Category Archives: Recent Events

Motion

Residents enjoyed another lively Motion seated exercise class with Zeezy via the TV portal. Good [...]

Cycling Without Age

Gill and Helen booked a ride on the tri-bike this morning and although it was [...]

Cake Decorating

Carol, Edith, Lilian and Clarice all volunteered to help decorate a birthday cake for our [...]

Farewell Chicks

Residents and staff said a final Farewell to our lovely chicks. We will try and [...]

Old Calendar Pictures

Residents chose to look at a couple of old calendars and admiring the beautiful photos [...]

Indoor Football

Residents and staff enjoyed a fun time of indoor football in the Conservatory using a [...]

Guitar Singalong & Karaoke

Residents enjoyed a spontaneous guitar singalong in the main lounge – special request from Susan. [...]

More Chick Pics

Sadly, our chicks will be moving on to pastures new tomorrow (Friday) so staff decided [...]

Baking

Residents enjoyed baking scones this afternoon. We had two small groups taking part. Good to [...]

Flower Arranging

Avril received some flowers today in the post and had fun arranging them in a [...]

Chicks

Our chicks are now one week old and growing at a phenomenal rate. We took [...]

Sewing

Residents enjoyed doing a sewing activity this afternoon. Avril, Monica, Edith and Marky were all [...]

Chicks

Visitors enjoyed looking at our chicks and some were brave enough to hold them.  

Easter Tea Party

Residents and families enjoyed an Easter Tea Party and Easter Bonnet Parade in the lounge [...]

Easter Bunny Visit

Residents thoroughly enjoyed a surprise Easter Bunny Visit, alias Peter Rabbit. Each resident was given [...]

Easter Service

Residents enjoyed a quiet time of reflection and worship to celebrate Easter this morning. Staff [...]

Gwyneth’s Party

Residents enjoyed another visit from one of our favourite Irish musician and singer, J J [...]

Chicks

Our lovely chicks are growing fast. Visitors enjoyed seeing them today as much as our [...]

Easter Decorations

Residents enjoyed decorating Easter bonnets, the Easter tree and a basket display over the past [...]

Motion

This afternoon we had a very energetic Motion session with Zeezy via portal TV. We [...]

Living Eggs

This afternoon the residents in the conservatory enjoyed having a look, hold and cuddle with [...]

Living Eggs

This morning the residents and staff enjoyed transferring the chicks that are 24 hrs old [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

Residents enjoyed another fabulous Crucible Tea Dance with Becky Austin performing some great songs from [...]

Living Eggs

We had a delivery of eggs and incubators yesterday for an eggciting hatching experience in [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed another fabulous Motion exercise class this afternoon, led by Zeezy. Staff helped to [...]

Reminiscence

Residents enjoyed looking at various reminiscence pictures this morning. Some of our chaps were very [...]

Reborn Baby Doll

Residents and staff enjoyed a baby doll therapy session this afternoon. Some amazed at how [...]

Clarice’s Birthday

This afternoon we had a lovely party for Clarice with Alan Turner singing for us, [...]

Golden Memories Karaoke 26.3.23

Residents enjoyed a DVD karaoke experience this afternoon. Clear words and beautiful pictures made up [...]

Sensory

Residents spent a fun afternoon enjoying stimulating the senses with sight, sound, touch and smell. [...]

Godly Play (Stories for the Soul)

Residents enjoyed the first half of the “Faces of Easter” story this morning as part [...]

Guitar Singalong

Residents enjoyed a guitar singalong in the main lounge this afternoon. Some were singing, some [...]

Walk in the Garden

Eddie and Avril  enjoyed a walk around the garden, admiring the flowers and bushes and [...]

Golf in Society

Residents enjoyed an early morning golf session in the main lounge after breakfast. Many residents [...]

Motion

We had another exciting Motion session with Zeezy via the TV portal. Good to have [...]

Cycling Without Age

Edith chose to go out on the tri-bike with Maggie as our pilot today. The [...]

Cake Decorating

Edith and Avril volunteered to help decorate a 50th birthday cake for our Deputy Manager, [...]

Lost Chord

This afternoon we had a lovely lively session with Jenny Rust (Soprano) and Maria King [...]

St Marks Church Service

Residents chose to take part in an in-house St Marks Church Service led by Frances. [...]

Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed the opportunity to look at and discuss books together or with staff.   [...]

Peggy’s Birthday

Peggy enjoyed reading her birthday card signed by staff and residents today. She also appreciated [...]

Karaoke

Residents enjoyed a karaoke experience in the Conservatory this afternoon whilst we started to watch [...]

Pamper Morning

Residents enjoyed being pampered this morning with a hairdresser visit, chiropodist and manicure sessions.  

Motion

This afternoon we had another exercise class with Zeezy from motion. Today we used pom [...]

Around the World

Residents enjoyed looking at a large laminated map of the world and talking about their [...]

In-house Church Service

Residents enjoyed an informal church service in the Conservatory this morning. We chose to sing [...]

Residents Meeting

Residents enjoyed a Residents Meeting this afternoon in the Conservatory. Some relatives joined with us [...]

Guitar Singalong

Residents enjoyed a guitar singalong in the main lounge this morning, with some lively singing [...]

Motion

This afternoon we had another exciting Motion exercise class with Zeezy. We did lots of [...]

