The City of Bunbury Libraries welcomes and encourages children of all ages to use its facilities and services.
For the safety and comfort of all library patrons, a parent, guardian, caregiver or responsible adult over 18 years of age must accompany and supervise children (12 years and under) whilst in the library and accept responsibility for monitoring the activities and behaviour of their children.
Supervision requires that the responsible adult must be within sight of their child at all times. Library staff are unable to undertake supervision responsibilities when children and young people enter the library.
Responsible adults visiting the library are asked to observe the following guidelines:
- Supervise your child(ren) at all times whilst using library facilities, including use of the public computers.
- Keep food and drinks away from all library materials and computers.
- Hot drinks are not allowed in the Children’s area.
- For safety reasons, children are required to use the furniture provided appropriately for its intended use and are not to climb on.
- Enforce that library shelves are not to be climbed on, over or under.
- Please tidy areas you have used before leaving.
Children aged over 12 years may use the library without being supervised provided they maintain acceptable behaviour at all times.
Meet new parents and babies for a fun session of singing, clapping and dancing. Learn songs and action rhymes to nurture your baby’s pre-literacy, communication and language. Ideal for children 0-2 years.
Rhyme Time is free to attend, bookings are not required. View our event calendar for more information. These programs run all year round except for public holidays and school holidays.
Come along to this interactive session where we share stories, songs and activities. Ideal for children aged 2+ years.
Story Time is free to attend, bookings are not required. View our event calendar for more information. These programs run all year round except for public holidays and school holidays.
Bunbury Public Libraries has three weekly STEAM programs which run during the school terms and are designed for varying age groups. Little Explorers is ideal for children aged 18 months to 4 years.
For young children, science encourages investigation and answering questions, often involving experimentation. Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates a young child’s senses of touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing, movement and balance.
Little Explorers is free to attend, bookings are not required. View our event calendar for more information. These programs run all year round except for public holidays and school holidays.
Join STEAM Junior where no week is ever the same, this program incorporates a mixture of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math related activities. Ideal for young scientists aged 4 to 8 years.
STEAM Junior is free to attend, bookings are not required. View our event calendar for more information. These programs run all year round except for public holidays and school holidays.
This program incorporates the library’s STEAM Club, Lego Club, Tech Club and Art Club. Ideal for kids and young adults aged 8 to 12 years. Each week targets a different element of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) and rotates through the month:
- First week of a month – STEAM Club
- Second week of a month – Lego Club
- Third week of a month – Tech Club
- Forth week of a month – Art Club
- Program does not run on the fifth week of a month
STEAM Discoverers is free to attend, bookings are not required. View our event calendar for more information. These programs run all year round except for public holidays and school holidays.
Build your child’s confidence with a trained therapy dog.
Dogs are patient listeners who offer unconditional love and acceptance, allowing kids to practise reading aloud without fear of judgment or criticism.
Bunbury Library offers free one-on-one reading sessions with a trained therapy dog in a relaxed environment. Sessions are suited to school-aged children who struggle with reading, focus and anxiety.
LibraryCraft is a Minecraft server available to selected WA libraries. It is suited to kids aged 7-17 years and can be run from your Windows, Mac & Linux PC, in the comfort of your own home. There are multiple worlds connected by portals, for more information about LibraryCraft at https://librarycraft.net/. Check out the YouTube channel to help you get started.
Bunbury Public Library run a variety of activities during the school holiday periods. To see what’s on or book into an activity please visit our event calendar.
You can also subscribe to the City of Bunbury’s School Holidays in the City newsletter, sign up online here.
