Help With Reading Program

Help With Reading Program
Help With Reading is designed  to help primary school children improve their reading skills and build up their confidence, by reading aloud to volunteers. Bookings are required at some locations. Enquire to secure a spot. Help With Reading Program canterbury bankstown We have started a Help With Reading program to help primary school children build up their skills and confidence in reading aloud to our volunteers.  

Reading support

Help with Reading is designed to help children in Years 1 to 6 improve their reading skills, and build up their confidence, by reading aloud to volunteers. Bookings are required at some locations. Enquire to secure a spot.

Help with Reading runs during school term.

Last session for this year will be 15 December 2023. Sessions will recommence from 5 February 2024.
Looking for something to keep busy over summer? Consider joining the Summer Reading Club and check out the School Holiday Activities page.


Location​Day and Time​Phone number (if booking needed)
​Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre​Monday from 4-6pm
​No bookings required
​Campsie Library and Knowledge Centre
​Thursday from 3.30-5pm
9789 9405​
Bookings required
​Earlwood Library and Knowledge Centre​Monday from  4-5pm
No bookings required
​Greenacre Library and Knowledge Centre​Thursday from  4-6pm

​​9707 9744
Bookings required
​Lakemba Library and Knowledge Centre​Thursday from  3.30-4.30pm
​9789 9419
Bookings required
​Padstow Library and Knowledge Centre
​Tuesday from 4-5pm
​9707 9747
Bookings required
​Panania Library and Knowledge Centre
Tuesday from 3.30-5.30pm
​​9707 9737
Bookings required
​Riverwood Library and Knowledge Centre
​Tuesday and Wednesday from 3.30-4.45pm
9707 5436
​Bookings required


The City of Canterbury Bankstown acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land, water and skies of Canterbury-Bankstown, the Darug (Darag, Dharug, Daruk, Dharuk) People. We recognise and respect Darug cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge the First Peoples’ continuing importance to our CBCity community.