This week the overall theme in the Diamond Valley Library was Mother's Day . The week started with Baby Story Time on Monday morning, where we sang out favourite songs about Mum. A popular rhyme was - Pat your head and rug your tummy, Touch your toes and hug you Mummy! After school the school crowd came in to decorate a plant container for Mother's . . . more »

This week the overall theme in the Diamond Valley Library was Mother's Day . The week started with Baby Story Time on Monday morning, where we sang out favourite songs about Mum. A popular rhyme was - Pat your head and rug your tummy, Touch your toes and hug you Mummy! After school the school crowd came in to decorate a plant container for Mother's . . . more »

Easter holidays came and went. The children at the Diamond Valley Library were entertained with about a dozen little chicks hatching in the Library. The incubator and some already hatched chicks were delivered at the Library just after Easter. All through the first week we could see chicks hatching. It was such an interesting and exiting process! The children loved to play and pat the . . . more »

Easter holidays came and went. The children at the Diamond Valley Library were entertained with about a dozen little chicks hatching in the Library. The incubator and some already hatched chicks were delivered at the Library just after Easter. All through the first week we could see chicks hatching. It was such an interesting and exiting process! The children loved to play and pat the . . . more »

Late last year Lucy helped plant some bean seedlings for our edible cubby. She has been visiting the courtyard regularly to water them. The climbing bean plants grew and grew and produced healthy beans. A couple of weeks ago we gave Lucy a couple of beans. She put them on some cotton wool in a glass jar. Today before story time she proudly showed off . . . more »

Late last year Lucy helped plant some bean seedlings for our edible cubby. She has been visiting the courtyard regularly to water them. The climbing bean plants grew and grew and produced healthy beans. A couple of weeks ago we gave Lucy a couple of beans. She put them on some cotton wool in a glass jar. Today before story time she proudly showed off . . . more »

Late last year Lucy helped plant some bean seedlings for our edible cubby. She has been visiting the courtyard regularly to water them. The climbing bean plants grew and grew and produced healthy beans. A couple of weeks ago we gave Lucy a couple of beans. She put them on some cotton wool in a glass jar. Today before story time she proudly showed off . . . more »

Launch Summer Reading Club: Spyglass decorating. Lego Club: a weekly event. Now continuing every Tuesday (after school (3.30 - 5.00 pm) Playing the Wii was a popular past time. Tricky with your mask on! Summer Reading Club Party: Spyglass Charlie! . . . more »

A joined activity between the Preschool story time children and the Garden Club was a great success: The children listened/watched a special Auslan storytelling session with the theme Gardening & Food. This was followed by the launch of our own Worm farm and planting of climbing beans for an edible cubby. It didn't take us long to decide which worms to eat and which worms . . . more »

We have been very busy in the garden at Diamond Valley planting all new lettuces & spinach. The globe artichokes are flourishing and our tomato plants are almost ready to fruit. The garden is a space enjoyed by all library visitors with special interest for our children after storytime who are encouraged to join in the watering & harvesting. Our Garden Club meets monthly at . . . more »

We have been very busy in the garden at Diamond Valley planting all new lettuces & spinach. The globe artichokes are flourishing and our tomato plants are almost ready to fruit. The garden is a space enjoyed by all library visitors with special interest for our children after storytime who are encouraged to join in the watering & harvesting. Our Garden Club meets monthly at . . . more »

Turn a milk carton into a monster, a binder into a baby, or a spring into something completely unexpected at this workshop presented in AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language) and English. In the JUNK PUPPETS workshop, participants learn techniques to turn absolutely anything they can lay their hands on into a character bursting with personality. They learn about puppet design, manipulation and construction . . . more »