Get Lit! Teen Winter Reading Challenge

Our Get Lit! Winter Reading Programme for teens starts Friday 4 June! The teen challenge card is open to library members aged 13 to 17 years. The bingo card is back as are the challenge squares!
 
The challenge lasts for 12 weeks!

Toddler Time

A fun-filled programme featuring stories, crafts, music and interactive fun.

Toddler Time is tailored specifically for age 2-5 years and is designed to enhance social, cognitive, motor and musical skills.

No need to register, just turn up!

Makerspace Thursdays

Come and get creative and hands-on with fun science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics projects!

Thursday afternoons at Te Awamutu Library during the school term.

Participants register for the term. Ages 8 up to 13.

Books Alive Special Event - Egg & Spoon

LIANZA and the New Zealand Book Awards Trust are bringing together another year of Books Alive online events and virtual storytimes.

Waipā District Libraries have been chosen again as hosts.

Egg & Spoon, an illustrated cookbook, is a finalist in the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction.

Family Fun Night

Our libraries are open late on a Friday night until 8pm.

Come along and watch one of our scheduled movies from 6pm.

Schedules are displayed inside the libraries (Te Awamutu available on request).

Wriggle & Rhyme

Check out the FREE 30-minute Wriggle & Rhyme sessions at a library near you during the school term!

Wriggle & Rhyme sessions are designed for children from birth to two years old, and guide parents through a range of movement activities that they can also use at home with their children.

No need to register, just turn up!

Makerspace Tuesdays

Come and get creative and hands-on with fun science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) projects!

Participants register for the term. Ages 8 up to 13.

Classes will be delivered virtually from 4 May to 24 August.

Te Awamutu Lego Club

Te Awamutu Lego Club is here!

Lego Club is a free hour of fun where kids can use their imagination to create, build and play. Look out for challenges and fun themes too!

All children aged 5-12 are welcome to join in.

Family history for children

Join us for a introductory session aimed specifically at children to get them interested in family history.

Children should come accompanied by a family member to enable them to make a start on their enquiries.

Each child will receive a work book that they can take away which will include enquiry sheets and projects to do at home as well as sources for wider investigation.

Introduction to Family History

An introduction to family history with the Cambridge Branch of the NZ Society of Genealogists.

Featuring an introduction to the group by Jo Barnes (also Cambridge Museum & Historical Society) followed by a presentation by Bruce Crook, the Secretary of the Cambridge Branch.

Bruce's presentation will cover getting started, recording your findings and how to find the information you need.

Mini Makers

Come along to a taster session of Makerspace STEAM activities and Lego!

Suitable for ages 5 and above.

No need to register. Just turn up!