COMMUNITY HUB NEWS AUG 2023
WENVOE COMMUNITY HUB
Tel: 02920 594176 – during opening hours or wenvoelibrary@outlook.com
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Summer Reading Challenge 2023
How to take part through the Hub:
- Tell us that your child would like to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge.
- We will get you signed up and give you a special reading record, which also has instructions on how to access fun reading activities online.
- The challenge is for your child to read six books over the holidays.
- Your child can borrow and read books, e-Books, and audiobooks of their choice. They can read anything they like: fiction, fact books, poetry, joke books, picture books and graphic novels all count towards completing the Challenge!
- We will provide special incentives along the way.
- Your child will receive a certificate for reaching their Challenge goal.
- There will be a special prize for each child who has read more than six books over the holidays.
Additional Summer Opening Hours
The Library will be open on Thursdays over the summer break for adults and children who wish to continue with their Sumer Reading Challenge or wish to sign up for it if they have not already done so.
The Hub will also be open. Don’t forget that as well as hot drinks we also have ice-creams, lollies etc. on sale.
We also have lots of new children’s books, plus toys, jigsaws, puzzles and games to amuse adults as well as little ones.
The opening days are 27th July, 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st August from 11.00am – 1.00pm
BFI Replay – 60 years of screen stories digitised and preserved just for you.
Exclusively available to UK Public lending libraries, BFIReplay is a FREE resource for users to browse and enjoy for leisure or study. There are thousands of digitised videos and television programmes from the collections of the BFI National Archive and UK regions and nations film archives, alongside contributions from other significant archives such as BBC and ITV.
The videos span six decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s, offering a glimpse into Britain’s past, its people, and places; recording and revealing an era of rapid social, industrial, political, and technological change. You can be sure of lots of nostalgic Welsh content too. To access the platform just click on the BFIReplay icon on the Library Hub PC desktop.
Date for your diary
Cuppa with a Coppa: 2:30pm Wednesday 30th August.