The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
This summer, children aged from four to 11 can visit Spalding Library to join a superstar team, their marvellous mascots and to get involved in a free Summer Reading Challenge themed around the power of play, sport, games and physical activity.
Through taking part in the challenge, with free materials at the library and online, children will be encouraged to keep their minds and bodies active over the summer.
The characters, brought to life by children’s author and illustrator Loretta Schauer, navigate a fictional summer obstacle course and track their reading as they go.
Children taking part in the challenge will receive prizes for every two books read and a certificate and medal for completing the challenge.
By participating in the challenge children will have the chance to explore new reading material, develop skills, and discover new interests.
Summer Reading Challenge events at Spalding Library are as follows:
Saturday, July 8, 10am-noon, launch event – Join the library for the start of the challenge. There’ll also be games and activities.
Thursday, July 17, 10am -2pm, Design a Mascot – Design your own mascot on a tote bag and help design a flag for the library.
Thursday, August 3, 10am-2pm, Football Crazy! A day of all thing football related with sporty crafts to make and other activities.
Thursday, August 10, 10am-2pm, Lego, Lego, Lego! Do you love Lego? If you do come along to the crafts and games all based around the blocks. There’ll be plenty of bricks to build with so let your imagination run riot!
Thursday, August 17 10am-2pm, Obstacle challenge. Can you complete your obstacle course? There will be plenty of activities to challenge you and keep you fit.
Thursday, August 24, 10am-2pm, Make a Model. Get creative and see what you can make out of air drying clay and junk.
Thursday, August 31, 10am-2pm, Fabulous Food. Unleash your inner Paul Hollywood and ice your designs on biscuits. Plus other food related crafts and activities.
Saturday, September 16, 10am-12 noon, SRC Celebration Day. Those who have completed the challenge receive their certificate and medal.
Visit https://www.better.org/library/lincolnshire/spalding-library to find out what’s available for children to enjoy this summer or email the library at spalding.library@gll.org
Amanda Reynolds, Library Manager, said: “We have so many fabulous and free Summer Reading Challenge events and activities planned this year, and can’t wait to welcome children and their families into our library to take part.
“This year’s sporty theme has given us lots of scope for fun activities combining sport and reading and we can’t wait to get ‘Ready, Set, Read!”
