Dear Everyone,
With the new lockdown rules which began on Thursday 5th 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 14th 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.
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 |
