This afternoon we celebrated Marjorie’s birthday. Vicky asked our tea dance singer Heather Kass to [...]
Helen and Vicky gathered residents together in the main lounge today to sing hymns and [...]
This afternoon Vicky played various games with us in the main lounge and in our [...]
This morning Vicky got out some Easter egg baubles for us to fill. We had [...]
This morning Vicky got out some little paper egg decorations for us to decorate. We [...]
Mary, Jenny, Margaret and Pam chose to do some jigsaws this afternoon. Produced by Active [...]
We had an interesting time reminiscing about our children this afternoon, prompted by looking at [...]
We had fun making chocolate muffins in the lounge this morning. Pam C, John and [...]
Some post arrived for a few of our residents today, mostly for Mildred, but one [...]
Many enjoyed listening to Les Misérables and West Side Story today and some were keen [...]
Tracy brought in her empathy dolls today – Tom and Joy, and they were well [...]
Many wanted to read the lovely card Betty had made and sent to us today, [...]
Tracy brought in her puppets to the care home this morning, much to the delight [...]
This morning Helen and some of our residents had a really good game of scrabble [...]
This afternoon Vicky had quite a few games of Bingo with the residents who were [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out the table tennis set and had a few games between [...]
This morning Vicky and Tracy brought in their wedding photos and went around the care [...]
We had a lovely time this afternoon, energised by a guitar sing-a-long activity led by [...]
This morning Vicky went around with Marjory’s birthday card and asked the residents to sign [...]
This afternoon Vicky came around with the beauty trolley offering hand washing and nail cleaning, [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out the Easter card decorating kit, Easter egg decorating kit and [...]
This morning we played quite a few games of Bingo in the main lounge. We [...]
This afternoon was meant to be a Songbirds session, so instead Vicky did a karaoke [...]
This morning Vicky put on a live show of Terry Morgan, on YouTube. He a [...]
I set up an arts and crafts activity in the dining room and asked who [...]
Opening Mother’s Day cards and gifts together – 22nd March 2020 This morning Vicky handed [...]
This morning Vicky went aproached the residents and explained the reason that we aren’t allowing [...]
We had a lovely time with J J Galway this afternoon for a joint birthday [...]
We held a lovely, peaceful church service in the small lounge this morning. We started [...]
Margaret P, Pam C and Mary all offered to help bake a lemon birthday cake [...]
This afternoon we had a volunteer called Peter offering to do a few trips out [...]
We had a wonderful trip out to the Light cinema to see Whisky Galore. The [...]
Five of us squeezed into Steve’s car today and headed off to the Irish Tea [...]
We had a very enjoyable gardening club this afternoon with Caroline. The residents and day [...]
Pam, Margaret and Mildred all offered to help with baking today. We made chocolate orange [...]
We had a special Little Acorns session this morning! We had Hollie from Pyjama Drama [...]
We all enjoyed Olga and Susan’s birthday party this afternoon, with something for everyone in [...]
Lovely to have Chris on keyboard, Janet as soprano and Pete as volunteer, this morning, [...]
Many of us chose to do some reminiscence jigsaws together – one about Spring and [...]
We had great fun this morning listening to Glenn Miller, George Formby and Vera Lynn [...]
Nicole’s family arranged a private birthday party for Nicole and asked a friend of theirs, [...]
We had to do another Motion promotional video as the first one was spoilt because [...]
We had our first Memory Cafe event at the Hallamshire Care Home today and it [...]
Pam C, Jenny (daycare), Valerie L and Olga all took part in the baking activity [...]
We held a quiet church service in the small lounge this morning. It was good [...]
Norah, Roy and Margaret Pashley all enjoyed a few games of dominoes with Mary in [...]
Today we enjoyed going to the Tea Dance that Vicky runs at the Sheffield Jesus [...]
This morning Vicky got out the song sheets and led a sing-a-long session in the [...]
This morning Vicky got out the vase shapes that we sponge painted last time. We [...]
We had another exciting Godly Play (Stories For the Soul) session today in the Conservatory [...]
We were very pleased to have a visit this morning from the Sheffield University Nursery [...]
