Author Archives: Karen Betts
Valentines Party
We had another superb Valentines Party this year with lots of family members coming dressed [...]
Feb
Violin sing along
This afternoon we had a sing along with Vicky in the conservatory. We had Win’s [...]
Feb
Cookie decorating
On Tuesday we baked some heart shaped sugar cookies with Vicky. Today we had a [...]
Feb
Valentines arts and crafts
This afternoon we made some paper rose bouquets with Vicky in the conservatory. We struggled [...]
Feb
Little Acorns
We had an enjoyable time at our inter-generational toddler group (Little Acorns) this morning, with [...]
Feb
Win’s Birthday Celebration
We had such a great time celebrating Win Oliver’s birthday today, with the help of [...]
Feb
Valentines arts and crafts
Vicky set up two tables of valentines’ arts and crafts. One table was making heart [...]
Feb
Lost Chord
We had a wonderful Lost Chord session in the Conservatory today with Terry on keyboard, [...]
Feb
Cycling Without Age
Pamela was offered a ride on the tri-bike, Rhubarb, today and she immediately said, “Yes [...]
Feb
Motion
We had a very interactive Motion event this afternoon with Jess leading the session. She [...]
Feb
Songbirds
We had such an enjoyable Songbirds session. Everyone had a great time! We started with [...]
Feb
Birthday Celebration
We had a double celebration today for the birthdays of Connie and Trisha. Beki Austin [...]
Jan
Jesus Centre Tea Dance
We had a fantastic time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today! We had a [...]
Jan
Little Women Movie
We had a pleasant trip out to the Showroom Cinema with Vicky to see Little [...]
Jan
Little Acorns Toddler session
We had a very enjoyable toddler group session this morning. We had eight residents attend, [...]
Jan
Arts and crafts
This afternoon I cut out some vase shapes and cut up some sponge. We sat [...]
Jan
Cycling Without Age
Olga jumped at the chance to go to the Botanical Gardens on the front of [...]
Jan
RSPB Bird Watch
Today Helen and Tracy encouraged residents to sit in the window to do the Big [...]
Jan
Songs From the Musicals
We spent a lovely afternoon in the main lounge today listening to our favourite songs [...]
Jan
Motion Filming
Motion asked us if we would take part in a promotional film for the Motion [...]
Jan
Songbirds
We had a fab Songbirds session this morning, led by Yo. The residents who took [...]
Jan
Baking
Olga, Margaret Saunders, Pam Crossland and Nicole all enjoyed baking coffee and walnut muffins today. [...]
Jan
Cycling Without Age
This afternoon we participated in the Cycling Without Age initiative. The volunteer today was called [...]
Jan
Holy Communion Service
We very much appreciated having Frances and Jenny come to the Home to give Holy [...]
Jan
Gardening Club
We had another exciting Gardening club session today, talking about the RSPB and looking at [...]
Jan
Little Acorns toddler session
We had a very enjoyable Little Acorns toddler group session this morning. We had six [...]
Jan
Sing along session
Vicky, Helen and Krystal lead us in a song session, using the song sheets, dance [...]
Jan
Cycling Without Age
Pam was very keen on going out with Janet on the tri-bike this afternoon on [...]
Jan
Irish Tea Dance
We had another lively Irish tea dance at the Philadelphia Club today. Steve took Win, [...]
Jan
Crucible Tea Dance
We had a fabulous Crucible tea dance this afternoon. Tracy and Andy took Elsie, John [...]
Jan
Memory Cafe
We had another fabulous Memory Cafe event today. Great to have Roy’s son, Matt, make [...]
Jan
Paul Barrie
Paul Barrie came to sing at Arthur’s birthday party this morning and Arthur’s son Grant [...]
Jan
Baking mince pies
Pam C, Mary and Marion Peck were all very keen to help make mince pies [...]
Dec
Godly Play
We began the session by singing Christmas carols, led by Tracy on the guitar and [...]
Dec
Santa Visit
Many were surprised to see Father Christmas, Mary Christmas and Santa’s Little Helper visit to [...]
Dec
Christmas visitors/meal
We had a fabulous Christmas meal prepared by our lovely chef Kirsty and her gran. [...]
Dec
Christmas eve shenanigans
We did various activities with Vicky on Christmas eve, including making snow globe magnets, playing [...]
Dec
Cinderella Panto Trip
We had a fab trip out to the Lyceum Theatre to See Cinderella. Vicky, Peter, [...]
Dec
Christmas Party
We had a fabulous time with the Andrew Watson Quintet (keyboard, drums, sax, clarinet, bass [...]
Dec
Christmas Holy Communion Service
We enjoyed a Christmas Holy Communion Service with Tracy playing carols on her guitar. Good [...]
Dec
Jesus Centre Tea Dance
We had our Christmas Tea Dance today, at the Sheffield Jesus Centre. Our regular singer, [...]
Dec
St Thomas Carollers
We had a lovely evening together singing Christmas carols with the help of our old [...]
Dec
Buzz Christmas party
We were very pleased to be invited by Buzz to their Christmas party/meal and Susan, [...]
