How can my child join a club?

You can sign up for Art Club, Book Lovers Club and Young Writers Club by registering for the Atlas program. Registration is free.  

During the Atlas registration process, you will be asked to select which clubs your child would like to join.

How do online events work?

All online events are run using Zoom.  

Zoom links will be emailed to club members on the morning of each meeting. 

The dates of the next club meetings can be found on the club pages for Art Club, Book Lovers Club and Young Writers Club.  

All online meetings are live and interactive, and participants are encouraged to type questions and comments into the Q&A.  

All messages will be visible to the presenters but are not visible to any other participants.  

To provide a safe online environment, participants are not able to share their video or audio. Participants will only be able to see the video of Library staff and guest presenters.  

When participants use the link to join the webinar, they may be asked to download Zoom if they don’t already have it installed. They do not need to set up a Zoom account to participate.    

We do not provide recordings of our club meetings.  

Further instructions for joining a Zoom webinar are available in Zoom’s Webinar FAQ.    

How does my child submit their work?

After each Art Club and Young Writers Club session, members are given the opportunity to share their work on the Atlas website, if they would like to do so.

Young Writers Club

You will receive a link in the email for Young Writers Club, which you can follow to either submit your child's writing on their behalf, or they can submit it independently. They will be asked to enter their first name, the first letter of their surname, and their age. If they do not want their writing viewed publicly in the Young Writers Showcase, they can select 'Just my teacher' under 'Who can read your writing.' If you would like it to appear in the Young Writers Showcase, please select 'Anyone.' You will also be asked for your email address, which will not appear publicly. This must be a Parent/Guardian email address. The email address is used to link all of the submissions from your child onto their individual page, so they are able to see all of their work in one place.  

Art Club

To submit work to the Art Club Showcase, you can reply to the email which includes the link to the session. It helps us if you can scan the artwork, or take photos in a well-lit area and attach these to your email as JPG or PNG files. We ask parents/guardians to email us on their child's behalf. We will then upload the artwork to the Art Club Showcase using the child's first name. If they have a title for the artwork, please let us know in your email and we will add this to the post on the website. If the Art Club Member does not want their work published on the Atlas website, and only wants the educator to see it, you can specify this in your email.

All submissions are moderated by Library staff before they are published to ensure any sensitive information or inappropriate material is not made public.  

How can I change the clubs my child has signed up to?  

You can add or remove a club at any time.  

To remove a club, open any Atlas or club email that we have sent to you. At the bottom of the email, select the Unsubscribe preferences button.  

You will then be asked to select which clubs you would like to unsubscribe from. Select Yes for any club you would like to opt out of.

To join a new club, submit another Atlas registration and select all clubs you would like to participate in.