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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...
Wallace Museum visit at St Winifreds Care Home
As part of the Wallace Museum's outreach program, we had a visit recently from a lovely lady called Daisy, who came in to talk about the museum and the portraits that are housed there. She got out a copy of the 'Laughing Cavalier' painting, which was instantly...
Making Christmas wreaths at St Winifreds Care Home
On Thursday 9 November some of our St Winifreds Care Home residents started to create beautiful Christmas wreaths for the festive season. They had lots of fun wrapping beads and lights around the wreaths and tying baubles on to them – there were lots of smiles and...
Magnificent music and creative crafts at St Winifreds Care Home
Music with Geoff Dean One of favourite entertainers here at St Winifreds Care Home, Geoff Dean, joined us on Wednesday 8 November for live music and a puppet show. We really enjoyed singing along and dancing to some well-known 60s songs and many of our residents loved...
Four family generations at St Winifreds Care Home
Marion, one of our residents here at St Winifreds Care Home, was delighted to receive a recent visit from her son Nick, granddaughter Holly and great-grandson three-month old Sterling. It was an extremely special meeting and it was wonderful to witness Marion's joy at...
Halloween fun at St Winifreds Care Home
Here at St Winifreds Care Home we've enjoyed painting Halloween decorations to go with the ones we had already put up. We painted pumpkins and hanging signs, which looked great on display for Halloween. On Halloween morning, our Recreation and Well-Being Teams went...