Gardening Club

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

18
Feb

Diamond Club Fun and Games

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

17
Feb

Pam’s Birthday

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

16
Feb

Valentines Party

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

14
Feb

Violin sing along

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

13
Feb

Cookie decorating

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

13
Feb

Valentines arts and crafts

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

11
Feb

Little Acorns

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

10
Feb

Win’s Birthday Celebration

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

09
Feb

Valentines arts and crafts

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

08
Feb

Lost Chord

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

07
Feb

Cycling Without Age

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

07
Feb

Motion

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

05
Feb

Songbirds

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

04
Feb

Memory Cafe

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

03
Feb

Birthday Celebration

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

31
Jan

Jesus Centre Tea Dance

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

30
Jan

Little Women Movie

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

28
Jan

Little Acorns Toddler session

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

27
Jan

Arts and crafts

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

25
Jan

Cycling Without Age

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

24
Jan

Godly Play

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

24
Jan

RSPB Bird Watch

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

24
Jan

Songs From the Musicals

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

23
Jan

Motion Filming

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

22
Jan

Songbirds

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

21
Jan

Memory Cafe

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

20
Jan

Baking

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

18
Jan

Cycling Without Age

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

17
Jan

Holy Communion Service

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

15
Jan

Buzz

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

15
Jan

Pamper Day

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

14
Jan

Gardening Club

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

13
Jan

Little Acorns toddler session

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

13
Jan

Sing along session

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

12
Jan

Cycling Without Age

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

10
Jan

Lost Chord

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

10
Jan

Irish Tea Dance

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

08
Jan

Crucible Tea Dance

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

07
Jan

Memory Cafe

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

06
Jan

Paul Barrie

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

02
Jan

Baking mince pies

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

31
Dec

Godly Play

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

27
Dec

Santa Visit

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

25
Dec

Christmas visitors/meal

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

25
Dec

Christmas eve shenanigans

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

24
Dec

Cinderella Panto Trip

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

23
Dec

Christmas Party

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

22
Dec

Christmas Holy Communion Service

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

20
Dec

Jesus Centre Tea Dance

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

19
Dec

St Thomas Carollers

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

18
Dec

Buzz Christmas party

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

18
Dec

Hand Bell Ringing

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

17
Dec

St Marks Carols

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

16
Dec

Gardening Club

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

16
Dec

Medieval Mayhem

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

16
Dec

Arts & Crafts session

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

14
Dec

Upper Chapel coffee morning

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

14
Dec

A Christmas Carol

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

13
Dec

Cinderella

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

12
Dec

Irish Teadance

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

11
Dec

Old Horns Inn

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

10
Dec

Memory Cafe

We had a lovely Christmas-themed Memory Cafe today with the Christmas Alphabet Game, with Pam’s [...]

09
Dec

Lost Chord

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

06
Dec

Reindeer Ring Toss – 5th December 2019

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

05
Dec

Cookie decorating – 2nd December 2019

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

02
Dec

Birthday party for Lillie and Val

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

30
Nov

Godly Play

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

29
Nov

Jesus Centre Tea Dance – 28th November 2019

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

28
Nov

Motion

27th November 2019

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 [...]

26
Nov

Memory Cafe

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

25
Nov

Guitar Sing-a-long

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

23
Nov

RMC Dance Performance

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

23
Nov

Cycling Without Age

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

22
Nov

Buzz Coffee morning

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

20
Nov

Music session

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

18
Nov

Little Acorns

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

18
Nov

Air Pong

Vicky set up a game of air pong in the dining room. (A bit like [...]

17
Nov

Holy Communion

The Conservatory was packed out for our Holy Communion Service with Jennifer and Frances leading [...]

14
Nov

Irish Tea Dance

It was a cold but sunny day when we headed off to the Philadelphia Club [...]

13
Nov

Crucible Tea Dance – 12th November 2019

We had a very enjoyable trip out to the Crucible tea Dance this afternoon, with [...]

12
Nov

Gardening Club

We had great fun today making Scandinavian wreathes with wire, fern and various trimmings. Beautiful. [...]

11
Nov

Memory Cafe

We had a lovely time at the Memory Cafe today and were able to take [...]

11
Nov

Remembrance Service

Tracy led a Remembrance Sunday service in the small lounge. Margaret Seal, Olga, Marion Peck [...]

10
Nov

St Marks

We had a very enjoyable time at the Remembrance Sunday Service at St Marks on [...]

10
Nov

Marek’s Birthday

We celebrated Marek’s birthday with chocolate cake and sang Happy Birthday to him. We all [...]

09
Nov

Lost Chord

Deborah and Alistair came from Lost Chord to sing us a whole variety of songs [...]

08
Nov

Music & Dementia Workshop

We all had great fun in the lounge this afternoon taking part in a workshop [...]

06
Nov

Buzz

We wrapped up warm before heading off to Buzz this morning. Susan enjoyed chatting to [...]

06
Nov

Bonfire Party

We had another exciting Bonfire party with lots of family, staff and friends joining in [...]

05
Nov

Little Acorns

We had an extra special toddler group session this morning! We started with free play [...]

04
Nov

Cycling Without Age

It was a bit cool and damp but we managed to get out on a [...]

01
Nov

Baking in the Lounge

We enjoyed making Halloween buns together using green and orange food colouring. Pam is a [...]

31
Oct

Halloween Party

We had a fabulous Halloween Party and we were thrilled to see Mary’s great grandkids, [...]

31
Oct

Visit from Nelson

Rita brought Nelson in to see everyone this morning. Many enjoyed seeing and petting him. [...]

30
Oct

Showroom Cinema

Vicky took us to the monthly Dementia screening at the Showroom cinema in town. This [...]

29
Oct

Memory Cafe

We had an enjoyable walk down to the Jesus Centre today for our fortnightly Memory [...]

28
Oct

Guitar Sing-a-long

We had a fabulous time singing our heads off to some of the tunes we [...]

27
Oct

St Marks Church

We enjoyed a lovely time at St Marks this morning and were delighted to be [...]

27
Oct