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

By the time you read this summer will be here, exams will be over and we can look forward to the school holidays and all that brings. In Hampshire library service it brings one of our busiest times of the year with the Summer Reading Challenge promoted by the reading Agency. This year children from 4-11 will be encouraged to be Animal Agents from 15^th July to 16^th September  hunting down the clues to a mystery that has happened in the local library. To do this they will need to read 6 books during the school holiday and they will be rewarded with Stickers, a certificate and medal. Staff from the local libraries will be visiting all the local schools with more information so look out for an invitation in your children’s school bag. We would love volunteers to help us with this so please contact the library if you would like to help.

It is Craft Club on Saturday 1^St July, drop in between 10am- Noon for our Bernice Bear Craft -one of the characters from Animal Agents there is also an extra Holiday craft on the 22^nd and 26^th July to make Slip or Slide the Animal Agents Snake Twins . During the Summer Holidays we will also have an Animal Agents Treasure Hunt, come and join in the fun.

Story time in July continues to be held at 10:30 am on TUESDAYS. Come and join us for stories and themed colouring.

The Construction Club HAS MOVED to afterschool on Tuesdays, with the opportunity to play with Lego and Duplo from 3:30pm-4:45pm; this will continue during the holidays too.

This term’s CODE CLUB will end in Early July but look out for details in the August what’s on of our Code Club Taster afternoon, which will give children aged 9-11 the opportunity to try scratch to see if they would like to join Code Club next term  . The projects are easy to follow step-by-step guides which help children learn, by making games and animations. The projects gradually introduce coding concepts initially using the programming language Scratch to allow children to build their knowledge incrementally over a 10 week course. Please contact the library on 01256 336047 or email  south.ham.library@hants.gov.uk  if you are interested in joining our waiting list for our next course.

The Chatterbooks reading group for primary aged children will be held on Friday, 7^th July at 4pm with craft and book activities linked with The Great Outdoors and at the same time our T.R.A.S.H. group (Teen Reading At 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 animal stories they borrowed last month.

Rhymetime continues every Friday with fun rhymes and songs at 11am for babies and toddlers. On the 7^th July we will be joined by the Bookstart Bear who will be making a very special visit.

Activities for adults this month include the Genesis Sci-Fi Reading Group on the 22^nd   July 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. 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 Zinio.

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