Maidenhead & Windsor

Maidenhead Royal Borough dads and kids who are “quick on the draw” will have the opportunity to prove their artistic talents at a special cartoon workshop this weekend at Maidenhead Library.

The Maidenhead workshop – to be held on Saturday June 16 from 10 to 11am – marks a weekend of father-and-child activities starting with Dads into School day on Friday and culminating in the traditional Fathers Day celebrations on Sunday.

Schools throughout the Maidenhead borough are once again supporting the national Dads into School initiative and inviting dads and granddads into the classroom on Friday to see at first hand the work that goes on in schools and join in reading activities with the children.

Then it’s off to the “drawing board” on Saturday for the FREE library workshop, where dads and kids will “get stuck in” to creating their own cartoon storyboards either by cutting out and glueing characters onto boards or drawing their characters by hand and adding story captions. There will be a prize for the best storyboard.

All the stories will be displayed on Stories from the Web - a new resource for children - and can be viewed at home using the special user name: rbwm and password: rbwm07.

The aim of the workshop is to promote visits to the library – and reading in general - as positive family activities that are free and fun. It also links in with the Family Reading Campaign, a year-long campaign aimed at promoting reading together as a family.

For further information about the workshop contact Katie Farrell, librarian, young people, at Maidenhead Library, on 01628 796981.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead