Modelling clay and pairing socks
This afternoon Olive sat and paired up some brightly coloured socks, which she quite enjoyed. [...]
May
Resident’s meeting
Today is the 1st of the month, so Vicky hosted the residents meeting this morning. [...]
May
Motion – 30.04.2021
This afternoon we had a great Motion session led by Zeezy and assisted by Sonia, [...]
Apr
Manicures – 30.04.2021
This morning we had a manicures session in plan and a bit of one to [...]
Apr
Nature club
This morning in nature club we made some bird feeders with Vicky. She put on [...]
Apr
Empathy doll
This morning Vicky and Imogen brought around, baby Sienna to see us. We took it [...]
Apr
Art class
This morning Vicky printed off some pictures from Google images, for us to use as [...]
Apr
Manicures
This morning Vicky went around the main lounge and dining area, offering manicures. This included [...]
Apr
Songbirds – 26.04.2021
This evening we enjoyed a Songbirds session led by Yo Tozer-Loft and assisted by Sonia [...]
Apr
Knitting and Plaiting – 26.04.2021
This morning Sonia organised a Knitting and Plaiting session for us and we had great [...]
Apr
Balloon tennis
This afternoon Vicky played a game of balloon tennis with us, in the main lounge. [...]
Apr
In-house Church
This morning Vicky did a little in-house church group in the conservatory. We were trying [...]
Apr
Memory Games – 24.04.2021
This evening we had a Memory Games activity in plan. The most popular game was [...]
Apr
Bingo – 24.04.2021
This morning Sonia organised a fun Bingo session for us. Some of us were tired [...]
Apr
Motion Livestream
This afternoon we had a Motion live stream with Zeezy. Zeezy led the exercise session [...]
Apr
St Georges Day
This morning We did various St Georges day activities. We started with a game called [...]
Apr
Confectionary
This afternoon we made lemon creams together with Vicky. She did two sessions, one in [...]
Apr
Hallamshire Tattoo Parlour
This morning Vicky and Katie set up Hallamshire tattoo parlour. Katie was in her element, [...]
Apr
Manicures – 21.04.2021
This morning we had a Manicures session in plan. Sonia took the manicures trolley out [...]
Apr
Arts and crafts part 2
This afternoon we carried on with our St Georges Day project. We did the painting [...]
Apr
Music session
This afternoon Vicky had a music session with those that were in the main lounge. [...]
Apr
Table-top games
This morning I got out a variety of table top games and asked who would [...]
Apr
Fresh air and sunshine
This afternoon was glorious weather, so Vicky and Sara asked who would like to come [...]
Apr
Arts and crafts part 1
This morning we did some paper mache with Vicky. This is stage 1 of our [...]
Apr
Film afternoon and reminiscence
This afternoon whilst assisted visits were going on, some of us watched a musical called [...]
Apr
In-house church and Godly meditation
This morning Vicky led two small in-house church services, one in the conservatory, and one [...]
Apr
Watching Prince Philips funeral and making bunting for St Georges day
This afternoon we watched the funeral of Prince Philip. We didn’t manage the minutes silence, [...]
Apr
Sing along session followed by one-to-one time
This morning Vicky led a sing along session in the main lounge. We started with [...]
Apr
Fresh air and vitamin D
This morning Kirsty asked who would like to get some fresh and sunshine. A few [...]
Apr
Motion
This afternoon we had a Motion live stream with Zeezy. While we were waiting Vicky [...]
Apr
Hook-a-duck
This afternoon Vicky got out the Hook-a-duck game, and asked who would like to join [...]
Apr
Bingo
This afternoon Vicky played Bingo with us in the dining room. Everyone won at least [...]
Apr
Cat therapy
This morning during Cat therapy, Vicky brought Jasper and Cleo around to see us, and [...]
Apr
Sunday selection
Today we had a variety of things going on, with a few people choosing to [...]
Apr
Gardening, wildlife and plant pot painting
This morning many of us chose to watch tributes to the Duke of Edinburgh on [...]
Apr
Manicures
This afternoon those that were in the conservatory had manicures, whilst visits were going on. [...]
Apr
Pampering
This afternoon Vicky was offering pampering, including face masks, cleansing, moisturising, make up, perfume/cologne, and [...]
Apr
Gwyneth’s birthday party
This afternoon Russ Weaver came to sing for us, and help us to celebrate Gwyneth’s [...]
Apr
Messages to our friends and family
This morning Vicky came around and asked us all if we would like to send [...]
Apr
Bingo
This afternoon Vicky played two sessions of Bingo. One game in the conservatory, and one [...]
Apr
Resident’s meeting
This morning Vicky did a residents meeting. Today was a general one, asking the following [...]
Apr
Easter Sunday
Today we had a full day of Easter activities. We watched the Easter Service from [...]
Apr
Easter eggs
This morning our kitchen manager Kirsty, went around, handing out chocolate eggs to everyone, before [...]
Apr
Sewing, weaving, threading – 03.04.2021
This evening Sonia organised a Sewing, weaving and threading activity for us. Our gentlemen refused [...]
Apr
Multi – sensory – 03.04.2021
This morning Sonia took out the multi-sensory box out with loads of poppers. Sonia came [...]
Apr
Motion
This afternoon we had a motion session. Zeezy led the session using the Portal TV. [...]
Apr
Manicures
This morning Vicky and Helen went around the main lounge and dining area, offering manicures. [...]
