Programs

All programs listed are aimed at children after school. Adult supervision is required for children under the age of 8.

Capella Library

After School Fun- Tuesdays 3:30pm – 4:30pm

(during school terms; involves craft, robotics and games)

Dingo Library

Wicked Wednesdays – Every Wednesday 3:00pm – 4:00pm

(during school term; gold coin donation; involves afternoon tea and craft activities)

Duaringa Library

Mystery Mondays- Every Monday 3:00pm – 4:30pm

(during school term; gold coin donation; involves afternoon tea and a mystery activity)

Rolleston Library
Craftanoon- Every Monday and Tuesday afternoon 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm

(during school term; involves crafts, games and activities)

Suitable for babies up to 24 months old and their parents.

Held at various library branches, under the First5Forever banner, this fun and interactive half hour program is full of simple songs, action rhymes and shared book reading.

Emerald
Wednesdays at 11:00am

Rolleston
Second Wednesday of the month at 10:00am

Tieri
Fortnightly on Wednesdays at 10:00am. Check with branch staff for the dates.

Suitable for toddlers and their parents.

Held under the First5Forever banner, this fun and interactive half hour program aims to boost your toddler’s literacy development and have fun with action songs, finger plays, dances, rhymes, stories and sensory play.

Capella

Alternating Saturday Mornings at 10:00am

Emerald

Mondays at 11:00am

Come and join our stress reducing colouring program. Bring your own materials or use what is provided. This is a social group open to all community members. Drop in for 10 mins or for 2 hours, this service is flexible for you!

Blackwater
Thursdays 10:00am – 12:00pm

Duaringa
Mondays 10:00am – 12:00pm

Rolleston
Thursdays 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Tieri
Fridays 11:00am – 1:00pm

Tech Savvy Seniors Queensland Training Guidelines have been developed, by State Library of Queensland in partnership with Telstra, for public library staff to deliver the training program to seniors in their local community.

This free course covers the introduction to computers, emailing, basic cyber safety and more useful information in a friendly environment.

Contact Blackwater, Emerald, Gemfields, Rolleston or Springsure Libraries for more information on upcoming dates and times.

Come and learn how to get started with your family history research. We will introduce you to the popular Ancestry database as well as provide you with hints and tips to help get you up and running with your research.

Emerald

These three part workshops will be ran periodically throughout the year on Wednesdays from 2:00pm – 4:00pm. Contact the Emerald Library staff for more details.

Join the library staff for the educational fun of robotics. Programs are being developed for the community to build, play and learn with this new technology. These robots will be making their way around the regions library branches.

Schools and community groups are encouraged to contact their nearest library branch to arrange sessions.

Our Kids Time sessions, under the First5Forever banner, are suitable for children up to 5 years of age with parental supervision. Activities range from reading, singing, dancing and simple crafts.

Blackwater
Every Wednesday at 10:00am

Capella

Alternating Saturday Mornings at 10:00am

Dingo & Duaringa

Sessions are delivered as requested. Please ask staff during your next visit.

Emerald
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30am

Rolleston

Sessions are delivered as requested. Please ask staff during your next visit.

Springsure
Most Thursdays (during school terms) at 10:15am

Tieri
Fortnightly on Wednesdays at 10:00am. Check with branch staff for the dates

Once a fortnight the Capella Library branch hosts a Senior’s Morning Tea for the local seniors on a Thursday morning at 10am. All are invited to join in this social gathering. Please contact the Capella Library branch for more details.

Next Upcoming Date- Thursday 5th April 2018 at 10:00am

Jenny Old is giving an author talk at the Emerald Library Branch to promote her book ‘Back of Beyond’.

Location: Emerald Library 44 Borilla Street, Emerald

Date: Monday 21st May

Time: 10:30am

Surviving fires, floods, Cyclone Ted and the and the 1970s Beef Crash, this is one woman’s remarkable story of love, adventure, disasters and wonderful times in the Gulf Country.

When 22-year-old Jenny Old followed her heart to the vastness of the Gulf of Carpentaria, she had no idea of the primitive conditions she’d find herself in. Often her only contact with the outside world was through her two-way radio. Stretched to the limits, she achieved more than she ever thought herself capable of. With every setback and in the toughest of times when the odds seemed insurmountable, she learnt to dust herself off, find a smile and just keep on going.

Like many bush families before and after them, Jenny and Rick battled through many trials and tribulations throughout their eighteen years at McAllister. Yet their world was a big as the landscape in which they lived, filled as it was with generosity, wonderful characters and the joy of life. At McAllister they established an oasis for their family and friends.

The library is looking to run a monthly photography competition. Each month there will be a theme, you can send your photos into us and we will share. Our FB friends will then vote – highest number of likes will win the month. At the end of the year all monthly winners will be shared again for an annual winner.

How to enter:

1. Become a member of our library – it’s free to join!
2. Be inspired by our monthly theme – you have from the 1^st day of each month until the last.
3. Submit your photo in JPEG format via:

An email to emerald-library@chrc.qld.gov.au

A private message to our library Facebook page: www.facebook.com/chrclibraries

Or bring it in person to one of our library branches in: Blackwater, Capella, Dingo, Duaringa, Emerald, Gemfields, Rolleston, Springsure or Tieri.

4. Your entry must be your own work, and include your name, your library member number, and a title for your photo.
5. Make sure any subjects within the photographs have given permission for their image to appear in publications, online and print media.
6. Copyright remains with the photographer, however by entering the competition the photographer grants Central Highlands Regional Council Library license to use the photographs and the entrants full name for promotional purposes including publication in online and print media.
7. Judging will take place throughout the first week of the following month on the library Facebook page – the winner will be the photo with the most ‘Likes’ at midnight on the 7^th day of that month.
8. The winning photo will win a prize and be displayed in all of our library branches throughout the following month.

Each monthly winner will then become an entry in our annual competition with the chance to win a prize!