COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
HEADED ITEM NO. 10
Library News & Events
REPLY:
November 2010
| Branch | Events | Date |
| Clondalkin | Spanish Language Classes | Monday’s from 6.30pm - 7.30pm |
| Fas E Learning Workshops Booking Essential | Wednesday’s from 10am-12noon | |
| Fas E Learning Workshops Booking Essential | Friday’s from 10am – 12noon | |
| Irish Language Classes | Tuesday’s from 6.30pm - 7.30pm | |
| Children’s Storytime All Welcome | Wednesday’s at 3pm | |
| Class Visit St Johns National School 5th & 6th class | Thursday’s from 10am - 10.30am | |
| Class Visit St Johns National School 4th & 5th class | Thursday’s from 1.30pm - 2pm | |
| Class Visit Clondalkin Senior Montessori Visit | Friday from 11am – 12noon | |
| Science Week Events Astronomy Ireland Class Visit 5th/6th class Booking Essential | Monday 8th November at 10am | |
| Science Week Events Dale Treadwell - Ecologist All welcome | Monday 8th November at 3.30pm |
| Introduction to Spanish Culture | Monday 8th November at 6.30pm | |
| FIT – Fast Track to Information Technology | Tuesday 9th November at 10.30am - 12noon tbc | |
| FIT – Fast Track to Information Technology | Tuesday 9th November from 10.30am - 12noon | |
| Science Week Events Rapid Rockets/Deadly Moon Astronomy Workshops. Class visit for 8 - 12yrs. Booking Essential | Tuesday 9th November at 11.30am | |
| Social Inclusion Week Storytelling for young Children age 4 – 12 years | Wednesday 10th November from 3pm – 4pm | |
| Social Inclusion Week Suicide + Self harm awareness talk with John Quinn | Wednesday 10th November at 7pm | |
| Junior Book Club Return Visit – Author Maura ByrneNew Members Welcome | Thursday 11th November at 5.30pm | |
| Science Week Molecules with Pockets. Class visit & booking essential | Friday 12th November at 10am - 11.30am | |
| Social Inclusion Week Felt Making Workshop for adults. Booking Essential | Saturday 13th November from 10am – 12noon | |
| Craftnoon Sessions - Craft Club forAdults-All Welcome | Saturday 13th & 27th November from 10am – 12noon | |
| Art & Crafts with Imelda | Tuesday 16th November at 3pm | |
| Adult Book Club New Members Welcome | Thursday 25th November at 6.30pm | |
| Housebound | Friday 26th November |
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| Branch | Events | Date |
| Tallaght | TTRS - Touch Type Read Spell - with clients from St John of Gods | Mondays from 2.30pm – 3.30pm |
| FAS E-Learning | Mondays from 11am – 1pm | |
| Deaf Adult Literacy Service - Computer Literacy | Mondays from 6pm – 8pm | |
| National Learning Network - using Digital training suite | Tuesdays from 11am | |
| Irish Conversational Group | Tuesdays from 1pm – 2pm | |
| Skills for Work Programme: Tallaght Adult Education programme (a government funded initiative to up-skill people in employment, specifically those who left school early and have no, few or outdated qualifications | Tuesdays at 3pm – 6pm | |
| Storytime for Children | Tuesdays at 3.30pm | |
| Creative Writing Class Booking Essential | Tuesdays from 6pm – 8pm | |
| Computer Classes for Beginners | Tuesdays from 6.30pm – 7.30pm | |
| Spanish Classes | Tuesdays from 6.30pm – 7.30pm | |
| Programme for Transition Year Students Class Visit (details to be confirmed) | Wednesdays from 10am – 1pm | |
| Toddler Time Nursery rhymes, stories, activities for pre-school children | Wednesdays at 10.30am | |
| TTRS - Touch Type Read Spell | Wednesdays from 11.30am – 12.30pm | |
| TTRS - Touch Type Read Spell | Wednesdays from 3pm – 4pm | |
| English Conversation Group | Wednesdays, Beginner; 5.30pm – 6.30pm Intermediate; 6.45pm – 7.45pm | |
| FAS E-Learning | Wednesdays from 6pm – 8pm |
| Comic books with Transition year students. Facilitator Jonathan Casey. Class Visit | Thursdays at 10am | ||
| Skills for Work Programme: Tallaght Adult Education programme (a government funded initiative to up-skill people in employment, specifically those who left school early and have no, few or outdated qualifications | Thursdays at 3pm – 6pm | ||
