The people living with us really enjoy the ‘Sing & Smile’ event we hosted this afternoon.  We do this every week and we even have relatives who come in each week to join in the fun! I just love to see the happy, smiling faces.  

The people living with us at Gateford Hill Care Home had a fantastic time celebrating the Queens Jubilee with a street party.  There were plenty of fun and smiles and the Queen was there in attendance.

What a spectacular day we had Friday 3rd June for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The rain held off, the sun was shining and the people living with us had an opportunity to celebrate with their loved ones.
The BBQ was just fantastic and went down a treat, it was finished off with some wonderful cake. 
We all enjoyed the day playing games, listening to live music, and there was a tombola, raffle and a wheelbarrow full of alcohol. 

To celebrate the Queen's Jubilee we hosted a "Royal Afternoon Tea".  More than 100 guests attending our afternoon and we are very thankful for all the lovely comments from our Residents, their relatives and all other guests that attended our event. We were also joined by our new Mayor Cllr Amanda Marlow who was very impressed with our Home.
 

We celebrated our Queen's Jubilee by hosting our very own Water Royd garden party. The event was supported by lots of people who wanted celebrate with their loved ones. We had a 5-piece band perform for us, everyone enjoyed a good old singalong and boogie with the band.
There were hot dog and popcorn stands, Tombola, raffles, we offered face painting, hook a duck and Jenga for the little ones.  There was also cold drink and refreshments served all afternoon.  We organised for the ice cream man pull up around 2pm to refresh everyone with a nice cold ice cream. 

We started the Jubilee Celebrations in Cedar Court by creating crowns in our arts and craft activity and putting together a memory board of the Queen, along with our residents very fond memories. This was guarded by our Royal Guard in honour of special guest, Queen Elizabeth II
We then held a special Jubilee Church service taken by Rev Rutton of the St Nicholas Church.

Jubilee Day preparation was in full swing at The Hawthorns as we decorated cup cakes for our Jubilee Party.  This took lots of concentration which made the room silent and took some time to do but everyone loved it. They looked and tasted so good.

At Acorn House we celebrated the Jubilee with lots of lovely cakes and party food. It was a real royal celebration enjoyed by all.

Relatives were invited to share the day with the residents as we planted our Jubilee tree and we provided live entertainment along with a lovely buffet. We had games and painting and we gave everyone a plant that they took home with them to plant in their garden.

We made a tree that included photo's of the residents dressed up as Kings and Queens to make the Kings and Queens of Westbourne tree.

We had a lovely afternoon tea at The Westbourne with lots of lovely tasty treats enjoyed by all.