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Terry Lanagan, MAExecutive Director of Educational Services
Gill GrahamSection Head
Libraries and Cultural Services
19 Poplar RoadBroadmeadow Industrial EstateDumbartonG82 2RJ
Tel: Direct Line 01389 608043 Fax: (01389)608044Email
[email protected]
Date: 14 th November 2012
Dear Parent
Additional services Story Time
From January, Libraries and Cultural Services will be
introducing new storytimes sessions, specifically aimed at children
from 3-5 years. These will takeplace at various libraries
throughout the week and will involve storytelling andplay.This is a
new service and aims to provide a follow on activity from
Bookbug,advancing your childs communication and reading skills up
until school age.
Please contact your library staff to register for this new
service.
Changes to Bookbug
From January, West Dunbartonshire Libraries and Cultural
Services will bemaking changes to the way that Bookbug sessions are
organised in our libraries.
Bookbug sessions are specifically designed to encourage speech
andlanguage development for babies and children from 0-3 years,
through thesinging of rhymes and stimulating your child through
repetitive actions andgames. Libraries are a great venue for this,
as parents can then select bookssuitable for their children and
continue the work that Bookbug has begun athome.
To help you with this, from January, 15 minutes at the end of
every Bookbugsession will be available for you to select books that
you might like to borrowfrom the library and to have a coffee and
chat with other parents who attendthe sessions. To enable this to
happen, from this date we ask that all childrenthat attend Bookbug
become registered library users.
In addition, parents are requested to register for a place at a
Bookbugsession: pre-booking will be required . Each Bookbug session
will have alimit of 15 registered children, and parents can sign up
each half term. This
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will ensure that you and your child/children receive the highest
quality of service and benefit. As we are introducing the new Story
Times, the frequencyof Bookbug sessions will be reduced
slightly.
Please be assured that staff will do our best to accommodate you
in your
preferred time slot, however this might not always be possible;
we will also letyou know of alternative sessions that you might be
able to attend. If youd liketo volunteer and start a session of
your own in the library, then we can providetraining for you to do
this.
As there may be a waiting list for each session, parents are
requested toregularly attend the session which they have booked. If
this is not the caseand three sessions in a row are missed, staff
will assume that there is nolonger an interest in Bookbug, and a
parent on the waiting list will becontacted to fill the place.
To book your place on the Bookbug sessions in January, please
collect aRegistration Form from the library desk. Forms will be
available from Monday3 rd December .
I hope you are as excited as we are at the changes and
additional servicesbeing provided. If youd like to comment, please
feel free to contact us on oneof the above numbers or email
addresses.
Meanwhile, we look forward to welcoming you to Bookbug and Story
Time inthe future.
Kind regards
Gill GrahamSection Head Libraries and Cultural Services
