Author Archives: Karen Betts
Music With Motion
This morning, we were joined again by the lovely Kirsty from Music With Motion for [...]
Jan
Gents Afternoon
This afternoon, we sat with some of our male residents and played a very intense [...]
Jan
Holy Communion
This afternoon, we were joined again by Jennifer and Frances from St. Marks Church to [...]
Jan
World Religion Day
This afternoon, residents took part in a variety of different activities to celebrate World Religion [...]
Jan
Indoor Football
This morning, residents enjoyed a fun game of Indoor Football using our foam football and [...]
Jan
Wish Tree
This afternoon, Norman enjoyed a visit to his favourite Fish and Chip shop, Whitby’s Fish [...]
Jan
Karaoke
This afternoon, we gathered in the main lounge and conservatory to have a good old-fashioned [...]
Jan
Cycling Without Age
This morning, Cedric enjoyed a ride on the Cycling Without Age bike brilliantly driven by [...]
Jan
Oomph Singer
This afternoon, we gathered in the conservatory to listen to a live streamed performance from [...]
Jan
Motion
This morning, we were joined again by the lovely Zeezy for our weekly Motion session. [...]
Little shop of horrors show
This afternoon residents enjoyed a fantastic time out to the crucible to watch the little [...]
Memory Games
15.01.25 Memory games This afternoon we enjoyed a range of memory games from the memory [...]
Jan
Flower Arranging
15.01.25 Flower Arranging This Morning we were donated some lovely roses so Wendy took great [...]
Jan
Quizzes and Singalong
This afternoon, we gathered in the conservatory and main lounge to have a go at [...]
Jan
Crucible Tea Dance
This morning, we attended our monthly trip to the Crucible for their Tea Dance! We [...]
Jan
Scrapbooking
This morning, we enjoyed reminiscing about past activities and event we have participating in here [...]
Jan
Ladies Pamper Session
This morning, we enjoyed a lovely pampering session. We had hand massages and applied [...]
Jan
Oomph Singer & Flower Arranging
This afternoon some of us enjoyed listening to Alan on our interactive tablet and [...]
Motion
This morning, we were joined again by the wonderful Zeezy for our weekly exercise class. [...]
Arts and crafts
Residents enjoyed a relaxed morning taking part in some arts and crafts. We made some [...]
Jan
Balloon Tennis
08.01.25 Balloon Tennis This morning residents took part in a game of Balloon Tennis , [...]
Jan
Snow Day Activities
Today, we were enjoying our snow day by having a relaxed Home from Home activity [...]
Jan
Sensory
This afternoon we had a play around with our sensory equipment to help our residents [...]
Doll Therapy
This morning, we were visited by our life-like therapy doll to spend some time with [...]
Little Shop of Horrors Singalong
This afternoon, we attended the Little Shop of Horrors Sing-A-Long at the Crucible, where we [...]
Jan
Snow white panto
Today we enjoyed a trip out to the Lyceum theatre to watch the Snow White [...]
Jan
New Years Reminiscence
This afternoon we enjoyed a lovely slide show presentation showing all the things we got [...]
Jan
New Years Resolutions
This morning, we all partook in a one-to-one session. We all spent time chatting about [...]
Jan
New Years Eve Party
31.12.24 New Years Eve Party. Today we had our New Years eve Party. We were [...]
Dec
Bryan and Elisabeth’s Birthday Party
This afternoon we gathered in the lounge to celebrate Bryan & Elisabeth’s Birthday. Bryan is [...]
Dec
Hoopla
This morning residents were challenged to a game of Hoopla, where they must throw as [...]
Dec
Memory Ball Games
This morning resident’s enjoyed Memory ball games. We had great fun throwing and catching the [...]
Dec
Bingo
28.12.24 This Afternoon residents enjoyed a range of activities , mainly a game of [...]
Dec
Motion
This afternoon, residents took part in our final Motion class of 2024! We were joined [...]
