2024 Space Week

Monday 29 April - Saturday 4 May

Do you like Astronauts? Do you want to travel in outer space in a rocket? Are you a fan of NASA or the Apollo missions to the moon?

Then, join us at the library to celebrate everything to do with Outer Space - Exploration, Science Fiction, Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who and Buzz Lightyear!

Borrow Space books, get creative and have fun with Space themed activities. Check out our Space book displays and join in a Scavenger Hunt.

Visit Kids Club Online for fun Space themed activities during term 2.

Five awesome facts about Space. Did you know…?

  1. Sound cannot travel in the vacuum of space
  2. A NASA One spacesuit costs US $1 billion per suit
  3. Astronauts can grow about 5 centimetres (2 inches) during their stay in space
  4. The temperature of outer space is around -270.42 °C (-454.75 °F)
  5. The footprints on the Moon will be there for 100 million years

Find exciting Space events at your local library. Come along and join in the fun!

Children under 12 years of age must be accompanied by an adult when using the library and attending library programs.

Julia Gillard Library Tarneit

Tarneit

Kids Club - Julia Gillard Library Tarneit - Space Week

Join us for a special Kids Club where we celebrate everything to do with Outer Space. Make a space craft, participate in a scavenger hunt, take a selfie in space, make new friends and more!
Tarneit

Story Time - Julia Gillard Library Tarneit - Space Week

Join us for a special Story Time celebrating everything from outer space! This 45-minute sessions include stories and rhymes designed to develop early language, literacy and numeracy skills. Ages 3-6.

Hoppers Crossing Library

Manor Lakes

Manor Lakes

Rhyme Time - Space Week - Manor Lakes Library

Join us in person for a special Rhyme Time, where we celebrate outer space, with rhymes, music, and books. To attend this session, you must have a child aged 1 - 5 years.
Manor Lakes

Kids Club - Manor Lakes Library - Space Week

Join us for a special Kids Club where we celebrate everything to do with Outer Space. Make a space craft, participate in a scavenger hunt, take a selfie in space, make new friends and more!
Manor Lakes

Story Time - Manor Lakes Library - Space Week

Join us for a special Story Time celebrating everything from outer space! This 45-minute sessions include stories and rhymes designed to develop early language, literacy and numeracy skills. Ages 3-6.

Point Cook

Point Cook

Story Time - Point Cook Library

Join us in branch for Story Time! This 45-minute session include stories and rhymes designed to develop early language, literacy and numeracy skills. We also do a related craft activity. Age 3+
Point Cook

Rhyme Time - Point Cook Library

Join us to develop your child's language, body awareness, motor skills, and imagination through rhymes, music, and books. To attend this session, you must have a child aged 1 - 5 years.
Point Cook

Story Time - Point Cook Library

Join us in branch for Story Time! This 45-minute session include stories and rhymes designed to develop early language, literacy and numeracy skills. We also do a related craft activity. Age 3+

 Enjoy some space activities made for you by library staff

PDF file Rockets and Space Colouring (PDF, 931.55 KB)

PDF file NASA Selfies (PDF, 871.55 KB)

PDF file Stories from Space (PDF, 436.05 KB)

PDF file Space Word Find (PDF, 200.66 KB)

PDF file Space Scribble (PDF, 1.53 MB)

PDF file Space Aliens - Crack the Code (PDF, 598.66 KB)

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