Dec
Hand Bell Ringing
We had a visit from Holy Trinity Handbell Ringers this afternoon. They played us a [...]
Dec
St Marks Carols
This evening we had a visit from members of St Marks church, who sang carols [...]
Dec
Gardening Club
Caroline brought conifers and other evergreen plants in from the garden, as well as bringing [...]
Dec
Medieval Mayhem
Today was our Little Acorns (Intergenerational toddler group) Christmas party, hosted by Medieval Mayhem play [...]
Dec
Arts & Crafts session
Vicky got out some arts and crafts materials and set them up in the dining [...]
Dec
Upper Chapel coffee morning
We had a trip out to the Upper Chapel this morning. Vicky and Krystal took [...]
Dec
A Christmas Carol
It was good to have Jess and Andrew from North East Producers to act out [...]
Dec
Cinderella
We had another amazing pantomime at the Lyceum. They seem to get better every year. [...]
Dec
Irish Teadance
Steve and Ann took Win to the Irish Tea Dance with Margaret Pashley and Helen. [...]
Dec
Old Horns Inn
We enjoyed an excellent outing to the Old Horns Inn with a delightful ride through [...]
Dec
Memory Cafe
We had a lovely Christmas-themed Memory Cafe today with the Christmas Alphabet Game, with Pam’s [...]
Dec
Lost Chord
We had two lovely ladies from Lost Chord come to entertain us today. A singer [...]
Dec
Reindeer Ring Toss – 5th December 2019
This afternoon Vicky blew up the inflatable Reindeer ring toss game that she bought, and [...]
Dec
Cookie decorating – 2nd December 2019
Vicky brought in some digestive biscuits, large marshmallows and icing in. We had a go [...]
Dec
Birthday party for Lillie and Val
Rebekah Austin helped us to celebrate the birthdays of Lillie and Val C. We had [...]
Nov
Godly Play
We enjoyed another Godly Play story with Tracy called the Ark and the Tent. We [...]
Nov
Jesus Centre Tea Dance – 28th November 2019
We had a very enjoyable time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today with Vicky [...]
Nov
Motion
We had another exciting Motion session with three students coming to help us do some [...]
Wentworth Garden Centre
We had an enjoyable trip out to Wentworth garden centre with Vicky and Hellen. We [...]
Nov
Guitar Sing-a-long
Tracy led a guitar sing-a-long in the main lounge whilst Terry and Matthew were visiting. [...]
Nov
RMC Dance Performance
We were all thrilled to have the RMC dance class, led by Rachel, from the [...]
Nov
Cycling Without Age
Janet was or “pilot” for the afternoon and although it looked like rain, the rain [...]
Nov
Buzz Coffee morning
This morning we enjoyed some fresh air on the way to Buzz coffee morning with [...]
Nov
Music session
Vicky and Helen had a music session with us. We used musical instruments and ribbon [...]
Nov
Little Acorns
We had an enjoyable time with Little Acorns toddler session this morning with three children [...]
Nov
Holy Communion
The Conservatory was packed out for our Holy Communion Service with Jennifer and Frances leading [...]
Nov
Irish Tea Dance
It was a cold but sunny day when we headed off to the Philadelphia Club [...]
Nov
Crucible Tea Dance – 12th November 2019
We had a very enjoyable trip out to the Crucible tea Dance this afternoon, with [...]
Nov
Gardening Club
We had great fun today making Scandinavian wreathes with wire, fern and various trimmings. Beautiful. [...]
Nov
Remembrance Service
Tracy led a Remembrance Sunday service in the small lounge. Margaret Seal, Olga, Marion Peck [...]
Nov
Marek’s Birthday
We celebrated Marek’s birthday with chocolate cake and sang Happy Birthday to him. We all [...]
Nov
Lost Chord
Deborah and Alistair came from Lost Chord to sing us a whole variety of songs [...]
Nov
Music & Dementia Workshop
We all had great fun in the lounge this afternoon taking part in a workshop [...]
Nov
Buzz
We wrapped up warm before heading off to Buzz this morning. Susan enjoyed chatting to [...]
Nov
Bonfire Party
We had another exciting Bonfire party with lots of family, staff and friends joining in [...]
Nov
Little Acorns
We had an extra special toddler group session this morning! We started with free play [...]
Nov
Baking in the Lounge
We enjoyed making Halloween buns together using green and orange food colouring. Pam is a [...]
Oct
Halloween Party
We had a fabulous Halloween Party and we were thrilled to see Mary’s great grandkids, [...]
Oct
Visit from Nelson
Rita brought Nelson in to see everyone this morning. Many enjoyed seeing and petting him. [...]
Oct
Showroom Cinema
Vicky took us to the monthly Dementia screening at the Showroom cinema in town. This [...]
Oct
Memory Cafe
We had an enjoyable walk down to the Jesus Centre today for our fortnightly Memory [...]
Oct
Guitar Sing-a-long
We had a fabulous time singing our heads off to some of the tunes we [...]
Oct
St Marks Church
We enjoyed a lovely time at St Marks this morning and were delighted to be [...]
Oct
Reminiscence Box
We borrowed another reminiscence box from the Montgomery Theatre and were happy to look at [...]
Oct