Birthdays

Residents enjoyed a joint birthday party today for Eddie (90 today), Susan (77 tomorrow) and [...]

Brian’s Leaving Do

Residents and staff were sad to say a very big Goodbye and Good Luck to [...]

Cake Decorating

Residents enjoyed making some icing lettering to decorate 3 cakes this morning. We coloured the [...]

Memory Games

Residents enjoyed an afternoon playing various memory games, comprising a quiz about flowers, Finish the [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

We booked another minibus from the Sheffield Council and was pleased to see our friendly [...]

Intergenerationals

This morning we had another lovely exciting visit from Sheffield Hallam University Nursery. The children [...]

Nicole’s Birthday Party

Nicole enjoyed her birthday party in green lounge with a few fellow resident friends, Maree [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed another lively Motion exercise class with Zeezy on the TV portal. We did [...]

Reminiscing

Residents seemed to enjoy looking at reminiscence pictures this morning, conversation starters, whilst listening to [...]

Musical Memories

Residents were given the choice of which musicals to watch this morning. We enjoyed looking [...]

Baking

We celebrated St David’s Day by watching a St David’s Day concert on YouTube whilst [...]

Golf in Society

Residents enjoyed another golf lesson with Charles from the charity Golf in Society. Our residents [...]

Memories Ball Game

Residents enjoyed playing a new game today using beach balls with various themed questions. The [...]

Multi-sensory

Residents enjoyed a multi-sensory afternoon touching, looking at or listening to fibre optic lights, poppers, [...]

In-house Church

Residents seemed to enjoy an in-house church service in both the Conservatory and the main [...]

Gardening Club

Residents enjoyed an indoors gardening activity, reading gardening books and A3 laminated sheets. Good media [...]

Morning Entertainment

Residents enjoyed an interactive poetry session this morning with many residents reciting along with staff [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed another Motion exercise class with Zeezy on the TV portal. We had a [...]

Painting

Residents enjoyed a painting activity this afternoon. Some chose to do some aqua painting using [...]

Embroidery activity

Eve was pleased to have a one to one embroidery activity with staff, helping to [...]

Motion Slideshow

Residents enjoyed watching a Motion Community Games slideshow on the tablet and admired their laminated [...]

Walks around the Garden

Bryan and Eddie chose to have a walk around the garden with staff this morning. [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed another in-person exercise class with Zeezy from Motion this afternoon. It is always [...]

Morning Activities

Residents had a pleasant morning doing various activities this morning. Susan, Norah, Eddie and Bryan [...]

Motion Community Games

Residents enjoyed another exciting Motion Sports Day at the English Institute of Sport with a [...]

Valentines Party

Residents enjoyed a very romantic Valentine Party with a karaoke singalong at the start. Then [...]

Valentines Bingo

Residents enjoyed a game of Valentine’s bingo this morning, using pictures instead of numbers. Eddie [...]

In-house Church Service

Residents chose to take part in an in-house church service this morning with all interested [...]

Valentine Memories

Residents enjoyed looking at more of the wedding photos sent to us by relatives. Staff [...]

Nature Club

Residents enjoyed looking through packets of seeds and deciding what we should propagate and grow [...]

Zuandi’s Birthday

This afternoon was Zuandi’s 91st birthday. She chose to make some necklaces with beads and [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed an in person Motion experience with Zeezy this afternoon, lots of fun and [...]

Valentine Display

Residents enjoyed watching Valentine decorations being set up in the communal areas this morning, in [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

We enjoyed a morning Tea Dance session at the Crucible today. A little more relaxed [...]

Motion

This afternoon we enjoyed another Motion exercise session with Zeezy via portal tv. We began [...]

Cycling Without Age 03.02.23

This morning Carol and Avril enjoyed a ride around Botanical Gardens with pilot, Chris, from [...]

Majesty Choir

Residents enjoyed a performance from Majesty Choir this afternoon (12 singers from various churches in [...]

Guitar Singalong

Residents enjoyed a guitar singalong in the main lounge this afternoon. Eddie and Gill both [...]

Valentines Crafts

Residents enjoyed doing various crafts this morning relating to our ongoing Valentines crafts project. Some [...]

Favourite Places in All the World

Residents enjoyed some one-to-one time with staff looking at a large map of the world [...]

Hallamshire Church Service

Residents enjoyed a Hallamshire Church Service this morning. We started with some lively Sunday school [...]

One to One Time

Residents enjoyed some one to one time with staff recently, doing a variety of things, [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed their weekly Motion exercise class with Zeezy. Great to have two OT students [...]

Forget Me Not Chorus

Residents enjoyed watching a YouTube streaming session of the Forget Me Not Chorus Charity performing [...]

Swing Party

Residents enjoyed reading a fact sheet about Glenn Miller and looking at some of his [...]

Puppet Fun

Residents enjoyed some puppet fun this morning, interacting with Albert and smaller puppets, Sooty and [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed another lively Motion session with Zeezy via the TV portal. Great to have [...]

St Marks Church Service

Some residents chose to attend the Church Service in the Conservatory this afternoon. Good to [...]

Home From Home

Residents spent an enjoyable morning in small groups or on a one-to-one basis helping with [...]

Lost Chord

Residents and staff enjoyed a wonderful Lost Chord performance this afternoon. Martin and Suzi gave [...]

Bingo

Residents enjoyed a game of bingo this morning. Both Clarice and Pam won a chocolate. [...]