Pre-School, Families and Children’s Outreach

In 2011

Taking the library out there to the limits……..

Families Outreachdelivers services to 300 customers a month

Pre-School Outreachvisits 70 early childhood centres per term and delivers 12,600 books per year

Children’s Network Specialistsupporting Community Learning Librarians

Travelling Road Show & Class visitsvisits approx. 80 primary schools a year

We helped with NCEA studies by running night courses at the learning centres

We helped 3,000 children participate in the Reading

Crusade

We visited 28 Duffy schools – 5,000 pupils – to promote

public libraries and books in homes

We welcomed the Topp Twinsat the Storylines Family Festival

We collaborated with University of Canterbury students to send twenty customers to the Baby Opera session

at the Arts Festival

Summer Reading is on the way800+ children participated last year

We are planning Learning Parties at a library near you

15,600 satisfied and connected customers per year