Programs - Young People
Comic Quotes Totes Workshop

WHO: 12-15 yo
WHEN: Monday 3 July, 10.30am-12pm
WHERE:Penrith City Library Theatrette
TICKETS: $10 per person
It’s that Shakespearian time once again! Come and join us to have a fun time designing your own totes and explore your creative side with colours and visuals of your own creation to take home. Don’t forget to book in and secure your spot. Limited places available.
BOOK NOW: https://comicquotetoteworkshop.eventbrite.com.au
HSC Study Space

WHEN: Wednesdays from 26 April | 4pm-7:30pm.
WHERE: St Marys Library, 207 Queen Street, St Marys
WHO: Teens studying for HSC
Looking for somewhere quiet to study for your HSC? St Marys Library is opening our William Garner room to HSC students every Wednesday afternoon from Term 2 onwards.
Bookings Not Required
Pride Month: Penrith Pride Art Prize

Pride Month: Penrith Pride Art Prize
WHEN: Sunday 21 May - Friday 23 June 2023
WHERE: All Penrith City Libraries branches
WHO: 8 years +
Family Fun Art Drop-In
WHEN: Sunday 21 May 2023 | 11.00am-1.00pm
WHERE: Penrith City Library Theatrette – 601 High Street, Penrith
WHO: All ages welcome
COST: FREE – no booking needed
Penrith families, join us as we celebrate Pride Month with the Penrith Pride Art Prize. Drop into any Penrith City Libraries branch between Sunday 21 May and Friday 23 June 2023 and pick up your mini canvas (10x10cm) and entry form. Return your completed canvas and entry form by 5pm on Friday 23 June 2023. Prizes will be awarded in 3 age categories. Artworks will be added to the display at Penrith City Library as they come in. The display will be available to view for the month of June.
Need some ideas? Drop into Penrith City Library with the whole family on Sunday 21 May, 11am-1pm, for some fun family art time. All materials will be provided, and local artist Na’ama Atzmon-Simon will help you with your designs and ideas – no booking needed.
See Terms and Conditions here: Terms & Conditions
HSC Study Series: Maths (Standard)

WHEN: Tuesday 13 June | 4:30pm-6pm
WHERE: Penrith City Library
Bookings essential
These sessions will be full of useful study resources that will empower you to make the best of your time before and during your examinations.
Session topics include:
- How to summarise maths topics
- Examination strategies
- Gaining maximum benefit from the HSC reference sheet
- Using past HSC papers and solutions
- HSC questions according to key concepts
- The 'common questions'
- Key skills to master
Stuart has been helping students prepare for HSC Mathematics examinations for five decades. He is the lead author of the Cambridge MATHS NSW Syllabus textbooks for the Australian Curriculum. He taught in NSW schools for 26 years and more recently has been assisting and advising teachers and students.
HSC Study Series: Maths (Advanced)

WHEN: Tuesday 13 June | 6:15pm-7.45pm
WHERE: Penrith City Library
Bookings essential
These sessions will be full of useful study resources that will empower you to make the best of your time before and during your examinations.
Session topics include:
- How to summarise maths topics
- Examination strategies
- Gaining maximum benefit from the HSC reference sheet
- Using past HSC papers and solutions
- HSC questions according to key concepts
- The 'common questions'
- Key skills to master
Stuart has been helping students prepare for HSC Mathematics examinations for five decades. He is the lead author of the Cambridge MATHS NSW Syllabus textbooks for the Australian Curriculum. He taught in NSW schools for 26 years and more recently has been assisting and advising teachers and students.
HSC Study Series: English (Standard & Advanced)

WHEN: Wednesday 14 June 2023 | 4:30pm-6:30pm
WHERE: Penrith City Library
Bookings essential
Discover useful study skills and handy essay writing tips for your HSC English exam with Larry Grumley. Larry is an English teacher, a senior marker and supervisor of marking for the HSC English exams. He has been a member of the committee which sets the English syllabus, and is an author of numerous HSC and preliminary English study guides, including the leading Excel and Warrigal series.
BOOK NOW: https://HSCEnglish2023.eventbrite.com.au