31/10/2020
Instead of trick-or-treating, the rhymetime bears are going to have a cozy evening inside carving pumpkin, making tasty fly-cakes and having hot chocolate. Mmmmmm! What are you doing this evening?
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Gosport Discovery Centre
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Gosport Discovery Centre is a Community Hub including library services, a cafe and various local partners The DC in a nutshell:
A modern library service- a venue for a huge variety of courses and events for people of all ages- rooms for hire- internet access and Wifi- registry office- café-museum of Gosport
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31/10/2020
Some of the library witches are playing hide and seek in the library - can you see them?
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#LoveYourLibrary
31/10/2020
Halloween Anagrams
How good are you at anagrams? Unscramble the words in the list to help make a potion for Halloween!
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#LoveYourLibrary #Librariesfromhome
31/10/2020
Can you spot the Room on the Broom characters hiding in the library?
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Answers tomorrow!
#LoveYourLibrary #Librariesfromhome
31/10/2020
Room on the Broom - Makaton
Something spooky is happening to our Library Assistants at Gosport Discovery Centre this Halloween! Lorna wants to read Room on the Broom with Makaton signs but first they have to get the book to her....
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With kind permission from Macmillan Children's Books
Written by Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
#LoveYourLibrary #Makaton #Roomonthebroom #juliadonaldson #axelscheffler Hampshire Library Service The Makaton Charity
31/10/2020
We have a special Halloween rhymetime today with Jane, Tracey and Sarah!
🦇Bats are sleeping
🧹Witchy-cokey
👻5 little ghosties jumping on the bed
🕷️Incey Wincey Spider
🧼Bubbles
#LoveYourLibrary #Rhymetime
31/10/2020
Bookstart bear says 'Happy Halloween!' We have a number of themed posts for you today - so look out for them!
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#LoveYourLibrary
30/10/2020
🎃Happy Halloween! #BookfaceFriday
29/10/2020
We've seen quite a few young robins about recently - have a look for them when you are out and about!
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You might notice more robins around during the autumn and winter. Juvenile robins are starting to get their red breasts so they become more recognisable as robins, and other robins are arriving here from northern Europe. Some of these will stay and spend the winter in Britain while others are passing through on their way to southern Europe or North Africa. #tapintonature #whattolookfor
29/10/2020
Lee on the Solent Library
Join our friends at Lee-on-Solent Library doing a spooky rhymetime!!
#LoveYourLibrary
It's nearly Halloween so we thought you would love to join Theresa and Carol in our special spidery Rhymetime!!
Watch out tomorrow for a spidery craft!!
👋Hello song
🕷️There's a spider on the floor
🕷️🕷️Incey Wincey Spider
🕷️🕷️🕷️Anansi Plays One Drum
🔵🔵🔵🔵Bubbles
👋👋Goodbye song
#Loveyourlibrary #Rhymetime #LoveSpiders
29/10/2020
Rhymetime with Theresa and Sue
Join Theresa and Sue from Lee on the Solent Library for this fun, interactive Rhymetime session that is all about wonderful sea creatures.
#LibrariesFromHome
#LoveYourLibrary
#Rhymetime
28/10/2020
Gobble Gobble Moo Tractor
🚜🦃🐏🐈🐁🐄🦢Join us for Storytime with Nicola and Debbie as they read Gobble Gobble Moo Tractor by Jez Alborough shared with permission from Harper Collins
27/10/2020
A tale for All Hallows' eve. Back in Napoleonic times a gibbit stood on the beach at Fort Blockhouse in which the bodies of miscreants, criminals and traitors would hang as a warning to other evil-doers. This is the story of Davis Tyree who was caught as a traitor sending information to the French about our Navy's goings on. He was hung, drawn and quartered on Southsea Common but a mob scattered the guards and fought to get pieces of the body. A man named Adams from Gosport obtained the head which he preserved in spirits and exhibited for some years. #ReDiscovery
27/10/2020
Pumpkin days are here again! Share your favourite pumpkin and squash recipes here! 🎃🎃
#LoveYourLibrary
27/10/2020
Rhymetime
It's Rhymetime again with Jane, Tracey and Sarah!
