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Music for Health fun at St Winifreds Care Home
We had a great start to our Friday morning at St Winifreds Care Home last week when Stella from Music for Health came in to see us for some fun! Our residents used pom-poms, musical instruments and plastic plates in time with the music, moving their arms to the...
St Winifreds Care Home welcomes Java Jive
We had a fantastic morning with Java Jive this week at St Winifreds Care Home, with their lively vocal, guitar and violin music. Both our communities had a visit and we enjoyed a wide range of music from some Elvis classics to an old-fashioned singalong. We all really...
St Winifreds Care Home residents enjoy diamond art
We've started this year off with some Disney diamond art at St Winifreds Care Home. We have an eye-catching template of Disney princesses which we are filling with diamonds, using a 'paint by numbers' type approach. Whilst some of our ladies got stuck in, others...
Christmas time at St Winifreds Care Home
Our Christmas festivities started on Thursday 21 December with our Christmas party and a lovely 75th birthday celebration for one of our gentlemen here at St Winifreds Care Home. Entertainment was provided by performer Geoff Dean who sang a variety of music including...
Holly Jolly Christmas Show at St Winifreds Care Home
We’ve had a fantastic recent performance from the Entertainment Providers here at St Winifreds Care Home. Sam was our entertainer and she put on the ‘Holly Jolly Christmas Show’ for us, featuring Christmas carols, chart hits and hits from the musicals. Not forgetting...
Carol singing school choir at St Winifreds Care Home
On Friday 8 December we had a lovely visit from a group of local primary school children who sang carols for our St Winifreds Care Home residents from our car park. One of our residents came outside as her granddaughter was in the choir. They sang loud and clear for...
Ukulele performance and birthday wishes for Garry at St Winifreds Care Home
On Wednesday 29 November at St Winifreds Care Home we were delighted to have a visit from the Golf Road Strummers – a local ukulele band made up of 13 talented local ladies and gents. This was their first visit to us and what wonderful new friends we made! We had lots...
Homemade advent calendars at St Winifreds Care Home
Today at St Winifreds Care Home, we finished off our homemade festive tree advent calendars by filling them with sweets and covering the front of them with tissue paper. After this we were able to add stickers (one to 24). Each of our communities will have one and...
St Winifreds Care Home residents enjoy Music 4 Health and singer Barry Goss
Music for Health We've enjoyed another great visit recently from Stella, from Music 4 Health here at St Winifreds Care Home. We loved shaking our pom-poms and tapping rhythms on our plates! With an old-fashioned singalong and a quiz, what a great way to wake ourself...
Creative crafts and poppy displays at St Winifreds Care Home
Dreamcatchers Due to the positive reaction to last time we made dreamcatchers, we decided to make them again here at St Winifreds Care Home. Lots of our residents were really excited to have them hung in their rooms when finished. Look how hard we are all working, but...
A musical time at St Winifreds Care Home
Java Jive We’ve enjoyed another great visit from Java Jive recently at St Winifreds Care Home. Each community within our Home received a visit and those in their rooms did not miss out as they were visited too, for some musical fun. From an old-fashioned singalong, to...
St Winifreds Care Home resident enjoys a visitor from America
What a lovely picture of our St Winifreds Care Home resident Pat with her daughter Susan, who came for lunch recently, visiting over from her home in California, after her visit to her family home town of Kingsdown. Pat and Susan enjoyed some special time together and...