** The Shire Hall site has now closed so there
will be no activities or events until the refurbished library
reopens on Monday 6 September 2010 at 8.30am **
** Children can visit the
Bury Access Point at the Quaker
Meeting House to continue with
Suffolk Space Hop **
Opening week events: Monday 6 September - Sunday 12
September 2010
| Day |
Activity |
| Monday |
Doors open at 8.30am come and meet the Bookstart Bear.
10.30am a special
story time session with a holiday theme bring your sunglasses,
bucket and spade along to our beach!
Children's Centre and LEAP taster and information sessions
available. life in the UK, have a go at answering UK citizenship
questions in the LEAP Centre |
| Tuesday |
10.30am Peppa Pig themed
story time |
| Wednesday |
10.30am
Bookstart Baby Bounce
10.00am-4.00pm Health and Wellbeing
information event in the Conference Room.
11.00am-2.00pm Make felt bookmarks with a craft tutor in the LEAP
Centre |
| Thursday |
10.30am
Bookstart Tot Rock
Children's Centre and LEAP taster and information sessions
available. |
| Friday |
10.00am-12.00noon
Top Time taster sessions drop in any time between the times
advertised to try various activities available for our Top
Time groups. Taster sessions will include the art group, reading
group and chair yoga |
| Saturday and Sunday |
Join us for the
Space Hop Summer
Reading Challenge Presentations |
Everyday
There will be a TopTime Art exhibition on display in the library
– the Art Group meet once a month as a part of the weekly TopTime
activities and this exhibition is just a taster of some of their
work.
Design a
Tour of
Britain Jersey. Aged 3 – 16? Enter our competition to design a
cycling jersey for the chance win a great prize – closing date
Saturday 11 September. Ask staff for more details.
Taster Sessions
Taster sessions available in the LEAP Centre Monday - Thursday
will include:
- Try out your English and Maths skills with an interactive
quiz
- ‘Life in the UK’: Have a go at answering UK Citizenship
questions
- ‘Opinion Poles’. Use your vote to answer our Question Of
The Week
- Careers Advice Direct. Answer questions to discover your
ideal career
- IAG Stand. Adviser available for quick conversations (and
to make appointments)
- ‘Estimate the weight of the cake’. Use your numeracy
skills and have a go!
Taster and Information sessions in the Children’s Centre this
week may include:
- Baby Massage
- Stay and play
- Baby signing
- Topic Time
- Ask staff for more information and details
Weekly activities
| Day |
Time |
Activity |
| Mondays once a month |
2.00-4.00pm |
At Home Library Service Reading Group -
event for older people |
| Tuesdays |
10.30-10.50am |
Story Time - stories and more for young children accompanied by
an adult |
| Tuesdays |
afternoons |
Book Groups - we have three book groups who meet once a month
at Bury St Edmunds library |
| Wednesdays |
10.30-10.50am |
Baby Bounce - soothing songs and gentle
nursery rhymes for babies and their grown-ups |
| Thursdays |
10.30-10.50am |
Tot Rock - rhyme and rhythm: music, songs and
action rhymes for toddlers with their parents and
carers |
| Thursdays |
4th Thursday in month |
MacMillan Helpdesk in the library foyer |
| Fridays |
10.00am-12.00 noon |
'Top Time' older people's social club.
For programme of events click here |
| Fridays |
4th Friday in month
10am-12.00 noon |
'Top Time' art class |
| Saturdays |
1st Saturday in month (not September) |
Local County Councillor Surgeries - mornings in the
foyer |
| Sundays |
10.00am - 10.30am |
Song and Story Time |
| 10.30am - 12.00 noon |
Children's Craft Activities |
2010 Summer Reading Challenge
Take part in this years Reading
Challenge - Suffolk Space Hop - in all Suffolk libraries and
mobiles.
Go to Suffolk Space
Hop Blog and find out what's happening in your library
11 – 17 September 2010 Suffolk Libraries Cycling Challenge
– Tour of Britain
This is a countywide challenge to cycle the 50.2 miles of the
Suffolk part of the
Tour of
Britain race which is coming to the county on the 17 September.
Customers and staff will be using their bicycles during
the week leading up to the race and letting us know how far
they have cycled. We will have a Design a Jersey
competition for the children and safety checks
for bicycles
Top Time
Top Time is a general interest, activity and social session aimed
at older people and their carer's.
Find out more about Top Time at Bury St Edmunds Library.
Sunday activities
The library is open every Sunday, come along and enjoy a relaxed
friendly atmosphere where you can chat, listen to music, surf the
net or try IT taster sessions, as well as borrow books, films,
music and games. For more information go to our
Sunday activities page.
We also run additional activities for children every Sunday.
10.00am-10.30am is story time followed by craft activities between
10.30am and 12.00 noon. For more information go to our
Sunday activities page.
Book Groups
We have three different
book groups who meet in the Bury Library Conference room on
Tuesday afternoons.
Activities and events across Suffolk
Contact details and opening times of Bury St Edmunds
Library