Women's Month Celebration!

In celebration of Women's month a number of displays will be launched at our library this month. Noma and Charlene are pictured with one of our young borrowers!

Life Choices

The Youth Peer Educators NGO LIfe Choices visited today with groups of learners from Ned Doman and Spes Bona High Schools. They were given an intro and orientation by Ian as well as tasked to be library agents and each to bring 5 new learners to the library. The facilitators from Life Choices were Anthony and picture below right Akhonya.

Africa Theatre

Africa Theatre returned this week to use our meeting room. Watched a DVD and demanded "lights out" during the showing! Neither the staff of Athlone Library nor the City of Cape Town accept any respons...............

Mary Harding

Teacher Ms Hillclare with her Mary Harding learners!


Mary Harding class visit enjoying a book care session with Armien Fredericks.

Christel House

Christel house educator Carmen visited us today for a story hour. Safiyyah is seen reading to the group.

Mandela display

Just a small display for the big man. Mandela Free is from a Sunday Times clip from 1990.

rats 2,3,4.

Library rats Elton, Lindwell, Winston posing for a pictures. The "Rats" are kids that hang in our library every day. The ensure their position by reading to the staff on a regular basis!

Madiba's Birthday

The fine young Learners from Ned Doman Secondary sign the big Mandela Birthday Card which we shall be forwarding to the foundation. I don't think the big man is going to get to read it!.....But that does not say that we should not try!

Afrika Theatre

The Students from Afrika Theatre project were supposed to use our meeting room today for a video showing but just stopped by for a visit and to do some research.

Library Rats Member 0001

Cheslyn Wagenstroom, budding sports writer and soccer nut. Founding member of the "Athlone Library Rats". All library rats are girls and guys who are in the library every day. The earn their status by reading daily! Hopefully, they oneday become "Library Cats"

Christel House Visit

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Teacher Bonnie and her kids from Christel house paid us a class visit this morning.

Crime display

Apalling crime statistics were just released for the Athlone area this week. Murder rate are way up in the Athlone area. Street crime is down though. What an oustanding chance to promote our fine collection of crime fiction! Hence "CRIME is a scourge - read all about it."

Sand Bottles

Ray from Ray's Crafts visited us today to do a "Sand on Glass" workshop with kids.

war on waste

Suzy Mathys and the War on Waste ! Suzy facilitates and "crafts from waste" workshop.

Mental Health Month Display

July is Mental Health Month. Thanks to the folks at Cape Mental Health for posters and pamphlets for this display. Esp Nadine for the posters which cost R7.00 each which she sorted for.us for free!

St Giles

St Giles Arthritis Group enjoying coffee, music and sandwiches in our music section an a cold rainy winter's day.... where all normal people should be tucked up in bed!

gel candles

Ray from Ray's Crafts ran a gel candle workshop with children this morning. She will be returning to the library in the following weeks to do further craft workshops.

xenophobia display

Our Xenophobia display for July 2008 by Zahrah. We used the Premier's poster and clippings from our Xenophia files....which now extends to 5 books of clippings.

safeline

The good people from Safeline paid our library a visit this morning and a good time was had by all. Facilitators, Linda Meyer, Cystal Dirks, Deleon Lawrence, Helena Martin, Jay oppenheim And Fingling Yu help to encourage our local kids to love themselves, realise they are special and keep themselves safe.

More pictures of the kids in action!

Facilitators, Zelda, Anthea, Pamela and Zwelibanzi visit our library to run a workshop about the value of recycling. A craft session using waste material was also conducted.