Author Archives: Karen Betts

Songbirds – 13.6.22

This afternoon we had a Songbirds session led by Yo-Tozer Loft. We sang an array [...]

Royal family afternoon – 12.6.22

This afternoon we got out the royal family memorabilia for our residents to enjoy together. [...]

In-house church – 12.6.22

This morning we had two in-house church services, one in the conservatory and one in [...]

Nature club part two – 11.6.22

This afternoon we got out the pressed flowers that we prepared last month. We got [...]

Fresh air – 11.6.22

This morning we went for walks around the local area. We watered the flowers before [...]

Chelsea’s birthday – 8.6.22

We want to wish Chelsea, one of our activities team, a very happy birthday! We [...]

Peters’ birthdays – 9.6.22

On Wednesday we celebrated the birthday of Peter, one of our carers. Happy birthday Peter! [...]

Hallamshire Olympics week 1 – 8.6.22

This afternoon we launched into week 1 of the Hallamshire Olympics. This weeks key exercises [...]

Message board – 8.6.22

This morning one of our activities co-ordinators, came around with the message board. We asked [...]

Crucible tea dance – 7.6.22

This afternoon we had a trip to the crucible tea dance. It starts at 1pm, [...]

In-house Church Service – 5.6.22

We had an enjoyable church service in the Conservatory this morning with Penny and Jenny [...]

Gardening Club 4.6.22

The weather was a bit cool today so we decided to have Gardening Club in [...]

Jubilee celebration – 3.6.22

This afternoon we had a garden party to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Our staff, [...]

Barney Baloney – 3.6.22

As part of our Jubilee celebrations, we booked Barney Baloney to come and entertain us. [...]

Photo booths – 2.6.22

This afternoon we had some fun with the photo props that our activities team made. [...]

Pin the jewel om the crown – 2.6.22

This morning we played a version of pin the tail on the donkey, called pin [...]

Motion – 2.6.22

This afternoon we had a session of Motion, with Zeezy, via portal T.V. We did [...]

Reminiscing with memory boxes-2.6.22

This morning, between visits we had some one-to-one reminiscing time with Vicky. She got our [...]

Wild Science – 1.6.22

This afternoon Masie from Wild Science came to let us see her animals. She brought [...]

Triple Bingo – 1.6.22

This morning we had three sessions of Bingo. The first session was sports themed picture [...]

Pamper Session – 31.5.22

Gina, our old masseur, paid us a visit and gave a few of our residents [...]

One fine day – 30.5.22

This afternoon we had Northeast productions, come and do a performance called One fine day. [...]

Book sharing – 30.5.22

This morning we did book sharing together. Vicky didn’t take many photo’s as we were [...]

In-house church – 29.5.22

This afternoon we had two sessions of in-house church, one in the main lounge, and [...]

Fresh air – 29.5.22

This morning we were given the opportunity to have fresh air in the garden, either [...]

Motion – 27.5.22

We had another exciting Motion session with Zeezy this afternoon via the TV portal in [...]

1960’s Dance Party – 26.5.22

We had a few weeks preparation for this event – a tie dye activity with [...]

Modelling sand, and jigsaws – 25.5.22

This afternoon was scheduled for modelling sand, but nobody was interested, so we ended up [...]

Home from home 25.5.22

In our home from home session this week, we did “baking”. We made cornflake crispy [...]

Birthday party for Jenny – 24.5.22

This afternoon, James Columbine came to help us celebrate the 75th birthday of Jenny Glossop. [...]

Wishing well initiative – 24.5.22

We have started our wishing well initiative, which is like a bucket list for our [...]

Tie Dye Session – 23.5.22

We had our final tie dye session this morning with almost everyone taking part to [...]

Church Outing – 22.5.22

We took a small group of residents out to a local church meeting at the [...]

Reminiscing – 21.5.22

We had an enjoyable morning looking at various artefacts/antiques – cameras, records, badges, old coins, [...]