🥾Grand Old Duke of York
🧸Round and Round the Garden
🐻Teddy Plays on the Swing
🐎Horsey Horsey
🐴Walk Along Josie
🧵Wind the Bobbin Up
✋Open, Shut Them
⭐Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
🔵Bubbles
#LoveYourLibrary #Rhymetime #LibraryRhymes
25/10/2020
Borrow a Horror or Thriller book for Halloween 👻😱💀🖤🤡🧟🐈⬛
24/10/2020
winner
The two closest guesses were Charlie Lewis and Kimberely Shailes. Congratulations to #competition our winner picked out of the witch's hat, Kimberely Shailes! Pop on down during our opening times to collect your #Halloween activity pack prize.
23/10/2020
#BookFaceFriday
23/10/2020
🎃Happy Halloween from our Construction Club!
22/10/2020
🦔Who's ready for some hedgehogs for this week's 5 to Thrive craft? #librariesfromhome #hedgehog #crafts
22/10/2020
Rhymetime from Gosport Discovery Centre
Join Jane, Tracey and Sarah for actions and rhymes!
🚶♂️The Grand old Duke of York
🤗If you're happy and you know it
🧵Wind the bobbin up
🕷️Incey wincey spider
🚌Wheels on the bus
🧼Bubbles!
#LoveYourLibrary #LibrariesFromHome #Rhymetime
21/10/2020
Hampshire Learning In Libraries
🎸Online guitar course
Do you play the guitar ?
Would you like to improve your strumming technique ?
Watch Sam, our guitar tutor, as he shows you what he will be covering in his online course. Starts Monday 26th October, 6.30-7.45 pm. Only £15.
Follow this link for more details and to book
https://www.hants.gov.uk/shop/product.php?productid=55149
#learninginlibraries #guitar #music #strumming
21/10/2020
🖥️Online Windows 10 course
Would you like to be more familiar with Windows 10?
Struggling to get used to it ?
Looking for work where you might need to use Windows 10 ?
Join our Free online course to get to know Windows 10 - You must have Windows 10 on your own device
https://zcu.io/FkPN
#windows10 #learninginlibraries
21/10/2020
Hampshire Library Service
📷Online Photoshop photo editing course
If you'd like to learn how to edit photo's using Adobe Photoshop then this course is for you!
Follow the link below to secure your place.
https://www.hants.gov.uk/shop/product.php?productid=55420&cat=567&page=1
#adobe #photoshop #photoediting
20/10/2020
Lee farmhouse and land, 177 acres bought for £10,000 by John Robinson in 1883 with the plan to build roads and develop the area into a resort to rival Bournemouth and Brighton.
The land was flat and undeveloped with only Lee Lane (later Manor Way) winding its way to the coastline needing to be incorporated into the new plans.
John’s son Edmund became the estate manager and lived in Upper Lee farmhouse, this became the hub of all the auction sales for the plots of land.
It was converted into a 6-bedroom hotel to accommodate site staff and anyone visiting the area with the idea of purchasing plots and became the Victoria Hotel, later the Bun Penny.
#ReDiscovery
19/10/2020
Some new additions to our books in 🇫🇷French, 🇩🇪German and 🇨🇳Mandarin
19/10/2020
Hampshire Learning In Libraries
**NEW COURSE**
Introduction to paediatric first aid.
If you have children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews its a good idea to know some basic first aid to look after them.
Our FREE online course will give you the knowledge you need.
https://zcu.io/V2Gu
#learninginlibraries #firstaid #children #family #paediatricfirstaid
19/10/2020
To Cut with a knife - Makaton Sign of the Week
Happy #Makaton Monday! This week's sign is to cut with a knife 🔪 The Makaton Charity
Hello! This week's sign is To Cut with a knife. Join in with our Sign of the Week. Make your own video and share on social media using the hashtag #wetalkmak...
