Motion – 27.5.22

We had another exciting Motion session with Zeezy this afternoon via the TV portal in [...]

27
May
1960’s Dance Party – 26.5.22

We had a few weeks preparation for this event – a tie dye activity with [...]

26
May
Modelling sand, and jigsaws – 25.5.22

This afternoon was scheduled for modelling sand, but nobody was interested, so we ended up [...]

25
May
Home from home 25.5.22

In our home from home session this week, we did “baking”. We made cornflake crispy [...]

25
May
Birthday party for Jenny – 24.5.22

This afternoon, James Columbine came to help us celebrate the 75th birthday of Jenny Glossop. [...]

24
May
Wishing well initiative – 24.5.22

We have started our wishing well initiative, which is like a bucket list for our [...]

24
May
Tie Dye Session – 23.5.22

We had our final tie dye session this morning with almost everyone taking part to [...]

23
May
Church Outing – 22.5.22

We took a small group of residents out to a local church meeting at the [...]

22
May
Reminiscing – 21.5.22

We had an enjoyable morning looking at various artefacts/antiques – cameras, records, badges, old coins, [...]

21
May
Gardening Club 21.5.22

We had a lovely time in the garden planting some of our young plants in [...]

21
May
Motion 20.5.22

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

20
May
Tie dye session #3 + dancing – 20.5.22

This morning our activities team helped us to tie dye our t-shirts ready for next [...]

20
May
Cat therapy 19.5.22

This morning we had a visit from Jasper and Cleo, our mechanical cats. We had [...]

20
May
St Marks church service – 18.5.22

This afternoon we had an in-house church service, which was run by Jennifer and Francis [...]

18
May
Tie dye t-shirts part 2 – 18.5.22

This morning we had our second session of tie dying t-shirts. We are having a [...]

18
May
Lost Chord – 17.5.22

We had a wonderful Lost Chord performance with the help of Jo singing soprano and [...]

17
May
Tie Dye session – 17.5.22

We started our tie dye sessions in preparation for our 1960’s event next week. Staff [...]

17
May
Songbirds – 16.5.22

This afternoon we had a session of Songbirds led by Yo Tozer-Loft. It was such [...]

16
May
Table-top games – 16.5.22

This morning we played table-top games together in the quiet lounge. Not people wanted to [...]

16
May
Motion 13.5.22

We had another exciting Motion session with lots of residents choosing to get involved. We [...]

13
May
Cycling Without Age 13.5.22

We had a lovely couple of trips out around Botanical Gardens with the help of [...]

13
May
Flower Arranging – 12.5.22

We had a lovely morning doing flower arranging today with fresh flowers that had been [...]

12
May
Music & Sound Bingo – 11.5.22

This afternoon we played music Bingo in the conservatory. Our activity staff played us part [...]

11
May
Weston Park Museum Outing – 10.5.22

We had a wonderful outing with thirteen of us in total i.e. seven residents – [...]

10
May
Book Sharing 9.5.22

We had a lovely book sharing time looking at Pictures to Share books with staff [...]

09
May
V.E Day celebrations – 8.5.22

This afternoon we celebrated V.E Day. We started with a lovely buffet lunch, made by [...]

08
May
Godly Play – 8.5.22

This morning, we enjoyed a Godly Play Church session in the conservatory. We sang hymns [...]

08
May
Gardening Club 7.5.22

We had an interesting Gardening Club outdoors on the back patio. Good to enjoy the [...]

07
May
Favourite Music 7.5.22

We had a few “Dancing Queen” moments in the main lounge this morning listening to [...]

07
May
Motion 6.5.22

We had another energetic Motion session in the main lounge this afternoon. This involved war [...]

06
May
Cycling Without Age – 6.5.22

Peter was our cyclist today and provided us with three quality rides around Botanical Gardens [...]

06
May
Sing along session – 5.5.22

This afternoon we had two sing-along sessions with Vicky, One in the main lounge, and [...]

05
May
Frosting cup-cakes – 5.5.22

This morning a few of us sat in the conservatory with Vicky, to decorate some [...]

05
May
Smile Pony Therapy – 4.5.22

This afternoon we had a visit from Smile therapy ponies. The white one was called [...]

04
May
Home from home – 4.5.22

This morning we had a Home from home session. We try to do this at [...]

