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On Saturday 28th October CBN continued with the theme of personal identity and home. Books discussed included stories of place and landscape as well as addressing the problem of communication and language. The workshop was facillitated by Primrose Mrwebi, while Nayesha Makwarimba ably assisted and Lesley Beake handled the stories and reading. Ellen Osman brought

Our World Series!

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Number four in the series of workshops with Stanford children about their personal heritage. We began with landscape of their environment, and maps. That activity will continue – but we are also looking at their own and their family stories. Who ARE our children? Many thanks to Butterfly Centre for the use of their premises.

Toolbox handover: Red Cross Hospital Children’s School

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On Friday 13th October, CBN delivered the third of our prototype reading toolboxes to Red Cross at a 2-hour workshop attended by members of Rotary Newlands (who donated the toolbox) and the principal and members of the staff of the hospital school, which does vital work in keeping hospitalised children interested and distracted. It’s challenging

Toolbox workshop 13th October 2017

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Two prototype toolboxes have already been handed over – to Red Hill informal settlement above Simon’s Town and to Sevile School in Khayelitsha. A third box will be donated by Rotary Newlands at a small workshop for teacher-librarians at Red Cross Children’s Hospital. This workshop is designed to open communications about what works – and

Our World: CBN Spring workshops

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These workshops extended over three days and were attended by between 26 children (first day) and 18 children (third day). Some children were away visiting relatives in E Cape during the school holidays. The theme was enthusiastically embraced by a very mixed age group of children – while a couple of younger siblings made drawings

Spring Workshops 2017 – 3&4 October

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OUR WORLD PROJECT History This project started on 24 September with an introduction to the ideas of place and person – who I am and where I live – and will continue until after the summer workshops. Tuesday 3 October Introducing me! Wednesday 4 October My place INTRODUCING ME Nash will begin the workshop with

Spring Workshops

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CBN will be giving two workshops in Stanford during the holidays, carrying on with the theme of ‘Our World’ launched here last week. The workshops will be on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th October, from 10.00 to 12.30. As usual, the children will be given snacks and juice when they arrive and a sandwich lunch

Summarising what CBN does

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CHILDREN’S BOOK NETWORK (CBN) www.childrensbook.co.za WHAT WE DO: Work with under-resourced children Children who are aged 10, 11 & 12 Children who can read … but don’t We work in English – with translators available We work with communities, not usually with schools We work through community leaders and librarians We give workshops lasting from

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Our World project begins

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On Heritage weekend (23 September), CBN held the first of a series of workshops around the landscape and lives of children in the Overstrand region. They got off to a cracking start! Facilitators Primrose Mrwebi and Lesley Beake led the charge (after the necessary biscuits and juice for the children). We focused on two books

Big new project!– Big new topic!

Big new project!– Big new topic! Read More »

Our next workshop will be on Saturday 23 September at 10.00, at The Butterfly Centre in Stanford. This is the beginning of a project that will extend into the summer holidays, where we will be looking at the world of the children in Stanford, Hermanus and Gansbaai (and, hopefully, other places in the Overstrand region).

Hip, Hip Hurrah!

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CBN is back in action, and the beginning of official spring, and the end of our short break has been kicked-off by the most marvellous generosity from Friends of Children’s Book Network in England. Ten business people in Worthing on the south coast of England were drawn into a plan hatched by Roger McCartney (who

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Winter Workshops – A Green Experience

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On 3, 4 & 5 July CBN held a workshop with Enlighten Education Trust at their premises in Hermanus. We had a high attendance level with around 22 on the first day, 26 on the second day – and about forty on the third day! Recruits kept coming through from the wonderful Alex Bury Library

Toolbox Hand-over

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CBN has successfully handed over three reading toolboxes that were sponsored by Rotary Newlands (2) and the Crankhandle Club. These boxes will go to teacher-librarians in under-resourced schools in order to help increase awareness in books and reading. The toolboxes were received by Phumla Sibene, Principal of Sevile Primary School in Khayelitsha and her school

Toolbox: Reading Game

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CBN has been busy developing a reading game during this year. Research was begun by Rosemary Bangham and Emily Halinan on an original idea by Lesley Beake, and further developed by Chantel Oosthuysen with designer Siobhan Twomey. As with everything we do, it is a work in progress, very much based on the reactions of

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