Dec
Oomph Interactive
This morning, we gathered in the lounge and conservatory to partake in the activities that [...]
Dec
Boxing Day
26.12.24 Boxing day lunch Residents enjoyed a lovely boxing day lunch in the main [...]
Dec
Christmas Day
25.12.24 Christmas Day Residents have had a wonderful day, surrounded by family members and enjoying [...]
Dec
Christmas Arts and Crafts
This morning, we had a wonderful time doing some Christmas themed crafts. Some of [...]
Dec
Christmas Singalong
This afternoon we gathered in the lounge for a Christmas singalong, where we got out [...]
Dec
Indoor Football
This morning, we gathered in the lounge and conservatory for a really fun indoor football [...]
Dec
Church
22.12.24 In house church Wendy enjoyed a 1-1 activity for In house church , Wendy [...]
Cat therapy 21.12.24
21.12.24 Cat Therapy This Afternoon Residents enjoyed a cuddle with our Therapy Cat they named [...]
Dec
Balloon Tennis 21.12.24
21.12.24 Balloon Tennis This Morning, residents enjoyed a fun game of Balloon Tennis in the [...]
Dec
Winter Wonderland & Oomph Christmas Singer
This afternoon we took residents to visit our outdoor Winter Wonderland to look at the [...]
Dec
Motion
This morning, we were joined by the lovely Zeezy for our weekly exercise class. We [...]
Dec
In house pantomime
Residents enjoyed watching our final in house panto of the year which was great fun. [...]
Dec
Intergens
We had a lovely visit from the Sheffield Hallam university nursery this morning who came [...]
Dec
Blackpool illuminations
Residents enjoyed a fun evening out in Blackpool today to see the Blackpool illuminations which [...]
Dec
Golf in Society
This afternoon, we were joined again by the wonderful Charles from Golf in Society to [...]
Dec
The Crucible Christmas Tea Dance
This morning, we enjoyed a trip to the Crucible for the Christmas Tea Dance. We [...]
Dec
Holy Communion
This afternoon, we were joined again by the lovely Jennifer and Francis from St.Marks Church [...]
Dec
Christmas Card Decorating
This morning, we gathered in the lounge and conservatory to take part in some Christmas [...]
15.12.24 Relaxing session
15.12.24 Relaxing session This Afternoon residents enjoyed a relaxation session , some enjoyed having there [...]
Dec
Christmas Party
14.12.24 Christmas Party Today Residents enjoyed their Christmas Party , we were joined by Families [...]
Dec
Carol’s Birthday Party
This afternoon we gathered in the main lounge to celebrate Carol’s birthday. We were brilliantly [...]
Dec
Motion
This morning, we were joined again by Zeezy for our weekly Motion class. We practised [...]
Dec
Christmas Arts and Crafts
This afternoon, we enjoyed getting creative by painting our own baubles to decorate our miniature [...]
Dec
Stanley Therapy
This morning, we were joined again by our four-legged friend Stanley to lighten up our [...]
Dec
Carol Concert
This evening, we were visited by members of St Mark’s Church for an in-house Carol [...]
Dec
Katie O’Brien’s Pub Outing
Today staff and residents attended Katie O’Brien’s Irish Bar in town for their over 70s [...]
Dec
Christmas Biscuit Decorating
This afternoon we gathered in the lounge to decorate our baking creations from this morning. [...]
Dec
Christmas Baking
This morning, we gathered in the conservatory to make some delicious gingerbread biscuits. Residents enjoyed [...]
Dec
Christmas Karaoke
This afternoon we all gathered in the main lounge for a Christmas themed karaoke [...]
Dec
Oomph Singer
This afternoon we gathered in the conservatory for a sing-song and a dance to the [...]
Dec
Motion
This morning, we were joined again by the lovely Zeezy for our weekly Motion session. [...]