04
May
World Laughter Day 3.5.22

We celebrated World Laughter Day this afternoon by reading our tongue twisters to each other [...]

03
May
Pamper time – 3.5.22

Following on from the hairdresser session, some of us were keen to have a little [...]

03
May
Darts – 2.5.22

We had a spare half hour, this afternoon, so Vicky got out the dartboard for [...]

02
May
Pin the cigar on Winston Churchill – 2.5.22

This afternoon we had a game of Pin the cigar on Winston Churchill, that Vicky [...]

02
May
Empathy doll – 2.5.22

This morning we had cuddles with baby Marcus, our empathy doll. We had such wonderful [...]

02
May
Brain games 1.5.22

This afternoon we brain games in the conservatory. Those that took part were, Peggy, Lillian, [...]

01
May
Table-top games 1.5.22

This morning we played table-top games in the main lounge. We started with dominoes, which [...]

01
May
Fun & Games – 30.4.22

This afternoon we had two sessions of fun and games with Vicky. One session in [...]

30
Apr
Happy birthday Aimee – 30.4.22

We want to wish a Happy Birthday to Aimee, our newest member of the domestic [...]

30
Apr
Music session – 30.4.22

This morning we had a music and sing-along session with Vicky, in the main lounge. [...]

30
Apr
Motion 29.4.22

We enjoyed a lively Motion session this afternoon. Good to have lots of residents and [...]

29
Apr
Cycling Without Age – 29.4.22

Pam had a wonderful cycle around Botanical Gardens, collecting a few different flowers, leaves on [...]

29
Apr
Baking 28.4.22

We had a few willing volunteers from the Conservatory to bake and decorate some chocolate [...]

28
Apr
1950’s Party – 29.4.22

We had a fabulous time listening to our favourite songs from the 1950’s using a [...]

28
Apr
Tattoo parlour and sing along session 27.4.22

This afternoon we had our Hallamshire tattoo parlour. Vicky got out our temporary tattoos and [...]

27
Apr
Nature club – 27.4.22

This morning for nature club, we did some flower pressing together. We discussed the different [...]

27
Apr
Fresh air – 26.4.22

This afternoon we had fresh air and walks on the agenda. First off Vicky took [...]

26
Apr
Pampering 26.4.22

Tuesday is our pamper day. We were all offered to have our hair trimmed and/or [...]

26
Apr
Songbirds 25.4.22

We had a delightful relaxed session with Yo this afternoon in the Conservatory. Lots of [...]

25
Apr
Memory Cafe – 23.4.22

We had a stimulating afternoon playing the Alphabet Game. Edith won this time but everyone [...]

23
Apr
Hallamshire Slide Show – 23.4.22

We had an interesting morning looking at the latest Hallamshire photos on a tablet. Some [...]

23
Apr
Motion – 22.4.22

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

22
Apr
Cycling without age – 22.4.22

This morning we had Cycling without age sessions. Our pilot this week was Chris. The [...]

22
Apr
Royal family afternoon 21.4.2022

Today is the Queens 96th birthday, so we had a Royal family afternoon. We watched [...]

21
Apr
Bingo 21.4.22

This morning we had quite a few games of Bingo with Vicky in the conservatory. [...]

21
Apr
Happy Birthday Sonia! 21.4.22

Happy Birthday to Sonia, our admin and accounts lady! You are an absolute blessing to [...]

21
Apr
Easter Holy communion service 20.4.22

This afternoon Jenifer Hurrel from St Marks church came to provide us with an Easter, [...]

20
Apr
Happy Birthday Tracy and welcome back! 20.4.22

Happy Birthday and welcome back, to Tracy, our returning Activities co-ordinator! We are glad to [...]

20
Apr
Book sharing 20.4.22

This morning Vicky came around with the pictures to share books. We had some lovely [...]

20
Apr
Baking/Cake Decorating 19.4.22

We had an enjoyable morning in the lounge, making a chocolate birthday cake. A small [...]

19
Apr
Easter Service – 17.4.22

We had a packed-out Conservatory with many choosing to take part in the Easter Service. [...]

17
Apr
Motion 15.4.22

Zeezy led us in another energetic exercise session this afternoon. Quite a few folk wanted [...]

15
Apr
Residents Meeting 15.4.22

We held a Residents Meeting via Zoom in the Conservatory today. A small group was [...]

