Little Stanion Parish Council

• Corby library will be holding a craft activity every Saturday morning at 10.30 for families to book on to and attend. We will advertise these sessions on our Facebook page and through the library events calendar, Tockify, which can be found here: Tockify Calendars

Tockify allows you to see whats on across the county and can be filtered to see your nearest library by typing the town you are in into the search bar. To find out more about our craft events give us a call, drop us an email, send us a Facebook message or simply pop in. All of our contact details are in the Corby Library flyer attached showing February Events

• If your children haven't already tried coding, why not give Scratch a go? It's easy to get started building your own computer games and videos, and they'll be learning a lot about computer science concepts (like loops, variables and algorithms) while having fun. There are also loads of projects they can make with step-by-step guides on the Code Club website: https://scratch.mit.edu/ https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/codeclub

One of our staff members here at Corby created this short and fun introduction to our library using Scratch. Please check it out here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/518906297. We have books to borrow here in the library that teach your children all about coding if you'd like to drop by and check one out.

Other services

• Throughout the pandemic, even when closed, the library was lucky enough to still receive new book stock. This means we have a huge amount of shiny new books for all ages. There is fiction, non-fiction and special collection books including parenting, sustainability, empathy and well-being to name a few. Please do pop by and browse. Joining is FREE and only takes a couple of minutes. Along with being able to join new members and lend books here at the library we also continue to offer our usual services. These include bus pass applications, blue badge applications by appointment, computer use, printing services and a home delivery service for customers that may have difficulty in visiting us (please see poster attached.) If you, or someone you know, might benefit from any of these services please drop a line using the contact information in the flyer or simply pop in to see us. We are open between 9am and 5pm from Monday to Saturday and would be happy to assist.

School visits

• Last but certainly not least, we have had some enquiries regarding staff visits to schools and school visits to us here in the library. Please believe that we are not ignoring these questions but are awaiting guidance in how best to move forward. We are excited at the thought of re-establishing our connection with schools and promise that we will be in touch separately as soon as we have clarity. We apologise for the delay but we want to get it right for all involved. In the meantime please check out the scratch project created by Ian in the library and show it to your students if time allows. It only takes a couple of minutes and runs through how to use your library in a fun animation. You can find it here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/518906297

If there are any questions you'd like to ask us, or if you have anything you'd like to share with us to pass on to our customers please get in touch.

Kind Regards

Clare Coe

Clare Coe

Customer Advisor

Library Plus

North Northamptonshire Council

Corby Library

The Corby Cube

Parkland Gateway

George Street

Corby

NN17 1QG

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