13 episodes on RTÉjr and RTÉ Player
Audience – Pre-school & Lámh Users of all ages
After the phenomenal response to Series 1, the captivating world of Dizzy Deliveries is back with a brand new series full of adventures, fun and laughter. Dizzy Deliveries is the first television series in Ireland to teach children LÁMH SIGNS. It is intended for all pre-schoolers and targets children with special intellectual needs.
Set in the Dizzy Deliveries Depot and a new delivery location in each episode, Dizzy Deliveries features Joe – the accident prone delivery man with magical powers, Ozzy – the flying robot who works with Joe and helps him make his deliveries and Aisling – the owner of the Dizzy Deliveries and Joe & Ozzy’s boss. Aisling also teaches the audience Lámh Signs in every episode. Each episode features 3 key Lámh signs that are relevant to the theme of the episode. They are taught by Aisling in a fun and interactive way that makes it easy to join in and learn for Lámh users and non-Lámh users.
Each episode of Dizzy Deliveries Series 2 brings us on another wonderful adventure where Joe & Ozzy are sent by Aisling to a new location to make deliveries.
Locations featured on Dizzy Deliveries series 2 are – a concert hall, a vegetable garden, a train station, a library, a garda station, horse stables, an airport, an ice cream parlor, a pizzeria, a basketball arena, a hospital, a fishing lodge, and a skatepark.
The series is directed by renowned Bafta Award winning writer & director Nia Ceidiog who has written Fireman Sam and produced/directed the hugely successful Something Special series with Mr Tumbles for Cbeebies.
This fun and lively series will have the deeply positive effect of promoting and normalising Lámh use while retaining the key elements to all good pre-school television – colour, characters, laughter and song.
About Lámh Signing
Lámh signs are used to support communication between parents/guardians and child, siblings, teacher and student, family and friends and the wider community. Lámh can be a stepping stone to communicating with the world.
People who use Lámh may have Down syndrome, autism, or other disabilities. Lámh is the manual (sometimes known as key word) sign system used by children and adults in Ireland. Lámh is quite simple to learn and use and there are just under 600 signs. Lámh is used across Ireland in homes, schools, arts and culture clubs, community hubs, sports clubs, and many more.
Lámh the Organisation
Lámh is a charity organisation advocating for and promoting the use of the Lámh communication system since the early 1980s and providing training to more than 4,000 people each year. The main aim of Lámh is to develop, promote and maintain Lámh as an augmentative system of communication in Ireland. Lámh is grant-aided under Section 39 through the HSE. If you would like further information on Lámh please visit www.lamh.org
Why Use Lámh?
Lámh helps persons who have difficulty understanding what is being communicated, difficulty learning words, difficulty physically producing words, or who may have a delay in their development of speech. Lámh signing provides a method of communication that doesn’t rely on speech and ensures the person has a way of expressing their needs and wants, and of understanding others. Lámh supports children and adults to engage with and contribute to their communities, and to be active citizens.
Lámh is the manual sign system used in Ireland. In line with international best practice, many Lámh signs are adapted from the natural sign language of the country, Irish Sign Language (ISL), as well as natural gestures. With Lámh signing, speech is used with the signs and only key words are signed.
Using Lámh signs can reduce frustration, as the Lámh user is able to use signs to ask for what they want, to answer and to take part in conversations. The Lámh user may be more easily understood when they use signs, and this encourages them to try new words and say more. Signing naturally encourages people to slow down a little so there is more time to work out the message. Signing encourages eye contact and attention to movement; skills that are important for supporting speech development.
Episodes
Episode 1 – THE AIRPORT
Joe makes some deliveries to the airport. They are missing an aeroplane! He uses magic to help the Pilot, and even gets to take a trip in the sky with his helper Noomi!
Episode 2 – THE RIDING STABLES
Joe and Rory have a lot of work to do before they can go horse riding.
Episode 3 – THE LIBRARY
The Library needs a new shelf unit, a picture for the wall and a new children’s book. When Joe hasn’t got a book for children in his delivery bike he decides to ask Sadie to help him write one.
Episode 4 – BASKETBALL
Elliot (from Dublin) and Joe get ready for the big match with the help of Coach Ed.
Episode 5 – THE ICE-CREAM PARLOUR
The Ice Cream Parlour are waiting on Joe’s deliveries before they can make ice cream.
Episode 6 – THE GARDA STATION
The lights are broken on the Garda car and it’s up to Joe and Conall from Wexford to fix them.
Episode 7 – THE CONCERT
The band have a concert this afternoon, but they can’t perform without Joe’s deliveries. With help from Grace from Youghal. Will he bring everything they need?
Episode 8 – THE HOSPITAL
Joe needs an x-ray after hurting his big toe in the depot. Luckily his deliveries are at the hospital! With help from Archie from Dublin.
Episode 9 – THE PIZZERIA
Joe accidentally drops Aisling’s lunch in the depot. Luckily his deliveries today are at a Pizzeria. Chef JP McMahon and Hazel help Joe to make the prettiest pizza in Ireland for him to bring back to Aisling.
Episode 10 – THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
Shauna the Gardener is going to sell the potatoes she has grown in her vegetable garden so she needs some new gloves to work in the garden, a fork to lift the potatoes and a wheel barrow to display them in her pop-up shop.
Episode 11 – THE TRAIN STATION
Sophie and Joe need to travel by train to get to the next platform to help clean it up before the very important visitor arrives, but the train driver is missing his glasses and can’t drive the train. Will Joe’s deliveries save the day?
Episode 12 – THE FISHING LAKE
Finny wants to make a video of his favourite hobby fishing. Joe is delivering corn, a boat and a camera to the lake to help him do this. Joe is so lucky that he gets to go on this fishing adventure with Finny and Jamsey, catching lots of fish.
Episode 13 – THE SKATE PARK
The ramps are closed as Sonny and Skateboarder Evan have to do some maintenance on the Skatepark sign “Welcome”. Evan then has to repair some skateboards and lastly he wants to open his brand new bike soda stall. Will Joe’s deliveries help Evan and Sonny?
