1 August 2011

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The following free events will be taking place during the summer holidays:

At the town museum:

• 5 August – Drop in and Dig: Dig for archaeological finds and take home a souvenir
• 15 August – Pirates of the Museum: Yo ho ho! Come and be a pirate
• 30 August – Dinosaur Discovery Day: Lots of prehistoric fun for everyone

At the library:

THE West Street library will be holding a circus-themed reading challenge during the summer holidays in which children will be encouraged to read six books. They will be given rewards for each step of the challenge, culminating in a certificate and medal for those who finish six titles.
The scheme is aimed at 4-12 year-olds and is free to join.

Children can register for Circus Stars in the library now and have until 10 September to complete their challenge.

After reading their first books children receive a hologram membership card and pullout circus stage.

There are 3 sets of scratch and sniff stickers to collect, plus a bookmark, certificate and medal.

There will also be a variety of fun, circus-themed events taking place in libraries across the country throughout the summer holidays.

At the tourist desk in the library:

EAST Grinstead’s Tourism Initiative will once again be organising the children’s competition EG4KIDZ.

This year’s scheme will run from 19 July and will challenge children to look around East Grinstead to find the answers to questions about the town.

Entry forms will be available for collection from the Tourist Desk in the library, which for 2011 has the addition of a cut out and keep snow leopard mask.

All completed forms returned to the tourist desk will be entered into a free draw and the lucky winners will receive a prize.