| Chess and Draughts for Teens with Des | Thursdays at 5.30pm | ||
| German for Beginners | Thursdays from 7 – 8pm | ||
| TTRS - Touch Type Read Spell | Thursdays from 6.30pm – 7.30pm | ||
| TTRS - Touch Type Read Spell - with clients from St John of Gods | Fridays from 10am – 11am | ||
| Digital Exhibition of Photographs and Music Recordings (1964 – 1971) By Alen MacWeeney of Irish Travellers | 1st – 30th November | ||
| Comic Art Project with Larry O’Loughlin | Monday 1st & 15th November from 4pm – 5.30pm | ||
| Tallaght Photographic Society Meeting | Monday 1st November from 6.30pm – 8pm | ||
| Photographic Exhibition Philipino Association of Ireland Camera Club | 2nd – 15th November | ||
| Adult Book Club New Members always welcome www.tallaghtbookclub.com | Tuesday 2nd November from 6.45pm | ||
| Lecture Series on Teenage Issues - Drugs: An introduction for parents to help prevent their teenagers getting involved in drug misuse: Suzanne Lindsay, Tallaght Drugs Education Initiative, Tallaght Youth Service The series is primarily for parents but is also relevant and appropriate for teachers and all who work with young people on a voluntary or statutory basis All lectures are free but booking is necessary | Wednesday 3rd November at 7.30pm | ||
| South Dublin County Disability Advisory / Consultative Panel | Thursday 4th November from 10am – 12noon | ||
| Comic Books with Transition Year Students Class Booking | Thursday 4th November, 10am – 1pm | ||
| BRI Support Group Acquired Brain Injury Support Group meeting | Thursday 4th November from 6pm – 8pm | ||
| Photoshop Training | Saturday 6th November from 10am – 2pm | ||
| “The Saturday Club” - Junior Book Club for 9 – 12 year olds | Saturdays 6th & 20th November at 11am | ||
| Exhibition of PaintingsDavid Spence and Darren Murray | 8th – 13th November | ||
| The Other side of the Story This is a fun way to discover how we are different and the same through this book display. Be a part of the story and begin to read and share experience with friends and family during Social Inclusion Week 2010 | Monday 8th – Friday 19th November | ||
| Art Workshop with Social Inclusion Office – The aim of the art workshop is to create an artistic sensory piece incorporating the five senses. The method that will be issued is fabric and appliqué. | 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, November from 11am – 12noon Booking Essential on 4149270. | ||
| Social Inclusion Week “A Bit Of The Other” directed by Edmund Lynch. From its origins as a one-off extravaganza in Side nightclub in 1987 to its current status as an annual entertainment highlight which packs out the Olympia Theatre in Dublin each March, A Bit of the Other is a documentary celebration of Alternative Miss Ireland and all it’s madness and magnanimity as a highly successful charity fundraiser. | Monday 8th November at 7pm | ||
| Social Inclusion Week Digi Art Classes. Digi Art is a form of expression of painting with the computer. Well Known local Artist Jonathan Casey will facilitate the delivery of the classes. | 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th November from 12.30pm – 2pm | ||
| Launch of ENFOpoint | Tuesday 9th November at 10.30am | ||
| Lecture Series on Teenage Issues - Eating Disorders: Speaker to be confirmed The series is primarily for parents but is also relevant and appropriate for teachers and all who work with young people on a voluntary or statutory basis All lectures are free but booking is necessary | Wednesday 10th November at 7.30pm | ||
| Innovation Dublin App - Ovation competition Launch | 10th November at 11am Rua Red | ||
| Social Inclusion Week Polish Storytelling with Izabelle | Thursday 11th November from 10am – 10.30am | ||
| Innovation Dublin Heritage Maps of South Dublin come alive www.southdublinlibraries.ie | Saturday 13th November | ||
