We’ve had another great week in Activities. The main celebration was St David’s Day. We decorated the lounges and dining room and had a Coffee Morning on the day. There were Welsh cakes, and Norman’s son and daughter-in-law were our guests. They kindly brought daffodils for the ladies and Jon played the guitar and sang Welsh hymns and folk songs both in Welsh and English. He also played the piano.

It was a lovely morning, which everybody really enjoyed. The Welsh theme continued in Poetry Club, with poems by Welsh poets.

On Saturday we showed The 2 Ronnies, which was entertaining. Apart from our usual activities we also put on Scrabble.

Congratulations  to Bernie who celebrated her 80th birthday with friends and family visiting her at Broomgrove for cake and refreshments.

Meteorologically St David’s Day marks the start of Spring. Our staff and residents are uplifted with the promise of lighter evenings, colourful Spring flowers and ‘hopefully’ more sunshine.

In Activities we have been pleased to welcome the PAT dog Maggie Mae for her monthly visit. She is adorable and gets fussed over and given lots of treats. We had a slightly different twist on Bingo this week, it was a birthday themed one, which gave residents the opportunity to talk about birthdays while playing. It was interesting to see how birthdays are celebrated in the US, too. We had another session of poster jigsaw puzzles.

Art has featured three times recently. One time we painted fruit and vegetables, another we painted pebbles and finally we painted or coloured in daffodils in preparation for St David’s Day on March 1^st.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Thursday we had a constructive Residents’ Meeting. St Mark’s also came for the service, and we look forward to them coming again on Good Friday. Music Club was Noeline’s choice, and we had a mix of more modern songs from Radio 2, as well as some Golden Oldies which got everyone’s feet tapping.

15^th February 2024

Here’s a snapshot of some things we’ve done this last week in Activities. It was Valentine’s Day and on the 13^th in Music Club, the residents chose their favorite love songs. There was a good turnout and people enjoyed singing along.

In the afternoon’s art session we did Paint Pouring and made some lovely hearts, which were then put up as decorations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Hairdresser Day the Love theme continued with Andre Rieu’s music film ‘Songs from my heart’.

We haven’t posted any pictures from the Salon before. Here’s a great one of our oldest resident Joyce looking fantastic.

We had a few people down for a cuppa on our Coffee Morning. Those who went to film afternoon had a laugh at the Fawlty Tower episodes that were shown. We also had Active Games as well as ‘What if…’ discussions based on the Scruples Game. Questions are on moral dilemmas. One of the most frequent answers was ‘It depends!’

Activity Update

We’ve had some fun this week with our regular activities and some less frequent ones too.

We have a selection of jigsaw puzzles made from old posters and these made a relaxing individual activity.

On Sunday afternoon many residents joined in with Brain Games (puzzles and wordsearches etc) and Colouring.

We have played Blockbusters, an alphabetical quiz based on the TV show by the same name, as well as Playing Card Bingo. On Tuesday afternoon we had a session for Cross stitch, Knitting and Crochet. The residents were really pleased to see how their skills came back, and some were able to help the Activity staff out, too.

Unbelievably we’re into February now and soon will be writing about Valentine’s Day!

Music Club was great fun. Bernie’s choice was classics by Buddy Holly, Nat King Cole, Elvis, Shirley Bassey and the Beatles. Everyone tapped their feet and sang along to the well recognised tunes.

We had Active Games and Nadia, the physiotherapist, put residents through their paces in Exercise Morning on Monday. Less exerting is the pampering on Hairdresser and Nail Care Day, where drinks are served in best china. Everybody looks lovely afterwards.

The residents reminisced using the Daily Sparkle magazine as a prompt. This fantastic magazine looks back at people, places, events and things in years gone by. St Marks joined us for the monthly communion service.

An energetic, lively concert by Celtic Women rounded off Burns week. We have also played Bingo, Dominoes and done a Beetle Drive.