Gardening Club 21.5.22

We had a lovely time in the garden planting some of our young plants in [...]

Motion 20.5.22

This afternoon we had a session of Motion, with Zeezy, via portal TV. Whilst we [...]

Tie dye session #3 + dancing – 20.5.22

This morning our activities team helped us to tie dye our t-shirts ready for next [...]

Cat therapy 19.5.22

This morning we had a visit from Jasper and Cleo, our mechanical cats. We had [...]

St Marks church service – 18.5.22

This afternoon we had an in-house church service, which was run by Jennifer and Francis [...]

Tie dye t-shirts part 2 – 18.5.22

This morning we had our second session of tie dying t-shirts. We are having a [...]

Lost Chord – 17.5.22

We had a wonderful Lost Chord performance with the help of Jo singing soprano and [...]

Tie Dye session – 17.5.22

We started our tie dye sessions in preparation for our 1960’s event next week. Staff [...]

Songbirds – 16.5.22

This afternoon we had a session of Songbirds led by Yo Tozer-Loft. It was such [...]

Table-top games – 16.5.22

This morning we played table-top games together in the quiet lounge. Not people wanted to [...]

Motion 13.5.22

We had another exciting Motion session with lots of residents choosing to get involved. We [...]

Cycling Without Age 13.5.22

We had a lovely couple of trips out around Botanical Gardens with the help of [...]

Flower Arranging – 12.5.22

We had a lovely morning doing flower arranging today with fresh flowers that had been [...]

Music & Sound Bingo – 11.5.22

This afternoon we played music Bingo in the conservatory. Our activity staff played us part [...]

Weston Park Museum Outing – 10.5.22

We had a wonderful outing with thirteen of us in total i.e. seven residents – [...]

Book Sharing 9.5.22

We had a lovely book sharing time looking at Pictures to Share books with staff [...]

V.E Day celebrations – 8.5.22

This afternoon we celebrated V.E Day. We started with a lovely buffet lunch, made by [...]

Godly Play – 8.5.22

This morning, we enjoyed a Godly Play Church session in the conservatory. We sang hymns [...]

Gardening Club 7.5.22

We had an interesting Gardening Club outdoors on the back patio. Good to enjoy the [...]

Favourite Music 7.5.22

We had a few “Dancing Queen” moments in the main lounge this morning listening to [...]

Motion 6.5.22

We had another energetic Motion session in the main lounge this afternoon. This involved war [...]

Cycling Without Age – 6.5.22

Peter was our cyclist today and provided us with three quality rides around Botanical Gardens [...]

Sing along session – 5.5.22

This afternoon we had two sing-along sessions with Vicky, One in the main lounge, and [...]

Frosting cup-cakes – 5.5.22

This morning a few of us sat in the conservatory with Vicky, to decorate some [...]

Smile Pony Therapy – 4.5.22

This afternoon we had a visit from Smile therapy ponies. The white one was called [...]

Home from home – 4.5.22

This morning we had a Home from home session. We try to do this at [...]

World Laughter Day 3.5.22

We celebrated World Laughter Day this afternoon by reading our tongue twisters to each other [...]

Pamper time – 3.5.22

Following on from the hairdresser session, some of us were keen to have a little [...]

Darts – 2.5.22

We had a spare half hour, this afternoon, so Vicky got out the dartboard for [...]

Pin the cigar on Winston Churchill – 2.5.22

This afternoon we had a game of Pin the cigar on Winston Churchill, that Vicky [...]

Empathy doll – 2.5.22

This morning we had cuddles with baby Marcus, our empathy doll. We had such wonderful [...]

Brain games 1.5.22

This afternoon we brain games in the conservatory. Those that took part were, Peggy, Lillian, [...]

Table-top games 1.5.22

This morning we played table-top games in the main lounge. We started with dominoes, which [...]

Fun & Games – 30.4.22

This afternoon we had two sessions of fun and games with Vicky. One session in [...]

