Category Archives: Recent Events

Baking

Margaret P, Pam C and Mary all offered to help bake a lemon birthday cake [...]

Cycling without age

This afternoon we had a volunteer called Peter offering to do a few trips out [...]

Light Cinema – “Whisky Galore”

We had a wonderful trip out to the Light cinema to see Whisky Galore. The [...]

Irish Tea dance

Five of us squeezed into Steve’s car today and headed off to the Irish Tea [...]

Gardening Club

We had a very enjoyable gardening club this afternoon with Caroline. The residents and day [...]

Baking

Pam, Margaret and Mildred all offered to help with baking today. We made chocolate orange [...]

Little Acorns toddler group

We had a special Little Acorns session this morning! We had Hollie from Pyjama Drama [...]

Graeme Cox

We all enjoyed Olga and Susan’s birthday party this afternoon, with something for everyone in [...]

Lost Chord

Lovely to have Chris on keyboard, Janet as soprano and Pete as volunteer, this morning, [...]

Afternoon Pastimes

Many of us chose to do some reminiscence jigsaws together – one about Spring and [...]

War-time Hits

We had great fun this morning listening to Glenn Miller, George Formby and Vera Lynn [...]

Nicole’s Birthday Party

Nicole’s family arranged a private birthday party for Nicole and asked a friend of theirs, [...]

Motion Promotional Video

We had to do another Motion promotional video as the first one was spoilt because [...]

HCH Memory Cafe

We had our first Memory Cafe event at the Hallamshire Care Home today and it [...]

Baking

Pam C, Jenny (daycare), Valerie L and Olga all took part in the baking activity [...]

In-house Church Service

We held a quiet church service in the small lounge this morning. It was good [...]

Dominoes

Norah, Roy and Margaret Pashley all enjoyed a few games of dominoes with Mary in [...]

Jesus Centre Teadance

Today we enjoyed going to the Tea Dance that Vicky runs at the Sheffield Jesus [...]

Sing-a-long Session

This morning Vicky got out the song sheets and led a sing-a-long session in the [...]

Arts and Crafts

This morning Vicky got out the vase shapes that we sponge painted last time. We [...]

Godly Play

We had another exciting Godly Play (Stories For the Soul) session today in the Conservatory [...]

Kindness Week

We were very pleased to have a visit this morning from the Sheffield University Nursery [...]

Holy Communion

We had another enjoyable Holy Communion Service in the Conservatory this afternoon. It was wonderful [...]

Gardening Club

Today, Caroline brought a lot of different clippings from winter sensory plants for the group [...]

Diamond Club Fun and Games

We had great fun in the lounge this afternoon and very pleased to have some [...]

Pam’s Birthday

Pam Crossland enjoyed a lovely family time to celebrate her 92nd birthday today. She was [...]

Valentines Party

We had another superb Valentines Party this year with lots of family members coming dressed [...]

Violin sing along

This afternoon we had a sing along with Vicky in the conservatory. We had Win’s [...]

Cookie decorating

On Tuesday we baked some heart shaped sugar cookies with Vicky. Today we had a [...]

Valentines arts and crafts

This afternoon we made some paper rose bouquets with Vicky in the conservatory. We struggled [...]

Little Acorns

We had an enjoyable time at our inter-generational toddler group (Little Acorns) this morning, with [...]

Win’s Birthday Celebration

We had such a great time celebrating Win Oliver’s birthday today, with the help of [...]

Valentines arts and crafts

Vicky set up two tables of valentines’ arts and crafts. One table was making heart [...]

Lost Chord

We had a wonderful Lost Chord session in the Conservatory today with Terry on keyboard, [...]

Cycling Without Age

Pamela was offered a ride on the tri-bike, Rhubarb, today and she immediately said, “Yes [...]

Motion

We had a very interactive Motion event this afternoon with Jess leading the session. She [...]

Songbirds

We had such an enjoyable Songbirds session. Everyone had a great time!  We started with [...]

Memory Cafe

We had a much smaller Memory Cafe event due to a few of our volunteers [...]

Birthday Celebration

We had a double celebration today for the birthdays of Connie and Trisha. Beki Austin [...]

Jesus Centre Tea Dance

We had a fantastic time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today! We had a [...]

Little Women Movie

We had a pleasant trip out to the Showroom Cinema with Vicky to see Little [...]

Little Acorns Toddler session

We had a very enjoyable toddler group session this morning. We had eight residents attend, [...]

Arts and crafts

This afternoon I cut out some vase shapes and cut up some sponge. We sat [...]

Cycling Without Age

Olga jumped at the chance to go to the Botanical Gardens on the front of [...]

Godly Play

There was a smaller group of us today for Godly Play as some of our [...]

RSPB Bird Watch

Today Helen and Tracy encouraged residents to sit in the window to do the Big [...]

Songs From the Musicals

We spent a lovely afternoon in the main lounge today listening to our favourite songs [...]

Motion Filming

Motion asked us if we would take part in a promotional film for the Motion [...]

Songbirds

We had a fab Songbirds session this morning, led by Yo. The residents who took [...]

Memory Cafe

We enjoyed a walk out on a cold, sunny day to the Parlour Cafe at [...]