18/10/2020
🧍🏾♂️🧍🏿🧍🏽♀️Zadie Smith is our Author of the Month for Black History Month
17/10/2020
Halloween competition
Win a #Halloween activity book! Can you guess the number of eyeballs in the cauldron? The names of all correct guessers will go into a hat and the #competition winner will be announced Saturday 24 October
17/10/2020
Hampshire Learning In Libraries
Everything is now online and it can be scary to put your personal details out into the world.
To learn some simple and easy ways to stay safe while on the internet, emailing, shopping and socialising join our FREE online course
https://www.hants.gov.uk/shop/product.php?productid=55379
#learninginlibraries #staysafe #online #onlinesafety
17/10/2020
Chatterbooks October
Chatterbooks for October - what have you been reading over the summer and what was your favourite? Find out Gangsta Granny's favourite summer book below! 😊😊
#Chatterbooks #LoveYourLibrary
17/10/2020
Tracey Reads a Disgusting Poem
Tracey has chosen a poem from Disgusting Poems to read to you this morning.
Gran's Dog by John Foster
Compiled by Paul Cookson Illustated by Woody Fox
With kind permission from Scholastic Books
#LoveYourLibrary #Poems
16/10/2020
#BookFaceFriday
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Halloween Anagrams
How good are you at anagrams? Unscramble the words in the list to help make a potion for Halloween! 🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹 #LoveYourLibrary #Librariesfromhome
We have a special Halloween rhymetime today with Jane, Tracey and Sarah! 🦇Bats are sleeping 🧹Witchy-cokey 👻5 little ghosties jumping on the bed 🕷️Incey Wincey Spider 🧼Bubbles #LoveYourLibrary #Rhymetime
Room on the Broom - Makaton
Something spooky is happening to our Library Assistants at Gosport Discovery Centre this Halloween! Lorna wants to read Room on the Broom with Makaton signs but first they have to get the book to her.... 🧹🧹🐈🐕🐦🐸🐲 With kind permission from Macmillan Children's Books Written by Julia Donaldson Illustrated by Axel Scheffler #LoveYourLibrary #Makaton #Roomonthebroom #juliadonaldson #axelscheffler Hampshire Library Service The Makaton Charity
Scared of the Dark Poem
👻Available now on Borrowbox and in your library
Gobble Gobble Moo Tractor
🚜🦃🐏🐈🐁🐄🦢Join us for Storytime with Nicola and Debbie as they read Gobble Gobble Moo Tractor by Jez Alborough shared with permission from Harper Collins
Rhymetime with Theresa and Sue
Join Theresa and Sue from Lee on the Solent Library for this fun, interactive Rhymetime session that is all about wonderful sea creatures. #LibrariesFromHome #LoveYourLibrary #Rhymetime
Rhymetime
It's Rhymetime again with Jane, Tracey and Sarah! 🥾Grand Old Duke of York 🧸Round and Round the Garden 🐻Teddy Plays on the Swing 🐎Horsey Horsey 🐴Walk Along Josie 🧵Wind the Bobbin Up ✋Open, Shut Them ⭐Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 🔵Bubbles #LoveYourLibrary #Rhymetime #LibraryRhymes
winner
The two closest guesses were Charlie Lewis and Kimberely Shailes. Congratulations to #competition our winner picked out of the witch's hat, Kimberely Shailes! Pop on down during our opening times to collect your #Halloween activity pack prize.