Apr
Interactive Table
This morning Vicky got out the interactive table and brought it round and let everyone [...]
Apr
Arts and crafts
This afternoon Vicky set up two arts and crafts session, one in the dining room, [...]
Mar
Pin the tail on the bunny
Vicky painted a canvas last week, and made a game for us called “Pin the [...]
Mar
Making Easter bonnets
This afternoon Vicky did Easter bonnet decorating with us. We had a session in the [...]
Mar
Easter Bingo – 30.03.2021
This morning Sonia organised a session of Easter Bingo for us. Very similar to normal [...]
Mar
Memory Games – 29.03.2021
This evening Sonia organised a Memory Games session for us. The most appealing game was [...]
Mar
Active Minds Books
This morning Sonia went around with the Active mind’s books. Starting in the main lounge [...]
Mar
Movie afternoon
This afternoon we watched movies in the main lounge, whilst an assisted visit was going [...]
Mar
Easter cards from St Marks
St Marks church kindly sent every resident an Easter card, and a card for the [...]
Mar
In-house church
Today is Palm Sunday so this was the theme for our in-house church services this [...]
Mar
Sing along session
This afternoon Vicky led two song sessions, one in the main lounge, and one in [...]
Mar
Motion livestream
This afternoon we had a motion session. Zeezy led the session using the Portal TV. [...]
Mar
Hook-a-duck
This morning Vicky got out the hook-a-duck game for us to play. We had lots [...]
Mar
Quiz Day – 25.03.2021
This evening we organised a Spring Quiz game. John, George, Stephen and Olive were happy [...]
Mar
Manicures
This morning Sonia took the manicures trolley out and offered to clean, cut and polish [...]
Mar
Decorating Easter egg baubles
In this afternoon’s arts and crafts session, Vicky showed us how to decorate some Easter [...]
Mar
Rabbit ring toss
This morning Vicky introduced us to a new game called Rabbit ring toss. Vicky bought [...]
Mar
Jigsaw Puzzles Day – 22.03.2021
This morning Sonia organised a Jigsaw Puzzles session for us. Not everyone was keen on [...]
Mar
Afternoon Film – 21.03.2021
This evening, after the lovely Sunday dinner, we put a film on. This week’s choice [...]
Mar
Therapy Cats – 21.03.2021
This morning Sonia took out the therapy cats – Jasper and Cleo – to bring [...]
Mar
Beautiful birdsong
This afternoon, Helen went around us in turn, asking who would like to look at [...]
Mar
Dressing up fun
This morning Helen brought out our big suitcase of scarves, hats and other accessories in [...]
Mar
Manicures – 19.03.2021
This morning Sonia organised a session of Manicures for us to have our nails clean, [...]
Mar
Arts & Crafts and Balloon Shapes – 18.03.2021
This evening Sonia organised an Arts & Crafts session for us – we took some [...]
Mar
One to One Time – 18.03.2021
This morning we had One to One Time with Sonia. Most of us were tired [...]
Mar
St Patrick’s day and Margaret P’s birthday
Today is Margaret P’s birthday and St Patrick’s day, and as Margaret P is also [...]
Mar
Bingo and walks in the garden
This afternoon we had a few games of bingo in the main lounge with Helen. [...]
Mar
Peggy and Margaret’s birthday party.
This morning we had a joint birthday party for Peggy and Margaret P in the [...]
Mar
Table top games
This afternoon we played table top games with Vicky. We had a go at the [...]
Mar
Smelly sock game
This morning Vicky introduced us to the smelly sock game. We bought some fruit soaps [...]
Mar
Mother’s day.
Our families still made us feel very special today, despite us not being able to [...]
Mar
Music and Sing along
This afternoon Vicky did a music and singing session in the main lounge. We started [...]
Mar
Icing sugar cookies
This morning Vicky ran two sessions of decorating sugar cookies together. One session in the [...]
Mar
Manicures and other activities.
This morning Helen went round giving manicures to some of us in the main lounge. [...]
Mar
Photo Sharing – 11.03.2021
This evening Sonia organised a Photo Sharing session for us. We had a look at [...]
Mar
Cat Therapy – 10.03.2021
This evening Sonia took Jasper and Cleo out to have a bit of quality time [...]
Mar
Resident’s choice
This morning Helen took jigsaws and Scrabble letters into the main lounge and offered them [...]
Mar
Olga and Susan’s birthday party
This afternoon Alan Turner came to sing for us, and help us to celebrate the [...]
Mar
Knit and natter
This morning Vicky got out the wool and knitting needles, and we had a knit [...]
Mar
Pampering for international women’s day
These afternoons plans were fresh air and walks around the garden, but it was drizzling [...]
Mar
Postcards from Sheffield Museum – 08.03.2021
Sheffield Museums kindly sent to all our residents personalised postcards which we enjoyed reading out [...]
Mar
Tin Can Alley – 08.03.2021
This morning Vicky took out the Tin Can Alley game. We had a great morning [...]
Mar
Musicals and film afternoon
After a lovely big Sunday dinner, most of us were happy to settle down in [...]
Mar
Sunday prayers and sharing
We had a short Sunday prayers and sharing session in the lounge and the conservatory [...]
Mar
Singalong
This afternoon Helen put Sing along Golden Oldies into You tube and it came up [...]
Mar
Painting freestyle
Last week we painted plant pots and planted daffodils in them and today we had [...]
Mar
