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Summer Reading Challenge – an out-of-this-world adventure at your local library!
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his year’s Summer Reading Challenge takes place in space, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. The Rockets are a futuristic family living in space and they are hot on the trail of a mischievous band of aliens. Books have mysteriously started to vanish from the Moon Library but the Rockets are on the case and, with lots of help from children taking part in the challenge, they hope to find the missing books. Space Chase: the Summer Reading Challenge starts in your local library on Saturday 13th July. It’s free for families to take part and a great way to encourage children to read for enjoyment during the long summer holiday. Children can collect fun rewards as they read but, best of all, children are free to choose which library books they would like to read. There is a great selection of books to choose from for every age group: comic books, audio books and information books about every topic – the choice is theirs! After registering online for the challenge children will receive a special Space Chase wristband. They have all summer to read six books so they can read at their own pace. As children finish their books they return to the library to talk about the books they have read, collecting colourful, smelly stickers along the way and those who read six books will be rewarded with a
special Space Chase certificate and medal. The main challenge is for children aged 4-11 years but younger children can take part in the Space Chase Mini Challenge, collecting stickers as they share library books and collecting a special ‘gold medal sticker’ and a certificate when they complete. Grown-ups may like to pick up a few books for themselves on their family visit to the library. Research shows that children enjoy reading and improve their skills when adults around them read too. This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Summer Reading Challenge so some parents may even remember taking part in the challenge when they were young. We are recruiting volunteers aged 14+ to help with the challenge. Volunteers explain how things work to families, chat with the children about the books they have read, give out rewards and encourage children to make further visits to the library to progress through the challenge. Volunteering offers an invaluable opportunity to develop communication and interpersonal skills and a chance to give something back to the local community. Are you ready for blast off? Space Chase is free – you just need a library card to register – and if you don’t have one yet you can arrange one of those for free too. Visit your local library or www.westsussex.gov.uk/src to find out more. Let the Space Chase begin!
‘Because We Care’ Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st July The parish villages of Kirdford, Plaistow and Ifold are coming together to bring you a fabulous Fun Weekend to enjoy in Plaistow Village to raise funds for community groups and projects. Saturday starts at 10.30 with a 5k Fun Run with Sebastian Coe. A warm up session with BadgerFit gets you underway to Run, Jog or Walk a 5k loop starting and finishing at Plaistow Village School. Join a Fitstep Hour for some Strictly Moves, and don’t miss the Flower Festival at Holy Trinity Church. Round off Saturday at Party Night with Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes, food, drink and fireworks. Sunday starts at 11am with a carnival procession plus vintage and classic cars around the village finishing on the village green where there will be stalls, further events and competitions for all ages, including Shooting Laser Clays with Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Wilson, trying your hand at bellringing with Dewbys Mini Bells, hear the fabulous Rock Choir, watch Kirdford Players strut their stuff and on both days test your skill on a McLaren Simulator, plus food & drink and much more. For more details and tickets visit www.kppevents.co.uk
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