| Innovation Dublin TEDX Tallaght | 11th November at 7pm Rua Red | ||
| Launch of Social Inclusion DVD – Why not come and listen to the real life experience of people living in South Dublin County and how proud they are of the home place! | Friday 12th November from 1pm – 2pm Booking essential on 4149270 | ||
| Tallaght Historical Society October Lecture and Meeting - lecture title to be confirmed | Tuesday 12th October at 7pm | ||
| Walkers Association of Ireland - using digital room | Saturday 13th November at 10am – 4pm | ||
| Innovation Dublin Watch the County’s Heritage Come Alive | Saturday 13th November at 10am | ||
| “Remembering the Century” screening of short documentary for Active Retirement Group - a social inclusion event | Monday 15th November at 11am. Booking essential on 4149270 | ||
| Innovation Dublin Innovation on Demand | 15th November at 7pm County Library | ||
| Social Inclusion Week Screening of the DVD Garden for All Seasons. South Dublin Social Inclusion Unit and Parks Department have worked closely with Menni Services in Tallaght (connected to St. John of God) towards the creation of a Sensory Garden in Sean Walsh Park, Tallaght. The project commenced in September 2008 and has developed beyond all expectations. The clients of Menni Services (Children & Adults with Disabilities mainly from the Tallaght Area) are using the outdoor garden for horticultural therapy and instruction on a weekly basis. The project won the overall prize in the category “Innovation in Developing / Supporting Partnerships” in the St. John of God Innovation Awards 2010. | Tuesday 16th November from 1pm – 2pm. Booking essential on 4149270. | ||
| Exhibition of Photographs Tallaght Camera Club | 16th – 26th November | ||
| Innovation Dublin Become a Journalist for a Day | 16th November Echo Newspaper | ||
| Innovation Dublin South Dublin Dragons | 17th November Council Chamber | ||
| Innovation Dublin The Changing Classroom | 17th November Dublin West Education Centre | ||
| Lecture Series on Teenage Issues - Cyber Safety: Keeping Teenagers safe on the internet: Ms Benny Simpson, National Parents Council, delivering the National Centre for Technology in Education programme. The series is primarily for parents but is also relevant and appropriate for teachers and all who work with young people on a voluntary or statutory basis All lectures are free but booking is necessary. | Wednesday 17th November at 7.30pm | ||
| Innovation Dublin Tomorrow’s Innovators Award Ceremony | 17th November at 11am Council Chamber | ||
| Innovation Dublin Do Business Do Good – social entrepreneurs in conversation | 17th November County Library | ||
| Innovation Dublin Guided Tour of South Dublin’s Traffic Management System | 17th & 18th November | ||
| Innovation Dublin Planning for Sustainable Communities | 18th November Rua Red | ||
| Web Games Workshop for Transition Year Students | Thursdays 18th and 25th November from 10am – 1pm | ||
| Storytelling with Larry O’Loughlin | Monday 22nd & 29th November from 4pm – 5.30pm | ||
| Lecture Series on Teenage Issues - Mental Health Issues: With particular reference to Depression and Self Harming Dr. Claire Flahavan, Registrar in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Lucena Foundation. The series is primarily for parents but is also relevant and appropriate for teachers and all who work with young people on a voluntary or statutory basis All lectures are free but booking is necessary. | Wednesday 24th November at 7.30pm | ||
| Movie Night at Tallaght Library. Title to be confirmed | Thursday 25th November at 7pm | ||
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November 2010
| Branch | Events | Date |
| Stewarts | Stewarts Reading Circle Book Club Meeting – Discussion on The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker | Tuesday 2nd November from 4pm - 5pm |
| Ted Courtney Lecture Series: The Great Musicals | Wednesdays at 7pm |
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