Forthcoming events this Christmas at Sandown Library ...

There are a selection of events coming to Sandown Library this November and December, so grab a pen and mark your favourites in your diary!

First, this Saturday the 30th November, is the Christmas Craft Fayre, which will run from 10.00am to 3.00pm. Come along for a wide selection of locally made crafts and jewellery at bargain prices! Refreshments will be provided by Friends of Sandown Library.

On Friday 6th of December, Sandown Library will host another Single's Book Chat. This new social and reading group meet on Friday evenings, approximately every three months. Come along for a fun and informal chat about books, with refreshments provided. Enjoy the good company and conversation.

Saturday 14th December is a busy day at the library. Santa will be dropping by for a special Christmas storytime, and there will be a craft activity before he arrives. This event starts at 11:00 am and is suitable for children aged 4 to 8. It is a free event, but booking is essential. Call the library on 01983 402748 to reserve your place / places.

Also on Saturday 14th December, you can enjoy Christmas carols sung by Sandown Library's Joy Of Singing group! It's the perfect opportunity to get in the Christmassy mood and find out more about additional activities at Sandown Library.

Forthcoming events at Sandown Library ...

Where's Wally?

Did you find him?  Where's Wally started today and will run until Saturday 3rd November. There will be 6 Wally’s hiding in the shops up and down Sandown High Street and we want you to find them! Come into Sandown Library to collect an entry form and find all 6 Wallys! The first correct entry wins a life size Wally cut out and a cool canvas bag, the second correct entry wins a Wally calendar and bag, and there’s a further 23 Wally bags to be won! There are no age restrictions but you do need a library card to enter. If you don’t have a library card come and join up – it’s completely free you just need i.d. Under 16’s will need an adult with them!

 Spooky Stories and Ghoulish Games!

Join us if you dare for a spook-tastic Halloween storytime on Wednesday 31st October at 5.00pm. Suitable for 4 to 8 year olds and under fives must be accompanied by an adult throughout. This is a free event but tickets are required.

 

Christmas Craft Fayre

Calling all crafters! Sandown Library is holding a Christmas Craft Fayre on Saturday 1st December from 10.00am to 3.00pm. If you would like to have a table to sell your crafts please telephone the library on 402748 or pop in and see us. Tables cost £5.

Where's Wally?

 

To celebrate 25 years of Where's Wally books, Sandown Library will be holding a competition to find Wally. 5 small Wally's and 1 large one, will be hidden in the shops along Sandown High Street between Saturday 27th October & Saturday 3rd November.

Find them all and write them down and be in with a chance to win your own Wally goodies! Forms to enter the competition are availalable now at Sandown Library, or you can print out the form below (Just click on the image and then right click and select "save image as", then you will be ready to print the document). You must have a library card to enter this competition. However if you do not have one, you can sign up at the library.

Plenty of prizes available: The first correct entry wins the large Wally and a Where's Wally canvas bag with activity pack. Second correct entry wins a 2013 Wheres Wally calendar & a canvas bag / activity pack. Plus there are 23 more canvas bags/ activity packs to be won from a draw of all correct entries!

Floss has a home!!

Friends of Sandown library would like to say congratulations to a very pleased little girl called Keira, who won the FOSL competition "Name The Dog"!

It took a long time for the correct name to be chosen, and we were beginning to think the dog would be a permanent fixture! HER name has finally been guessed. It was FLOSS. (A small clue there - Friends Of Sandown Library FOSL -- FLOS)

 

 

 

 

We have raised an incredible £71 just from this, so well done Janet for having the idea and donating the dog! And a big thank you to everyone who joined in and had a go.

Volunteers at Sandown Library . . .

Visitors to Sandown Library may have noticed some extra staff members over the summer holidays. We have four young volunteers helping children to join the Summer Reading Challenge.

The girls, Chelsea, Rhiannon, Annie and Roxie, guide the children through the four parts of the Reading Challenge, awarding free gifts along the way.

The girls have given up their time and in return have achieved experience working with children, which will help them in their future careers.

The summer holidays is our busiest time of year, with higher visitor enquiries and demand for internet access, and it's been a great help to have these enthusiastic helpers stationed at their desk, ready to answer all the childrens' enquiries and provide encouragement with their reading.

They even happily agreed to wear the lime-green T-shirts!

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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Memory Morning at Sandown Library

Thanks to all those who came along to the Memory Morning event. It was held by Independant Arts. where everyone was invited to come in for a tea or coffee, and have a chat about their memories of the Sandown area. A selection of old photographs that have recently been posted to the library were displayed, and many places were identified.

An archivist recorded all the facts, and these will be put together with other Memory Morning events across the Island to create a large display later in the year.

 

 

Meet the Authors at Sandown Library...

This is a Sandown Library event.

Ex- crime fighters turned crime writers, Bob and Carol Bridgestock will be in the library on Friday 29th June from 6.30pm to talk about their novel writing success and sell copies of their latest book. This is a free event but tickets are required. Please pop into Sandown Library for more information.