We had another enjoyable Holy Communion Service in the Conservatory this afternoon. It was wonderful [...]
Quite a few residents wanted to get involved in the baking activity this morning. We [...]
Today, Caroline brought a lot of different clippings from winter sensory plants for the group [...]
We had great fun in the lounge this afternoon and very pleased to have some [...]
Pam Crossland enjoyed a lovely family time to celebrate her 92nd birthday today. She was [...]
We had another superb Valentines Party this year with lots of family members coming dressed [...]
This afternoon we had a sing along with Vicky in the conservatory. We had Win’s [...]
On Tuesday we baked some heart shaped sugar cookies with Vicky. Today we had a [...]
This afternoon we made some paper rose bouquets with Vicky in the conservatory. We struggled [...]
We had an enjoyable time at our inter-generational toddler group (Little Acorns) this morning, with [...]
We had such a great time celebrating Win Oliver’s birthday today, with the help of [...]
Vicky set up two tables of valentines’ arts and crafts. One table was making heart [...]
We had a wonderful Lost Chord session in the Conservatory today with Terry on keyboard, [...]
Pamela was offered a ride on the tri-bike, Rhubarb, today and she immediately said, “Yes [...]
We had a very interactive Motion event this afternoon with Jess leading the session. She [...]
We had such an enjoyable Songbirds session. Everyone had a great time! We started with [...]
We had a much smaller Memory Cafe event due to a few of our volunteers [...]
We had a double celebration today for the birthdays of Connie and Trisha. Beki Austin [...]
We had a fantastic time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today! We had a [...]
We had a pleasant trip out to the Showroom Cinema with Vicky to see Little [...]
We had a very enjoyable toddler group session this morning. We had eight residents attend, [...]
This afternoon I cut out some vase shapes and cut up some sponge. We sat [...]
Olga jumped at the chance to go to the Botanical Gardens on the front of [...]
There was a smaller group of us today for Godly Play as some of our [...]
Today Helen and Tracy encouraged residents to sit in the window to do the Big [...]
We spent a lovely afternoon in the main lounge today listening to our favourite songs [...]
Motion asked us if we would take part in a promotional film for the Motion [...]
We had a fab Songbirds session this morning, led by Yo. The residents who took [...]
We enjoyed a walk out on a cold, sunny day to the Parlour Cafe at [...]
Olga, Margaret Saunders, Pam Crossland and Nicole all enjoyed baking coffee and walnut muffins today. [...]
This afternoon we participated in the Cycling Without Age initiative. The volunteer today was called [...]
We very much appreciated having Frances and Jenny come to the Home to give Holy [...]
It was a bright but cold day for our weekly Buzz session. John came for [...]
Today we had a pamper day. We had a visit from the hairdresser and then [...]
We had another exciting Gardening club session today, talking about the RSPB and looking at [...]
We had a very enjoyable Little Acorns toddler group session this morning. We had six [...]
Vicky, Helen and Krystal lead us in a song session, using the song sheets, dance [...]
Pam was very keen on going out with Janet on the tri-bike this afternoon on [...]
We had an amazing Lost Chord session today. Roy and Sonia paid us a return [...]
We had another lively Irish tea dance at the Philadelphia Club today. Steve took Win, [...]
We had a fabulous Crucible tea dance this afternoon. Tracy and Andy took Elsie, John [...]
We had another fabulous Memory Cafe event today. Great to have Roy’s son, Matt, make [...]
Paul Barrie came to sing at Arthur’s birthday party this morning and Arthur’s son Grant [...]
Pam C, Mary and Marion Peck were all very keen to help make mince pies [...]
We began the session by singing Christmas carols, led by Tracy on the guitar and [...]
Many were surprised to see Father Christmas, Mary Christmas and Santa’s Little Helper visit to [...]
We had a fabulous Christmas meal prepared by our lovely chef Kirsty and her gran. [...]
We did various activities with Vicky on Christmas eve, including making snow globe magnets, playing [...]
We had a fab trip out to the Lyceum Theatre to See Cinderella. Vicky, Peter, [...]
