Raumati Reads: summer reading fun at Ōrewa Library

Where

Ōrewa Library, 40-46 Ōrewa Square, Ōrewa, Auckland

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When

Wednesday 8 January 2025
Thursday 9 January 2025
Wednesday 15 January 2025
Thursday 16 January 2025
Wednesday 22 January 2025
Thursday 23 January 2025
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1pm-3pm


Cost

Free

Contact

Angela Bell
orewalib@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
09 377 0209

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Every Thursday in December 3.30pm-4.30pm

Christmas Craft activity

Wednesday 8 January

1.00pm – 3.00pm – Destination Aotearoa Escape Room

See details below; bookings essential

2.00pm – 3.00pm – Art by Nature.  

Come along to create a work of art using Leaf Etching and a Nature Bookmark for your Raumati reading.

Thursday 9 January

1.00pm – 3.00pm – Destination Aotearoa Escape Room

See details below; bookings are essential.

2.00pm – 3.00pm – Community Art Project

Help create a work of art for the New Library.

Wednesday 15 January

1.00pm – 3.00pm – Destination Aotearoa Escape Room

See details below; bookings are essential.

2.00pm – 3.00pm – Manu Tukutuku.

Craft a kite to fly in the summer breeze.

Thursday 16 January

1.00pm – 3.00pm – Destination Aotearoa Escape Room

See details below; bookings are essential.

2.00pm – 3.00pm – Community Art Project

Help create a work of art for the New Library.

Wednesday 22 January

1.00pm – 3.00pm – Destination Aotearoa Escape Room

See details below; bookings are essential.

2.00pm – 3.00pm - Ōrewa Big Play

Ready, get set, go… for teamwork, accuracy and a lot of fun!

Thursday 23 January

1.00pm – 3.00pm – Destination Aotearoa Escape Room

See details below; bookings are essential.

2.00pm – 3.00pm – Community Art Project

Help create a work of art for the New Library. 

Raumati Reads handouts to take home:

  • Word Find
  • Summer Colour Scavenger Hunt
  • Dewey Matching Game
  • Roll a Summer Holiday Story

Destination Aotearoa Escape Room

Discover where a Kiwi Road Trip will take you. Solving clues to make your way out of the escape room at the library.

You and your fellow travellers will have 20 minutes to solve the clues!

  • Bookings are essential as timeslots are strictly limited. Contact Ōrewa Library to book.

Bookings are open now!

  • Groups must have a minimum of two people and a maximum of six people.
  • This escape room is suitable for primary school-aged children and older. Younger travellers are welcome to participate with a parent or caregiver. We recommend groups include at least one traveller over the age of eight.
  • This activity is free! 

Raumati Reads is Auckland Council Libraries' Summer Reading Programme for primary school aged children aged 5-10yrs. 

Pre-Registrations open on December 9, 2024.

Raumati Reads will go-live December 16, 2024, and will conclude on the 26th of January 2025.

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