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One of our favourite and most popular events here at Abingdon Court is our cookery sessions!

We load our trolley with all of our ingredients, along with our trusty portable oven and gather to collectively create a selection of cakes.

Some of the people living with us here at Brunel recently enjoyed a fun day in the company of 10 year old Ophelia, the daughter of one of our team members.

They played board games, musical games, did some arts and crafts and even had time for a spot of gardening.

Twiddle muffs can be a great way to provide a simple sensory activity. The different textures allow restless hands to explore and seek stimulation and comfort.

Bowerfield House had a great last month, we had a coffee and music morning - latte and coffee on the go- cake, crisps and some marshmallow biscuits which all went down a treat.

What a fantastic turn out for our Drive Through Coffee and Cake, the chef had been very busy making fairy cakes iced with an edible butterfly.  During few weeks we have been out to visit the local businesses, shops and emergency services inviting them to the Drive Through. 

The people who live at Kents Hill have really been enjoying their cookie decorating session at the home and so have the team that have been supporting them.  There were some really lovely patterns made and of course everyone got to enjoy one with a lovely cup of tea after. 

Earlier in the week we celebrated St David's Day. We made Daffodils using green straws and yellow tissues. We talked about holidays to Wales and our favourite places to visit there. We had a giggle at attempting to say the very long name in Welsh.

Karen, one of our lovely Lifestyles Co-ordinators visiting Resurrected Bites to deliver some food donations for their community cafe in Knaresborough and receiving these gorgeous daffodils for our residents. Thank you so much.

The residents really enjoyed tucking into some pancakes, some choosing the traditional sugar and lemon toppings, while some indulged in some cream, marshmallows and chocolate sprinkles. A really tasty treat! We care about trying different foods and treating ourselves.

We had a lovely afternoon yesterday celebrating with one of our residents, Emily, a big happy birthday to you 😊😊😊💕

As part of the St David's Day celebrations we had a concert by Mary Gorniak who visited and played for us some Welsh inspired music on her flute and piccolo.  Everybody in attendance enjoyed the performance very much and had a wonderful afternoon.

At Ashfield Court we celebrated Shove Tuesday and St David's Day! This morning we had some lovely cake and had a 'talk about the history of shove Tuesday!' Then at lunch time the lovely Celia tossed a pancake up in the air 20 times!

A musical recital from Charlotte and Emma, clarinet duo from Wiltshire Rural Music ensured a really special day for one of our residents who was also celebrating their birthday.

We were kindly donated by our local Co-op supermarket various bouquets.  This gave us the opportunity of undertaking a flower arranging activity.  The residents selected the flowers they wanted to use and created some beautiful arrangements.   All who p

We love to play some games at Kents Hill and this afternoon we played one of our favourites... bean bag toss which was very much enjoyed.  There was great fun had trying to get the top score too. 

Yesterday afternoon at Ashfield Court we played bingo with lovely chocolate prizes!

Our Brunch club is a great hit with the people living with us.

Saturday mornings in the home we get together indulge in some snacks served with tea/coffee.

There is also a variety of puzzles on hand as we know it's great to keep minds active.

We now have an amazing Fish Tank where the residents feed the fish every morning. They are watching the fish grow and each month we have a different display in the tank.

We had fun today getting out our parachute to end our armchair exercise class. These parachutes can provide a non competitive way to to exercise whilst developing social skills such as sharing and turn taking. It also also develops hand eye coordination ,balance and mobility.