Halloween competition
Win a #Halloween activity book! Can you guess the number of eyeballs in the cauldron? The names of all correct guessers will go into a hat and the #competition winner will be announced Saturday 24 October
Chatterbooks October
Chatterbooks for October - what have you been reading over the summer and what was your favourite? Find out Gangsta Granny's favourite summer book below! 😊😊 #Chatterbooks #LoveYourLibrary
Tracey Reads a Disgusting Poem
Tracey has chosen a poem from Disgusting Poems to read to you this morning. Gran's Dog by John Foster Compiled by Paul Cookson Illustated by Woody Fox With kind permission from Scholastic Books #LoveYourLibrary #Poems
Makaton Reading of The Tiger Who came to Tea
🐯Join Lorna for a #Makaton reading of The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr The Makaton Charity #librariesathome 🐅 HarperCollins Children's Books UK #thetigerwhocametotea Judith Kerr's Books
Rhymetime from Gosport Discovery Centre
Join Jane, Tracey and Sarah for actions and rhymes! 🚶♂️The Grand old Duke of York 🤗If you're happy and you know it 🧵Wind the bobbin up 🕷️Incey wincey spider 🚌Wheels on the bus 🧼Bubbles! #LoveYourLibrary #LibrariesFromHome #Rhymetime
Jungle Rhymetime
Join Sue and Theresa from Lee-on-the-Solent Library today for some jungle Rhymetime fun! Hello song Down in the jungle Four little monkeys jumping on the bed Bubbles! Goodbye song #LoveYourLibrary #LibrariesFromHome #Rhymetime Lee on the Solent Infant and Nursery School
Heart Origami
💖 Heart Origami Craft
Frog craft
🐸 How to make funny frogs ✂️🧵
Ten Fat Sausages
Frankie is reading Ten Fat Sausages today! 🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭 Let's see what happens to them! Written by Michelle Robinson & illustrated by Tor Freeman Published by Penguin Random House #LoveYourLibrary ❤️❤️ #Stories
GDC Rhymetime 25092020
Jane, Tracey and Sarah are having fun singing... 🚶🏿♂️The Grand Old Duke of York 🌭Ten fat sausages 🚌The wheels on the bus 🧵Wind the bobbin up ⛈️I hear thunder 🧼Bubbles!! Are you joining in too? #LoveYourLibrary #Rhymetime #LibraryRhymes
🥕 Join Sarah for Storytime as she reads The Giant Carrot by Alan Manham and Penny Dann publishes by Orchard Books Hachette Children's UK
Oh Dear
🐔🥚Join Tracey and Leanne for Stories and Songs as they read Oh Dear by Rod Campbell & published by Macmillan Children's Books followed by animal rhymes #librariesathome #storiesandsongs
Make a pirate hat
Would you like a pirate hat like Bookstart Bear's hat? Here are some instructions on how to do it! ☠️☠️ #LoveYourLibrary #talklikeapirate
Bookstart
🚂🐑🕷️Join Jane & Leanne for Stories & Songs. They read Chuffa Chuffa Choo Choo by Emma Garcia & published by Boxer Books, tell you about the FREE Bookstart packs for babies from BookTrust available here at Hampshire Library Service and sing Baa Baa Sheep Sheep and Incy Wincy Spider.
Jack and the Beanstalk
🌱🐄Join Jane and Debbie for Storytime as they read Jack and the Beanstalk retold by Anna Milbourne and illustrated by Lorena Alvarez (Illustrator) published by Usborne Publishing #librariesathome #loveyourlibrary #storytime #fairytale
🤣Pirate Jokes
🦜✂️Pirate Craft Time!
Good news! As part of Gosport Heritage Open Days, the Scrap Happy Quilters' work is now on display on the Mezzanine floor here at Gosport Discovery Centre #yourcommunityhub #loveyourlibrary
Dear Zoo Makaton Reading
🐘🦒🐫🐒🐍🦁🐸Join Lorna and Tracey for a #Makaton reading of Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell & published by Macmillan Children's Books @macmillankidsuk #storytime #librariesathome The Makaton Charity #dearzoo Hampshire Library Service
Cafe Art September 2020
Wah Hey! ✨ Our Cafe Gallery Art Exhibitions are showing again. 🖼️🖼️ Our first two artists are here until the end of October. They are Susan Meredith, a Hampshire based artist specialising in mixed media images of local urban scenes, using hand drawn images of architecture and assembling them into collages. David Brooks also from Hampshire, has been painting for 40 years, he has used acrylics to paint scenes which "take his eye". Next time you pop in have a browse. If you would like to exhibit your art with us, please get in touch and we can let you have more information. We have spaces for 2021 so you have plenty of time to get sketching... #LoveYourLibrary #CafeArt 🎨🎨
Makaton books at your library
Check out our new collection of Makaton books here at Gosport Discovery Centre The Makaton Charity Hampshire Library Service #makaton
Handa's Surprise
🍌🥭🍍🥑🍊 Join Lorna and Debbie for a Makaton reading of Handa's Surprise🐒🦒🐘🐐 Publlished by Walker Books #storytime #makaton The Makaton Charity Hampshire Library Service
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The DC in a nutshell: A modern library service- a venue for a huge variety of courses and events for people of all ages- rooms for hire- internet access and Wifi- registry office- café-museum of Gosport.