Baking

Olga, Margaret Saunders, Pam Crossland and Nicole all enjoyed baking coffee and walnut muffins today. [...]

Cycling Without Age

This afternoon we participated in the Cycling Without Age initiative. The volunteer today was called [...]

Holy Communion Service

We very much appreciated having Frances and Jenny come to the Home to give Holy [...]

Buzz

It was a bright but cold day for our weekly Buzz session. John came for [...]

Pamper Day

Today we had a pamper day. We had a visit from the hairdresser and then [...]

Gardening Club

We had another exciting Gardening club session today, talking about the RSPB and looking at [...]

Little Acorns toddler session

We had a very enjoyable Little Acorns toddler group session this morning. We had six [...]

Sing along session

Vicky, Helen and Krystal lead us in a song session, using the song sheets, dance [...]

Cycling Without Age

Pam was very keen on going out with Janet on the tri-bike this afternoon on [...]

Lost Chord

We had an amazing Lost Chord session today. Roy and Sonia paid us a return [...]

Irish Tea Dance

We had another lively Irish tea dance at the Philadelphia Club today. Steve took Win, [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

We had a fabulous Crucible tea dance this afternoon. Tracy and Andy took Elsie, John [...]

Memory Cafe

We had another fabulous Memory Cafe event today. Great to have Roy’s son, Matt, make [...]

Paul Barrie

Paul Barrie came to sing at Arthur’s birthday party this morning and Arthur’s son Grant [...]

Baking mince pies

Pam C, Mary and Marion Peck were all very keen to help make mince pies [...]

Godly Play

We began the session by singing Christmas carols, led by Tracy on the guitar and [...]

Santa Visit

Many were surprised to see Father Christmas, Mary Christmas and Santa’s Little Helper visit to [...]

Christmas visitors/meal

We had a fabulous Christmas meal prepared by our lovely chef Kirsty and her gran. [...]

Christmas eve shenanigans

We did various activities with Vicky on Christmas eve, including making snow globe magnets, playing [...]

Cinderella Panto Trip

We had a fab trip out to the Lyceum Theatre to See Cinderella. Vicky, Peter, [...]

Christmas Party

We had a fabulous time with the Andrew Watson Quintet (keyboard, drums, sax, clarinet, bass [...]

Christmas Holy Communion Service

We enjoyed a Christmas Holy Communion Service with Tracy playing carols on her guitar. Good [...]

Jesus Centre Tea Dance

We had our Christmas Tea Dance today, at the Sheffield Jesus Centre. Our regular singer, [...]

St Thomas Carollers

We had a lovely evening together singing Christmas carols with the help of our old [...]

Buzz Christmas party

We were very pleased to be invited by Buzz to their Christmas party/meal and Susan, [...]

Hand Bell Ringing

We had a visit from Holy Trinity Handbell Ringers this afternoon. They played us a [...]

St Marks Carols

This evening we had a visit from members of St Marks church, who sang carols [...]

Gardening Club

Caroline brought conifers and other evergreen plants in from the garden, as well as bringing [...]

Medieval Mayhem

Today was our Little Acorns (Intergenerational toddler group) Christmas party, hosted by Medieval Mayhem play [...]

Arts & Crafts session

Vicky got out some arts and crafts materials and set them up in the dining [...]

Upper Chapel coffee morning

We had a trip out to the Upper Chapel this morning. Vicky and Krystal took [...]

A Christmas Carol

It was good to have Jess and Andrew from North East Producers to act out [...]

Cinderella

We had another amazing pantomime at the Lyceum. They seem to get better every year. [...]

Irish Teadance

Steve and Ann took Win to the Irish Tea Dance with Margaret Pashley and Helen. [...]

Old Horns Inn

We enjoyed an excellent outing to the Old Horns Inn with a delightful ride through [...]

Lost Chord

We had two lovely ladies from Lost Chord come to entertain us today. A singer [...]

Reindeer Ring Toss – 5th December 2019

This afternoon Vicky blew up the inflatable Reindeer ring toss game that she bought, and [...]

Cookie decorating – 2nd December 2019

Vicky brought in some digestive biscuits, large marshmallows and icing in. We had a go [...]

Birthday party for Lillie and Val

Rebekah Austin helped us to celebrate the birthdays of Lillie and Val C. We had [...]

Godly Play

We enjoyed another Godly Play story with Tracy called the Ark and the Tent. We [...]

Jesus Centre Tea Dance – 28th November 2019

We had a very enjoyable time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today with Vicky [...]

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 [...]

Memory Cafe

It was a rainy day when we set off for the Memory Cafe but we [...]

Guitar Sing-a-long

Tracy led a guitar sing-a-long in the main lounge whilst Terry and Matthew were visiting. [...]

RMC Dance Performance

We were all thrilled to have the RMC dance class, led by Rachel, from the [...]

Cycling Without Age

Janet was or “pilot” for the afternoon and although it looked like rain, the rain [...]

Buzz Coffee morning

This morning we enjoyed some fresh air on the way to Buzz coffee morning with [...]

Music session

Vicky and Helen had a music session with us. We used musical instruments and ribbon [...]

Little Acorns

We had an enjoyable time with Little Acorns toddler session this morning with three children [...]