15
Apr
Easter Bonnets 14.4.22

Some of us had fun this afternoon modelling Easter bonnets, which they helped staff to [...]

14
Apr
Knit and Natter 14.4.22

We had a lovely morning, looking at knitting projects, patterns, discussing different types of knit [...]

14
Apr
Easter Baubles – 13.4.22

We had a creative afternoon, making Easter Baubles for our Easter Tree.  These are very [...]

13
Apr
Arts and Crafts 12.4.22

A small group chose to decorate wooden Easter decorations which we really enjoyed and they [...]

12
Apr
Jokes, Books and Memory Cards 12.4.22

We had a pleasant afternoon in the Conservatory looking at books, reading jokes to each [...]

12
Apr
Guitar Sing-a-long 11.4.22

We had a pleasant guitar singalong session in both the main lounge and conservatory this [...]

11
Apr
Puppet fun 11.4.22

We had great fun with puppets this morning. Introduced to Albert and Rosie (large puppets), [...]

11
Apr
Photo sharing 10.4.22

We had a fun afternoon, looking at old calendar photos of Elvis and some Old [...]

10
Apr
In-house Church Service 10/4/22

We had an enjoyable In-house church service this morning singing a selection of hymns and [...]

10
Apr
Gardening Club 9.4.22

Today, we have launched our very own Gardening Club. We stayed in the Conservatory today [...]

09
Apr
Gwyneth’s birthday party 6.4.22

This afternoon Kevin Kitchen came and helped us to celebrate the 90’th birthday of Gwyneth. [...]

06
Apr
Pampering 6.4.22

This morning was our pamper morning. We had our opticians, come to visit, the hairdresser, [...]

06
Apr
Fresh air 4.4.22

This afternoon we went out for fresh air in the local area. We usually just [...]

04
Apr
Bingo – 3.4.22

This afternoon we played Bingo in the dining room. Not as many people joined in [...]

03
Apr
Nature club – 3.4.22

This morning we had nature club. Vicky chose birds as our subject this morning, as [...]

03
Apr
Motion 1.4.22

This afternoon Zeezy came in and we did a session of motion with us. We [...]

01
Apr
Cycling without age 1/4/2022

This morning some of our residents enjoyed going out for a bike ride with cycling [...]

01
Apr
Clarice’s birthday party – 29.3.22

This afternoon Peter Piper came, and helped us to celebrate Clarice’s 94th birthday. He sang [...]

29
Mar
Hairdressers – 29.3.22

This morning Deborah, our hairdresser came. Whoever wanted their hair washing, trimming and styling could [...]

29
Mar
Balloon tennis and brain games 28.3.22

This afternoon was supposed to be a visit from the mobile zoo, but due to [...]

28
Mar
Baby therapy – 28.3.22

This morning Vicky brought out baby Marcus to meet us. We enjoyed having cuddles, and [...]

28
Mar
St patricks day

This morning we celebrated St Patricks day we had lots of activities to do which [...]

17
Mar
16.3.2022 holy communion service

Jennifer joined us in the conservatory and lead a service for us , we had [...]

16
Mar
Arts and crafts

This morning we made some shamrock banners ready for st patricks day tomorrow to make [...]

16
Mar
Peggy’s birthday party – 15.3.22

This afternoon, Carole laine Greenway came to entertain us, with singing and dancing, to celebrate [...]

15
Mar
Pictures to share, books – 9.9.21

This morning Vicky got out our brand-new set of Pictures to share, books, and had [...]

09
Sep
An afternoon at the Hallamshire resort 8.9.21

This afternoon Vicky set out the Hallamshire garden, with holiday themed props, a drinks trolley, [...]

08
Sep
Outdoor Bingo – 8.9.21

This morning was scheduled for a game of Bingo, but the weather was far too [...]

08
Sep
Fun and games in the garden – 7.9.21

This afternoon we had some fresh air, and fun and games in the sunshine, with [...]

07
Sep
Arts and crafts – 7.9.21

This morning We had arts and crafts scheduled.  Vicky printed off some silhouettes, for the [...]

07
Sep
Manicures 6.9.2021

Manicures 6.9.2021 Today Sara went around and offered manicures, this included hand washing, trimming, filling [...]

06
Sep
Penny’s Birthday Party

Penny’s Birthday Party – 5.09.2021 This afternoon (5th September) we celebrated Penny’s birthday and had [...]

06
Sep