Weekly events
| Day |
Time |
Activity |
| Wednesdays |
9.45-10.30am (term time only) |
Baby Bounce - soothing songs and gentle
nursery
rhymes for babies and their grown-ups |
| Wednesdays |
10.45-11.30am (term time only) |
Tot Rock - rhyme and rhythm: music, songs and
action
rhymes for toddlers with their parents and carers |
| Sundays |
11.30am-12.30pm |
Come and enjoy our children's activities |
| Sundays |
2.00pm (1st Sunday of month) |
Book Ends Book Club |
Bookstart
We run two Bookstart activities for
pre-school children on Wednesdays (term time only)
Baby Bounce 9.45-10.30am
Tot Rock
10.45-11.30am
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. Come and enjoy our children's arts and
crafts activities and story time 11.30am - 12.30pm.
About Sundays.
Book Ends Book Club
We hold a book club on the first Sunday of every month.
Come along and join us. The book club has recently read
the book "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara
Kingsolver and during our last meeting on 2 November we discussed
"The Road Home" by Rose Tremain.
Our next meeting will be on 7 December when we will be discussing
"Notes from an Exhibition" by Patrick Gale.
Forthcoming Events
St Edmundsbury council will be holding a drop-in session at the
library on 29 November from 10.30am - 1.00pm. This
is an opportunity for the public to air their views about how the
local planning issues will affect them in the future.
Past Events
Brownie Visit
The local Brownie pack visited the library on the evening
of 7th October to encourage the girls to use the library and
to complete their Good Readers badges. Our book start
assistant hosted the evening with help from Brown Owl.
Reading Challenge
This summer children had the opportunity to take part in this
year's reading challenge ...
Team Read. All they had to do was read 6
books...
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Congratulations!
Children who have finished this years reading
challenge (Word, 64Kb)
Presentation of certificates was on Sunday, 21
September. |
National Year of Reading
As part of Suffolk's celebration of the
National Year of Reading, Ixworth Library has been lucky to
have several author visits...
On Friday 10 October 2008 the
children's author,
Jan Omerod visited the library.
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Kate Lawson visited Ixworth on 6 October to talk about how
she gets her inspiration and offer advice for would-be writers. Her
latest book Lessons in Love came out in August 2008.
On Wednesday 25 June, children's author,
Pat Hutchins visited Ixworth library to read one of her
stories.
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