Happy birthday Aimee – 30.4.22

We want to wish a Happy Birthday to Aimee, our newest member of the domestic [...]

Music session – 30.4.22

This morning we had a music and sing-along session with Vicky, in the main lounge. [...]

Motion 29.4.22

We enjoyed a lively Motion session this afternoon. Good to have lots of residents and [...]

Cycling Without Age – 29.4.22

Pam had a wonderful cycle around Botanical Gardens, collecting a few different flowers, leaves on [...]

Baking 28.4.22

We had a few willing volunteers from the Conservatory to bake and decorate some chocolate [...]

1950’s Party – 29.4.22

We had a fabulous time listening to our favourite songs from the 1950’s using a [...]

Tattoo parlour and sing along session 27.4.22

This afternoon we had our Hallamshire tattoo parlour. Vicky got out our temporary tattoos and [...]

Nature club – 27.4.22

This morning for nature club, we did some flower pressing together. We discussed the different [...]

Fresh air – 26.4.22

This afternoon we had fresh air and walks on the agenda. First off Vicky took [...]

Pampering 26.4.22

Tuesday is our pamper day. We were all offered to have our hair trimmed and/or [...]

Songbirds 25.4.22

We had a delightful relaxed session with Yo this afternoon in the Conservatory. Lots of [...]

Memory Cafe – 23.4.22

We had a stimulating afternoon playing the Alphabet Game. Edith won this time but everyone [...]

Hallamshire Slide Show – 23.4.22

We had an interesting morning looking at the latest Hallamshire photos on a tablet. Some [...]

Motion – 22.4.22

This afternoon we had a Motion session with Zeezy, via portal TV. Our helpers today [...]

Cycling without age – 22.4.22

This morning we had Cycling without age sessions. Our pilot this week was Chris. The [...]

Royal family afternoon 21.4.2022

Today is the Queens 96th birthday, so we had a Royal family afternoon. We watched [...]

Bingo 21.4.22

This morning we had quite a few games of Bingo with Vicky in the conservatory. [...]

Happy Birthday Sonia! 21.4.22

Happy Birthday to Sonia, our admin and accounts lady! You are an absolute blessing to [...]

Easter Holy communion service 20.4.22

This afternoon Jenifer Hurrel from St Marks church came to provide us with an Easter, [...]

Happy Birthday Tracy and welcome back! 20.4.22

Happy Birthday and welcome back, to Tracy, our returning Activities co-ordinator! We are glad to [...]

Book sharing 20.4.22

This morning Vicky came around with the pictures to share books. We had some lovely [...]

Baking/Cake Decorating 19.4.22

We had an enjoyable morning in the lounge, making a chocolate birthday cake. A small [...]

Easter Service – 17.4.22

We had a packed-out Conservatory with many choosing to take part in the Easter Service. [...]

Motion 15.4.22

Zeezy led us in another energetic exercise session this afternoon. Quite a few folk wanted [...]

Residents Meeting 15.4.22

We held a Residents Meeting via Zoom in the Conservatory today. A small group was [...]

Easter Bonnets 14.4.22

Some of us had fun this afternoon modelling Easter bonnets, which they helped staff to [...]

Knit and Natter 14.4.22

We had a lovely morning, looking at knitting projects, patterns, discussing different types of knit [...]

Easter Baubles – 13.4.22

We had a creative afternoon, making Easter Baubles for our Easter Tree.  These are very [...]

Arts and Crafts 12.4.22

A small group chose to decorate wooden Easter decorations which we really enjoyed and they [...]

Jokes, Books and Memory Cards 12.4.22

We had a pleasant afternoon in the Conservatory looking at books, reading jokes to each [...]

Guitar Sing-a-long 11.4.22

We had a pleasant guitar singalong session in both the main lounge and conservatory this [...]

Puppet fun 11.4.22

We had great fun with puppets this morning. Introduced to Albert and Rosie (large puppets), [...]