Category Archives: Recent Events

Yoga

A large group of residents enjoyed today’s Yoga session with Sherry. This was her first [...]

Alphabet Game

Some residents enjoyed playing the very popular Alphabet Game this morning and both Marion and [...]

Motion

Residents had fun at this week’s Motion session with lots of us seated in a [...]

Art Appreciation

Residents enjoyed looking at three large cross stitch pictures of three ladies. It was hard [...]

1980’s Themed Party

Residents enjoyed a 1980’s themed party in the main lounge, celebrating the wonderful music of [...]

Hillsborough Park Outing

We enjoyed a Hillsborough Park tram outing on a bright, sunny day taking six residents [...]

Interactive Tablet

Some residents in the main lounge chose to look at different videos from the Dementia [...]

Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed a reminiscence activity, looking through picture books and focusing on memories of the [...]

Resident’s Choice

Over the weekend, residents chose to do all kinds of activities, including picking a musical [...]

Lavender Bags

Over the weekend, most of the residents chose to help make lavender bag for themselves, [...]

Dressing Up Fun

Residents enjoyed some dressing up fun using old scarves, men’s accessories, hats and costume jewellery. [...]

Cycling Without Age

  Residents were pleased to go on a cycle ride to the General Cemetery or [...]

Motion

We enjoyed another exciting Motion session with Zeezy via the portal TV. The lounge was [...]

Holy Communion Service

  Residents enjoyed a Holy Communion Service with visiting choir members (Jennifer and Francis) from [...]

Tea Tasting Session

  Residents enjoyed this sensory herbal tea tasting session this morning. We had jugs of [...]

Spontaneous Fun

Residents chose to have a fun afternoon together in the main lounge. Staff read out [...]

Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed looking through some of their favourite books this morning and sharing some of [...]

Motion

We had a lovely Motion exercise class with Zeezy in person. Lots of folk wanted [...]

Sewing

We continued with our apron embroidery project this morning and found this very relaxing. Staff [...]

Gents Afternoon

We had an enjoyable “Men Only” (apart from the female photographer) afternoon in the Green [...]

Guitar Singalong

Residents enjoyed a guitar singalong this morning using song sheets. Definite favourites being “Oh What [...]

Party Time

We had a superb joint Birthday celebration for Monica (90 today) and Colin (who will [...]

My Life TV

We have a new subscription to My Life TV (a dementia friendly TV channel) and [...]

Songbirds

We had another lively Songbirds session with our beautiful Yo and her gorgeous soprano voice. [...]

Rocky Road

A few residents chose to help staff make some Rocky Road this morning for a [...]

In-house Church Service

We had an enjoyable church service this morning with a select few as many of [...]

Our Queen

We spent a pleasant morning looking through our Royal Family memorabilia and talking about the [...]

Flower Arranging

Some of us spent a pleasant afternoon doing some dried flower arranging with grasses and [...]

Motion

We had another enjoyable Friday afternoon seated exercise class with Zeezy from Motion. Good to [...]

More apples, more pies

Some of our keen bakers were happy to help make apple pies this morning ready [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

Today we had our monthly outing to the Crucible Theatre for the tea dance. We [...]

Penny’s Birthday Party

Penny enjoyed her birthday party very much, as did the rest of the residents. What [...]

Photo Sharing

We had a lovely morning looking at old photos from the 1930’s, old movie stars, [...]

Motion

Residents loved the Motion exercise class with Zeezy on the TV portal this afternoon. Lots [...]

Home from Home

We spent a lovely morning reminiscing about household chores whilst polishing brasses, matching up socks, [...]

Bridlington

We had a wonderful day out in Bridlington with two minibuses and two cars travelling [...]

Runner beans

Staff and Jenny’s grandchildren helped pick and water runner beans this afternoon. Folk in the [...]

In-house Church Services

We had two church services in the care home this morning. One in the Conservatory [...]

Memory Games

We spent an enjoyable morning playing memory games today in the main lounge. Lots of [...]

Motion

We enjoyed another exciting Motion chair exercise class this afternoon. The residents were very lively [...]

Cycling Without Age

We decided to have a longer journey to Endcliffe Park today with Carolyn as our [...]

1970’s Disco

We had a very lively “disco” in the main lounge over teatime and into the [...]

Jewellery Making

Some residents chose to do some jewellery making with wooden painted beads and were very [...]

Morning Entertainment

Folk enjoyed reminiscing about the Motion Sports Day, reading the Star newspaper article (A3 laminated) [...]

Motion

We had another excellent Motion exercise class with our friend Zeezy. Great to have so [...]

Doggy Visit

We invited our old friends (past volunteers) Rita and Betty over for a doggy morning. [...]

Alphabet Game

Residents were encouraged to take part in the famous “Alphabet Game” this morning in the [...]

Lost Chord 16.8.22

It was wonderful to have Suzi join us for some very interactive singalongs encouraged by [...]

Garden Conversations

Some residents chose to sit in the patio area this morning and started chatting about [...]

Baking Apple Pies

Quite a few residents were keen to get involved in our baking activity this morning. [...]

Garden Games and Visits 14.8.22

Following on from the church service, we were encouraged to play a few garden games [...]

Church in the Garden

We decided to have our weekly church service in the garden this morning to make [...]

