All you need is a smartphone or tablet.”–bookdepository.com.
Are you looking for something to do after school? Then come along for some fun by creating and completing Lego challenges.
Tawa Library have their event on Thursday 12th April at 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
Johnsonville Library have their event on Friday 13th April at 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
Let’s build – Let’s explore – Let’s create!!!
Suitable for age 5+
