The City of Burnside Toy Library has approximately 4,000 resources in its collection. These resources are constantly being added to throughout the year. Our toys are aimed at promoting and encouraging children to acquire different skills and progress through developmental stages.
The City of Burnside is located on L'Estrange Street, Glenunga. We are in the middle of Webb Reserve. Look out for the playground with the colourful pencil bollards. The fence line of the playground is attached to our building.
Phone: 8338 4131 (answering machine available outside of hours)
Fax: 8338 7546
Email to hwright@burnside.sa.gov.au
We offer a variety of memberships including annual, school term and group memberships.
Family membership entitles each child to borrow:
Toys are able to be borrowed for up to 4 weeks at a time. Unless it is part of our party/special event toys which are available for 2 weeks at a time.
We offer gift vouchers for the special someone in your life. Great for welcoming the new addition to the family, Christmas and birthdays presents.
We have four resources that you can reserve for parties/special events free of charge. You need to be an Annual member to reserve these items.
All of our toys/resources are checked for missing parts and damage before it is shelved in the toy library. We encourage members to count borrowed items as soon as they get home. In the rare instance where something is missing contact us straight away. If members do not advise us of lost pieces or damage then we assume that you have lost/damaged the item whilst borrowed.
If a piece goes missing, we allow plenty of time for the piece to turn up.
If a piece is lost permanently, some pieces can be replaced or remade and you will be asked to pay a small amount to cover this. If an irreplaceable piece is lost or broken the borrower will be charged a replacement toy fee. You will also be asked to pay for any careless damages eg pets chewing toys.
If a resource is damaged during borrowing please return with all the pieces and advise staff. We may be able to repair it. A small charge may be required to cover the cost of the materials needed for the repair. Please do not attempt repairs at home.
To minimise missing/damaged pieces we encourage parents and care givers to keep our toys and resources in a separate place at home to encourage respect and care for them. We also suggest that parents play with their children and keep the toys for special times not for continuous unsupervised play. Our toys are designed to help children develop skills, not necessarily to occupy them full-time for the period the toys are borrowed.
Toys returned on time enables the library to provide a better service.
Items borrowed can be returned to the Toy Library during opening times. If you are unable to do this please contact the Toy Library Coordinator to organise alternative arrangements.
If you would like to extend your borrowing time please contact staff. If possible they will be extended.
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