Dec
Dementia Friendly Project
This afternoon we enjoyed a trip out to the Crucible to attend a catch-up [...]
Dec
Christmas Quizzes
This morning, we all took part in a Christmas Quiz. We had great fun while [...]
Dec
New Garden Area
We have recently had a new patio area completed for a lovely space outdoors in [...]
Dec
Step Into Christmas
This morning, we celebrated the first day of December by joining together in the main [...]
Cycling Without Age
Cycling Without Age This afternoon Norman enjoyed a ride out on the Cycling Without Age [...]
Nov
PomPom Making
Pom-pom Making This Afternoon we gathered in the main lounge to dabble in some pompom [...]
Nov
Indoor football
28.11.24 Indoor Football This morning, we all enjoyed a really fun competitive game of indoor [...]
Nov
Karaoke
This afternoon residents and staff gathered in the main lounge for a really fun session [...]
Reminiscence & Flower Arranging
This morning residents took part in a WWII quiz to test their knowledge and reminisce [...]
Nov
Restaurant Experience
Restaurant Experience 26.11.24 This afternoon we held our Hallamshire care home Restaurant Experience. We transformed [...]
Nov
Sensory Morning
Sensory Morning 26.11.24 We all gathered to enjoyed a sensory morning. We put dimmed down [...]
Nov
Golf in Society 23.11.24
Golf In Society 23.11.24 This afternoon we enjoyed a lovely competitive game of golf with [...]
Nov
International Men’s Day
This afternoon we gathered our lovely gentleman residents to an afternoon in our Green Lounge [...]
Nov
Music with Motion
This morning, we were joined again by the wonderful Kirsty for our monthly music with [...]
Nov
Holy Communion
This afternoon we were visited by Jennifer and Frances from St. Mark’s church for our [...]
Nov
Doll Therapy
This morning, we were visited by two of our life-like dolls for our Doll Therapy [...]
Nov
Trip to the Shops & Scrapbooking
This afternoon, Jim enjoyed a visit to the shops to do a quick spot of [...]
Nov
Film Afternoon
Residents enjoyed a Film Afternoon where they were asked what kinds of movies they enjoy [...]
Nov
Cycling Without Age
This morning, Eileen enjoyed a lovely ride out on our Cycling Without Age bike brilliantly [...]
Nov
Oomph Singer
Oomph singer 15.11.24 This afternoon we were joined in the conservatory by Alan via live [...]
Nov
Motion
Motion, This morning, we were joined by Zeeezy for our weekly exercise class. We enjoyed [...]
Nov
Quizzes
This afternoon we had lots of fun attempting several different quizzes with a variety of [...]
Nov
Royal Memorabilia
We’ve had a very Royal Themed morning here at Hallamshire. We started off with a [...]
Nov
Afternoon Tea
Today we hosted a lovely afternoon tea. We were joined by Banner Jones solicitors who [...]
Nov
Edith’s Birthday Party
Edith’s Birthday Party. This afternoon we celebrated Edith’s birthday. We had live music provided by [...]
Nov
Poppy Making
Poppy Making This afternoon we made some Poppies from tissue paper, we then cut [...]
Nov
Remembrance Sunday
Remembrance Sunday Service This morning we gathered in the conservatory to watch the remembrance service [...]
Nov
Oomph Singer
This Afternoon we all gathered in the conservatory to listen and sing along with Oomph [...]
Nov
Motion 8.11.24
Motion, This morning we all too part in our weekly exercise class with Zeeezy. We [...]
Nov
Cat Therapy
This afternoon residents had a cuddle with our real-life therapy cat. It was amazing to [...]
Nov
Indoor Football
This morning, residents played a really fun game of Indoor Football! Staff challenged residents to [...]
Nov
In House Church
This afternoon, residents enjoyed an In-House Church session where we sang hymns and said the [...]
Nov
Alphabet Game
This morning, we played the very popular Alphabet Game! Staff challenged residents to think of [...]
Nov