What’s On in October 2017 at South Ham Library?

We are proud to launch SOUTH HAM SATURDAYS – FAMILY Fun this month. Join us every Saturday morning for drop in fun from 10am-midday. All activities are free of charge. We request that children under 10 are accompanied by an adult.

1^st Saturday Craft

2^nd Saturday Board Games

3^rd Saturday Construction Club

4^th Saturday Storytime

Look at our Facebook page to find out how we will be celebrating NATIONAL LIBRARIES WEEK during 9^th-16^th Oct.

During Half term join us for some spooky activities with a Halloween treasure hunt all week and a drop-in Wednesday Craft Puffy Ghosts from 10am -3pm on the 25^th October

During the week Story Time continues to be held at 10:30 am on TUESDAYS. Come and join us for stories and themed colouring and the Construction Club continues to be after school on Tuesdays, with the opportunity to play with Lego and Duplo from 3:30pm-4:45pm.

This term’s CODE CLUB started again last month and we have 8 children learning to code. They never cease to amaze us with what they learn so quickly and their creativity and imagination. Look out for details about what will happen in the future. We are so grateful to our volunteer Peter who gives up his time each week to inspire these youngsters.

Chatterbooks reading group for primary aged children has moved to the 3rd Friday of the month and will be held on Friday, 20^th October  at 4pm with craft and book activities linked with Autumn and at the same time our T.R.@.S.H. group (Teen Reading @ South Ham) will hold a meeting for those at secondary school who love books – come and be part of this exciting venture. This month they will be discussing the “Books with Blue Covers” they chose last month and will look at first and last lines of books. Both Chatterbooks and T.R.@S.H. would love to welcome new members, pop into the library or contact us via our Facebook page to find out more.

Rhymetime continues every Friday with fun rhymes and songs at 11am for babies and toddlers.

Activities for adults this month include the Genesis Sci-Fi Reading Group on the 7^th October  from 10:00am-12:00 noon and Age Concern continue to provide computer instruction for the over 50s on Tuesdays from 10:00am-1:00pm; appointments need to be booked through the local office.

ADVANCE NOTICE If you love local history then don’t miss our afternoon with the Kempshott History Group about the Basingstoke Fair being held here on Tuesday 7^th November cost £2 . Although the west side of Basingstoke was a rural area there were many things worth noting about the area in the 17^th and 18^th Centuries. The Prince of Wales (later George IV) and his mistress lived in Kempshott Park and the Basingstoke Fairs took place at what is now Down Grange Park from 1671-1779   Advance Booking essential pop into the library or call 01256 336047 or visit www.hants.gov.uk/shop

Don’t forget we have 4 computers giving access to the internet and Microsoft office software, a scanner and colour printer and photocopier. The computers are free to use but there are charges for printing. We also have FREE access online to Ancestry, Find my Past, Which? Magazine Online and the British Newspaper Archive Online. Ask a member of staff for help getting started.

Also by joining the library you can access hundreds of ebooks, audiobooks on your smartphone, tablet or home computer through our NEW Libby App which is even easier to use than Overdrive and magazines through RB Digital.

We look forward to welcoming you to our busy, buzzy, friendly, local library this month.