Mixed Baby & Toddler Music Session

We will keep families updated throughout the lockdown. Although we have now had a new update from the government indicating that our classes could continue we feel with the R rate rising it is advisable to stop until the R rate goes down. Particularly because we are supporting many vulnerable children and want to protect both staff and children. All our videos and songs are available to view on our website or you can attend one of our live Zoom sessions during the week with Katherine or Yasmin.

We are hosting Whippersnappers Live Music Sessions every week
Tuesday – 10.30am
Wednesday – 10.30am
Thursday – 1.30pm

Whippersnappers Baby and Toddler Classes are hosted at College Lodge in Dulwich Park and Performing Art Studio at Brockwell Lido.

Things will be slightly different to ensure the safety of both yourselves and our staff. There is availability for 7 children per session or 7 family bubbles.

CLASSES INCLUDE:

Inter active songs
Role play
Puppets
Drumming
Dressing up
Dancing.

To avoid sharing props and equipment we would like you to bring your own dressing up clothes and optional toy/props from home which connect to the theme of the week. I.e toy vehicle for transport. We will also send you an idea each week for something you can make at home to bring along to the class. You can also bring your own shaker and drum or use ours which we will wash and wipe down between sessions.

Timetable and Availability

Brockwell Lido
Monday – 9.30am , 10.30am and 13.30pm
Tuesday – 9.30am, 10.30am and 11.30am
Wednesday – 9.30am, 10.30am and 11.30am
Thursday – 9.30am and 10.30am

College Lodge
Wednesday – 9.30am, 10.30am and 11.30am
Friday – 9.30am, 10.30am and 11.30am

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Location:
College Lodge, Old College Gate, College Rd,Dulwich Park, SE21 7BQ (Enter park opposite Dulwich Picture Gallery first house on your left Victorian Park Keepers Lodge)
Brockwell Lido, Dulwich Rd, London SE24 0PA

Duration: 30 minutes
Contact us: Tel 0208 693 16 82 / 0207 738 66 33

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Dear Everyone,
With the new lockdown rules which began on Thursday 5^th November Whippersnappers have amended our timetable of activities to meet new government guidelines and to keep our families and staff safe.

Baby and Toddler Music classes
It is with great sadness that Whippersnappers have cancelled our baby and toddler classes for the second half of term. With our Brockwell Lido site having to close due to falling into the category of gyms and recreation we felt that 140 families passing through our college Lodge site would be too high risk with the R rates rising.
We do understand that for many families a weekly visit to Whippersnappers is important for their mental health and well-being. We are therefore offering some weekly support groups for families in need. These groups will take place at College Lodge in Dulwich Park for a maximum of 5 families per session. There will be a short music session and a chance to socialize and the sessions will last 1 hour. There will also be an opportunity to talk through any problems privately with a staff member should you feel the need to share problems or need additional help or advice. These sessions will be open to all families in need – examples may be single parents, families with children with additional needs, families experiencing domestic violence, first-time Mums / Dads, Mums suffering from postnatal depression, Mums or Dads that are struggling to cope with lockdown or struggling with depression or poor mental health.
If you would like to attend please email cburghard@whippersnappers.org and we will arrange for you to join a support group. These sessions will be free of charge with the option of making a donation.

Christmas Workshops
Should the R rate go down and government guidelines change Whippersnappers will deliver Christmas workshops at our Brockwell Lido site week beginning Mon 14^th December. These sessions will be booked as individual sessions.

Baby and Toddler Zoom sessions
Whippersnappers are delivering 3 weekly zoom sessions for baby and toddlers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10.30 am and Thursdays at 1.30 pm these are bookable on Happity and cost £5 a session.

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Free Inclusive Zoom sessions for children and young people with additional needs and their siblings
Whippersnappers continue to run our free family zoom sessions for children with additional needs on Thursdays at 4.30 pm and Saturdays 11 am.
Younger children with additional needs can also join our Tues and Wed sessions at 10.30 am or Thursdays at 1.30 pm free of charge.
Teentastics for teenagers and young adults continue on Fridays at 4.30 pm.
To be placed on our SEN zoom mailing list please email cburghard@whippersnappers.org.

Face to face afterschool club for children with disabilities
Our SEN after school club funded by Lambeth CWDT and BBC CIN will continue Tuesday to Friday as normal unless we are advised otherwise.

Sat club for young people with disabilities
Our SEN Sat club funded by Lambeth CWDT will continue as normal unless we are advised otherwise.

Finally
Whippersnappers will continue to keep everyone updated through posting on our Website and Facebook page.
Any questions or ideas please do email Caroline Burghard (Director of Whippersnappers) at cburghard@whippersnappers.org .

Whippersnappers hope you all stay healthy and safe and are looking forward to resuming our normal timetable as soon as this becomes possible.

Kind regards,
Everyone from the Whippersnappers Team