JANUARY 2024
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ALL LIBRARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES ARE FREE Bookings for program will open Tuesday 2 January at 11am. To book library events:
Phone: 1300 135 668 Online: library.kingston.vic.gov.au/events In person at any library branch Children under 10 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Please book only one space for your child if events are duplicated. If you can no longer attend, please be kind and cancel your bookings online or over the phone so that another may have your space. All dates and times are correct at time of printing.
Regular Children & Families programs will recommence from Monday 5 February. The City of Kingston proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respect to their Elders, past and present and emerging.
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Monday 8 January Minecraft Creative
The Gruffalo
Parkdale Library 8 - 12 years 10:30am - 12pm & 3pm - 4:30pm
Cheltenham Library 10:30am - 11:45am Rated G Ages 3+
Get creative and see where your imagination can take you in this one and a half hour Minecraft Creative session. Build a bridge, a planet, an amusement park, the choice is yours!
“Where are you going to, little brown mouse?”
Bookings required. Limited places.
To the library to celebrate the fabulous Gruffalo in its 25th year anniversary. Read the story, watch the movie, make a craft. Bookings required.
Colour-in Baseball Cap Chelsea Library 2:30pm - 3:15pm 4-10 years
BOOKIN REQUIREGDS
Personalise a baseball cap to keep you sheltered from the UV rays this summer. Using textas, decorate and create your very own designer cool baseball cap.
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Tuesday 9 January Suncatcher Wind Chimes
Drop-in Lucky Dip Craft
Chelsea Library 10:30am - 11:15am Ages 4 - 10
Parkdale Library 11am - 4pm All ages
A simple colouring in craft that will make you see rainbows and hear music.
Pop on into Parkdale Library today to get creative with a lucky dip of materials. Who knows what your imagination will create.
Bookings required.
No bookings required.
Nathan Ferlazzo Cheltenham Library 10:30 - 11:30am Ages 5 - 8 1pm - 3pm Ages 9 - 12 Local illustrator Nathan has a passion for not only art and wildlife, but for science and nature. Inspired by people like David Attenborough and characters from his favourite books, like Mowgli and Bagheera (The Jungle Book), Nathan will share his love of drawing with you. Bookings required.
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Wednesday 10 January Storytime at The Strand
Storytime and Craft
The Strand, Chelsea 10am - 10:30am Ages 3 - 7
Clarinda Library 2:30pm - 3:30pm Ages 3-9
Join us at The Strand in Chelsea for stories, songs, dancing and summer fun.
Join author and illustrator Afroditti Kollias for a very special reading of her picture book, ‘The Hottest Town’. Followed by a simple related craft activity.
No bookings required.
Bookings required.
Movie Screening Westall Library 2:30pm - 4:15pm Rated PG Ages 8+ After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them. Bookings required. Snacks provided. Please note accompanying guardians will also need to book.
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Thursday 11 January Storytime and Craft
YA Punch Needle Tote Bag
Parkdale Library 10:30am - 11:30am All ages welcome but best suited to ages 3 - 7.
Cheltenham Library 2:30pm - 3:30pm Ages 12 - 16
Children’s author Sarah Speedie will be visiting to read and discuss her fabulous picture books ‘Mozzies Vs Flies’ & ‘Meowster Chef’. Followed by a craft to make and take.
Need a bag for the beach this summer, then we have you sorted. Explore your creative side by designing this tote bag with this make-your-own punch needle kit. Bookings required.
Bookings required.
Drop-in Lucky Dip Craft Clarinda Library 11am - 4pm All ages Pop on into Clarinda Library today to get creative with a lucky dip of materials. Who knows what your imagination will create. No bookings required.
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Friday 12 January Movie Screening
Colour-in Baseball Cap
Cheltenham Library 2:30pm - 4pm Rated PG Ages 6+
Parkdale Library 10:30am - 11:15am Ages 4 - 10
A shy adolescent learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the waters, which is bigger than she could have ever imagined.
Personalise a baseball cap to keep you sheltered from the UV rays this summer. Using textas, decorate and create your very own designer cool baseball cap. Bookings required.
Bookings required. Snacks provided. Please note accompanying guardians will also need to book.
Minecraft Creative Westall Library 10:30am - 12pm & 3pm - 4:30pm Ages 8 - 12 Get creative and see where your imagination can take you in this one and a half hour Minecraft Creative session. Build a bridge, a planet, an amusement park the choice is yours! Bookings required. Limited places.
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Monday 15 January The Gruffalo
Young Engineers
Westall Library 10:30am - 11:45am Rated G Ages 3+
Big Builders
“Where are you going to, little brown mouse?” To the library to celebrate the fabulous Gruffalo in its 25th year anniversary. Read the story, watch the movie, make a craft. Bookings required.
Parkdale Library 10:30am - 12pm Ages 4 - 6 Young Engineers Big Builders session will introduce young children to scientific concepts through hands-on experiential learning. Through their play with co-builders, they will develop their interpersonal communication and will gain confidence to discover and invent. Bookings required.
Suncatcher Wind Chimes Dingley Library 10:30am - 11:15am Ages 4 - 10 A simple colouring in craft that will make you see rainbows and hear music. Bookings required.
Young Engineers Robo Bricks Chelsea Library 1:30pm - 3pm Ages 7 - 12 Join Young Engineers for their exciting Robo Bricks program. Think like engineers’ by building motorised robot ‘models’ using LEGO®, motors and batteries. Bookings required.
