The Richard and Judy collection is now available at Sandown Library . . .

Sandown Library now has the complete set of books in the latest Richard & Judy Summer Reads collection. These popular titles were purchased with money raised by Friends Of Sandown Library.                                           

Summer events at Sandown Library...

1) Horrible Science Day, Tuesday 31st July 2012.

Come along and have fun with silly stories and whacky experiments in the storylab at Sandown Library! Tuesday 31st July 10.30am to 11.30am. This is a free event for 4 to 8 year olds and tickets are required. Under 5’s must be accompanied by an adult throughout. Call 01983 402748, or pop into the library to reserve a space.

2) Beaches and Bottles, Tuesday 14th August 2012.

Beach based stories and craft activities such as paper Sandcastle making and writing a message in a paper 'bottle', will be sure to keep the little ones entertained. Pop into Sandown Library or send an e-mail to friendsofsandownlibrary@gmail.com to register an interest.


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Minutes for Friends (FoSL) meeting, Thursday 14th June 2012

Present: John, Robert, Susan, Donna, Deborah, Conrad, Jenny, Wendy, Linda

Apologies: Eileen, Laura, Louise, Heather, Janet, Ian

1: Discussion on the Plant and Book sale.

The group made nearly £60 on the book and plant sale, with even more money coming in for the general sale of books and the name the dog. There was a general opinion that this was good as there was not as much publicity as hoped and re fighting the Old Gaffers and one of the sunniest days of the year so far. It was suggested that more publicity would be needed for any future events and that posters should be made more visable. There was concern that the money raised is still being held in the safe at the library, and that we are still awaiting any details of a bank account.

Ian to action bank account.

2: Discussion of the upstairs room.

Jenny confirmed that the room is starting to be cleared, but there is a problem with a leaking roof that will have to be addressed before any further changes are made.

3: Discussion of the FoSL notice board.

Library staff have kindly set up a Friends of Sandown Library board as we are still awaiting our own one. However this is in the space where they currently have their notices so would like the space back as soon as possible.

Ian to action notice board.

4: Discussion of future events.

Jenny has had notification from Library services that they want the friends group to help with encouraging others, especially children, to use the libraries and to improve literacy. After much discussion it was decided that the friends group would put on two events during the summer holidays for primary aged children:

a) Horrible Science Day 31^st July 2012.

This is to run in conjunction with the 'Reading Lab' scheme during the summer. Jenny will read some stories and there will be some fun science experiments for the children to get involved with. Donna to set things up with, hopefully, help from deborah and Conrad. If anyone else is willing to come along it would be most appreciated.

b) Beaches and Bottles Tuesday 14^th August 2012.

Beach based stories by Jenny with craft activities of paper Sandcastle making and writing a message in a 'bottle' (this to be a paper one). Donna to set up and again, extra help would be appreciated for the craft side.

These events will go into the local schools newsletters and it would be helpful if they were put into the Village Talk. Also it would be good publicity for both the group and the library to get the County Press to come along and take photographs of the events – especially the science one where Donna is hoping to make volcanos.

Laura to action publicity.

5: AOB

Jenny asked that friends help on their 'meet the author' event on 29^th June by supplying cakes and tea/coffee. Several members agreed to help out.

Next meeting is on Thursday 2^nd August 2012.