Events

Booking from Monday 17th September, 9.45am. Contact the library.

Sinéad O’Hart’s debut novel for children, The Eye of the North, was published in 2018. It tells the story of a friendless girl and a nameless boy who must work together to defeat a terrible creature at the heart of a glacier. Sinéad was born and raised in the sunny South-East, but now lives with her family in Meath. She prefers to spend her every free second with her head in a story.

Suitable for 3rd – 6th class.

If you have done this course before, please wait until Monday 17th September to book, to give new people a chance to participate. Thank you.

Basic Irish needed. 10-week course, starting Thursday 27th September.

(No class on Thursday 1st November).

Booking from Monday 10th September, 1.30pm, via https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-for-parents-of-children-learning-irish-tickets-49086876168

This 10-week course is suitable for beginners who have not attendended beginner's classes previously.

Classes will be held on Thursdays from 6pm-7pm, starting on Thursday, 27th September.

Booking essential on www.talib.eventbrite.ie from Monday, 10th September.

Booking from Monday 17th September, 9.45 am. Contact the library.

Sheena Wilkinson has won many awards for her fiction including five Children’s Books Ireland Awards, most recently the Honour Award for Fiction for 2017’s Star By Star, which was also shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards. Described in The Irish Times as ‘one of our foremost writers for young people’, Sheena received a Major Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 2013. She teaches creative writing in settings ranging from universities to prisons and runs a young writers’ group in Belfast. Sheena lives in County Down.

Suitable for 3rd - 6th class and Junior Cycle Students.

This talk will cover how apps for iPad and tablets can be used as a cheap and user-friendly way to help people with dyslexia. We will discuss apps that help children, young adults and adults.

Booking essential at www.talib.eventbrite.ie

Booking from Monday 17th September, 1.30pm, via https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/art-creativity-with-elena-6-8-yrs-17102018-tickets-50126374335

For 6-8 year olds.

Studying well is essential in order to be a successful student. In this interactive workshop, Gerard Ryder will focus on how to develop good study habits, how to create a productive environment for study and the importance of making useful notes.

Suitable for 5th and 6th year students. Class booking 01-462 0073

Booking from Monday 17th September, 9.45am. Contact the library.

Class visit only.

Tatyana Feeney grew up in North Carolina, where she spent much of her childhood reading and drawing. This developed into a love of art  and particularly illustrations in children’s books. Tatyana now lives in Trim. She has illustrated several Panda books with The O’Brien Press and is also the author and illustrator of Small Bunny’s Blue Blanket, Little Owl’s Orange Scarf, Little Frog’s Tadpole Trouble, Small Elephant’s Bathtime and Socks for Mr. Wolf.

Suitable for Junior or Senior Infants.

Booking from Monday 10th September, 9.45am. Contact the library on 016216422, email: lucan@sdublincoco.ie or call in.

10-week course, starting Tuesday 25th September.

(No class on Tuesday 30th October).

Suitable for ages 3-6.  Listen to stories and then do some arts and craft activities connected with the stories.  All welcome - there is no need to book. 

Booking from Monday 17th September, 9.45am. Contact the library.

Class visit only.

Maths Detectives Workshop presents the five curriculum strands (numbers, algebra, shapes and space, measures, and data) to students in a fun and interactive way while practicing math skills to solve mysteries, puzzles, and crime! The activities are linked to the primary maths curriculum.

Suitable for 3rd - 6th class.

Booking from Monday 17 September, 9.45am. Contact the library at lucan@sdublincoco.ie, 01-6216422, or call in.

Presented by Carnation Theatre.

Class visit only. Suitable for 3rd - 6th class.

July 20th 1969. The night when man lands on the moon, a technological breakthrough! Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins. “Good Irish names! Strong Irish roots!” says Mr Leary the postman. It’s also Bathnight on Henrietta Street - that’s a technological breakthrough in and of itself! The iron bath is out and the water has been heating on the stove all day! Errol is 8 years of age! If there’s one thing Errol hates, it’s baths. He’s taking a rocket and he’s leaving town!!!

Join us for our new monthly STEM club, where there will be a different fun and inventive workshop every month.

Suitable for children ages 8-12

Booking essential through Eventbrite.ie from 10am Monday 1^st October 2018

Ballyroanlibrary.eventbrite.ie

Encourage a love of Books and Reading. Stories, rhymes and songs for parents/carers and their babies.

Booking opens Monday 1st October @10am at www.ballyroanlibrary.eventbrite.ie

Suitable for 0-3 year-olds