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Tuesday 16 January Minecraft Creative
STEM Drawing Bot
Cheltenham Library 10:30am - 12pm Ages 8 - 12
Parkdale Library 2:30pm - 3:30pm Ages 7 - 12
Get creative and see where your imagination can take you in this one and a half hour Minecraft Creative session. Build a bridge, a planet, an amusement park the choice is yours!
Unlock the world of art and robotics with the drawing bot. Have fun whilst learning with the various parts and learn about robotics and mechanics, then experiment with the Drawing Bot, using different drawing techniques, patterns and styles!
Bookings required. Limited places.
Bookings required.
Charlie Sillypants Patterson Lakes Library and Community Centre 12pm - 1pm Ages 1 - 101 Charlie SillyPants has been sent on a mission to Magicland to find the “PERFECT FRIEND”! He will need all his detective skill’s and lots of help from the audience as he searches for clues. With plenty of Magic and LOTS of silliness, can Charlie Sillypants pass the mission? Will he find the “PERFECT FRIEND”? Focusing on friendship, relationships and resilience. Bookings required.
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Don’t forget to register for The Big Summer Read!
Fabulous prizes to win as well as fun reading adventures to explore. 1st prize (ages 14-18) Beats Solo3 Wireless On-Ear Headphones plus $50 bookstore voucher. 1st prize (ages 10-13) Nintendo Switch Lite plus $50 bookstore voucher. 1st prize (ages 5-9) Nintendo Switch Lite plus $50 bookstore voucher. 1st prize (ages 0-4) LEGO® DUPLO® plus $50 bookstore voucher. 2nd prize (all ages) $100 Westfield Voucher and $100 bookstore voucher. 3d prize (all ages) $50 Westfield voucher and $50 bookstore voucher.
SCAN TO ENTER!
Or visit: library.kingston.vic.gov.au/ big-summer-read
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Wednesday 17 January Storytime at The Strand
Movie Screening
The Strand, Chelsea 10am - 10:30am Ages 3 - 7
Parkdale Library 2pm - 3:30pm Rated G Ages 4+
Join us at The Strand in Chelsea for stories, songs, dancing and summer fun. No bookings required.
STEM Drawing Bot Clarinda Library 2:30pm - 3:30pm Ages 7 - 12
A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups! Bookings required. Snacks provided. Please note accompanying guardians will also need to book.
Unlock the world of art and robotics with the drawing bot. Have fun whilst learning with the various parts and learn about robotics and mechanics, then experiment with the Drawing Bot, using different drawing techniques, patterns and styles! Bookings required.
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Thursday 18 January STEM Drawing Bot
Drop-in Badge Making
Cheltenham Library 10:30am - 11:30am Ages 7 - 12
Westall Library 11am - 3pm All ages
Unlock the world of art and robotics with the drawing bot. Have fun whilst learning with the various parts and learn about robotics and mechanics, then experiment with the Drawing Bot, using different drawing techniques, patterns and styles!
Design and create your masterpiece art work to wear proudly on your shirt, hat or backpack!
Bookings required.
No bookings required.
Minecraft Creative Chelsea Library 10:30am - 12pm Ages 8 - 12 Get creative and see where your imagination can take you in this one and a half hour Minecraft Creative session. Build a bridge, a planet, an amusement park the choice is yours! Bookings required. Limited places.
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COLOUR ME IN!
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Friday 19 January Suncatcher Wind Chimes
Colour-in Baseball Cap
Highett Library 10:30am - 11:15am Ages 4 - 10
Cheltenham Library 10:30am - 11:15am Ages 4 - 10
A simple colouring in craft that will make you see rainbows and hear music.
Personalise a baseball cap to keep you sheltered from the UV rays this summer. Using textas, decorate and create your very own designer cool baseball cap.
Bookings required.
Bookings required.
The Gruffalo Patterson Lakes Library 10:30am - 11:45am Rated G Ages 3+ “Where are you going to, little brown mouse?” To the library to celebrate the fabulous Gruffalo in its 25th year anniversary. Read the story, watch the movie, make a craft. Bookings required.
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KIDS ON TOUR Patterson Lakes Community Centre Monday 8 January - Friday 19 January During opening hours (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm) Closed on public holidays Ages 4 - 16 Drop on into Patterson Lakes Community Centre during the school holiday program to get creative with art-making activities developed by artists and the National Gallery of Victoria. Hands-on activities made collaboratively with family and friends, fosters social connection while also sparking creative thinking and providing opportunities for self-expression. No bookings required.
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GAMING AT THE LIBRARY
Nintendo Switches available at Chelsea, Clarinda & Westall Library! Xbox One available at Chelsea & Westall Library. All school holidays.
Lego
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Drop-IN Kids of all ages welcome.
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Check out all the exciting junior and YA eBooks and eAudio titles on Borrowbox, for you to download. library.kingston.vic.gov.au/digital-library
DROP IN FAMILY BOARD GAMES A variety of board and card games are available at all branches, all school holidays.
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Contact Us Phone
1300 135 668
library@kingston.vic.gov.au
Web
library.kingston.vic.gov.au
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TTY
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FIND YOUR NEAREST BRANCH Chelsea
1 Chelsea Rd
Cheltenham
12 Stanley Ave
Clarinda
58A Viney St
Dingley Village
31C Marcus Rd
Highett
310 Highett Rd
Parkdale
96 Parkers Rd
Patterson Lakes
54 Thompson Rd
Westall 35 Fairbank Rd Clayton South