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Spring Workshops

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

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Summarising what CBN does

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

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

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Toolbox Hand-over

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

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Toolbox: Reading Game

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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Help Needed!

We need more local assistance – people who can help us with the detail, follow up on contacts, find discounts for supplies, help with catering. We have a very small, but loyal and hard-working team, but we are stretched beyond capacity. When the admin takes too much of our time, we are not able to

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Stanford Local Heroes

On Saturday 22 April at 10.30 we will assemble once again at the Butterfly Centre, this time for a celebration of Local Heroes. Inspirational singer-songwriter Blaq Pearl will be with us again and the children will be writing, and performing, their own song: ‘We can do it!’ Sports heroes will also be represented, with Shane

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Sweet, sweet fun

We took an exceptionally well behaved group of children to Overberg Honey on 10th April, accompanied by community helper Akona and volunteer Anne Mckeag. Overberg Honey is beautifully thought out for groups of visiting children – and not everywhere can claim that! The two guides (Nauthaando and Aaron), who took us through the process of

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World Book Day 2 February

CBN was there! Lesley Beake visited Good Hope Seminary Junior in Cape Town and shared books with a marathon number of children (well, she did offer!). This school has a very active chapter of Shine Literacy – http://www.shineliteracy.org.za/ – and we were very glad to make contact with this wonderful organization that does such a

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World read Aloud Day!

Today – 16th February – is a big day in the reading calendar. It might not attract as much attention as the better publicized St Valentine’s Day, but it has more meaning for the many children around the world who have stories read aloud to them on this date. Long before they can read themselves,

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