Nearby museums
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Portsmouth
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Haslar Jetty Road, Portsmouth
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Haslar Jetty Rd
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Portsmouth PO1 3
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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth
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Boathouse 4, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth
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National Museum of the Royal Navy, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth
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Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust
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National Museum of the Royal Navy
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Visitor Centre, Victory Gate, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL NAVY Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Hm Naval Base Portsmouth, Hampshire, Portsmouth
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17-18 The Hard, Portsmouth
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Main Road, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth
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Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
Heritage Way, Priddy's Hard -
Portsmouth Museum Tea Room with Garden
Museum Road, Portsmouth
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Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
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Explosion Paranormal Investigations
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The Subaquatic Steampunk Weekend
Haslar Jetty Road -
No2 Battery, Stokes Bay Road
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No2 Battery, Stokes Bay
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Little Woodham - A 1642 Living History Villag
Little Woodham Howe Road -
Gunner's Way
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Haslar Jetty Rd
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Haslar Jetty Rd
Comments
Hi everyone, Revd. Jim Thomas here from Gosport Waterfront Baptist Church. I would be so grateful if you could spare a moment to complete this short, multiple-choice, questionnaire to help us find out what local issues are most important to you, and how we can best serve the local community:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QZB3LGJ
Many thanks, Jim.
Hi everyone, Revd. Jim Thomas here from Gosport Waterfront Baptist Church. I would be so grateful if you could spare a moment to complete this short, multiple-choice, questionnaire to help us find out what local issues are most important to you, and how we can best serve the local community. Many thanks, Jim.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QZB3LGJ
Today i visited for the first time to get some photocopying done. I was welcomed by one of two members of staff at the door and asked what i needed. i explained, and was advised what i needed to do. I was also told a member of staff inside would help if i needed it. Inside i was amazed how it had changed when i last visited which was years ago. It was welcoming and the lady who helped me with my photocopying was really helpful. I was expecting to pay at least £1 per copy but was amazed it was just 10p! When i left the same lovely lady at the door asked did i get it done ok. Would highly recommend Discovery Centre.
Coming up this afternoon!
https://www.facebook.com/events/290436362128296/
Looking forward to our next online show coming (almost) from the Gosport Discovery Centre!
https://facebook.com/events/s/greg-chapman-almost-live-onlin/290436362128296/?ti=icl
We have just been to collect our first ready reads. Excellent service 😊 the children have been looking forward to this since I told them we could get new library books out.
Friendly staff on arrival who told us where to go and stand to collect books safely. Will definitely use again.
Thank you for working hard to allow us to use our libraries again 🤩
Some of my flowers in bloom
Here's what you shouldn't have done in a library in 1930 !
Photo project:
Planet Aware would like to invite you to join in our online project My Planet My Picture - part of a larger project encouraging people to express their care and concerns for their environment through creative means and to share this with those who create policy- For each contribution P.A will donate 1-00 to HIWCF which helps local community groups supporting people through the Covid-19 crisis.
(see details on link)
It’s a few months until I get to perform at the discovery centre again - but why not watch my (Almost) live show on facebook this week?
https://facebook.com/events/s/greg-chapman-almost-live-onlin/221643285849511/?ti=icl
Hello, is weighing clinic still on tomorrow? :)
Had a great two hours with you today building. Harry my son as you can see enjoying his time. Thankyou to your lovely friendly staff for a good few hours.