Our programme of summer fun and games in support of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, ‘Ready. Set. READ!’, has been hugely successful. All were fully subscribed and we’re very pleased and proud to say that everyone had a very good time indeed.
Wednesday 2nd August saw county sports coach Joe McKechnie lead a Boccia and New Age Kurling taster. Boccia (say ‘botcha’) is a Paralympic sport which involves throwing, kicking or rolling coloured balls nearest to a white jack. New Age Kurling is similar to the classic winter ice sport, though Kurling stones run on ball bearings. Fortunately this was an indoor session because the weather was truly awful. The children (and the adults) had a fantastic morning trying their hands at these fun and accessible games.
If you were around the Market Place on Tuesday 8th August you may well have heard the exotic sounds of samba drumming coming from the library. Mums, dads, grandparents and children all learned to drum together, led by drumming ace Martyn Cresswell. In a very short time they found themselves playing a wonderful range of rhythms, sometimes accompanied by other percussion and singing. Amazing sounds.
On Tuesday 22nd August we were lucky enough to have artist Chris Geeson hosting a craft session. Fourteen children and their carers took full advantage of Chris’s expert guidance and seemingly bottomless boxes of craft materials to make magical magnetic fishing games, complete with fish, the odd mermaid, fishing rods and fish tanks.
THANK YOU
Thank you to everyone who took part and to our hard-working library volunteers who supported each of the sessions. We are extremely grateful to Martyn Cresswell, Joe McKechnie and Chris Geeson for providing such memorable experiences for local children and their families.
Easingwold Community Library 