Gardening Club

We changed the Gardening Club to the morning to try and avoid the excessively hot [...]

Motion

We had another enjoyable Motion exercise session with Zeezy leading via the TV portal. He [...]

Cycling Without Age 12.8.22

Peter our pilot was happy to make three trips around Botanical Gardens on a beautiful, [...]

Pictures to Share Books

We had a lovely morning looking at Pictures to Share books, singing, reciting proverbs and [...]

John’s Birthday Party 5.8.22

This afternoon John had his birthday party with Ralph singing (the chap who sang at [...]

Pictures to share books – 3.8.22

This afternoon, we got out the “Pictures to share” books. Some of us looked at [...]

Nature club – 3.8.22

This morning we had our monthly nature club. Last month we went for walks in [...]

Crucible tea dance – 2.8.22

Today we had our monthly trip to the Crucible tea dance. We started by eating [...]

Gardening Club

We held an impromptu Gardening Club this morning as the weather was so lovely and [...]

In-house Church Service – 31.7.22

We had a joyful Sunday morning service in the Conservatory today with lots of folk [...]

Motion Sports Day

Today we went to the English Institute of Sport for our annual sports day run [...]

How I see myself – 29.7.22

This morning Vicky got out the self-esteem sheets and went through them with our newest [...]

Motion – 29.7.22

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

Cycling Without Age

We enjoyed another exciting Cycling Without Age session with cheerful Peter the pilot and Leonard, [...]

Cat therapy – 28.7.22

This afternoon we had a visit from Jasper and Cleo, our mechanical cat’s. We enjoyed [...]

Clay sculpting workshop – 28.7.22

This morning we had a clay sculpting workshop with our new friend Natalie. We made [...]

Norah and Leonard’s birthday party – 27.7.22

This afternoon we celebrated the birthdays of Leonard and Norah. Our original singer had to [...]

Colin’s sapphire anniversary – 27.7.22

This afternoon Colin and his wife, and family celebrated his sapphire wedding anniversary! We hung [...]

Hook-a-duck – 27.7.22

This morning we had some fun with the hook-a-duck game. Some of us used the [...]

Manicures – 25.7.22

This afternoon we had a manicure session. We had the option of having our hands [...]

Sewing and weaving – 25.7.22

This morning we had a go at sewing and weaving. Not everyone was interested, and [...]

Dave the Banjo Man 23.7.22

We celebrated Diana’s Birthday today with Dave the Banjo Man performing lots of old tunes. [...]

Baking Cookies 21.7.22

A few of the ladies in the lounge agreed to help with a baking activity [...]

Makeover

Some of our residents had their hair done today by our lovely hairdresser, Debbie. To [...]

Summer Fair 16.7.22

We had a glorious Summer Fair experience in the garden on a gorgeous, hot summers [...]

Motion 15.7.22

We had another invigorating video Motion session with Zeezy this afternoon. Good to have so [...]

Cycling Without Age 15.7.22

We had another wonderful cycling adventure with our pilot Clare. For a change, she gave [...]

Baking for Summer Fair 14.7.22

Edith and Lilian were very keen to help bake for the Summer Fair today. We [...]

Crucible tea dance 12.07.22

This afternoon we went to the Crucible tea dance taking along John , Elisabeth , [...]

Bert’s Birthday 12.7.22

Bert had a lovely birthday receiving cards and phone calls from family. He loved his [...]

Darts and archery – 11.7.22

This morning we had a session of darts, followed by archery. We had some really [...]

Marion’s Birthday 10.7.22

Residents and staff were pleased to sing Happy Birthday to Marion today. She was thrilled [...]

Garden Dominoes 10.7.22

We spent a lovely Sunday afternoon enjoying sitting in the garden eating ice lollies and [...]

In-house Church 10.7.22

We had a small informal church service in the Conservatory this morning. John read out [...]

Motion 8.7.22

We had another exciting Motion session this week with John joining us for the first [...]

Bingo

We enjoyed a few games of Bingo this morning. Keith, Susan and Christine were all [...]

Memory Games in the Garden 7.7.22

We sat out in the garden under the sun canopy enjoying our beautiful garden and [...]

Gluten Free Baking 7.7.22

We enjoyed a baking activity this morning and we used gluten free flour to be [...]

Flower Arranging 4.7.22

Some flowers were donated to the care home from a neighbour and we had fun [...]

Songbirds 4.7.22

We had another lovely Songbirds session with Yo this afternoon which put us all in [...]

Puppets and Dolls 4.7.22

We had fun playing with and talking to puppets and empathy dolls this morning. Many [...]

In-house Church Services 3.7.22

We had two in-house church services this morning, one in the Conservatory and one in [...]

Fresh Air – 3.7.22

Residents were invited for a walk round the garden or the local area and those [...]

Gardening Club 2.7.22

We had a lovely Gardening Club session on the back decking this afternoon and fortunately, [...]

Piano

Elisabeth and Christine both chose to play the piano this morning whilst listening to some [...]

Andy Greaves 1.7.22

Andy Greaves came to entertain this afternoon. We were very impressed with his magic tricks, [...]

K’NEX – 1.7.22

This morning we had a session of k’nex with Vicky in the conservatory. We first [...]

Hallamshire Olympics finals – 30.6.22

This afternoon we had a Motion style session with Vicky. Every movement that we did [...]